Mindomo review

Mindomo combines mind mapping with note organization and project planning. You can start with a prompt or pasted text and use AI to turn it into a map. The same topics can be viewed as a mind map, concept map, outline or Gantt chart, so a brainstorm can also become a structured plan.

For project work, Mindomo supports scheduled tasks, dependencies, milestones and auto-scheduling. Teams can edit maps together, chat, comment and review version history. Desktop and mobile apps support offline work and later syncing, while dictation and text-to-speech offer accessibility options.

That range makes Mindomo more than a diagramming app, but it does not mean every plan includes every feature. The free plan, for example, does not list Gantt charts; the Professional plan does. The practical question is whether you need a visual workspace that can turn ideas into plans, or just a lightweight place to capture notes.

Mindomo’s main advantage is carrying one set of topics across different formats. A map can become an outline or, on Professional, a Gantt chart, which may save work when a brainstorm needs to become a project plan. The planning tools include dependencies, milestones and auto-scheduling, while collaboration adds shared editing, comments, chat and version history.

Offline access is useful for working away from a connection: the desktop and mobile apps can sync later, according to the published product details. AI map creation also gives users a way to turn prompts or pasted text into branches, although the number of monthly AI credits depends on the plan.

A commenter in an r/productivity thread said they use Mindomo for courses, citing PDF attachments for keeping research together and a presentation feature that helped turn a map into an outline for a paper. That is one user’s account, not a guarantee that Mindomo suits every study workflow, but it points to a use beyond quick brainstorming.

The free plan is a sampler, not a durable workspace: it allows 3 diagrams, 1 AI credit, 3 export formats and 0 GB of storage. Unlimited collaborators do not remove those content limits. If you need more room, Premium costs $8.50 monthly or $7 per month with annual billing; it includes unlimited diagrams, 50 AI credits a month and 1 GB of storage.

Professional costs $17.50 per user monthly or $16 per user per month with annual billing. It raises the allowance to 60 AI credits and 5 GB of storage, lists 1 user plus 5 guests, and adds Gantt charts. The pricing page advertises annual billing as up to 20% off. That is a meaningful jump if Gantt planning is the reason you are considering Mindomo.

The plan details do not publish a free-trial offer, and the free tier’s 1 AI credit is easy to outgrow if you expect AI to be central to your workflow. Check the export and storage caps against your needs before moving a large archive into Mindomo.

Mindomo has a free plan, but it is a sampler: it includes 3 diagrams, 1 AI credit, 0 GB of storage and 3 export formats. Premium costs $8.50 per month on monthly billing, or $7 per month with annual billing. It adds unlimited diagrams, 50 AI credits per month, 10 export formats, 14 import formats and 1 GB of storage.

Professional costs $17.50 per user per month, or $16 per user per month with annual billing. That’s a $9 monthly-billing jump from Premium, or $9 on the annual-billing monthly equivalent. Professional includes 1 user plus 5 guests, 60 AI credits per month, 21 export formats, Gantt charts and 5 GB of storage. The pricing page advertises annual billing as up to 20% off; its listed annual prices are monthly equivalents, not monthly-billing rates. No add-ons are listed.

Mindomo lists import and export options, but the available details don’t name the supported formats or describe a one-click migration process. Premium includes 14 import formats; Free has 3 export formats, while Premium has 10 and Professional has 21. Check that your current files and the formats you need are supported before moving important maps. The plan details don’t say whether maps, comments, version history or project dependencies transfer intact, so treat those as items to verify rather than assume.

Offline work is supported in desktop and mobile apps, with later syncing, which may matter if you switch away from a workflow that depends on it. We don’t have Reddit threads or comments in the published sources, so we can’t attribute specific reasons for leaving Mindomo to Reddit users. The practical risk to weigh is whether its export options preserve enough of your work to move it elsewhere; the format names and transfer behavior are not published on the vendor's site.