Collaboard
Collaboard is an online whiteboard for visual collaboration in meetings, workshops, teaching, planning and brainstorming.
What Collaboard is
Collaboard is an online whiteboard for visual collaboration in meetings, workshops, teaching, planning and brainstorming. Its board supports sticky notes, mind maps, drawing, shapes, documents, multimedia, tables and comments, with exports for finished boards. The site advertises more than 250 templates spanning activities such as retrospectives, customer journeys, SWOT analyses and Kanban boards. Facilitation options include voting, ratings, a timer, presentation and focus modes, plus controls for pinning, locking or hiding content. It connects with Jira, Pexip, Microsoft Teams, Nextcloud, Cisco Webex and Rocket.Chat, and offers a public API for custom integrations. Cloud hosting is available in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany; Enterprise can be deployed on-premises or in a private cloud. The free plan includes up to three boards and five participants per board. Collaboard offers a mobile web version and is optimized for desktop.
Good
- Templates cover workshops, planning and retrospectives.
- Includes voting, ratings and presentation mode.
- Integrates with Jira and Microsoft Teams.
- Offers cloud hosting in three countries.
- Free plan includes three boards.
Watch out
- Free boards allow five participants each.
- Free plan limits uploads to 15 MB for documents.
- Mobile use is through a web version.
Who it suits
Collaboard suits teams, educators, companies, public administrations and other organizations that need a shared visual workspace. Organizations with security requirements can consider its access controls and European hosting options.
Verdict
Collaboard combines a broad set of whiteboard and workshop tools with integrations and hosting choices. Check the free-plan limits and the hosting and access-control options against your team's needs.
Plans and prices
From Collaboard's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 whiteboards · 5 participants per board · core whiteboard features · 200+ templates · Free forever |
| Basic | $6 a year | Unlimited whiteboards · 50 participants per board · up to 20 guest editors · uploads up to 120 MB · board export · billed yearly |
| Advanced | $11.50 a year | Unlimited participants and guest editors · workshop facilitation tools · custom templates · MCP Server beta · hosting choice of Netherlands, Switzerland or Germany · billed yearly |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Self-hosting · SSO · SCIM/LDAP · audit logs · individual APIs and integrations · dedicated customer success management · Contact sales |
The facts
Each one read from Collaboard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Collaboard supports SSO, SAML, OAuth2 and optional two-factor authentication, as well as board passwords, roles and sharing permissions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- API and AI
- The pricing page lists a public API for custom integrations and an MCP Server beta for AI-assisted whiteboards in Advanced and Enterprise.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The company describes Collaboard as GDPR-compliant and says data processing can be kept within Europe or Switzerland.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Facilitation
- Facilitation tools include voting and ratings, a timer, pinning and locking, hiding content, presentation mode, focus mode and quick links.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Cloud hosting options include the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany, and Enterprise offers on-premises or private cloud deployment.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page describes Jira, Pexip, Microsoft Teams, Nextcloud, Cisco Webex and Rocket.Chat integrations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The company describes Collaboard as intended for teams, companies, public administrations and educational institutions, including organizations with high security requirements.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Mobile use
- Collaboard says it is optimized for desktop and offers a mobile web version for phones, tablets and other mobile devices.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- Collaboard is an online whiteboard for visual collaboration, meetings, workshops, teaching, planning and brainstorming.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The security page states that data is protected in transit with TLS connections and stored content uses 256-bit AES encryption.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Enterprise includes premium customer support with dedicated Customer Success Management.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Templates
- The site advertises over 250 templates for workshops, brainstorming, retrospectives, project planning, customer journeys, SWOT analyses and Kanban boards.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Whiteboard tools
- The whiteboard includes sticky notes, mind maps, drawing tools, shapes, documents, multimedia, tables, comments and board exports.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1981checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Bonstetten, Switzerlandchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan limits
- The free plan allows up to three whiteboards and five participants per board; the pricing comparison lists 15 MB for document uploads and 20 MB for images, audio and video.checked 3 Oct 2026
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