VISUAL COLLABORATION

Polybase vs
Miro

Miro gives you infinite canvases but no connection to your actual work. Polybase integrates interactive boards with chat, tasks, video, and docs — so brainstorming sessions become real action items, not orphaned sticky notes.

POLYBASE

Polybase's interactive boards live inside your workspace channels, connected to conversations, tasks, and documents. Brainstorm on a board, then convert sticky notes into Kanban tasks with one click. Discuss ideas in the channel thread. Hop on a video call to refine the design. Everything stays connected and actionable.

MIRO

Miro is the leading infinite canvas tool for visual collaboration — mind maps, wireframes, retrospectives, and workshops. It's excellent for creative sessions, but it operates in isolation. After a Miro brainstorm, action items are manually copied to Jira, discussions move to Slack, and the board often sits untouched until the next workshop.

Feature Comparison

See exactly what you get with Polybase compared to Miro.

Feature
Polybase
Miro
Interactive Canvas/Board
Sticky Notes & Shapes
Real-Time Collaboration
Integrated Team Chat
Board comments
HD Video Calls
Via Zoom integration
Board-to-Task Conversion
One click
Manual export
Built-in Task Management
Collaborative Documents
AI Agents
Miro AI (limited)
Template Library
Growing
2500+ templates
Self-Hosted Deployment
Presentation Mode
Planned
Diagramming
Basic
Advanced
Pricing
All-in-one workspace
$8–$16/user/mo

Migrate from Miro

Switching is easier than you think. Follow these steps and your team will be up and running in minutes.

1

Audit Active Miro Boards

Identify which Miro boards your team actively references. Most teams have a handful of living boards and many abandoned ones. Focus on migrating the active content and archiving the rest.

2

Create Polybase Channels for Each Project

Set up Polybase channels for teams or projects that use visual collaboration. Each channel provides a board, chat, task management, and document space — replacing both Miro and parts of your Slack workflow.

3

Recreate Key Boards in Polybase

Recreate your active brainstorming boards, planning canvases, and retrospective templates in Polybase. The interactive board supports sticky notes, shapes, and real-time collaboration for common team activities.

4

Connect Boards to Action

The game-changer: after brainstorming on a Polybase board, convert sticky notes directly into tracked Kanban tasks. Action items from workshops become real work items without manual re-entry. This is something Miro fundamentally cannot do natively.

5

Replace Miro + Jira + Slack with Polybase

With boards, tasks, and chat in one place, your team's workflow from ideation to execution lives in a single tool. Cancel your Miro subscription and consolidate your stack.

What Polybase Adds

Polybase doesn't just replace Miro — it gives you capabilities Miro can't.

Brainstorm → Task in One Click

Miro sticky notes are just sticky notes. Polybase lets you convert any board element into a tracked Kanban task with an assignee, priority, and due date — bridging the gap between ideation and execution.

Boards Inside Your Communication

Miro boards are accessed via shared links, disconnected from your team chat. Polybase boards live inside channels — start a discussion about a board element in the same thread where your team communicates daily.

Brainstorm with Built-in Video

Miro workshops typically require a separate Zoom call. Polybase lets you start a video call directly from the board view — discuss, draw, and decide in one unified experience.

Meeting Notes Alongside Boards

After a brainstorming session, capture meeting notes in Polybase's document editor — linked to the board and the channel discussion. No switching to Google Docs or Notion for follow-up documentation.

AI-Powered Board Summaries

Polybase AI agents can summarize board content, identify common themes from sticky notes, and automatically generate action item lists. Miro's AI offers limited assistance comparatively.

One Platform for the Full Workflow

Miro handles brainstorming but nothing else. The workflow goes Miro → Slack → Jira → Google Docs → Zoom. Polybase handles the entire chain: brainstorm → discuss → plan → build → review, all in one workspace.

FAQ

Common questions about switching from Miro to Polybase.

Are Polybase's boards as feature-rich as Miro's infinite canvas?
Miro's canvas has more advanced diagramming tools, a vast template library, and specialized features for design sprints. Polybase's boards cover the most common use cases — brainstorming, retrospectives, planning, and ideation — with the critical advantage of being connected to your tasks, chat, and docs. For teams that are heavy Miro users for design diagramming, Polybase may not fully replace Miro yet. For general team brainstorming and planning, it's more than sufficient and dramatically more integrated.
Can I import Miro boards into Polybase?
Direct Miro import is not currently supported. For active boards, we recommend recreating them in Polybase, which gives you the opportunity to clean up and connect elements to your task workflow. Many teams find this migration is a chance to focus their boards on actionable content.
Does Polybase support collaborative design tools?
Polybase's interactive boards support real-time collaboration with sticky notes, shapes, drawing tools, and text. For dedicated design work (wireframing, prototyping), teams typically use Figma alongside Polybase. Polybase replaces the brainstorming and planning parts of Miro's use case, not the full design toolkit.
How many people can collaborate on a Polybase board simultaneously?
Polybase boards support real-time multiplayer collaboration with all channel members. Multiple users can add, move, and edit board elements simultaneously with instant sync. This is comparable to Miro's real-time collaboration experience.

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Miro?

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