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Milanote
A moodboard tool AI has no clean answer to.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $13/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Visual thinking boards are spatial, not conversational. OpenAI, May 13, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Miro and Figma FigJam.
- What the call is worth $156/yr
- $13/mo at the entry paid tier — $156 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- May 13, 2024
- List price
- $13/mo
- Per year
- $156
The backstory
Milanote is a freeform board for creative planning — images, notes, arrows, arranged spatially. Generation makes it easier to fill boards with imagery, which increases use. The spatial arrangement itself is a human sense-making act that a linear chat interface handles badly.
Escape hatches
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Miro Free tier, more corporate.
miro.com open_in_new F 
Figma FigJam Free collaborative whiteboard.
figma.com open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.