Collaboard

RATING:

4.5

(74)

About Collaboard

Colllaboard is a collaborative online whiteboard software from Switzerland. It offers a new way of more creative and interactive collaboration in online meetings and workshops, because "Great minds think together". In Collaboard teams work on an infinite canvas with sticky notes, images, documents, videos, shapes and much more. Like on a real whiteboard people can write, draw and sketch ideas with a pen. So, people can visualize their ideas, brainstorm, create mind maps, do complete design thinking workshops, and increase the productivity of remote sessions by working in real-time on a shared board. In addition, you have a set of templates at your disposal, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time. At Collaboard, there are numerous templates, such as on the...

Awards and Recognition

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Collaboard Pricing

Free - 0 EUR for up to 3 projects (boards), selected whiteboard features, up to 5 participants per board. Personal - 3 EUR per user/month (billed annually) for unlimited projects (boards), selected whiteboard features plus adding YouTube videos, up to 10 participants per board. Basic - 5 EUR per user/month (billed annually) for projects (boards), whiteboard features like in the personal subscription plus team management, up to 50 participants per board, and up to 20 guest users per board. Advanced - 10 EUR per user/month (billed annually) for unlimited projects (boards), all whiteboard features including facilitator tools, unlimited participants and guest users per board plus option to host data in Switzerland (on-request).• Enterprise - all of Advanced plus options to self-host on-premises or in own cloud (Azure, aws), SSO, company branding, admin dashboard and more. Customized plans are available on request.

Starting price: 

€3.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

Infinite Canvas for creative collaboration: The infinite canvas makes you able to plan like on a big digital wall. Take the space you need, zoom in and out, and go to selected areas with quick links.
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Collaboard Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Collaboard

1 - 5 of 74 Reviews

Fraser

Marketing and Advertising, 2 - 10 employees

Used less than 6 months

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:

5

Reviewed July 2021

Great for explainer content

User Profile

Edward

Verified reviewer

Design, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Let your creativitiy flow with Collaboard

For what it offers, it is really good and very handy... I know there are still a lot of things that can be improved but as of now, it is really very useful for me... I use it for making diagrams and taking notes... Illustrating is a breeze with collaboard.

PROS

I like collaboard because it is very easy to use, I didn't have a hard time understanding it right away when I first used it. It is also very convenient since it is cloud-based, I can access my boards anytime as well as share access to my clients and friends. Making mind-maps, illustrations, userflows, UX flows can be done with more flexibility in Collaboard.

CONS

Sometimes it is kinda slow in loading media like images... Also there's no way to embed external media...would really be nice if you could embed scripts or iframes...

Reason for choosing Collaboard

Colloaboard has more freedome in designing your mindmaps and illustration, it just fits to the my use cases.

Reasons for switching to Collaboard

I wanted to make life easier and it seems that collaboard was able to meet my needs.

Vendor Response

Dear Edward, thank you for your positive feedback. For your information, there is an "embed" feature in Collaboard where you can insert iFrame Code or Website-url. It is in the left menu at the end. You can find more information about how to do it at https://help.collaboard.app/how-do-i-embed-iframes-and-other-applications-in-collaboard. Best regards, The Collaboard Team

Replied May 2021

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Rafal

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting, 1 employee

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2021

Bye bye Mural, hello Collaboard

It is a great alternative for Mural (used before). You love it if you want to explain or create models/schemes. Must have for marketing/software if you want to be clear for customer when describing proces or function.

PROS

+ Great price to functionality ratio. + In most cases it is easy for learn and use (with one major issue). + A lot of pre-defined templates that you can use (or inspire) + Sharing option via link (non-registered) or closed group (registered collaboration) + Presentation mode (with timer if needed) + Integration with Zoom meeting + Grid with "snap to grid" mode when editing + adding videos from Youtube

CONS

- no possibility to save and load "pre-sets" like colours, fonts etc - I have to select all options everytime or create one object and then copy it as a "preset" for others. It should have a "bin" with presets and thanks to that I could select something that is previously configured (like Red memo stick with Roboto italic font)

Reasons for switching to Collaboard

Much cheaper than Mural with functions that I need.

Vendor Response

Hi Rafa?, Thank you very much for your review and for your feedback. Did you know that you can use standard settings for fonts, colors, cards, and connectors? This might solve one of your issues. Please have a look here: https://help.collaboard.app/how-to-use-default-settings Kind regards, The Collaboard Team

Replied May 2021

Alejandro

Writing and Editing, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 6 months

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:

1

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed January 2021

The poorest execution of a great idea

Overall, it has been a horrible experience. I think they should mature their product. It has a lot of glitches. Also, the UI is awful. I don't really care about that, my primary concern is with function ability, and I think that's collaboard main issue. I really wanted this to work for me, but unfortunately is an inferior product.

PROS

This software was supposed to be amazing. The infinite board feature, and the capabilities to embed entire webpages or videos for example are remarkable. The idea is that you can use it as a virtual and infinite board of ideas. You can share it with students, so the tutorials becomes very instructive.

CONS

The problem is that it is poorly executed. Collaboard is in a very early stage of development. I don't know if they were ready to launch. You can't write in the board, because there is some horrible lagging in the system, so your words came out as weird lines. If you try to group a set of elements, it disappears, so you lose all of your content. Then, if you write to support, they insinuate it's your laptops fault (even when I provided proof that a similar app was working just fine). Which is weird because I can run very modern games in it, and also other virtual boards like aww app. They tell you they are in shock (for the content loss) and that they are going to see the problem right away. But you never hear from them again. Also, they take 2 weeks to respond and then tell you that your mail magically has gone to spam. (I believed them the first time).

Reasons for switching to Collaboard

For the price

Vendor Response

Hello Alejandro, we are sorry to hear that you faced some difficulties working with Collaboard. We are investigating your case. Normally people do not face the issues you describe, so this must be something very specific.

Replied February 2021

Ann Katrin

E-Learning, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less 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

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

Visual Collaboration Software for everyone

PROS

It is super easy to use, even people who are not versed in new technology figured it out without tutorials. We use it internally for vizualizing our next steps in our business, but also externally to gather information and ideas in digital zoom workshops. It works just like a regular whiteboard, which makes it so easy to use.

CONS

A few more editing options would be nice

Reason for choosing Collaboard

We appreciate that it is based in the EU over US servers.