Mindmeister

MindMeister is the world's most popular mind mapping platform for online collaboration. If you need to brainstorm with your team on a mind map in real time, or present a visual structure to your stakeholders, it's the reference tool in its category.

MindMeister is an online tool for creating, editing and sharing mind maps. The editor works on a canvas: you start from a central node, add branches and sub-branches with keyboard or mouse, and the map organizes itself visually around the structure you build. Nodes can contain text, notes, images, links and attachments, and you can apply styles and colors to differentiate topic areas. Real-time collaboration lets multiple people work on the same map simultaneously, seeing each other's cursors and changes live — useful for remote brainstorming sessions. Maps can be presented in slideshow mode, which scrolls through branches showing one area at a time as if they were slides. Export is available in PDF, images, Word, text and FreeMind. MindMeister integrates with MeisterTask, the same developer's project management tool, to turn map nodes into assignable tasks.

For teams, professionals, students and trainers who want to brainstorm, organize ideas or present visual structures collaboratively, with or without a shared structure.

MindMeister has a permanent free plan limited to 3 maps. The Personal plan costs €4.19 per month billed annually and includes unlimited maps, templates and basic features; Pro at €8.25 per month adds presentations, project structure and team features. The Business plan at €12.49 includes admin and security features. Like MeisterNote, plans are often purchased in a bundle with other MeisterLabs tools.