An Excalidraw-style whiteboard on your Mac's desktop
Koi's board is an endless whiteboard like Excalidraw, on your Mac's wallpaper, and Koi's AI draws on it with you. Ten templates, tables and notes. Kept on your Mac.
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What FigJam does, and what it costs
FigJam is Figma's online whiteboard: sticky notes you can sort into themes, shapes and connectors that snap to the grid, stamps, emotes and stickers, widgets from the Community, and over 300 ready-made templates. It's built for teams: editing together in real time, comments, audio, cursor chat and Spotlight, and guests can join for 24 hours without an account. Its AI can summarize stickies, sort them into groups and generate boards for syncs and brainstorms.
FigJam comes with every Figma seat. The free Starter plan has 3 FigJam files plus unlimited drafts and 30 days of version history. On Professional, a Collab seat is $3 a month and a Full seat $16, and students and teachers get it free. It runs in the browser, in Figma's desktop app (macOS 12 or later) and on iPad, with files in Figma's cloud.
We make Koi, so read this with that in mind. Every fact about another app comes from that app's own site, checked October 26, 2026.
The picks
The best FigJam alternatives for Mac in 2026
1. Koi
Best for: A private board on your Mac's desktop that Koi draws on with you
Koi's board is an endless whiteboard like Excalidraw, drawn by the Mac app itself. It sits on your wallpaper as a widget; click it and it grows into a full window. Shapes, arrows, sticky notes, tables, pictures and stickers, ten templates, and a chat bar where you ask Koi to draw, change or explain the board. Each board is a file on your Mac.
Where FigJam is better, plainly: it's made for teams, with live editing, comments, audio and guests, it has far more templates and widgets, it runs in any browser and on iPad, and it's free to start. Koi's board is for one person on one Mac, with no sharing but export. It comes with Koi, which is $20 a month or Lifetime, paid once, with dictation, call recording and an assistant in the same app.
2. Miro
Best for: Big team workshops and whiteboards
Miro is the large online whiteboard for teams, with AI on paid plans. Free keeps 3 boards editable; Starter is $8 a member a month and Business $20, billed yearly. More in our Miro alternatives.
3. tldraw
Best for: A quick, free whiteboard, online or offline
tldraw.com is a free whiteboard you can share in a click. tldraw offline, a free desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux since July 2026, needs no account and saves files where you pick. More in our tldraw alternatives.
4. Excalidraw
Best for: Hand-drawn diagrams in the browser, free
Excalidraw is free forever in the browser, with live collaboration by link. Excalidraw+ adds saved scenes for $6 a user a month. More in our Excalidraw alternatives.
Comparison
FigJam vs the alternatives
From each app's own site. “Not listed” means the site doesn't mention it.
| Live with others | AI draws on it | Where boards live | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FigJam | Yes | Generates boards, sorts stickies | Figma's cloud | Free, 3 files; Collab seat $3 a month |
| Koi | No | Yes, from its chat bar | Your Mac | Comes with Koi: $20 a month, or Lifetime, $199 once |
| Miro | Yes | On paid plans | Miro's cloud | Free, 3 editable boards; from $8 a member a month |
| tldraw | Yes, on tldraw.com | Not listed for tldraw.com | Cloud, or files with tldraw offline | Free |
| Excalidraw | Yes | Not listed | Your browser, or Excalidraw+ | Free; Excalidraw+ $6 a user a month |
Honest take
When FigJam is still the better pick
Stay on FigJam if
- You draw with your team, live, and leave comments.
- Your team is already in Figma.
- You want hundreds of templates and Community widgets.
- You need it on Windows, in a browser or on iPad.
Choosing
Which one should you pick?
- A team in Figma? Stay on FigJam.
- Big workshops? Miro.
- Free and quick, online or offline? tldraw or Excalidraw.
- Your own board on your Mac's desktop, with Koi drawing on it, plus the rest of Koi? Koi.
Keep exploring
The best Miro alternatives for personal use
Free Miro alternatives for personal use: Apple Freeform, tldraw, Excalidraw, FigJam, Milanote, Allume and Koi's board on your Mac desktop. Limits and prices.
The best tldraw alternatives for Mac
tldraw alternatives for Mac: Koi's desktop board with AI drawing, Excalidraw, FigJam and Miro. Free vs paid, offline vs online, and who can draw with you.
The best whiteboard apps for Mac in 2026
The best whiteboard apps for Mac: Apple Freeform, tldraw, Excalidraw, Miro, FigJam, Obsidian Canvas, Milanote and Koi. Prices, free plans and where boards live.
Support
Frequently asked questions
The Starter plan is free with 3 FigJam files, unlimited drafts and 30 days of version history. Students and teachers get it free.
Figma's site doesn't list offline use. tldraw offline and Koi's board work without the internet, though Koi's AI drawing needs it.
Not live. Koi's board is on one Mac; export it as a PNG, PDF or SVG to share it.