In my team we have these brainstorming sessions where the team comes up with tons of ideas. Everyone contributes, remote teammates join via video, its great at first. But then no one knows where to put them, nothing gets prioritized or turned into actual work. We tried Jira integrations but half the team ignores it.
Does anyone know any tools that actually help your team organize without everyone hating it?
I started a new project mapping out user flows for our app signup. my team dumps everything into powerpoint slides. arrows everywhere, boxes overlapping, cant even zoom out to see the whole thing. i spent half my day yesterday just fixing layout so it doesnt look like a kids drawing.
we have like 20 steps from landing page to purchase and its all static. we have no way to collab live, no infinite canvas. i tried linking to jira but that made it worse.
Do u guys know any online whiteboard stuff that makes it a lil bit easier, but we re also on a budget.
We’ve been fully remote for about 9 months now and brainstorming sessions were getting messy fast. Slack threads, random docs, screenshots everywhere… nothing stuck so we decided to test both Miro and FigJam properly instead of just “trying them once and quitting.”
We ran actual sessions with both. Same team (6 people), same type of work (content planning and UX flows), and gave each tool a full week.
Miro what stood out: The space feels… unlimited. You can zoom out and actually see everything without it turning into chaos
Templates actually helped. We used a few for mapping flows and it saved time instead of slowing us down
Better when things get complex. Once we moved from ideas to structure to flows, it handled that transition well
Easier to keep everything in one place instead of jumping between tools
The downside: First session was a bit overwhelming for some people
FigJam what stood out:
Way easier to get started. People understood it instantly
Feels lighter and faster for quick idea dumping
Better vibe for casual brainstorming sessions
The downsides: Once things got deeper (like mapping full journeys), it started feeling limited
We ended up needing something else for structure after brainstorming
What we ended up doing: We still use both, but differently.
FigJam for quick sessions when we just want ideas out fast, Miro when we actually need to turn those ideas into something usable (flows, structure, planning) If I had to pick only one for a remote team doing both brainstorming and execution, i would choose Miro just because it handles the “after brainstorming” part better.