Accurate technical diagrams
Eraser draws architecture from your live cloud accounts, CMDB, codebase and any other data source. Miro’s cloud import covers AWS only.
The AI-native Miro alternative
Generate any diagram in seconds, from AI or your live systems, and bring your Miro diagrams with you.
Eraser vs Miro
How Eraser compares to Miro
Miro is a whiteboard built for workshops, with AI, Mermaid and docs on the board. Eraser uses frontier AI models to create any diagram from a prompt, following your team’s standards, and can also diagram your real systems from your live cloud accounts, CMDB, codebase and any other data source, with views you can drill into and animate.
| Compare | Eraser | Miro  |
|---|---|---|
| AI diagramming | Supported: Yes Powered by frontier models: architecture, network, cloud, process and more | Supported: Yes Create with AI on every plan, using monthly credits |
| Edit with AI | Supported: Yes Describe the change; the diagram updates | Partially supported: Partial Edit by hand or through the Mermaid source |
| AI follows your standards | Supported: Yes Presets of rules, templates, reference architectures and brand styles | Not supported: No Nothing documented applies diagram rules or templates |
| MCP server for AI agents | Supported: Yes AI assistants and coding agents, like Claude, Copilot and others, can create, read and update diagrams | Supported: Yes Official server reads boards and creates diagrams (beta) |
| Generate diagrams from live cloud environments |
| Partially supported: AWS only AWS Cloud View on Business and Enterprise; no Azure or Google Cloud |
| Generate diagrams from CMDBs and EA tools |
| Not supported: No The ServiceNow app handles tickets, not diagrams |
| Generate diagrams from codebases |
| Partially supported: Through agents Only via its MCP server and an AI client |
| Expandable views | Supported: Yes Click into any box to open its own view, then move from a system overview down through layers of detail | Partially supported: Partial Frames and links between boards; no drill-down into diagrams |
| Animations | Supported: Yes Animated flows show how a request or data moves step by step, so processes are easier to follow | Partially supported: Partial Presentation mode pans between frames; no animated flows |
| Real-time collaboration | Supported: Yes On every plan, in the browser, with comments and unlimited free guests | Supported: Yes A best-in-class multiplayer board with cursors and comments |
| Docs and diagrams in one file | Supported: Yes A note editor with embedded diagrams and wikilinks | Supported: Yes Docs sit on the board next to diagrams |
| Diagram as code | Supported: Yes Edit as text, or drag on the canvas | Supported: Yes Built-in Mermaid editor and a PlantUML app |
| Deployment options |
| Partially supported: SaaS only Data residency options; no private cloud or air-gapped option |
The difference
Why teams choose Eraser over Miro
Drill down and animate
Click from a system overview down through layers of detail, and play flows end to end. Miro links frames and boards, without drill-down.
AI that follows your standards
Presets of rules, templates and reference architectures shape every diagram Eraser AI draws. Miro’s AI does not apply your team’s rules.
Switching
Bring your Miro diagrams with you
Moving off Miro does not mean redrawing your diagrams by hand.
Save a Miro board as an image, or take a screenshot, drop it into AI chat, and Eraser redraws it as a native, editable diagram, here as an AWS architecture.
Frequently asked questions
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Can I move my Miro diagrams into Eraser?
Yes. Save the board or frame as an image, or take a screenshot, then upload it to Eraser’s AI sidebar. Image import redraws it as a native, editable Eraser diagram.
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Can my whole team work on diagrams together in Eraser?
Yes. Real-time collaboration is on every plan, in the browser, with comments and unlimited free guests.
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Can Eraser generate diagrams with AI?
Yes. Eraser AI runs on frontier models. Describe a system, paste code or upload a file, and it drafts an architecture diagram, flowchart, ERD, sequence diagram, BPMN process or almost any other diagram, and you can keep editing it by prompt, as code or on the canvas.
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Can Eraser draw diagrams from my live infrastructure?
Yes. Connect AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, a CMDB such as ServiceNow, VMware, Cisco networks, a Git repository and other data sources, and Eraser draws architecture diagrams from what you actually run. Live data sources are available on paid plans.
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Does Eraser provide an MCP server?
Yes. The Eraser MCP server lets an agent create, search, read, update and export diagrams from clients like Claude, Cursor, VS Code and ChatGPT. It is free to use, subject to the AI credit limits of your plan. See the MCP client catalog for setup instructions.
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Can I trust my data with Eraser?
Eraser is committed to enterprise-grade security. We are SOC II type 2 certified and annually penetration tested. Security documentation is available on our trust portal, or reach out to hello@eraser.io. Additionally Eraser will never use user data for training models. Nor will our LLM API providers.
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