On 10 September 2026, Bending Spoons agreed to acquire Miro. The deal has not closed yet: it is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026, and until then both companies say they keep operating independently. If you want a free whiteboard ready as a backup anyway, cnvs.app opens a shared board with no signup and has no paid plan, though it does far less than Miro.
Sources: Bending Spoons press release (10 September 2026) and Miro's blog post by Andrey Khusid (10 September 2026). Checked 12 October 2026.
Neither announcement mentions any change to Miro's plans or prices. The reason people still check their options is how Bending Spoons describes its own approach. Its press release says the transformation of an acquired business "is typically deep and entails reorganizing teams, overhauling technology, redesigning user interfaces, accelerating product development, and enhancing marketing and monetization."
That is a description of a general strategy, not an announced plan for Miro. Still, if your team depends on Miro's Free plan (3 editable boards, no visitor or guest roles) or on per-seat pricing (Starter $8 and Business $20 per member per month, billed yearly, per miro.com/pricing, checked 8 October 2026), it is reasonable to know what you would use if those terms changed.
Open a new cnvs.app board and share its link; everyone who opens it edits the same board live. A board is either an infinite canvas (freehand, text, sticky notes, pasted images, Mermaid diagrams) or a kanban board. There are no accounts and no per-seat pricing, and there is no paid tier. AI agents can join the same board over a public MCP endpoint with no API key.
Weaker than Miro: no templates gallery, no voting or timers, no workspaces or admin controls, no integrations, and no enterprise security certifications. A board that nobody opens for 30 days is deleted, so it is a tool for live work, not an archive.
Excalidraw's Free tier gives you one infinite scene with unlimited collaborators, and Excalidraw+ adds unlimited scenes and cloud storage. See our cnvs.app vs Excalidraw comparison.
Nothing has changed yet, and Miro's Free plan still lists 3 editable boards. Its template library is on Free too, while voting and timers need Starter or above. If your team runs workshops on Miro, staying put until there is concrete news may be the simplest choice. Our Miro vs cnvs.app comparison covers the differences.
For a longer side-by-side table with prices and limits, see free Miro alternatives compared.
Not yet. On 10 September 2026 Bending Spoons announced a definitive agreement to acquire Miro at an enterprise value of $1.355 billion. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Nothing has been announced. Bending Spoons' press release says the two companies continue to operate independently until the transaction closes, and Miro's CEO wrote that until closing nothing changes in how Miro operates. Neither announcement mentions changes to Miro's plans or prices.
In its own press release, Bending Spoons describes its transformation of an acquired business as typically deep: reorganizing teams, overhauling technology, redesigning user interfaces, accelerating product development, and enhancing marketing and monetization. It also says it intends to own and operate Miro for the long term. What that means for Miro specifically has not been announced.
cnvs.app is a free whiteboard and kanban board with no accounts and no paid plan: open cnvs.app/draw, share the link, and everyone edits the same board live. Excalidraw has a free-forever tier with one scene, and Miro's own Free plan has 3 editable boards. cnvs.app is not a full Miro replacement: it has no templates gallery, voting, timers or team administration, and boards nobody opens for 30 days are deleted.
Nothing forces a move today. A sensible step is to know which boards you depend on and have a second tool ready for quick sessions, so a future plan or price change would not block your work. Decide again when Miro or Bending Spoons announces what changes after closing.