Archboard

Compare

The architecture canvas teams subscribe to.

Archboard is a hosted architecture workspace: Kubernetes, cloud, C4, and network node packs on an infinite canvas that your team and AI agents edit live, structured JSON, and snapshot export that matches what you drew. Sign in with Google or GitHub. Start free with every built-in pack and your AI agents. Subscribe to Pro for live editing with teammates, unlimited diagrams and nodes, embed, and watermark-free export.

Start freeGo Pro

Why Archboard

The diagram your team actually keeps current

Archboard is the cloud architecture workspace you keep open: Kubernetes, C4, cloud, and network packs on an infinite canvas, structured JSON you can import and export, snapshot export that matches what you drew, and a published path from Free to Pro to Enterprise with SLA and dedicated support. Whiteboards get wiped. Slide decks go stale. This canvas is the one the team keeps current.

  • Structured diagrams that outlast the meeting

    Pan, zoom, ports, and edges keep systems readable as they grow. Notes, stickers, and mind maps sit on the same canvas and keep their structure while your team and your AI agents edit live.

  • Nodes that look like the system

    Drop Kubernetes, cloud, C4, network, and flowchart packs, not a generic rectangle with a label. Ports connect. Shapes stay consistent.

  • Export and revise with confidence

    SVG, PNG, JPEG, or PDF when you need a snapshot. JSON when the team needs a structured document they can import, export, and save as a revision.

  • Orgs, workspaces, clear pricing

    Sign in with Google or GitHub. Organizations and seats in the cloud. Self-serve Pro and Enterprise, with SLA and dedicated support when you need them.

Side by side

Archboard vs Lucidchart, Miro, draw.io, Eraser, IcePanel

Archboard is the structured-diagram product in this table: domain packs (Kubernetes, C4, cloud, network, flowchart, mind map), real-time editing with live cursors for people and AI agents, snapshot plus JSON export, organizations and seats, canvas-faithful SVG/PNG/JPEG/PDF. Workshop facilitation (timers, voting) and office-suite plugins are other jobs. Archboard does not sell them.

Every row lists every product. Archboard is highlighted.

  • Architecture-first canvas

    Structured canvas for systems maps, flows, and mind maps, not workshop facilitation.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart Partial
    • Miro No
    • draw.io Partial
    • Eraser Yes
    • IcePanel Yes

  • Domain node packs

    Kubernetes, cloud, C4, network, flowchart: ready-made, not generic shapes.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart No
    • Miro No
    • draw.io No
    • Eraser Partial
    • IcePanel Partial

  • SVG, PNG, JPEG, PDF + JSON

    Snapshot exports plus a structured document you can import and revise.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart Yes
    • Miro Partial
    • draw.io Yes
    • Eraser Partial
    • IcePanel Partial

  • Organizations & workspaces

    Cloud organizations, seats, and roles.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart Yes
    • Miro Yes
    • draw.io No
    • Eraser Partial
    • IcePanel Yes

  • Autosave & revision snapshots

    Keep working; snapshot when the architecture changes.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart Yes
    • Miro Yes
    • draw.io Partial
    • Eraser Yes
    • IcePanel Yes

  • Start in the cloud with OAuth

    Google or GitHub sign-in; no credit card needed to try.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart Yes
    • Miro Yes
    • draw.io No
    • Eraser Yes
    • IcePanel Yes

  • Self-serve Pro & Enterprise

    Published Free / Pro / Enterprise seats, with an SLA on Enterprise.

    • ArchboardRecommended Yes
    • Lucidchart Partial
    • Miro Partial
    • draw.io Yes
    • Eraser Partial
    • IcePanel Partial

  • Workshop facilitation (timers, voting)

    Timers, voting, and facilitator tools for live workshops (not Archboard’s product).

    • ArchboardRecommended No
    • Lucidchart Partial
    • Miro Yes
    • draw.io No
    • Eraser No
    • IcePanel No

  • Office suite plugins

    Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace add-ins (not Archboard’s product).

    • ArchboardRecommended No
    • Lucidchart Yes
    • Miro Partial
    • draw.io No
    • Eraser No
    • IcePanel No

Head to head

Choose Archboard for architecture diagrams

Archboard is the architecture workspace: Kubernetes, C4, cloud, and network packs on an infinite canvas, structured JSON, snapshot export that matches the canvas, and a hosted org you sign into with Google or GitHub. Lucidchart, Miro, draw.io, Eraser, and IcePanel sell other jobs: office add-ins, workshop boards, drawing files, repo-adjacent diagrams, C4-only models. This page is why architecture teams subscribe here.

  • Lucidchart

    Archboard vs Lucidchart

    Archboard is a hosted architecture workspace: Kubernetes, C4, and cloud nodes with ports, structured JSON import/export, autosave, and a team organization you sign into with Google or GitHub. Lucidchart is a general business-diagramming suite with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace add-ins. Those plugins are a different product. For architecture that has to look like the system, subscribe to Archboard.

    Archboard’s advantage You need Kubernetes, C4, and cloud nodes (not a generic flowchart stencil in an office plugin) and a document you can export as JSON or as a snapshot that matches the canvas.

  • Miro

    Archboard vs Miro

    Archboard is the structured diagram that survives the meeting: Kubernetes, C4, cloud, and network packs next to flowcharts, mind maps, sticky notes, and stickers, with ports, revisions, structured JSON, share and embed. Your team and your AI agents edit it live, with cursors. Miro is a board built for workshop facilitation, with timers and voting. That is a different job. The diagram you keep belongs on Archboard.

    Archboard’s advantage The diagram has to last the quarter: systems, edges, and a team workspace with roles, not another infinite sticky wall.

  • draw.io

    Archboard vs draw.io

    Archboard is a hosted architecture workspace with Google or GitHub sign-in, organizations, seats, autosave, revision snapshots, and domain packs. draw.io (diagrams.net) is a generic drawing file in the browser or on the desktop. For a cloud product that looks like Kubernetes and C4, not only a drawing file, choose Archboard.

    Archboard’s advantage You want OAuth, team orgs, and architecture-specific nodes in the cloud, not only a generic drawing file.

  • Eraser

    Archboard vs Eraser

    Archboard is a visual architecture canvas for platform and product teams in the browser, including people who never open a repo. Kubernetes, C4, cloud, and network packs, structured JSON, and a hosted org with a path to Enterprise. Eraser is a repo-adjacent diagram product. If the org needs a shared visual language, subscribe to Archboard.

    Archboard’s advantage Platform and product teams need a shared visual language in the browser, with packs and org seats, not only a docs-as-code workflow.

  • IcePanel

    Archboard vs IcePanel

    Archboard includes C4 (Person, Software System, Container, Component, and boundaries) on the same canvas as Kubernetes, cloud, network, and flowchart packs. IcePanel focuses on C4-style modeling and landscape views. If you need C4 plus the cluster and traffic that implement it, Archboard is one hosted editor.

    Archboard’s advantage You need C4 and infrastructure on one hosted canvas, with JSON export and snapshot revisions, not a C4-only model.

Plans

Start free. Subscribe when architecture is the job.

Free is one seat with every built-in pack, 3 diagrams, 15 diagram nodes + 150 notes, text, stickers & mind map topics per diagram, branded public share that updates live, and MCP for your AI agents. Pro is $10/seat/month or $96/seat/year (1–5 seats) and adds live editing with teammates, unlimited diagrams and nodes, embed, watermark-free export, and PDF/JPEG. Enterprise is $24/seat/month or $230/seat/year for 6+ seats, with SLA and dedicated support.

Start freeView pricing

Clear job

Structured diagrams, edited live. Not a workshop board. Not an office plugin.

Archboard is the hosted workspace for smart, structured diagrams you subscribe to: Kubernetes, C4, cloud, and network nodes next to flowcharts, mind maps, sticky notes, and stickers on an infinite canvas, real-time editing with live cursors for your team and your AI agents, structured JSON, snapshot export that matches what you drew, org seats, and an Enterprise SLA with dedicated support. Workshop facilitation with timers and voting is a different product. Diagrams that must live inside Microsoft 365 are an office suite. This product is the map the team keeps current.

Built for

The same packs you drop after you sign in

  • Kubernetes

    Clusters, workloads, and services that stay readable.

  • Cloud

    Accounts, networks, and managed services as real nodes.

  • C4

    Context to container without switching tools.

  • Network

    Edge, gateway, and traffic you can actually point at.

Open a canvas in a minute

Sign in with Google or GitHub. Free for a single seat. Upgrade when the team joins.

Start freeView pricing