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Whimsical pricing
Whimsical publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $10/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Whimsical plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Pro | $10/month | 5 | +$10/month, 5 more features |
| Org | $20/month | 5 | +$10/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Starter
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to 4 boards, unlimited viewers, 7-day version history, basic integrations, png export.
Pro
$10/monthOver Starter, this tier adds:
- Unlimited boards
- Unlimited version history
- Advanced permissions
- PDF & SVG export
- Priority support
Org
$20/monthOver Pro, this tier adds:
- Everything in Pro
- SSO
- User management
- Shared team spaces
- Advanced security
Where Whimsical stops being free
Starter, Free
- Up to 4 boards
- Unlimited viewers
- 7-day version history
- Basic integrations
- PNG export
Pro, $10/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited boards
- Unlimited version history
- Advanced permissions
- PDF & SVG export
- Priority support
What the product covers
The full Whimsical feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Flowcharts
- Wireframes
- Mind maps
- Sticky notes
- Docs
- Real-time collaboration
- Templates
- Keyboard shortcuts
Integrations
- Notion
- GitHub
- Slack
- Figma
- Linear
- Jira
- Confluence
Security
- SOC2
- GDPR
- SSL
- 2FA
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
Localization
- English language support
People bring Whimsical in for product planning, ui/ux design, brainstorming, process documentation, project visualization. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Whimsical are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Across the 5 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $35/month. Whimsical starts at $10/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whimsical (this page) | Free, then $10/month | subscription | - | |
| Checkmk | On request | subscription | - | vs Whimsical |
| Asana | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs Whimsical |
| Amplitude | Free, then $49/month | - | - | vs Whimsical |
| Apache Spark | Free | open-source | - | vs Whimsical |
| Attio | $29/month | subscription | - | vs Whimsical |
| Aha! | $59/month | - | - | vs Whimsical |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Whimsical badges page.
Before you pay for Whimsical
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $20/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Whimsical runs on web, and is published by Whimsical Inc of Denver, Colorado, USA. The full record is on the Whimsical review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
Whimsical pricing questions
- How much does Whimsical cost?
- Whimsical publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Starter up to $20/month for Org. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Whimsical have a free plan?
- Yes. The Starter tier costs nothing and covers up to 4 boards, unlimited viewers, 7-day version history. Paying starts at $10/month for Pro.
- What is the difference between Starter and Pro on Whimsical?
- Pro costs $10/month against Free, and adds unlimited boards, unlimited version history, advanced permissions, pdf & svg export.
- Is the Org plan on Whimsical worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in pro, sso, user management, shared team spaces. It costs $20/month against $10/month for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Whimsical expensive for a technology tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $35/month; Whimsical starts at $10/month.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Whimsical have a free tier: Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Auth0.
- What am I actually paying for with Whimsical?
- The record lists 22 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for product planning, ui/ux design, brainstorming.
- Does Whimsical charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Whimsical prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Whimsical against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Checkmk, Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Whimsical covering price, platforms and features.