# Bluescape — Online Whiteboard

Bluescape by Bluescape Buyer LLC holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-11-01. Provenance: Rest of world; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Bluescape Buyer LLC (https://www.bluescape.com)
- Category: [Online Whiteboard](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): Rest of world
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/bluescape
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/bluescape/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/bluescape/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-06 · evaluated 2026-11-01 · oldest source captured 2026-11-01

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Bluescape Buyer LLC
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

Bluescape, a web-based collaborative visual workspace from Bluescape Buyer LLC, drew persona-weighted totals from 4.5 to 4.9. Its strongest mark is access and administration, a flat 6: external sharing disabled by default, view-only visitor links, visitor approval with allowed and blocked domains, and documented Okta SCIM provisioning. Security and deployment scores 5 to 6 on FedRAMP Moderate, DoD IL4/IL5 for controlled unclassified information, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and a documented on-premises edition. Canvas and content sits at a flat 4: we found no public information on sticky notes, shapes, connectors or freehand drawing. Sovereignty scores 3 to 4 — data submitted from outside the United States is transferred to and processed in the United States under California law, and we found no public information on EU hosting. Facilitation is the only two-point spread, 4 to 6: the workshop-facilitator judge found the built-in meetings, breakout groups and 60-minute edit grant built for live sessions, while others, at 4 and 5, weighed missing timers, voting and accessibility statements. We found no public per-user prices; each price is set forth in the applicable Order.

**Speaks for it:**
- Access and administration scored a flat 6, on external sharing disabled by default, view-only visitor links, visitor admin approval with allowed and blocked domains, and documented Okta SCIM provisioning
- Security and deployment scored 5 to 6, with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP Moderate and DoD IL4/IL5 for controlled unclassified information stated on the trust page
- An on-premises edition is documented with its own deployment guide and feature toggles across Commercial, BluescapeGov and On-Premises segments
- The v3 API is generally available with REST and GraphQL, OpenAPI reference files and a workspace presence API
- Built-in meetings carry host controls — waiting room, mute one or all, camera controls, raise hand, remove attendee — with a breakout group template and a 60-minute edit grant

**Held against it:**
- Sovereignty scored 3 to 4 — data is stored in the United States with storage in other, unnamed countries possible, and we found no public information on an EU hosting option
- Canvas and content scored a flat 4, with no public information on sticky notes, shapes, connectors, freehand drawing or performance limits on large boards
- Export is described only as a variety of formats dependent on what you are exporting, and we found no public information on import from other whiteboards or on webhooks
- We found no public information on encryption in transit and at rest, an administrative switch for the AI features, whether board content trains models, or which AI providers process it
- We found no public information on audit logs, retention rules, legal hold or what happens to a person's boards when they leave

**Best for:**
- You are a US government or defense-adjacent team that must show FedRAMP Moderate and DoD IL4/IL5 for controlled unclassified information, both stated on the trust page
- You need to govern sharing centrally across a large organization — access and administration scored a flat 6 on default-off external sharing, view-only links and domain blocklists
- You want the option to run the workspace on your own infrastructure — an on-premises edition with a deployment guide is documented
- You run Scaled Agile Framework planning or host meetings inside the board — the template library includes SAFe templates and meetings carry waiting rooms, mute-all and breakout groups

**Avoid if:**
- Your boards must remain in the EU — the privacy policy states data submitted from outside the United States will be transferred to and processed in the United States, and we found no public information on EU hosting
- Your works council cannot accept the privacy policy's statement that aggregated, statistical non-personally-identifying information may be sold, or needs to know who sees board content — we found no public information on which AI providers process it or on an administrative switch for the AI features
- Your workflow depends on a Jira or Azure DevOps sync, Teams, Zoom or Slack apps, or named export formats — we found no public information on these, and the terms state integrations may be disabled at any time without notice
- Your workshops are built on sticky notes, voting and timers — canvas and content scored a flat 4 and facilitation spans 4 to 6, with no public information on those primitives

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Workshop Facilitator | The Product Team Lead | The Microsoft 365 Admin | The Works Council Member | The Public-Sector Project Lead | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canvas, templates & content | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Workshop facilitation & participation | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Integrations, import & export | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Sharing, permissions & administration | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Security, AI controls & deployment | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** |

### The judges

- **The Workshop Facilitator** (v1.0): Freelance facilitator and agile coach who runs three to four remote workshops a week for clients from car suppliers to city utilities, most of them with participants who have never used the tool and will not create an account. Builds the board the evening before from their own templates. Needs guests in by link, a timer, anonymous brainstorming, dot voting and a way to pull twenty people to the same frame, and a client who asks where the board is stored before the session starts.
- **The Product Team Lead** (v1.0): Leads three product teams at a logistics software company in Hamburg, with developers in Poland and Portugal. The board is where story maps, quarterly planning, architecture sketches and retrospectives happen, and the outcome has to land in Jira without anyone retyping it. Wants diagrams and sticky notes on one board, a two-way sync with the tickets, an API for the team's own automation, and an export that still makes sense when the company switches tools.
- **The Microsoft 365 Admin** (v1.0): Runs Microsoft 365 and Teams for a machine builder with 2,400 staff and found 600 free whiteboard accounts on company addresses, boards shared publicly by link among them. Has to decide between the whiteboard that comes with Teams and a licensed one. Wants single sign-on, SCIM, domain capture of the existing accounts, sharing rules set once for everyone, audit logs in the SIEM, retention rules, and an AI that can be switched off until legal has read the terms.
- **The Works Council Member** (v1.0): Sits on the works council of an insurance company and leads its IT committee, which has to agree before any tool that could show who did what goes live (§87(1) no. 6 BetrVG). Reads the admin documentation before the feature page: whether contributions and time on board are tracked per person, what a manager can see, how long logs are kept, what the AI does with retrospective notes, and where the boards are stored and by whom.
- **The Public-Sector Project Lead** (v1.0): Leads the digitalisation programme of a state ministry and runs workshops with municipalities, agencies and external consultants. The data protection officer has ruled out US-hosted boards, and procurement asks for BSI C5 or an on-premises installation in the state data centre. Needs guests from other authorities without accounts, a board that works in the browser on locked-down machines, an accessibility statement, and a contract the procurement office can sign.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen a free plan with "unlimited members" that locks every board after the third, "EU data residency" that covers the database but not the AI, and an export that turns two years of workshops into a stack of PNGs. Reads that a product is "enterprise-grade" and asks who can open a board shared by link, whether the boards train anyone's model, what the export keeps — and what leaving would cost.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- California shine the light: yes [S6]
- Dod il4 ato: IL4 · Controlled Unclassified Information · yes [S5]
- Encrypted processing: yes · yes [S7]
- Fedramp moderate: Moderate · yes [S5]
- GDPR notice: yes · https://www.bluescape.com/gdpr-processing-terms/ [S6]
- GDPR rights: yes [S6]
- GDPR terms: https://bluescape.com/gdpr-processing-terms/ · yes [S7]
- Il5 statement: IL4/IL5 for CUI data [S5]
- ISO 27001: ISO 27001 · yes [S5]
- Marketing processing lawful basis: legitimate interest in marketing · consent for marketing communication · contractual obligations [S6]
- Security issue notification: yes [S7]
- SOC 2 type2: SOC 2 Type II · yes [S5]

**Data**
- Account deletion retention: yes [S6]
- Aggregated info selling: yes [S6]
- Export to third party risk: no [S7]
- Minors: no [S6]
- Ownership: yes [S7]
- Retention zoom: at least bi-annual [S6]
- Security breach notification: yes [S6]
- Statistical data use: internal business purposes · yes [S7]
- Storage countries: United States · yes [S6]

**Hosting**
- Availability SLA: 24x7 including holidays · commercially reasonable efforts [S7]
- Maintenance schedule: yes · weekly [S7]
- Onprem option: 90 · yes [S7]
- Region: United States [S6]
- Termination data deletion: 90 [S7]

**Integrations**
- API types: yes · yes [S12]
- API version: GA · v3 [S12]
- Modifiable by vendor: yes [S7]
- Okta SCIM provisioning: Okta SCIM user provisioning integration referenced in related topics [S17]
- Openapi reference: yes [S12]
- Outlook plugin: Outlook Plugin available for Bluescape Meetings [S11]
- Purpose: secure organization and content management features [S12]
- Service changes allowed: yes [S7]
- Third party terms URL: https://www.bluescape.com/third-party-terms-and-conditions [S7]
- V2 rest reference: yes [S12]
- Workspace presence API: yes [S12]

**Legal**
- Address: 303 Twin Dolphin Drive, 6th Floor, Redwood City, CA 94065 [S6]
- Address: 300 North LaSalle Street, 34th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 [S16]
- Address: 300 North LaSalle Street, 34th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 [S5]
- Address: 300 North LaSalle Street, 34th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 [S3]
- Contracting entity: Bluescape Buyer, LLC [S7]
- Copyright entity: 2026 · Bluescape [S16]
- Effective date: 2024-06-25 [S7]
- Entity name: Bluescape Buyer LLC, dba Bluescape [S6]
- Governing law: state and federal courts in San Francisco County, California · California [S7]
- Liability cap: fees paid in preceding 12 months [S7]
- Privacy contact: legal@bluescape.com · 300 North LaSalle Street, 34th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 [S6]
- Support contact: support@bluescape.com [S6]

**Pricing**
- Additional users prorated: yes [S7]
- Currency usd: USD [S7]
- Current pricing URL: https://www.bluescape.com/pricing/ [S7]
- Fees nonrefundable: Section 10.4 · yes [S7]
- Freemium tier: yes · more limited set of features than Subscribers [S7]
- Late fee rate: 1.5 [S7]
- License term renewal: yes · 12 · 12 · 30 [S7]
- Paid subscription: yes [S7]
- Payment terms: USD · 30 · annual · monthly [S7]
- Renewal fee increase notice: 60 [S7]
- Taxes exclusive: yes [S7]
- Trial terms: yes · 90 [S7]

**Product**
- Add content box toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Add content dropbox toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Add content google drive toggle: no · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Add content local toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Add content onedrive toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Add content web toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- AI features: Summarize document data · Create pattern-of-life storyboards with AI · Visualize geo-data [S3]
- AI workflows: Improve and automate operational workflows with multiplayer AI. [S4]
- Aiml capabilities: AI/ML integration for operational loop optimization and insights [S3]
- Allowed domains bypass: yes [S14]
- API frameworks: Built-in integrations plus API ready-to-use frameworks for enterprise tools [S3]
- Auto admit toggle: yes [S11]
- Automated decision making: no · no [S6]
- Azure ad integration: requires special setup with customer's own Azure app registrations · yes [S17]
- Blocked domains toggle: yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Breakout group template: Bluescape offers a Breakout Group template for assigning teams into private breakout groups within a workspace [S10]
- Business use only: yes [S7]
- Canvas aspect ratio lock: yes [S9]
- Canvas delete undo: Deleted canvases can be restored via the workspace Undo icon [S9]
- Canvas duplicate copy: Canvases can be duplicated (same workspace) or copied (same or different workspace) [S9]
- Canvas editable aspects: Canvas title, size, background color and border color are editable [S9]
- Canvas hide facilitator only: workspace owner · Facilitator · presentation [S9]
- Canvas hide not security: no [S9]
- Canvas link access restriction: Canvas links only accessible to designated workspace collaborators [S9]
- Canvas links: yes [S9]
- Canvas nesting: yes [S9]
- Canvas search sort: Canvases can be searched and sorted by Created Date, Name, and Color [S9]
- Config center roles: yes [S14]
- Copy meeting URL: yes [S11]
- Custom integrations: Users can build their own integrations to systems of record [S3]
- Disable video receiving: yes [S11]
- Export destination: downloads to preferred download folder [S13]
- Export formats: workspace content downloadable in a variety of formats, dependent on what is exported [S13]
- Export hotkeys: shift+D · alt+shift+D [S13]
- Export multiple assets: yes [S13]
- Export single asset: yes [S13]
- External sharing default: disabled [S14]
- Feature toggles scope: Feature toggles configurable by Organization Administrators and Owners in Bluescape Enterprise [S15]
- Feature toggles segments: Commercial · BluescapeGov · On-Premises [S15]
- Host camera controls: yes · yes [S11]
- Host mute all exception: no [S11]
- Host mute controls: yes · yes [S11]
- Image download button: yes [S13]
- Link sharing view only: yes [S14]
- Meeting info dialin: yes · yes [S11]
- Meeting info during call: host or current attendees · yes [S11]
- Meeting workspace selection: Host meeting from a blank or existing workspace [S11]
- Min age: 16 [S7]
- On premises available: On-Premises Deployment Guide referenced [S14]
- Onprem ad integration: No public documentation for on-premise Active Directory integration [S17]
- Positioning: The only secure workspace designed for Multiplayer AI [S1]
- Raise hand: yes · 3 [S11]
- Remove attendee: yes [S11]
- Share everyone default: no [S14]
- Share link default: no [S14]
- Share link toggle: no · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Share org toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Shotgrid toggle: no · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Social sharing default: no [S14]
- Support contact: Azure AD integration setup arranged via account rep and technical meeting [S17]
- Templates customization: yes · yes · yes [S8]
- Templates library exists: yes [S8]
- Templates library growing: yes [S8]
- Templates safe included: yes · Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) [S8]
- Templates sharing custom: yes [S8]
- Third party monitoring: yes [S6]
- Tracking technologies: cookies · shared objects · pixel tags [S6]
- Visitor admin approval: yes [S14]
- Visitor admin approval toggle: no · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Visitor domain blocklist: yes [S14]
- Visitor org admin only toggle: no · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Visual workspace: web-based collaborative visual workspace for enterprise teams in real-time [S7]
- Vulnerability disclosure program: yes [S16]
- Waiting room: auto-enabled when auto-admit is off; host approves participants · yes [S11]
- Workflow automation: Workflow automation to process and analyze data [S3]
- Workspace editing grant: yes · 60 [S11]
- Workspace owner archive toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Workspace owner delete toggle: yes · yes · yes · yes [S15]
- Workspace roles permissions: yes [S14]

**Subprocessors**
- List: AWS · Docusign · Hubspot · Outreach · Salesforce · Snowflake · Stripe · Tableau [S6]

**Support**
- Freemium no support: no [S7]
- Policy URL: https://community.bluescape.com/t/bluescape-support-policy/2820 [S7]
- Training available: if described in Order [S7]
- Updates continuous: continuous [S7]
- Warranty claim notice days: legal@Bluescape.com · 60 [S7]

## Questions

### Is Bluescape European?

No. whats-best.ai classifies Bluescape as Rest of world.

### Where does Bluescape store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.

### Does Bluescape have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Bluescape?

As of 1 Nov 2026, the panel rates [Miro (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/miro-whiteboard), [Collaboard (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/collaboard-whiteboard) and [Klaxoon (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/klaxoon) highest among the other 12 Online Whiteboard products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Collaboard](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/collaboard-whiteboard) (UK / wider Europe). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Bluescape alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/bluescape/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 25 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 11 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 pricing fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.bluescape.com/ (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S2] Features page: https://www.bluescape.com/product/features (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S3] Integrations page: https://www.bluescape.com/product/integrations (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S4] Features page (enterprise): https://www.bluescape.com/solutions/commercial-enterprise (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S5] Security / trust page: https://www.bluescape.com/product/security (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S6] Privacy policy: https://www.bluescape.com/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S7] Terms of service: https://www.bluescape.com/terms-and-conditions-agreement (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S8] Canvas, templates & content — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/bluescape-templates-library/1545 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S9] Canvas, templates & content — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/workspace-canvas-functionality/1371 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S10] Workshop facilitation & participation — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/facilitate-breakout-group-sessions-to-maximize-collaboration/871 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S11] Workshop facilitation & participation — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/host-controls-for-bluescape-meetings/130 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S12] Integrations, import & export — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/api-reference-v3/624 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S13] Integrations, import & export — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/how-to-export-content-from-a-workspace/1460 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S14] Sharing, permissions & administration — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/configure-workspace-sharing-for-your-organization/3173 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S15] Sharing, permissions & administration — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/bluescape-feature-configurability-organization-administrators-and-organization-owners/2340 (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S16] Security, AI controls & deployment — found from sitemap: https://www.bluescape.com/security-hall-of-fame (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S17] Security, AI controls & deployment — found from sitemap: https://community.bluescape.com/t/integration-with-on-premise-active-directory/2445 (checked 2026-11-01)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Bluescape — Online Whiteboard", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-11-06. https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/bluescape

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