Sketchboard

Sketchboard is a shared online whiteboard for teams that want more structure than an empty canvas offers. Its hand-sketched look is deliberate: founder Saiki Tanabe built it out of frustration with rigid diagramming tools, and the rough style is meant to invite feedback. Teams use it to sketch product ideas, map software systems and run remote planning sessions.

Services

• Diagramming: a big sketch-shape library with AWS and Google Cloud icons; connectors attach automatically, and it covers UML, flowcharts, process maps and mind maps.
• Real-time collaboration: several people edit at once with visible cursors; comments also serve as a chat, and guests can get read-only links.
• Notes and planning: sticky notes, task lists inside markdown notes, and syntax-highlighted code blocks.
• Output: saved versions of each board, slide presentations made from sketches, and PNG, JPEG, PDF or SVG export.
• Integrations: Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Google Drive and Webex.
• Administration: private teams, password sharing and single sign-on on the Business plan.

Customers and markets

Product teams, software developers, consultants and larger organisations with distributed staff.

Key facts

• Based in: Finland
• Founder: Saiki Tanabe
• Users: over 1 million, by its own count