Genogram Pro vs Miro
Miro is an online whiteboard used by more than 100 million people, with a genogram template drawn from its general shapes. Genogram Pro is a genogram editor with standard symbols, emotional relationship lines, medical conditions and one-click auto-arrange.
Updated October 2026Competitor details from miro.com, checked between October 22 and October 23, 2026
Which to use
Genogram Pro
Choose Genogram Pro if you need standard genogram symbols, emotional bonds, medical conditions, auto-arrange and encrypted storage on the Professional plan, rather than shapes you place by hand on a board.
Miro
Choose Miro if your team already works on Miro boards for workshops and planning, and a rough family sketch on the same board is enough.
How Miro and Genogram Pro compare
Each Miro detail has a link to the Miro page it was taken from, and "Not documented" means we found no mention of the feature on Miro's site.
| Genogram Pro | Miro | |
|---|---|---|
| Genogram symbols | McGoldrick and Gerson notation, with 25 couple line types and 4 parent-child line types | A genogram template drawn with Miro's general shapes, with dotted or double lines for relationships such as divorcemiro.com/templates/genogram |
| Emotional relationship lines | 39 bond line types, such as close, fused, hostile and cutoff | Not documented |
| Medical conditions | 16 built-in conditions plus your own, each with a color and an onset date | Not documented |
| Households | Households drawn around their members, with a label and color | Not documented |
| Ecomap of the same family | In the same file as the genogram on the Professional plan, or on its own in the free ecomap maker | Not documented |
| AI from a text description | On the Professional plan and its 7-day trial, you can draft or edit a genogram with the AI assistant from typed notes or a photo of a paper genogram | AI that generates diagrams, tables and summariesmiro.com/pricing |
| Auto-arrange | Every generation is laid out in one click | Not documented |
| GEDCOM | Import and export on the Professional plan, with 23 fact types such as occupation, education and residence | Not documented |
| PDF and PNG export | PNG and PDF, with an optional key of the symbols used. Free editor exports have a small badge, which can be removed on the Professional plan | PDF or imagemiro.com/diagramming/genogram |
| Where it runs | In a web browser on Mac, Windows, Linux and Chromebook, with nothing to install | Apps for Mac, Windows, iOS and Androidmiro.com/apps |
| Free option | The free genogram maker needs no account, and genograms made in it are saved in your browser | Unlimited boards, of which the three most recent can be editedmiro.com/pricing |
| Price | $9.99 a month billed annually, or $14.99 billed monthly, after a 7-day free trial | The Starter plan is $8 a month per member, billed yearlymiro.com/pricing |
| How client data is protected | Genograms saved to an account are encrypted end to end with a master password only you know | Not documented |
What is in Miro's genogram template
Miro's genogram template is part of its Miroverse gallery and is credited to Miro. On the template page, Miro suggests its shapes library for family members and different types of lines, such as dotted or double lines, for relationships such as divorce. Miro documents no genogram symbol set, no emotional relationship lines and no way to record a medical condition.
In Genogram Pro, every person, couple line, child line and bond is a genogram symbol, and the family is laid out by generation in one click.
Source: Miro's genogram template
How many boards you can edit on Miro's Free plan
On Miro's Free plan you can create unlimited boards, but only the three most recent can be edited, and that count includes every board you use in Miro. Once three newer boards exist, a genogram on an older board cannot be edited without a paid plan. The Starter plan is $8 a month per member, billed yearly.
Genogram Pro's free genogram maker needs no account, and genograms made in it are saved in your browser. The Professional plan is $9.99 a month billed annually after a 7-day free trial.
Source: Miro pricing
Drawing a genogram in Genogram Pro
A couple line can be a marriage, a divorce, a cohabitation or any other of the 25 couple types, and a child line is drawn for a biological, adopted or foster child, all in McGoldrick and Gerson notation.
There are 39 bond line types for closeness, conflict, cutoff, caretaking and other patterns, and each color-coded condition is drawn as a filled section of the person's symbol.
A PNG or PDF export can include a key of only the symbols and lines on the genogram, so a reader can follow the notation without a separate legend.
Questions people ask
Can you make genograms in Miro?
Miro has a genogram template, and on the template page Miro suggests its shapes library for family members and dotted or double lines for relationships such as divorce. Miro documents no genogram symbol set, emotional relationship lines or medical conditions.
Is Miro free for genograms?
On Miro's Free plan you can create unlimited boards, but only the three most recent can be edited, whatever you use them for. The Starter plan is $8 a month per member, billed yearly.
Does Miro support genogram notation?
Miro documents no genogram notation. A genogram in Miro is drawn from general shapes and lines, and what each one means is up to you.
Can I export a genogram from Miro?
Yes. Miro says you can export a genogram as a PDF or an image. In Genogram Pro, a PNG or PDF export can include a key of the symbols and lines you used.
Try both on the same family
Draw the same family in the free editor and in the tool you use today, then keep using the one whose genogram is easier to read.