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Fraser
2 - 10 employees
Used less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed July 2021
Great for explainer content
Edward
Verified reviewer
Design, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 12 months
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.
PROSI 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.
CONSSometimes 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
Rafal
Verified reviewer
Management Consulting, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 2 years
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
Ann Katrin
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Visual Collaboration Software for everyone
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.
CONSA few more editing options would be nice
Reason for choosing Collaboard
We appreciate that it is based in the EU over US servers.
Alejandro
Writing and Editing, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
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.
PROSThis 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.
CONSThe 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
Stuart
Verified reviewer
Public Relations and Communications, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed May 2021
Effective whiteboarding
A cost effective tool to enable me to use whiteboards just as easily as if we were doing it in the room.
PROSIt is easy to get started to create whiteboards and start using them. One benefit is how easy it is to create whiteboards when I am running training courses that I can then invite my delegates to use. Unlike some others I looked at it was allowed when some delegates were blocked from using some outside sites.
CONSThe mind mapping could be better, but I didn't buy it as mindmapping software so that feature isn't essential and is more of a free bonus to the whiteboard.
Reason for choosing Collaboard
Cost and the fact it wasn't blocked by one of my clients.
Vendor Response
Dear Stuart, thank you very much for your feedback. We are glad that you appreciate the application for online workshops, as we have created the facilitator tools to make a trainer's life easier. It is great that you are pointing out the possibility to add outside users like customers as guests quickly to the board, event without registration. Best regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied May 2021
Fraser
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2021
Great for explainer content
I enjoy using it. Top tip: put the icons that you use most often at the top of the page for ease of access and this can be hidden if you are videoing an area of the canvas
PROSEasy of use and variety of options to present with make it a great choice. Everything is drag and click easy. Lots of icons and I love the post it note styles.
CONSThere are really not many cons - the only comment would be that the UI and interface looks a bit dated but to be honest it doesn't matter.
Reasons for switching to Collaboard
I didn't so much move away from using mindmaps but Collaboard has a lot more creative potential to teach from than a mindmap so in this use case Collaboard is better.
Vendor Response
Dear Fraser, thank you very much for your positive feedback and your top tip about the icons. Best regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied June 2021
Raul
Verified reviewer
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Improve your learning speed with images
The experience was good. The design and colors of the site are fresh and appealing. Swiss made product. I personally found it very useful to memorize legislation for some examinations that I had to take. The easy to add pictures and drawing into the board allowed me to speed the process of creating the boards. And I noticed that the ideas that I created stayed in my mind much longer than with other methods. And the reviewing process was very fast. With a few seconds looking into the board, I could remember a lot. So I added it into my daily routine.
PROSThe results are amazing. Few techniques can improve that much the speed to create, memorize and share ideas. It is an easy to use board, where you can create "visual ideas'' that stick to the mind and allow the thinking process much faster than doing it with words. The brain understands images and stories, so it's good to work this way.
CONSIt is a relatively new product. There are always little details to improve. At the same times, at the beginning, until I could not create a "workflow" with it, I would not really figure out my user case. Also, moving other team mates to work into something new, may be tricky.
Vendor Response
Dear Raul, thank you very much for your positive feedback. We appreciate that Collaboard became part of your daily routine. We agree that moving others to a new tool is not always easy. Therefore we provide you with tips and best practices (e.g. onboarding new users) in our blog posts, see https://www.collaboard.app/en/blog. Best regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied May 2021
Kaushal
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Perfect Place To Collaborate
Software is the perfect companion for 1) Brainstorming & Ideating ideas. 2) Using Whiteboard during Zoom meetings where you can use interactive whiteboard 3) Stick note to dump all idea 4) Story boarding. Collaboard is a really good tool and deserves more praise than it is getting. The simplicity of the the board makes it intuitive, which only benefits its users.
PROSCollaborBoard is the perfect tool for those who want a high-end professional feel with their presentations or meetings. With CollaborBoard's easy-to use drag n drop interface, it's never been easier to create something that will be memorable interactive during webinars presentation. Collaboard is a perfect place to create and share ideas related to website design projects, all in one simple location.
CONSThe UI/ UX of the Collaboard software is not the best out there. It is still buggy in places. The zoom experience in Mac is not great. Hopefully it will be improved soon. There are no folder structures
Vendor Response
Dear Kaushal, thank you very much for your detailed positive review. We are glad that you appreciate our software. Concerning your improvement suggestions, we are working continuously to improve the user experience. We suggest you check out our public roadmap to see what is coming soon. You can also put your requests there and vote for your favorites. Here is the link for the roadmap: https://www.collaboard.app/roadmap Best regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied May 2021
Laura
Verified reviewer
Education Management, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
The best collaboration tool
There are two principal reasons if I have decide to promote CollaBoard in my job. First: CollaBoard is a natural evolution of collaborate in this history moment. Second: the versatility of CollaBoard in every business context whit concrete results by everyone.
PROSThe software is very easy and intuitive! The most thing that I love is the totally freedom of expression my self and in the same time, if you need, you have some template or example like guide your work. For me the best way to collaborate.
CONSSometimes the software slow down, when you have a lot of elements in the project.
Rohit
Verified reviewer
Financial Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Amazingly Easy Software
Very happy with this quick, to the point, software. Have been referring to this for many project plans I have made here. Very good experience & we are happy.
PROSMany ready to use templates are available. Liked the Mind Map template in particular. Very easy to use software, very quick. Features like notes, line, text box are very useful.
CONSGraphical interface is nice but green color usage can be reduced. Additional features can be included in MindMap like leading mindmap software companies.
Reasons for switching to Collaboard
Ayoa is working out very expensive
Vendor Response
Dear Rohit, thank you very much for your positive feedback. We are glad that you find our software very useful. For additional features, you can add your ideas in our public roadmap at https://www.collaboard.app/roadmap. Best regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied May 2021
Hans
Professional Training & Coaching, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
Endless use cases for trainers, coaches and thought leaders
I use Collaboard in numerous ways: - during online events for assignments. Sometimes for 1 person (each person gets a separate link) or in breakout rooms (each breakout room receives its own link, participants can work together on the same board). - As an online assessment before a coaching call - I've converted some of my tools into an online game where participants can draw cards, make moves, etcetera. - I use it for mind mapping - I use it for card-sorting - I use if for notetaking / summarizing
PROSCollaboard is very easy to use and almost has no learning curve. That's necessary for making impact with the tool, because more often than not you share your board with particpants the have never worked with it. The product works smoothly and is very intuitive. When you think a out of the box, then the possibilities are endless: online games, assesments etcetera.
CONSI would love to see more 'linkability' between the different elements on a board. You sort of can add links which come together in a quick menu, but I want to link directly to other elements so data you build in navigation. Maybe it's my fault, but what I don't like is that the font size on a yellow note changes (becomes smaller) if you add more text. I would love to see the option of a fixed font size so that in case you have several notes they all look and feel the same. You can embed websites etc. I sometimes embed Notejoy (a digital notebook) into a Collaboard. This works fine if I am already logged in into Notejoy, but I have to enter my credentials if not. It would be nice if I could add username and password to an embedded object so it always logs in automatically.
Reason for choosing Collaboard
Price and ease of use.
Vendor Response
Hello Hans, Thank you very much for your 5-star review and we are super happy that you like Collaboard. We are working on a linking feature. You will find it on our roadmap as one of the next things we are going to release. On the notes, you are able to choose a fixed size. You can do this via the default settings for example https://help.collaboard.app/how-to-use-default-settings Thank you for the idea to optimize the embed feature. Will will think about that. Kind regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied June 2021
Stefan
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Much value for your money
I used it with smal and large teams, i did brainstormings and whole-day workshops with it - every size of group worked well. It took very little time to accommodate the users and participants to collaboard and they quickly were able to work creative with this nice tool.
PROSI really like the speed with which the developpers are improving the software. I baught it about 8 months ago and even in this few months there were tons of things that improved or were added newly. Great!
CONSCompared to other online whiteboards like Mural and MIro (especially this one) the (colour) design of the ux is a bit old fashioned - but that is just my opninion and does not harm the funcionality!
Reason for choosing Collaboard
I got it for a really valuable price.
Reasons for switching to Collaboard
Mainly the price, second
Vendor Response
Dear Stefan, thank you very much for your positive feedback. We are glad that you are already using Collaboard for a while and enjoy the continuous development. Color Design is always a question of taste and we get mixed feedback on it. Best regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied May 2021
Drew
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2021
Finally, a digital version of the whiteboard in my home office, that I can share much easier
Collaboard is now my chosen go-to tool for mapping out my ideas for my own courses and programs as well as my clients. I also love that I can invite my client into the board as a collaborator. ... All of that, and I can be a note hoarder with my real physical whiteboard at home (and procrastinate having to clear it off)
PROSI was commissioned to put together and launch a course. With a ton of ideas swirling around in my head, it can be really difficult to clarify them and get them straight and begin to piece them in a sequence that makes sense. Collaboard is the only tool I know that comes as close as possible to the whiteboard in my home office. I could add as many sticky notes as I wanted to, sketch out any additional info around them and connect lines and threads to the relevant topics. Without it, I don't know how much longer it would've been before I sat down and successfully got past my brain dumping hurdle
CONSSometimes I notice a little bit of lethargic when duplicating notes. I also use a tablet and stylus (on my computer; I'm not talking about an iPad) and I never quite figured out how to turn off the setting that tries to automatically recognize that I have a stylus in my hand (and switches to a draw mode)
Reason for choosing Collaboard
I have been eager to find a great white board replacement that would FEEL fantastic, especially on a large screen— and something that made it easy to collaborate with clients.
Reasons for switching to Collaboard
At first, I wasn't too sure of the sticky notes, because they are the default item that one adds to their digital whiteboard. But as I gave it a shot and used it more and more, they made perfect sense. I especially loved how I could color-code a sticky note with two clicks. It kept me on track as far as easy visual communication to what I had already accomplished and what I had yet to do.
Vendor Response
Hi Drew, Thank you very much for your feedback and your review. There is a setting where you can disable the auto-detect of your active pen: https://help.collaboard.app/how-to-use-the-pen-with-collaboard Kind regards, The Collaboard Team
Replied May 2021
Romeo Urbain
Verified reviewer
Computer Hardware, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2023
excellent outil de gestion de collaboration
il me permet de gérer mon agenda, mon planning, excellent pour les présentations, traitement de texte, tableur. sécurisé, il permet l'intégration vidéos et de gifs, très pratique pour gérer les idées
PROSbon outil facile à utiliser, peux couteux, qui aide les entreprises dans la gestion des projets, le communications et le travail en équipe, il a une assistance en ligne intéressante ( forum , tuto et autres), il est compatible avec la plus part des des systèmes d'exploitation et accessible avec toute sorte d'appareil
CONSil est parfois un peu lent pour le chargement de certains médias sinon dans l'ensemble il est génial
Martin
Education Management, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT