Draw.Chat
Draw.Chat is a free, web-based whiteboard for drawing, notes, and real-time collaboration.
What Draw.Chat is
Draw.Chat is a free, web-based whiteboard for drawing, notes, and real-time collaboration. Boards can be created and shared without registration or installation, making it usable for remote lessons, tutoring, meetings, and shared notes. The infinite canvas accepts uploaded PDFs, images, and maps for group annotation. Drawing tools include a pen, highlighter, crayon, nib pen, and eraser, with pressure and tilt support on selected tools when using a stylus or graphics tablet. Built-in voice and video chat and an AI assistant in board chat support communication during sessions. Boards sync in real time and have no session time limit. A configurator can save board templates and embed configured boards in websites, blogs, e-learning platforms, or other applications. The API supports board creation and user or permission management through prepared links. Files up to 100 MB are supported, but boards may be deleted after 31+ days without access.
Good
- Free plan with no session time limit
- No account or installation required
- Infinite canvas for PDFs, images, and maps
- Built-in voice, video, and board-chat AI
- Embeds and API support prepared links
Watch out
- Files may be deleted after 31+ days
- Uploaded files limited to 100 MB
- Shared URLs expose data to participants and servers
Who it suits
It suits teachers, tutors, meeting participants, and teams needing browser-based shared drawing or annotation. Guest collaboration, embedding, and API access also fit organizations sharing boards externally.
Verdict
Draw.Chat combines an infinite collaborative canvas with communication, file annotation, templates, embedding, and API controls. Its free access is useful for live sessions, but retention is not guaranteed and uploads have a 100 MB limit.
Plans and prices
From Draw.Chat's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No cost · no time limit on sessions · boards/files may be deleted after 31+ days · maximum uploaded file size 100 MB |
The facts
Each one read from Draw.Chat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Cloud storage
- Boards sync in real time and are stored for 31+ days; the maximum uploaded image or PDF size is 100 MB.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The configurator lets users customize board settings and tools, save templates, and reuse or embed configured boards.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The terms say servers may store usernames, drafts, chat history, shared files, timestamps, IP addresses, browser-identifying data, session numbers, and voluntarily provided email addresses.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Drawing tools
- The whiteboard includes pen, highlighter, crayon, nib pen, and eraser, with stylus and graphics-tablet support for pressure and tilt on selected tools.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Embedding and API
- Boards can be embedded in websites, blogs, e-learning platforms, or other applications, and the API supports creating boards and managing users and permissions through prepared links.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Files and maps
- Users can draw on uploaded PDFs, images, and maps and share the work with others.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The terms list Cloudflare, Google, Sentry, YouTube, Twitch, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, and Microsoft Clarity as third parties integrated with the site.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Live communication
- The product page describes built-in voice and video chat and an AI assistant available from the board chat.checked 9 Oct 2026
- No account or installation
- The maker says boards can be created and shared without registering or installing software.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Draw.Chat is a browser-based whiteboard for drawing, notes, and real-time collaboration, and the maker describes it as useful for remote lessons, tutoring, meetings, and shared notes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security details
- The terms say direct peer-to-peer connections carrying IP addresses, audio-video streams, and chat files are encrypted between participants, while IP addresses may be visible to participants and intermediary servers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Sharing and retention
- Shared files are available at unique, hard-to-guess URLs, may be automatically deleted after 31+ days without access, and are not guaranteed permanent storage.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The contact page lists [email protected] for support inquiries.checked 9 Oct 2026
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