# MURAL vs Twist

| Attribute | MURAL | Twist |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 71.4 (73% (medium)) | 67 (53% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A collaborative whiteboard tool with AI capabilities that enables teams to visualize strategies, solve complex problems together, and accelerate decisions through shared visual workspace and structured facilitation features. | Async-first messaging platform that organizes conversations into threads to help distributed teams collaborate with clarity and minimal notification fatigue. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"whiteboard":true,"compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","messaging":true,"api_access":true,"compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Webex"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Jira Cloud"},{"name":"Google Workspace"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Adobe Creative Cloud"},{"name":"Butter"}]` | `[{"name":"Dropbox"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"OneDrive"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, unlimited members, 3 murals","features":["3 editable murals","1 workspace","Unlimited members","Templates","Core integrations","Self-serve support","2FA for members"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Get started with basic team collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"murals":"3 editable","members":"unlimited","workspaces":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team+","summary":"$9.99/member/month (billed annually) or $12/member/month (billed monthly)","features":["Unlimited editable murals","Multiple workspaces","Unlimited guests","Premade templates and custom template creation","Core integrations","Standard support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"member","amount":9.99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams collaborating frequently","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"murals":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$17.99/member/month (billed annually)","features":["Unlimited murals","Open, Private, and Confidential rooms","Multiple workspaces","Unlimited guests","SSO and 2FA","Advanced integrations","Chat, email, and priority support"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"member","amount":17.99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Cross-team collaboration with enterprise-grade security","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Unlimited murals and workspaces","Unlimited guests","SSO, 2FA, SCIM provisioning","Advanced integrations plus Azure AD and Okta","Data residency and BYOK encryption","Audit logs and SIEM support","eDiscovery and reports","Priority and premier support","Transformation services"],"description":"Multi-workspace collaboration with enterprise controls and transformation support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $9.99/member/month billed annually. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mural.co/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:39:41.583Z","startingPrice":{"amount":9.99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Access up to 1 month of comments and messages","Up to 5 integrations","Up to 5 GB file storage","Standard support","Up to 500 internal member accounts","Up to 500 external guest accounts"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"file_storage":"5 GB","integrations":"5","external_guests":"500","message_history":"1 month","internal_members":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Unlimited","summary":"$6/user/mo","features":["Access full history of comments and messages","Unlimited integrations","Unlimited file storage","Priority support","Unlimited internal member accounts","Unlimited external guest accounts"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"file_storage":"unlimited","integrations":"unlimited","external_guests":"unlimited","message_history":"unlimited","internal_members":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"From $6/user/mo. Free tier.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://twist.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:28:57.803Z","startingPrice":{"amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Collaboration Software)

| Capability | MURAL | Twist |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Modality** |  |  |
| Messaging | - | ✓ |
| Video meetings | - | - |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | - |
| **Meetings** |  |  |
| Screen sharing | - | - |
| Recording / transcription | - | - |
| **Security** |  |  |
| End-to-end encryption | - | - |
| SSO / SCIM | ✓ | - |
| **Access** |  |  |
| Guest / external access | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| Compliance controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Max participants | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| App marketplace | - | - |
| Public API / bot framework | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Free tier | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:48:54.388Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*