Miro gives you infinite canvases but no connection to your actual work. Polybase integrates interactive boards with chat, tasks, video, and docs — so brainstorming sessions become real action items, not orphaned sticky notes.
Polybase's interactive boards live inside your workspace channels, connected to conversations, tasks, and documents. Brainstorm on a board, then convert sticky notes into Kanban tasks with one click. Discuss ideas in the channel thread. Hop on a video call to refine the design. Everything stays connected and actionable.
Miro is the leading infinite canvas tool for visual collaboration — mind maps, wireframes, retrospectives, and workshops. It's excellent for creative sessions, but it operates in isolation. After a Miro brainstorm, action items are manually copied to Jira, discussions move to Slack, and the board often sits untouched until the next workshop.
See exactly what you get with Polybase compared to Miro.
Switching is easier than you think. Follow these steps and your team will be up and running in minutes.
Identify which Miro boards your team actively references. Most teams have a handful of living boards and many abandoned ones. Focus on migrating the active content and archiving the rest.
Set up Polybase channels for teams or projects that use visual collaboration. Each channel provides a board, chat, task management, and document space — replacing both Miro and parts of your Slack workflow.
Recreate your active brainstorming boards, planning canvases, and retrospective templates in Polybase. The interactive board supports sticky notes, shapes, and real-time collaboration for common team activities.
The game-changer: after brainstorming on a Polybase board, convert sticky notes directly into tracked Kanban tasks. Action items from workshops become real work items without manual re-entry. This is something Miro fundamentally cannot do natively.
With boards, tasks, and chat in one place, your team's workflow from ideation to execution lives in a single tool. Cancel your Miro subscription and consolidate your stack.
Polybase doesn't just replace Miro — it gives you capabilities Miro can't.
Miro sticky notes are just sticky notes. Polybase lets you convert any board element into a tracked Kanban task with an assignee, priority, and due date — bridging the gap between ideation and execution.
Miro boards are accessed via shared links, disconnected from your team chat. Polybase boards live inside channels — start a discussion about a board element in the same thread where your team communicates daily.
Miro workshops typically require a separate Zoom call. Polybase lets you start a video call directly from the board view — discuss, draw, and decide in one unified experience.
After a brainstorming session, capture meeting notes in Polybase's document editor — linked to the board and the channel discussion. No switching to Google Docs or Notion for follow-up documentation.
Polybase AI agents can summarize board content, identify common themes from sticky notes, and automatically generate action item lists. Miro's AI offers limited assistance comparatively.
Miro handles brainstorming but nothing else. The workflow goes Miro → Slack → Jira → Google Docs → Zoom. Polybase handles the entire chain: brainstorm → discuss → plan → build → review, all in one workspace.
Common questions about switching from Miro to Polybase.