# Stormboard — Online Whiteboard

Stormboard by Edistorm Inc. 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: Edistorm Inc. (https://stormboard.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/stormboard
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/stormboard/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/stormboard/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: Edistorm Inc.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention United States and Canada [S7]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

Stormboard is a structured, template-based online whiteboard whose strongest ground is integrations and export, scoring 6-7: a documented REST API with rate limiting and public code examples, a two-way Jira sync with webhooks against cloud and on-premise Jira (Enterprise accounts only), Azure DevOps, Rally, Slack, Teams, Zoom, Webex and Zapier, and reports exporting to editable Word, Excel and PowerPoint plus PDF and CSV. Facilitation scores 3-4: the timer is documented in depth, but we found no public information on voting, anonymous note modes or presentation mode. Sovereignty scores 3-5: personal information is stored and processed on AWS in the United States and Canada, StormAI transmits contextual prompts and Storm metadata to Microsoft Azure OpenAI, and EU single-tenant hosting appears as an enterprise option on request. Scores spread on canvas and content, 4-6, between judges crediting a documented template engine and judges reading a template-and-section board with no public information on an infinite canvas or freehand drawing. Access and administration holds at 5; pricing transparency sits at 2 with no price figure on any captured page.

**Speaks for it:**
- A documented REST API with rate limiting and public code examples, plus a two-way Jira sync with webhooks against cloud and on-premise Jira (Enterprise accounts only).
- Reports export to editable Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as PDF and CSV, with reports embeddable back into the storm.
- A role-based licensing model documented at storm, folder and team level, where members always occupy a licence and guests do not.
- StormAI is optional, can be disabled at account level, never trains on customer data, and names Microsoft Azure OpenAI as its processor.
- Single sign-on with Active Directory, Okta, OneLogin or AWS on an Enterprise subscription, and single-tenant hosting in Germany, Ireland, France or the UK on request.

**Held against it:**
- No price figure on any captured page, including the pricing page — plan names and a 30-day free trial on Startup and Business are public, no figure is.
- We found no public information on an infinite canvas, freehand drawing, pen input or search across boards — the pages describe a structured, section-based workspace.
- We found no public information on voting, anonymous or private note modes, or a mode that brings all participants to one view.
- Encryption at rest depends on the level of the team's subscription, and no deletion period for boards or accounts is stated.
- Single sign-on, the two-way Jira integration and guest contributors sit on the Enterprise tier, and we found no public information on SCIM provisioning or audit logs.

**Best for:**
- You run structured workshops from hundreds of templates and section types — matrix, Venn, fishbone, an editable spreadsheet — and need editable Word, Excel or PowerPoint reports afterwards.
- Your team plans in Jira and needs a two-way sync that creates and updates issues with webhooks, and you can buy at the Enterprise tier.
- You want an optional AI assistant you can disable at account level, with the processor named as Microsoft Azure OpenAI and a stated no-training guarantee.
- You mix licensed members with occasional external guests who occupy no licence, alongside view-only viewers on paid plans.

**Avoid if:**
- Your data protection rules exclude US or Canadian storage or US AI processors by default — personal information is stored and processed on AWS in the United States and Canada, and StormAI transmits contextual prompts and Storm metadata to Microsoft Azure OpenAI.
- You need external contributors to edit boards without an Enterprise subscription — guest contributors are Enterprise-only, and on the Business plan converting a member to a guest requires closing every storm they own and participate in.
- You need every participant able to export — only Storm Creators or Administrators can export or download a storm.
- You must compute an annual cost before committing — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it

## 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 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 |
| Workshop facilitation & participation | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Integrations, import & export | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Sharing, permissions & administration | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Security, AI controls & deployment | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 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** | **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**
- Age restriction: 13 [S7]
- Complaints email: security@stormboard.com [S7]
- Cookies: yes [S7]
- Eea transfers: yes [S7]
- Employee background checks: yes · yes [S7]
- Employee security: yes · yes · yes · yes [S18]
- Encryption at rest: yes [S18]
- Encryption in transit: yes · yes [S18]
- Encryption tls: all data transfer to and from cloud services · TLS [S17]
- EU representative: yes · Instant EU GDPR Representative Ltd [S7]
- GDPR: yes [S18]
- Google workspace AI: no [S7]
- Incident management: support@stormboard.com · yes [S18]
- Jira oauth ssl: OAuth 1.0a · yes [S14]
- Penetration testing: penetration test · web application vulnerability tests · annually at minimum [S18]
- Risk management: yes [S18]
- Stormai no model training: no [S17]
- Stormai security model: no · none [S17]
- Targeting cookies: yes [S7]
- UK representative: yes · GDPR Local Ltd [S7]
- Vulnerability reporting: security@stormboard.com [S18]

**Data**
- Account deletion: yes [S7]
- Breach notification: yes [S7]
- Portability: CSV · machine readable [S7]
- Retention: yes [S7]

**Hosting**
- Provider: AWS (Amazon Web Services) [S18]
- Regions: yes · yes [S1]
- Regions: United States · Canada [S7]
- Stormai provider: transmit contextual prompts, information and related Storm metadata · Microsoft Azure OpenAI [S17]

**Integrations**
- Access tiers: Public · Team Members · Team Owners [S4]
- API: yes [S2]
- API version: v1 [S4]
- Auth: yes [S4]
- Azure devops: yes [S2]
- Box: yes [S2]
- Custom enterprise: Custom integrations for Enterprise apps [S2]
- Date format: ISO 8601 · UTC [S4]
- Dropbox: yes [S2]
- Endpoints: Chat · Folders · Ideas · Storms · Tags · Templates · Users [S4]
- Export editable: Editable report download available [S13]
- Export pdf: Read-only PDF download available [S13]
- Github examples: https://github.com/stormboard · php cURL · yes [S4]
- Google drive: yes [S2]
- Google drive reports: Reports can be Microsoft Office or Google Drive; switched in Team settings [S13]
- Http verbs: GET · POST · PUT · DELETE [S4]
- Intercom: Help center runs on Intercom [S10]
- Jira capabilities: connect to Jira instance, query projects for issues, update issue data [S14]
- Jira components: yes · yes [S14]
- Jira creatable fields: Issue title · Issue type · Issue description · Issue priority · Custom required fields [S14]
- Jira deployment support: yes · yes [S14]
- Jira enterprise only: Enterprise · yes [S14]
- Jira no deletion: no [S14]
- Jira single system account: 1 [S14]
- Jira two way: yes · two-way [S2]
- Jira updatable fields: Story points · Priority · Sprint Section [S14]
- Jira user auth scope: yes · yes [S14]
- Jira webhook ssl: outbound POST over SSL [S14]
- Microsoft suite: Microsoft integration includes Teams, Power Automate, and Office 365 [S2]
- Microsoft teams: yes [S2]
- No password storage: no [S7]
- Rally: yes [S2]
- Rate limit headers: RateLimit-Limit · RateLimit-Remaining · RateLimit-Reset · RateLimit-Policy [S4]
- Rate limiting: 429 · yes [S4]
- Report embed: Reports can be embedded to the active Storm [S13]
- Reports export: Excel · Word · PowerPoint · PDF [S9]
- Rest API: RESTful webservice · yes [S4]
- Slack: yes [S2]
- Third party services: Box · One Drive [S7]
- Webex: yes [S2]
- Zapier: yes · 1000 [S2]
- Zoom: yes [S2]

**Legal**
- Address: Suite 2020, Tower 1, 10060 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J3R8 [S7]
- Controller processor: yes · yes [S7]
- Entity: Edistorm Inc. · Alberta, Canada [S8]
- Entity: Edistorm Inc. · Alberta, Canada [S7]
- Policy effective: 2022-08-31 [S7]
- Policy updated: 2024-08-20 [S7]

**Pricing**
- Reports more options: More reporting options available on monthly and annual plans [S13]
- Trial: Startup · Business · 30 [S9]

**Product**
- Access control: yes [S18]
- Business plan convert requirement: Business · must close all Storms the Member owns and participates in [S12]
- Calendar section: Calendars can be added to Storms [S10]
- Convert guest admin only: yes [S12]
- Converted member downgrade: Viewer in all storms they participate in [S12]
- Custom templates: Users can create and share custom templates [S10]
- Employee access: yes [S7]
- Enterprise plan convert requirement: Enterprise · only close Storms the Member owns [S12]
- Enterprise privacy settings: yes [S7]
- Enterprise template private: yes [S9]
- Enterprise template requirement: yes [S9]
- Enterprise templates: yes [S9]
- Export permissions: Only Storm Creators or Administrators can export/download a Storm [S13]
- Folder roles: Folder Owner · Folder Administrator · Folder Member [S15]
- Folders plan restriction: Business · Enterprise · yes [S15]
- Guest contributors enterprise only: Enterprise · yes [S15]
- Guest no license: Business · Enterprise · no [S15]
- Member license: yes [S15]
- Member to guest conversion: yes [S12]
- Positioning: data-first collaborative workflow platform with digital whiteboard [S1]
- Reports export: Reports compile Storm information into a document that can be collaboratively edited and shared [S13]
- Role model: role-based licensing model [S15]
- Saved templates: yes [S9]
- Section editing: Template sections can be edited, moved, resized, merged, recolored, retitled, spotlighted, and deleted [S10]
- Section merge: yes · no [S9]
- Section operations: edit · resize · default section · split · merge · add sub-section [S9]
- Section types: Product has multiple section types including Magnetic, Matrix, Venn diagram, Spreadsheet, Funnel, Fishbone, concentric circle [S10]
- Section types: 5 · Standard · Magnetic · Spreadsheet · Matrix · Shape · yes [S9]
- Spreadsheet section: Spreadsheet section type available in Storms with editable rows and columns [S10]
- SSO providers: Active Directory · Okta · OneLogin · AWS [S16]
- SSO requirement: Stormboard Enterprise subscription [S16]
- Storm admin reports: adjust storm settings · run reports · change/edit template [S15]
- Storm creator invites billing: yes [S15]
- Storm privacy: yes [S7]
- Stormai optional: yes · no · yes [S17]
- Team admin enterprise multiple: 1 · multiple [S15]
- Template count: hundreds [S9]
- Template customization tier gated: yes · yes [S9]
- Template guides: Templates include Template Guides that can be identified and removed [S10]
- Template switchable: yes [S9]
- Timer availability: Storm Administrators · yes [S11]
- Timer custom time: Timer supports pre-set times and custom time with editable hour, minute, second sections [S11]
- Timer hide: Hide minimizes Timer, countdown embedded in bottom menu [S11]
- Timer label: Timer label visible to everyone on the Team, auto-saved [S11]
- Timer open: Timer opened via clock icon visible only to Storm Administrator [S11]
- Timer single instance: yes · yes [S11]
- Timer sound: Selectable sound tune and notification when Timer elapses [S11]
- Viewer paid plans: paid · yes [S15]
- Viewer view only: no · yes [S15]

**Support**
- SSO contact: sales@stormboard.com · yes [S16]
- Templates collection article count: 31 [S10]
- Trust page: https://stormboard.com/trust [S18]

## Questions

### Is Stormboard European?

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

### Where does Stormboard store data?

The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026. The vendor’s pages mention United States and Canada as hosting locations, per [the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/13770).

### Does Stormboard have a free plan?

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

### What are the best alternatives to Stormboard?

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: [Stormboard alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/online-whiteboard/stormboard/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 33 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.
- 12 compliance 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.
- 8 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.
- 8 support 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.
- 7 integrations 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.
- 6 pricing 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.
- 5 hosting 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.
- 2 data 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 subprocessors 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.
- 3 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://stormboard.com/home (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S2] Integrations page: https://stormboard.com/integrations (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S3] Features page (enterprise): https://stormboard.com/enterprise/overview (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S4] API documentation: https://api.stormboard.com/docs (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S5] Pricing page: https://stormboard.com/pricing (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S6] Security / trust page: https://stormboard.com/trust (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S7] Privacy policy: https://stormboard.com/legal/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S8] Terms of service: https://stormboard.com/legal/terms-of-service (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S9] Canvas, templates & content — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11455949-how-do-stormboard-templates-work (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S10] Canvas, templates & content — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/collections/13017380-templates (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S11] Workshop facilitation & participation — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11492867-how-to-use-the-timer (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S12] Workshop facilitation & participation — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456163-how-do-i-convert-a-member-to-a-guest (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S13] Integrations, import & export — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11492860-how-do-i-export-download-my-storm (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S14] Integrations, import & export — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456104-stormboard-for-jira-integration-faqs (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S15] Sharing, permissions & administration — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11492866-what-are-the-different-roles-in-stormboard (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S16] Sharing, permissions & administration — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456089-what-single-sign-on-sso-providers-does-stormboard-support (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S17] Security, AI controls & deployment — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11492876-security-privacy-in-stormai (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S18] Security, AI controls & deployment — found from sitemap: https://help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11455850-what-kind-of-security-does-stormboard-have (checked 2026-11-01)

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

Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/1251?target=page