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Gladeboard vs Milanote

Milanote is a polished cloud moodboard tool. Gladeboard starts from a different premise: your work belongs to you, exportable as files you keep — not locked in someone else’s server behind a monthly bill and a cap on how much you can put on a board.

Both give you a visual canvas for moodboards, campaigns, and reference. The difference is what happens when you go offline, and what happens if you stop paying: Milanote meters cards, so a single busy board can end your free plan. Gladeboard meters boards — three of them, free, with as much on each as you like — and boards you already made stay editable and keep syncing whatever plan you’re on.

The honest comparison

Great tools. Different priorities.

Milanote and Miro are cloud products with cloud trade-offs. Gladeboard starts from a different premise: your work belongs on your machine.

How Gladeboard compares to Milanote and Miro, feature by feature
FeatureGladeboardMilanoteMiro
Works offline, boards as local filesYesCloud-onlyCloud-only
Canvas assistant that reads your cardsYesNoPartial
Semantic + color searchYesKeyword onlyKeyword only
Smooth past 1,000 cardsYesDegrades ~500Yes
Full export, no lock-inBoards are filesPaid plans onlyYes

Frequently asked

Can I import my Milanote boards into Gladeboard?+

Yes. Bring your existing boards over and Gladeboard maps them onto the canvas — notes, images, links, and layout included, so you keep the structure you already built.

Does Gladeboard work offline like Milanote does not?+

Fully. Gladeboard is local-first, so creating, editing, and searching all work with zero connection. Milanote is cloud-only — if the service or your network is down, your boards are unreachable.

Is Gladeboard cheaper than Milanote?+

Gladeboard’s free plan is three boards with no card cap, synced across your devices. Milanote’s free plan limits you to 100 cards in total. Cloud lifts the board limit at $8/month.

Who owns my boards?+

You do — literally. Each Gladeboard board is a file on your own machine. With Milanote your work lives on their servers; stop paying and access can be restricted. Gladeboard boards stay editable no matter what.