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Heptabase
✓ verifiedPaid
A visual, whiteboard-based knowledge base with an AI tutor and research chat, aimed at students, researchers and lifelong learners.
203K visits/mo61 saves
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Whimsical
✓ verifiedFreemium
A collaborative visual workspace for creating flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes, and boards with AI-assisted diagram generation.
1.4M visits/mo6.9K saves
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Boardmix online whiteboard
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI-powered online whiteboard for real-time team collaboration, diagramming, mind-mapping and brainstorming.
565K visits/mo2.1K saves
Pricing
Pro: $8.99/mo (100 AI credits/mo)
Premium: $17.99/mo (1,800 AI credits/mo)
Premium+: $53.99/mo (8,100 AI credits/mo)
Free trial available
Free: $0/month/editor (3 boards, 3 teams, 10 guests, 7-day version history)
Pro: $10/month/editor (unlimited boards, 6 teams, 50 guests, 90-day version history)
Business: $20/month/editor (SSO/SAML, unlimited teams, 200 guests, unlimited version history)
Free: $0
Starter: $5/mo billed annually ($12 monthly)
AI Starter: $10/mo billed annually ($15.90 monthly)
AI Business: $20/mo billed annually ($29.90 monthly)
Lifetime: $99 one-time (1 member)
Core features
- ✦Whiteboard and card-based visual note-taking
- ✦Bi-directional links and block editor
- ✦PDF annotation, web clipper, YouTube transcripts
- ✦AI chat with source citations
- ✦AI Tutor for guided learning sessions
- ✦Readwise and Zotero integrations
- ✦AI-generated flowcharts from a text prompt
- ✦AI-generated mind maps that auto-branch from an idea
- ✦Real-time multiplayer editing and commenting
- ✦Drag-and-drop wireframe building
- ✦Expert-made templates library
- ✦Version history with restore capability
- ✦Video and image embedding from Loom and YouTube
- ✦Infinite collaborative canvas
- ✦Real-time editing for up to 500 users
- ✦AI diagram, mind map and art tools
- ✦Flowchart and diagramming suite
- ✦Templates for planning and workshops
- ✦Presentations and integrations
Use cases
- →Building a connected personal knowledge base
- →Conducting research across PDFs and sources
- →Structured self-guided study on any topic
- →Mapping out product workflows and user journeys visually
- →Brainstorming and organizing ideas with AI-generated mind maps
- →Building low-fidelity wireframes for new product features
- →Collaborating live with a team on shared diagrams and boards
- →Brainstorm and mind-map with a team
- →Build flowcharts and diagrams
- →Run meetings and workshops
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