Best Mind Mapping · FREE
Best free Mind Mapping (2026)
7 mind mapping that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Ayoa at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: Ayoa, Coggle, MindMeister, MindMup, Mindomo, Whimsical, XMind.
- Data current through: 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 3 of 7 rows below are marked.
Comparison
| # | Mind Mapping | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayoa STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | neurodivergent-users | ayoa.com |
| 2 | Coggle | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | students | coggle.it |
| 3 | MindMeister STALE · 2026-09-26 | $0/user/mo | Yes | — | — | teams | mindmeister.com |
| 4 | MindMup | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | students | mindmup.com |
| 5 | Mindomo STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | business-users | mindomo.com |
| 6 | Whimsical | $0/user/mo | Yes | — | Yes | design-teams | whimsical.com |
| 7 | XMind | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | individuals | xmind.com |