FigJam
6.7Figma's whiteboard with AI-assisted clustering, voting and a free tier that includes meaningful AI credits
FigJam is the whiteboard product inside Figma — sticky notes, voting, timer, audio, music, expressive cursor stamps, an AI co-pilot that clusters and summarises sticky notes, and dozens of community retro templates. Sits inside the Figma platform so design and product teams already living there get retros without buying a second tool, with Figma's strong SSO/SCIM and SOC 2 enterprise posture on Org+/Enterprise plans.
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Mural
6.4Visual collaboration whiteboard with hundreds of retro templates and AI-assisted facilitation
Mural is a long-established visual collaboration platform — an infinite canvas with sticky notes, voting, timers, private mode, hundreds of retro templates, AI clustering and summary, and a Facilitation Superpowers toolkit (Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode) that's been refined for over a decade. Strong enterprise posture with SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and EU/US data residency.
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FigJam scores 6.7 overall and is best for design and product teams already on Figma who want retros on the same platform as their design files, with playful engagement and AI clustering. It offers a free tier.
Mural scores 6.4 overall and is best for workshop-heavy teams (design, product, agile coaching) that want a polished facilitation canvas with strong retro templates and enterprise-grade controls. It offers a free tier.
FigJam leads on value, fun factor and enterprise-grade. Mural leads on retro toolkit and integrations.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, FigJam edges ahead with an overall score of 6.7. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | FigJam | Mural |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Whiteboard |
| Team size | Mid-market | Mid-market |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | Unlimited FigJam files on Starter, 150 AI credits/day (500/month), community templates | 3 active murals, unlimited members and visitors, 200+ templates |
| Starting price | $3/user/mo (Collab seat) | $9.99/user/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $120/mo | $240/mo billed annually |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2012 | 2011 |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | San Francisco, US |
| Data residency | United States | United States · European Union |
| Languages | English only | 9 (English, Spanish, German, …) |
| Features | 37 | 37 |
| Integrations | 6 | 6 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | FigJam | Mural |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | — | ✓ note |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Action dashboard | — | — |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | — | ✓ note |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | ✓ note | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓ | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ note |
| Confluence | ✓ | ✓ |
| GitHub | ✓ | — |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Linear | ✓ | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | — |
FigJam — pros
- + Generous free tier with real AI credits (150/day, 500/month) baked in
- + Same login and platform as Figma — zero friction for design-led teams
- + Playful, engaging UX (audio, music, stamps, expressive cursors) lifts retro fun factor
- + AI clustering, summary and template suggestions are well integrated
- + Strong enterprise posture inherited from Figma: SAML, SCIM, SOC 2, ISO 27001
FigJam — cons
- − No native action-item tracking, recurring retros or health checks
- − Anonymous mode is weak — no built-in 'private until reveal' equivalent
- − No Microsoft Teams or Azure DevOps integration
- − Pricing is per-seat across Figma plans — paying for a full editor seat ($16+/mo) just to host retros is expensive
- − Built primarily for designers; agile coaches sometimes find the canvas paradigm fiddly for structured retros
Mural — pros
- + Mature facilitation toolkit — Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode — refined over 10+ years
- + Strong template library with 200+ retro and workshop frames
- + Best-in-class enterprise posture: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, SCIM, EU/US residency
- + Two-way Jira and Azure DevOps sync turns sticky notes into tracked issues
- + Polished UX, especially for facilitators running synchronous workshops
Mural — cons
- − Per-seat pricing: a 24-person org pays ~$240/mo on the Team+ tier (annual), well above retro-native tools at that headcount
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal team-pulse
- − No recurring retros, action carryover or cross-team rollup — facilitators rebuild structure each sprint
- − AI clustering and summary trail Miro and dedicated retro tools in depth
- − SSO/SAML gated to Business tier ($17.99/user/mo) — same trap as Miro