Whimsical

What it is for

Whimsical is a hosted flowchart board: you drop diamonds on Sign up flow 2.0 and share the same canvas, and Free is $0/editor/month. Use it when the job is a board you start at a public $, not when you need a $0 Excalidraw playground only.

Soft-note: older brand.

What makes it unique: the cover is Whimsical’s official flowchart chrome (Sign up flow 2.0, left tool rail, diamonds Join existing workspace or create a new one? / Signed up via Google or email?, yellow connector, tip card Change shape type / Whimsical Team, avatars, Share, 100%) from whimsical.com — not a logo. The diamonds themselves are ops of the board.

Key features

• Flowchart canvas — diamonds / rectangles / arrows (cover still; flowchart guide shortcut S). One desk. Cover Does domain match an existing account? sits here.
• Left toolbar — select / shapes / connector / pen (cover). A tool desk, not a Pro tile.
• Tip / comment card — Change shape type signed Whimsical Team (cover). A note, not a watermark meter.
• Collaborator avatars — the face stack in the top bar (cover). A session, not a 50-object cap.
• Board title — Sign up flow 2.0 (cover). A title, not a Share button.
• View chrome — hand / zoom next to 100% (cover). A view desk; the 100% figure itself is a meter, not a desk.

Share on the cover is a CTA (not a desk). Free / Pro / Business tiles and 50 objects / 50 blocks stay in Pricing. AI Flowcharts / AI Mind Maps on the marketing nav are AI extras, not a sixth diamond we fold into the canvas.

Who it's for

Best fit: PMs and designers who will stay on Free at $0/editor/month (50 board objects / 50 doc blocks / watermark / 7-day history) while they open a first Sign up flow, then Pro at $10/editor/month when they need unlimited objects — not Business $20 unless they need SAML / private teams.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from whimsical.com/pricing printed cards ($ / Month / Editor). Figures below are USD.

• Free — $0 / month / editor. “For evaluating Whimsical.” Up to 50 board objects per month. Up to 50 doc blocks per month. Watermark on exports. 7-day version history.
• Pro — $10 / month / editor. Unlimited board objects / doc blocks. Remove watermark. 90-day history.
• Business — $20 / month / editor. Private teams. SAML SSO. SCIM.
• Contact sales for larger orgs. Do not invent an Enterprise $.

Page also mentions save 17% on annual billing; the cards we copied print $/month/editor. Confirm the toggle.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 50 objects / 50 blocks / watermark / 7-day history. Unlimited objects are Pro $10/editor.
• Seats are per editor. Quote $10 / $20, not a workspace flat $.
• A flowchart board, not Excalidraw’s playground. For that editor see Excalidraw.

Alternatives

• Excalidraw — a hand-drawn playground when you want Free OSS $0 / Plus $7, not Whimsical’s Sign up flow 2.0.
• Miro — a story-map board when you want Free $0 / 3 boards, not Pro $10/editor.
• Figma AI — Figma Make when you want Starter Free (150 AI credits/day), not Business $20.

Official tutorial

Official Whimsical channel video: How to move from Microsoft Whiteboard to Whimsical (oEmbed author: Whimsical). First-party how-to; the Sign up flow still is the cover. Board chrome on the video is ops of the flowchart, not generate-on-the-diamond. Written flowchart path: Getting started with flowcharts (S for shapes).

Written path: whimsical.com/pricing plus the flowchart guide.

Website

https://whimsical.com/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Whimsical’s official flowchart chrome (Sign up flow 2.0 + left toolbar + diamonds + Whimsical Team tip + Share + 100%). Soft-note older brand. Dollars checked on whimsical.com/pricing (Free $0/editor; Pro $10; Business $20; 50 objects / 50 blocks on Free). Tutorial oEmbed author: Whimsical (@WhimsicalPowers).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.