A Milanote alternative for teams whose moodboards belong to the brief.
Milanote is a canvas of notes, images and links for creative projects. Nodary puts moodboards and boards inside the documents they serve, with each picture approved or sent back and signed, and the whole project on one map. Checked against Milanote’s own pages.
In short
Choose Milanote if
- You think on a free canvas of notes, images, links and to-do lists, and that canvas is the project.
- You want apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and desktop, and a web clipper to save references.
- You want a flat team price: US$49 a month billed yearly for up to 10 people, or US$99 for up to 50.
- Your documents are mostly short notes and text.
Choose Nodary if
- You want the palette pulled from your references checked for text contrast and previewed for colour blindness.
- Pictures need decisions: approve, send back or reject each one, signed with who and when.
- Your documents hold more than text: tables, spreadsheets, diagrams, pictures, video and files.
- Several people write the same document at the same time, and you want the project on one map.
Feature by feature
| What you compare | Nodary | Milanote |
|---|---|---|
| Price of the paid plans | Pro: €15 per seat per month, or €12 billed yearly. Studio: €29, or €24 billed yearly. Plus tax where it applies.3 | US$9.99 per person per month billed yearly, or US$12.50 billed monthly.1,2 |
| Team pricing | Priced per seat: Pro for up to 5 members, Studio with no member limit. No flat team price.3 | US$49 a month billed yearly for up to 10 people, or US$99 for up to 50.1 |
| Free plan | 2 members, one project, 10 documents, 50 MB of files and 20 ☄ of Studio AI a month, with no time limit.3 | 100 notes, images or links, 10 file uploads and unlimited shared boards, with no time limit.1 |
| Editing together | Real-time co-editing: each person’s cursor and selection shows, and changes to different cells of a sheet combine. | Several people edit the same board at the same time; a Document cannot be edited by two people at once.4,5 |
| Long documents | Documents built from 30 kinds of blocks: text, tables, sheets, diagrams, boards, moodboards, pictures, video, sound, 3D models and files. | Documents are for text only: no images or drawings in them.5 |
| Comments | On a passage, a sheet cell, a diagram or board element, a point of a picture or a moment of a video, with @mentions, replies and resolve. | Comment cards placed on a board, with @mentions.4 |
| Tasks and planning | Each document has an owner, a status, a due date and tags; checklists inside documents; a calendar and a schedule. No task backlog.7 | Integrated to-do lists.6 |
| Moodboards and references | Moodboards inside documents: each reference with its source, credit, note, status and tags, and a palette pulled from them.9 | Moodboards made of notes, images and links laid out freely on a board.8 |
| Colour palettes | Palettes pulled from pictures, each colour named by its role, checked for text contrast against WCAG, previewed for colour blindness and exported to Photoshop, Krita or CSS.9 | Colour swatches picked from an image on the board, from the colour slider or from a pasted value.10 |
| Feedback on pictures | Circle, box or point at what to change with numbered notes; approve, send back or reject each picture, signed with who and when; compare versions with a slider.9 | Draw on an image to mark it up for feedback; captions and reactions on image cards.11 |
| Export | A document as Markdown, JSON, CSV tables or an editable PowerPoint, or printed to PDF; a whole project as a .zip of Markdown with editable sources. | A board as PDF, PNG, Word, Markdown or plain text; images and files as a .zip sent by email.12 |
| File storage | 50 MB on Free, 5 GB on Pro, 50 GB on Studio (more in 50 GB blocks); up to 50 MB per picture or video, 250 MB per attached file.3 | 10 file uploads on Free, unlimited on paid plans.1 |
| Apps and offline use | A web app for desktop and phone browsers, installable from the browser. No offline mode and no native desktop or mobile app.14 | Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and desktop; the mobile apps need a connection to view and edit boards.1,13 |
| Saving from the web | No browser extension: paste a link, a screenshot or text from Google Docs or Word into a document. | A web clipper.1 |
| Templates | 30 built-in templates in 12 languages, from a PRD to a film treatment, and any document saved as a template. | Templates in 37 categories, from moodboards to storyboards.15 |
Inside Nodary
Moodboards that stay with the brief
A moodboard sits in the document it serves. Each reference keeps its source, credit, note, status and tags, and a palette is pulled from the pictures, named by role and checked for text contrast.
- Approve, send back or reject each picture, signed with who and when
- Palettes export to Photoshop, Krita or CSS
- Preview colour-blind vision and check contrast against WCAG
- Every picture of the workspace on one page, filtered by decision and tag
What it does not do Nodary keeps and reviews the pictures you add; it does not generate images or search the web for references.
Feedback drawn on the picture
Circle, box or point at what to change on a picture, pin a numbered note and decide it. A picture keeps its 12 latest versions to compare and restore, and one printable feedback sheet goes to an outsourcer.
- Zoom to 400 % and compare two versions with a slider
- Mirror a picture, see it in values, check it against the palette
- Comment on a point of a picture or a moment of a video
- Signed decisions: approved, changes asked or rejected
What it does not do The feedback sheet is a PDF; there is no delivery link for people without an account.
Boards inside the documents
A board lives inside a document: notes, shapes, arrows, freehand drawing, named frames, document cards and pictures, with snapping, locking and layers. Present it frame by frame from the keyboard while others follow.
- Document cards open the document they stand for
- Frames become slides for a review
- Agents see a board as a picture and can edit it
- Export a document to an editable PowerPoint
What it does not do A board is a block of a document, not a separate whiteboard app with its own sharing.
A team in the same documents
Teammates write in the same document at the same time, each cursor and selection visible, and changes to different cells of a sheet combine. Roles decide who edits, comments or reads, and the workspace’s activity shows who changed what.
- Owner, admin, editor, commenter and reader, enforced on the server
- Give one member access to a single document
- Mentions, replies, reviews and assignments in one bell
- On Studio, keep a project to the people added to it
What it does not do There are no guest seats: people outside the workspace read through share links.
Questions
Is Nodary a moodboard tool like Milanote?
It has moodboards, inside documents: each reference keeps its source, credit, note, status and tags, and a palette is pulled from the pictures. Milanote’s boards are a free canvas; Nodary’s boards and moodboards are blocks of a document, on a project map.
Can I review and approve pictures in Nodary?
Yes. Approve, send back or reject each picture from the keyboard, each decision signed with who and when; circle what to change on the picture and send an outsourcer one printable feedback sheet.
Can I bring my Milanote boards into Nodary?
Milanote exports a board as Markdown, Word or PDF and its images and files as a .zip (Milanote’s help). Nodary imports Markdown and Word files and pictures, but has no importer made for Milanote and we have not tested one, so the layout of a board does not come along.
How do prices compare?
Milanote. For five people billed yearly, Milanote’s team plan is US$49 a month (up to 10 people) and Nodary Pro €60; billed monthly, Milanote is US$62.50 for five and Nodary Pro €75, checked on 23 October 2026. Milanote costs less per person.
Does Nodary have mobile apps?
No native app: Nodary runs in the phone’s browser, with a capture sheet for a note or a photo, and can be installed from the browser. Milanote has apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and desktop.
Keep the references with the brief.
Start free, or open the live demo and look at a sample art bible with its moodboard, palette and signed decisions.
Free for two members and ten documents. No card.
How this page is made
Every fact about Milanote comes from Milanote’s own pages, read on 23 October 2026 and listed below. Every fact about Nodary comes from the product and its public pages. We compare what a team relies on, including where Milanote does more, and we never rate or rank. Prices and features change: check the source before you decide.
Sources · Checked on 23 October 2026
- Milanote: Plans & pricing (milanote.com)
- Milanote: Terms of service (milanote.com)
- nodary.ai/pricing
- Milanote Help: Collaborating in real-time (help.milanote.com)
- Milanote Help: Documents (help.milanote.com)
- Milanote: To-do list for creative work (milanote.com)
- nodary.ai/game-production
- Milanote: Make a moodboard (milanote.com)
- nodary.ai/art-review
- Milanote Help: Color swatches (help.milanote.com)
- Milanote Help: Images (help.milanote.com)
- Milanote Help: Exporting your work (help.milanote.com)
- Milanote Help: Milanote iPhone & Android apps (help.milanote.com)
- nodary.ai/game-design-document
- Milanote: Templates (milanote.com)
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