MindMeister

RATING:

4.6

(295)

About MindMeister

MindMeister is a cloud-based solution that helps businesses manage innovation pipelines through brainstorming, collaboration, visualization and more. Key features include idea ranking, status tracking, activity dashboard and chat. Designed for businesses of all sizes, MindMeister lets users handle assets, documents and external links to share them across teams. It comes with a tool, which allows enterprises to visualize mind maps through presentations and export them via multiple elements. Additionally, the solution enables employees and other stakeholders to operate online brainstorming sessions and make them accessible across remote team members to provide input. MindMeister’s task manager comes with a drag-and-drop interface, which helps enterprises display...

MindMeister Pricing

Personal - €4.99 per month Pro - €8.25 per month Business - €12.49 per month

Starting price: 

€6.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

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MindMeister Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for MindMeister

1 - 5 of 295 Reviews

User Profile

Idaly

Verified reviewer

Semiconductors, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

Exploring the effectiveness of MindMeister for project management.

MindMeister has been an invaluable tool for my team and for me as a Project Manager. The real-time collaboration feature has significantly improved communication and collaboration between team members, leading to greater efficiency and productivity in our projects. Additionally, the ability to customize mind maps and add images and files has made it easy for us to present and share information clearly and concisely. The variety of mind map templates available in MindMeister has also been a great advantage, allowing us to create mind maps for different purposes and projects with ease.

PROS

MindMeister has become an indispensable tool for me and my team. The intuitive and user-friendly interface of the software has allowed us to create and share mind maps efficiently and effectively. The real-time collaboration feature has significantly improved communication and collaboration between team members, leading to greater efficiency and productivity in our projects. Additionally, the ability to customize mind maps and add images and files has made it easy for us to present and share information clearly and concisely. I also like the variety of mind map templates available in MindMeister, which has allowed us to create mind maps for different purposes and projects.

CONS

I haven't found anything negative about MindMeister so far. The tool has been very effective in creating and managing mind maps, has significantly improved communication and collaboration between team members, and has improved efficiency and productivity in our projects. While there can always be areas for improvement in any tool, thus far MindMeister has lived up to all of our needs and expectations as a project management tool.

Anonymous

10,000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed April 2023

Extremely intuitive tool for creating beautiful mind maps

MindMeister is a great tool for mind mapping and creative brainstorming. I love its intuitive interface, the export functionality, endless canvas and integration with Google Drive. If you are a visual person or looking for a simple way for organizing your ideas, this can be your go-to tool.

PROS

MindMeister is a simple online tool for creating mind maps, project tasks or meeting notes. My team has used it for around 1.5 years and we have absolutely loved it. It helps in brainstorming the ideas with your hybrid team members and organize those ideas in a structured way. It has extremely intuitive UI and anyone can start using it without any training. You can upload different files from your local system or google drive. This features is extremely helpful when you want to attach details for a particular step. Once you have created a mind map, you can export it in different format like .pdf, .png, .docx, .pptx etc. and share it with your team members or client stakeholders.I love the collection of pre-built templates in MindMeister as it saves up a lot of time during ideation sessions.

CONS

A big drawback of MindMeister is that it doesn't allow you to create process/data flow diagrams (like BPMN). Due to this limitation, you might need to switch to a different tool. Additionally, we have faced a bit of a lag if the mind map is extremely detailed out or having large files attached to it. Also, its free plan only allows you to create a few documents and doesn't provide enough features.

Reasons for switching to MindMeister

We started using XMind as it had better features.

Anonymous

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: GetApp
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2024

Why did they change the best mind mapping app there is?

At this point, I'm very disappointed. It was excellent for brainstorming an enormous thesis project and for designing extensive action research, but the new developments are just extremely disappointing.

PROS

This app's functionality and user interfact is second to none. The speed with which you can brainstorm is excellent.

CONS

I have been stuck in a loop of not being able to connect to my account, getting extremely slow and convoluted customer service, reestablishing access, then losing it again for the last 5 months. I also seriously dislike the new updates. When I started using this service (in grad school), it was absolutely exceptional. I loved being able to make a mind map quickly, then turn it into a presentation on the spot, adjusting the order of the cells as "slides" in the presentation... it was SO useful. Now, they got away from that for some reason.

Reason for choosing MindMeister

I was so impressed by the initial intuitive UI. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Vendor Response

Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We sincerely apologize for the challenges you've faced in accessing your account and we are sorry that you are disappointed by recent updates. Your concerns have been escalated internally to ensure that the responsible departments are aware. We understand the importance of providing efficient and user-friendly service, and we are committed to improving your experience. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our Support Team under support@mindmeister.com if you encounter any remaining issues or if there's anything else we can assist you with.

Replied April 2024

Florian

Environmental Services, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2021

Flexibility matters

Mindmeister works very well to visualize networks. Maybe a 3D-version woud be nice too?

PROS

Very easy to use, mindmap automatically makes space for new items

CONS

missing option for cross-linking of items without an arrow no adaptation of design of item and subitems more detailed selection of subitems to be included into a slide

Reasons for switching to MindMeister

Using both in parallel. Couldn't properly visualize my thoughts with LO.

User Profile

Oleg

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

Fantastic tool for mind maping

PROS

Easy to create mind maps. Features to share and collaborate. Cross devices.

CONS

Quite slow support. It takes about a week to get a response from support.

Reasons for switching to MindMeister

More features and integrations