Jamboard AlternativesWhiteboards and other similar apps like Jamboard

Jamboard is described as 'Creative collaboration experience that helps bring your team's ideas to life. The app offers distinct features based on the device you're using' and is a Whiteboard in the remote work & education category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Jamboard for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, Windows, Mac and iPad apps. The best Jamboard alternative is Excalidraw, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Jamboard are Miro, OpenBoard Whiteboard, LimanDoc and tldraw.

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  1. Excalidraw icon

    Excalidraw

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    Excalidraw is an open-source whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them. Available directly online as a web app and also through CodeSandbox to easily see how the code works, and the app is available for self-hosting.

    78 Excalidraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Excalidraw is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Jamboard.

    • Excalidraw is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Jamboard.

    • Excalidraw is Freemium and Open SourceJamboard is Paid and Proprietary
    • Excalidraw is Privacy focusedJamboard is not according to our users
  2. Miro icon

    Miro

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    A secure collaboration platform for distributed teams offering real-time and asynchronous capabilities, infinite canvas, integrations with major tools like Google Suite, Slack, and Dropbox, and features for enhanced product development and design workflows.

    106 Miro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Miro is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, iPad & SaaS alternative to Jamboard.

    • Miro is Freemium and ProprietaryJamboard is Paid and Proprietary
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    OpenBoard Whiteboard

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    OpenBoard is a cross-platform (Linux / Windows / macOS) interactive whiteboard application. It is currently maintained by the Education Department (DIP) of the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

    89 OpenBoard Whiteboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • OpenBoard Whiteboard is the most popular Linux alternative to Jamboard.

    • OpenBoard Whiteboard is Free and Open SourceJamboard is Paid and Proprietary
    • OpenBoard Whiteboard is LightweightJamboard is not according to our users
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    A secure collaboration platform for distributed teams offering real-time and asynchronous capabilities, infinite canvas, integrations with major tools like Google Suite, Slack, and Dropbox, and features for enhanced product devel...

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    LimanDoc

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    LimanDoc is a simple yet powerful tool for visualize files, diagrams, and construct a mind map with the possibility to edit Markdown text. It is an offline first desktop app with a 2D canvas that allows a preview of the inner folders (boards).

    33 LimanDoc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. tldraw icon

    tldraw

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    tldraw is a collaborative digital whiteboard available at tldraw.com. Its editor, user interface, and other underlying libraries available in this repository and also distributed on npm. You can use tldraw to create a drop-in whiteboard for your product or as the foundation on...

    33 tldraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Business License under https://tldraw.dev/#pricing
     
  8. Padlet icon

    Padlet

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    Padlet offers beautiful boards and canvases for visual thinkers and learners.

    12 Padlet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
    • Wordpress
    Beautiful boards and canvases for visual thinkers and learners. Used by 40 million people worldwide. Get started for free.
     
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    • Padlet Sandbox has cards, not an infinite canvas
    • It's super simple
    • You can import your jamboards and they look good
    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Padlet is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Jamboard.

    • Padlet is Freemium and ProprietaryJamboard is Paid and Proprietary
    • Padlet is Lightweight, Privacy focused and CustomizableJamboard is not according to our users
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    Mural

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    MURAL is a visual collaboration workspace for modern teams. Based in the cloud, MURAL serves shared, digital whiteboards where teams visually explore complex challenges, facilitate design thinking methods and organize Agile processes across any device.

    55 Mural alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Lorien

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    Lorien is an infinite canvas drawing/note-taking app that is focused on performance, small savefiles and simplicity. It's not based on bitmap images like Krita, Gimp or Photoshop; it rather saves brush strokes as a collection of points and renders them at runtime (kind of...

    31 Lorien alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Freeform icon

    Freeform

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    Freeform is a great place to bring your ideas to life. Sketch out a project, design a mood board or start a brainstorming session on a flexible canvas that supports almost any kind of file. And with iCloud, all your boards stay in sync, whether you’re on your Mac, your iPad or...

    28 Freeform alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  13. Kinopio icon

    Kinopio

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    Kinopio is a visual thinking tool for new ideas and hard problems. Used for note taking, planning, journaling, and diagramming – by yourself or collaboratively.

    52 Kinopio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    FigJam

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    FigJam is an online whiteboard from Figma, made for designers to ideate and brainstorm with their extended teams. It’s for defining user problems, looking for inspiration, and exploring ideas.

    33 FigJam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPad
    • Figma
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    • FigJam is the most popular commercial alternative to Jamboard.

    • FigJam is Paid and ProprietaryJamboard is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Microsoft Whiteboard

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    Meet the freeform digital canvas where ideas, content, and people come together.

    57 Microsoft Whiteboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Comments about Microsoft Whiteboard as an Alternative to Jamboard
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    Far better than Jamboard in many ways.

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    • Microsoft Whiteboard is Free and ProprietaryJamboard is Paid and Proprietary
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