Whimsical is a visual workspace for flowcharts, wireframes and mind maps with AI tools. Free plan available; paid plans start at $10 per editor per month.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Whimsical is a visual workspace that the company calls the whiteboard for product builders. It brings diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes and docs onto an infinite canvas called a board, so teams can capture ideas and document how something will be built. The stated aim is to design and document implementation with diagrams and shape UI with wireframes.
The product also includes AI tools that generate flowcharts, mind maps and wireframes from text prompts, and a desktop app for macOS and Windows. A free plan exists, and viewers and guests are free on every plan, which helps teams that share work with people outside their core group.
Work happens on boards, an infinite canvas where users place diagrams, wireframes and whiteboard content. Teams can start from a library of templates written by experts, or create custom templates of their own. Images can be uploaded, and videos from Loom, YouTube and other sources can be embedded to give context to a diagram.
For AI generation, a user describes a process, an idea or a screen in plain text. AI Flowcharts returns a structured flowchart, AI Mind Maps expands an idea into branches, and AI Wireframes produces editable wireframes and wireflows for web and mobile. The results remain editable, so teams can refine them by hand.
The core tools are Diagrams, Flowcharts, Mind maps and Wireframes. Flowcharts help explore and validate interaction flows, while mind maps expand and organize ideas before a solution is chosen. Wireframes are built from drag-and-drop components so teams can iterate quickly. Comments keep conversations on the board rather than in chat apps.
Collaboration features include multiplayer editing in real time, voting, a timer, backlinks and a notification inbox. Version history lets users view earlier versions of a board and restore them. Business adds private teams, SAML single sign-on, SCIM, a content security lock, custom security reviews and priority support.
Whimsical is a visual workspace for product builders. It combines flowcharts, mind maps, diagrams, wireframes and docs on an infinite canvas, with AI generation and real-time collaboration.
Free costs $0 per editor per month, Pro costs $10 and Business costs $20, shown with annual billing and a 17% saving over monthly billing. Viewers are always free.
Yes. The Free plan includes unlimited boards, workspace members and guests, plus 10 AI credits per member. It limits board objects and doc blocks to 50 each per month, adds a watermark to exports and keeps 7 days of version history.
Listed integrations include ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Grok, GitHub, Linear, Notion, Obsidian, Google Docs, Slack and Jira. Boards can also be embedded in apps such as Asana, Confluence, Trello and Zendesk.
Yes. Non-profit organizations get a 20% discount, and students and teachers can use Whimsical free of charge after applying through a form.
Yes. You can share a file by link or invite people as guests. Guests are free and unlimited on every plan, including Free.
Whimsical states it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and committed to helping customers meet GDPR and CCPA requirements. The Business plan adds SAML SSO, SCIM and a content security lock.
Yes. A desktop app for macOS and Windows is available, and it is included on all plans.