Online Whiteboard · Alternatives

Whimsical alternatives

As of 1 Nov 2026, the panel rates Miro (3.5/5), Collaboard (3.5/5) and Klaxoon (3/5) 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 (UK / wider Europe). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.

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European alternatives to Whimsical

European by provenance (EU-made, EU origin with foreign ownership, or UK and wider Europe). Data hosting is stated only where the vendor’s own pages prove it.

Collaboard
UK / wider Europe

Panel rating

Collaboard is an online whiteboard from Swiss vendor IBV Informatik AG, and the bench scores it highest on sovereignty — the only criterion to reach 8 — citing a published Article 28(3) data processing agreement that names subprocessors with addresses, hosting on Azure Netherlands, Azure Switzerland or the German Open Telekom Cloud, and an on-premises edition, air-gapped included, documented for the Enterprise tier.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Collaboard in detail →
Klaxoon
EU origin, foreign-owned

Panel rating

Klaxoon — the online whiteboard founded in Rennes, now belonging to Wrike, Inc.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Klaxoon in detail →
Conceptboard
EU-Made

Panel rating

Conceptboard is an online whiteboard from Conceptboard Cloud Service GmbH of Halle (Saale).
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Conceptboard in detail →
Excalidraw+
EU-Made

Panel rating

Excalidraw+ is the hosted team edition of the open-source Excalidraw whiteboard from Excalidraw s.r.o.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention United States
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Excalidraw+ in detail →
Ideaflip
UK / wider Europe

Panel rating

Ideaflip is Biggerflip Ltd's online sticky-note board for remote meetings, brainstorms and retrospectives — the bench reads it as a shared sticky-note workspace, not a full whiteboard.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Ideaflip in detail →

Other alternatives

Miro
Rest of world

Panel rating

Miro, an online whiteboard from RealtimeBoard Inc.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Miro in detail →
FigJam
Rest of world

Panel rating

FigJam is Figma's whiteboard, from Figma, Inc.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
FigJam in detail →
Lucidspark
Rest of world

Panel rating

Lucidspark, the online whiteboard of Lucid Software Inc.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Lucidspark in detail →
Mural
Rest of world

Panel rating

Mural, an online whiteboard from Tactivos, Inc.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026
Mural in detail →
Stormboard
Rest of world

Panel rating

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.
Stormboard in detail →
Bluescape
Rest of world

Panel rating

Bluescape, a web-based collaborative visual workspace from Bluescape Buyer LLC, drew persona-weighted totals from 4.5 to 4.9.
Bluescape in detail →
Microsoft Whiteboard
Rest of world

Panel rating

Microsoft Whiteboard's persona-weighted totals ran from 3.3 to 4.4.
Microsoft Whiteboard in detail →