The short answer
- Choose Miro if you want one whiteboard for the whole company: 7,000+ templates, diagramming, many integrations and room for every team.
- Choose Mailfois if the board is about emails: real emails from your Library, Planner, mock-ups and sign-offs on the board, ideas promoted straight into the plan, and journeys that become automations.
- Many email teams don't need both: Mailfois boards cover brainstorms, kick-offs, retros and journey workshops, and they come with the rest of the email workflow.
Who’s writing this: I’m Liam Kane and I built Mailfois, so I’m not neutral. I’ve tried to be fair about where the other tool is the better choice. Facts and prices come from each company’s own website and help pages, checked on 18 October 2026.
Side by side
| Miro | Mailfois | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Any team’s visual work: workshops, diagrams, product planning | Email teams: ideas and journeys boards inside the email workflow (plan, build, translate, sign off, keep) |
| Whiteboard basics | Sticky notes, shapes, connectors, pen, frames, images, comments, much more | Sticky notes, text, shapes, connectors, pen and highlighter, frames, images, cards with comments |
| Templates | 7,000+ in Miroverse, many from its community | Eleven made for email work: campaign kick-off, retro, journey workshop, A/B test plan, persona, content calendar, quarterly plan and simple column boards |
| Workshops | Voting, timer (with music), video chat and more, on paid plans | Dot voting, a shared timer, live cursors, follow a teammate and booked sessions with calendar invites, on every plan including Free |
| Emails on the board | As pictures or links you add yourself | Real emails from the Library, Planner, Studio and Sign-off, with thumbnails that link back; preview links saved so they keep working |
| After the workshop | Export, or move the ideas into another tool | Promote an idea to the Planner, turn a journey into an Automation, send emails for sign-off |
| Export | Images, PDF and more | The whole board or one frame as PNG or PDF |
| Integrations | 250+ | Few by design: Mailfois never holds a log-in to your email platform or your customer lists |
| Price | Free (3 editable boards); Starter $8 and Business $20 per member a month, billed yearly | Free; Pro £12 a month; Team £24 per seat a month, with the whole email workflow included |
Where each one wins
Miro is better for
- Company-wide workshops and diagrams beyond email.
- A huge template library and community templates.
- Many integrations with other tools.
- Richer facilitation, such as timer music and video chat.
Mailfois is better for
- Brainstorms and workshops where the cards are your real emails.
- Turning the winning ideas into planned campaigns without copying them across.
- Mapping journeys that become automations with sign-offs and results.
- Email teams who don’t want to pay for a separate whiteboard.
What a team of five pays
| Miro | Mailfois | |
|---|---|---|
| Five people | $100 a month on Business ($20 per member, billed yearly), for the whiteboard only | £120 a month (Team, 5 seats at £24), for boards plus planning, Studio, Brand Guard, translation, sign-off and the Library |
Comparing planning tools? See the best email marketing calendar and planning tools for 2027, or campaign ideas boards in Mailfois and journey mapping.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mailfois a Miro alternative?
For email work, often yes. Mailfois boards have sticky notes, shapes, connectors, frames, templates, dot voting, a timer and live cursors, and they hold real emails from your Library, Planner, Studio and sign-offs. For general diagrams, org charts or company-wide workshops, Miro is the broader tool.
How much does Miro cost?
Miro's pricing page lists Free, Starter at $8 per member per month and Business at $20 per member per month, both billed yearly, and custom-priced Enterprise from 30 members. The Free plan keeps your three most recent boards editable.
Can I use Miro and Mailfois together?
Yes. Some teams keep Miro for company-wide workshops and use Mailfois boards for anything about emails, because the cards there are the emails themselves and the best ideas move straight into the Planner.
Liam Kane is an email and marketing automation specialist with over ten years in marketing and seven in email, planning and building campaigns on Marketo, Bloomreach and Silverpop. He founded Mailfois, so read his take on it with that in mind. More about Liam.
Sources, checked 18 October 2026: Miro pricing, Miroverse templates, Miro help: Voting, Miro help: Timer, Miro help: Collaboration tools. Prices are in the currency each company publishes and change over time, so check before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.