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Milanote

Milanote organizes creative projects on visual boards, with a free plan capped at 100 cards and paid plans from $9.99 a month per person billed annually.

Our take: Milanote works like a freeform pinboard for creative work: notes, images, links and files sit on boards you arrange yourself.

Best forVisual creative planning

ReviewedOct 2026Freemium

6.85 criteria · see breakdown

Try MilanoteFree; $9.99/mo billed annually, $12.50 monthly (paid)

Yes, Milanote has a free plan with no time limit. Milanote is a visual organizing tool for creative projects: you collect notes, images, videos, links and files on boards and share them with a team or clients. The Free plan holds 100 notes, images or links and 10 file uploads. Paid plans cost $9.99 per person a month billed annually, or $12.50 billed monthly, and Team plans start at $49 a month billed annually.

The bottom line

A focused visual planning tool with a free plan that has no time limit; paid plans lift the 100-card and 10-file caps at $9.99 a month per person billed annually.

Our score

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What it is, and why we rate it

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What it really isA visual board tool for collecting and arranging creative project material.

Our takeMilanote works like a freeform pinboard for creative work: notes, images, links and files sit on boards you arrange yourself.

The Free plan has no time limit but stops at 100 cards and 10 file uploads, and the paid plans remove both caps for $9.99 a month per person billed annually.

Why we rate itThe plans page states the free limits and every paid price in plain terms, the help center explains what happens at the cap and on cancelling, and the release notes show regular updates through 27 October 2026.

The catchThe free plan stops at 100 cards and 10 file uploads.

Paid plans are per person, the Team plans are annual only, plans renew automatically, and the help center says there is no SSO or SLA. Refund wording differs between the terms and the help center.

Best / not good for

Best for

Solo creatives who plan work on moodboards and storyboards
Freelancers who share boards with clients, who can view them on a free account
Small creative teams that want a flat Team price for up to 10 people

Not good for

Organizations that need SSO or SLAs
Heavy media projects that would pass 100 cards or 10 file uploads on the Free plan
Teams that want to pay for a Team plan month to month, since Team plans are billed annually

Trade-offs

Friction report

Trade-offs to know before signing up.

Time to value
Sign up with Google, Apple or email and start on a board; the sign-up form asks for no payment details.
Scale breakpoint
The Free plan stops at 100 cards and 10 file uploads; paid plans are billed per person.
Walled garden
Downgrading keeps your content, and the help center says you can still view, edit and export cards beyond 100; boards export to PNG and PDF according to the release notes.

Still a fit?

If none of these block you, start on the free plan.

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Milanote plans and prices

Plan	Price	Billing	What you get
Free	$0	No time limit	100 notes, images or links; 10 file uploads; unlimited shared boards
Pay per person	$9.99 per person per month	Billed annually	Unlimited notes, images or links; unlimited file uploads; unlimited shared boards
Pay per person	$12.50 per person per month	Billed monthly	Same as above
Team, up to 10 people	$49 per month	Billed annually	Same as above, for the whole team
Team, up to 50 people	$99 per month	Billed annually	Same as above, for the whole team
Larger teams	Quote-based	Contact sales	Custom plan; the help center says Milanote does not offer SSO or SLAs

From Milanote's plans page, checked 28 October 2026. The plans page shows the Team price in a people menu (10 or 50) and has no monthly or annual toggle. Milanote's terms of service say all fees are quoted in US dollars. The two paid-plan buttons read 'Start your free trial' but link to the same sign-up page as the free plan, and no trial length is stated.

Free plan versus paid plan limits

Limit	Free	Paid plans (Pro)
Cards (notes, images, links and similar)	100	Unlimited
File uploads (PDFs, Word, PSD and similar)	10 files	Unlimited
Image size	Up to 10MB each	Up to 100MB each
Other file size	Up to 50MB each	Up to 5GB each
Image background removal	20 per month	100 per month
Shared boards	Unlimited	Unlimited

Card and file limits from Milanote's help center article on Free and Pro upload limits (the article shows the date 25 June 2024) and its plans page; background removal limits from the 25 August 2026 release note; all checked 28 October 2026. If you downgrade with more than 100 cards, the help center says you keep your content and can still view, edit and export it but cannot add more cards.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Milanote free, and is there a free trial?How much does Milanote cost?What happens if I hit 100 cards or cancel a paid plan?Does Milanote have a student discount or promo code?Is Milanote worth paying for?Is Milanote safe, and who runs it?

Is Milanote free, and is there a free trial?

Yes. Milanote has a Free plan 'with no time limit': 100 notes, images or links, 10 file uploads and unlimited shared boards (checked 28 October 2026). Its help center counts the 100 as cards and says Free images can be up to 10MB and other files up to 50MB; paid plans remove the card and file-upload caps. The paid-plan buttons say 'Start your free trial' but give no trial length and lead to the same sign-up page as the free plan, and the help center describes the Free plan as the way to try every paid feature.

How much does Milanote cost?

The Pay per person plan is $9.99 a month billed annually, or $12.50 a month billed monthly (checked 28 October 2026). Team plans are billed annually: $49 a month for up to 10 people and $99 a month for up to 50 people. Larger teams are asked to contact sales. Milanote's terms say all fees are quoted in US dollars, and plans renew automatically.

What happens if I hit 100 cards or cancel a paid plan?

On the Free plan you cannot add cards past 100. If you cancel a paid plan with more than 100 cards, Milanote's help center says you keep your content and can still view, edit and export it, but cannot add more cards. Cancel under Settings, View billing details, Downgrade to the free plan. Refund wording differs: the terms say no refunds other than as required by law, while the help center says monthly plans get no refund for unused time and annual refunds are decided case by case.

Does Milanote have a student discount or promo code?

Milanote's help center says to email education@milanote.com with your institution and course details to get the academic discount, and that non-profit discounts are assessed case by case through support@milanote.com (checked 28 October 2026). The article gives no discount amount and publishes no promo code.

Is Milanote worth paying for?

It depends on whether you hit the Free plan's caps. Free has no time limit and holds 100 cards and 10 file uploads, with images up to 10MB and other files up to 50MB. Milanote's help center says the Free plan lets you try every paid feature for as long as you like. Paying removes the card and upload caps and raises the limits to 100MB for images and 5GB for other files, at $9.99 per person a month billed annually (about $119.88 a year, our arithmetic) or $12.50 billed monthly. If you cancel later, you keep your content and can still view, edit and export it, but you cannot add cards beyond 100 (checked 28 October 2026).

Is Milanote safe, and who runs it?

Milanote is run by Milanote Pty Ltd, an Australian company, and its release notes show updates through 27 October 2026. Its security page says customer data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2 or greater, stored on AWS and Google Cloud, and that payments are handled by Stripe rather than by Milanote directly. Conversion Gems is an independent review site and has no part in running Milanote.