Online brainstorming tool

The online brainstorming tool for better team collaboration

Lead productive online brainstorming sessions with the features, templates, and integrations to ensure your team's best ideas come to life.

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Brainstorming and ideation

Brainstorming and ideation FAQs

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Brainstorm and collaborate in real-time from anywhere

Give everyone an equal voice and space to share ideas, not just the loudest person in the meeting.
Share complex ideas with drag-and-drop sticky notes, images, GIFs, and more.
Create workflows, flowcharts, brainstorming boards, and more with templates you can customize.
Try intuitive mind mapping features to untangle your own thoughts or collaborate with others.
Conduct anonymous voting to quickly prioritize your best ideas.

Mural's group brainstorming features bring everyone — across remote teams, departments, or whole organizations — into web-based brainstorming software that allows every team member to contribute, boosting participation and ensuring that you'll never miss your team's best ideas.

Don't let your next great innovation get lost in endless email or message threads. Get started with Mural for free, and make your online brainstorming more efficient, engaging, and effective.

Sign up with Mural’s free plan and start collaborating.
Get started with a blank infinite canvas or use one of Mural's dozens of brainstorming templates as a starting point.
Each template includes facilitation tips to guide your team through each activity.
Add collaborators with unlimited visitors included with every membership.
Run an engaging real-time session or invite your team to share feedback asynchronously.
Embed or export your brainstorming mural for a record of all the amazing collaboration to share with stakeholders.
Take collaboration and brainstorming to the next level with shortcuts, integrations with your favorite apps like Slack, and unlock the full power of Mural’s collaboration tools.

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Brainstorming and ideation FAQs

How do you brainstorm virtually?

Mural's brainstorming and ideation tools make it easy to brainstorm virtually, whether in real time or asynchronously. Gather your team and guide them through a session with our Facilitation Superpowers™ features, private mode, and anonymous voting. Or, collect ideas and feedback asynchronously through sticky notes, images, mapping, and more. The key is to foster broad participation by giving everyone the power to have their voice heard.

How do you make a brainstorm map?

Brainstorming tools like mind maps are a great way to get everyone connected and make your team's mission or methodology clear. Start with a central theme, add related ideas on branches, and visualize the connections between each topic. Use Mural's intuitive mapping and diagramming features to help give structure and clarity to your brainstorming session.

What is the best way to brainstorm?

There is growing evidence that virtual brainstorming is more effective than in-person ideation and brainstorming sessions. Platforms like Mural allow for broader (and even asynchronous) participation that isn't available in an office setting. Use Mural's brainstorming tools to increase engagement, elevate your team's best ideas, and drive faster innovation.