Introducing Aha! Whiteboards — a visual space for innovation
Software innovation often starts with a key insight about a challenge. It quickly moves to early concepts about how to solve it. That is why product builders need a way to visually illustrate raw thoughts. And a way to loop teammates and stakeholders into the refinement flow to gather input and align on the best approach. Product development teams deserve a purpose-built whiteboarding solution for innovation.
I am excited to introduce Aha! Whiteboards — the best way to define user flows, create mockups, and collaborate on plans.
Some whiteboarding functionality already existed in the Aha! software suite. But after many conversations with Aha! users, we learned that you needed more. These new and enhanced features were purpose-built for product teams — from the robust library of expert templates to the flexible methods for engaging stakeholders during initial product planning. And of course, a seamless connection to your roadmap.
Aha! Whiteboards builds on our mission to deliver best-in-class functionality at every stage of the product development process. You can finally give everyone in your organization a visual space to create and collaborate on product ideas.
Let's take a look at what you can do with Aha! Whiteboards:
Explore a rich library of templates
Quickly get to work. Choose from nearly 100 expertly crafted templates that address all aspects of product development. From strategic models to diagrams and wireframes, each one is designed to spark your creativity. Relevant best practices and pre-filled examples give you a framework for success. You can also create your own templates and share them across teams.
Templates are organized by different categories of product development work.
Sketch out bold concepts
Capture and corral new approaches. A comprehensive set of whiteboard elements — including text boxes, shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and tables — provides the foundation you need to convey complex thinking. Include images or videos that help illustrate your vision. Built-in collaboration tools, such as inline comments and live reactions, make it easy for everyone to actively participate so you can uncover breakthroughs together.
Select multiple objects to align, group, and arrange them. Use grid lines to fine-tune the layout.
Turn ideas into action
Go from concept to reality. Bring the best suggestions from a brainstorm directly into the planning process — no manual entry or copy/paste crises needed. Convert any text-based item on a whiteboard directly into a goal, initiative, idea, epic, or feature in Aha! Roadmaps. You can also pull existing roadmap work items into a whiteboard to ground tomorrow's potential plans in today's context.
Once converted, bulk-edit fields (such as type, status, and release) to quickly populate the details.
Create beautiful wireframes
Imagine new user experiences. Choose from a library of configurable wireframe components to quickly convey how new functionality could work. Select the type of screen you want to mock up — phone, tablet, or browser — and then insert buttons, navigation menus, checkboxes, and other elements.
Choose from more than 1,300 icons to enhance your designs.
Align on priorities
Identify the best approach. Capture ideas on a whiteboard with sticky notes and then start a voting session. Set the maximum number of votes per person, start a timer, and watch as votes tally. Everyone on the whiteboard can see the timer — the sense of urgency establishes focus. End the session to see the results and understand who voted for each idea.
Extend the timer in increments of one and five minutes.
Aha! Whiteboards is now available to product builders everywhere — we cannot wait to see the future you imagine with it.
Just like Aha! Ideas, Aha! Knowledge, and Aha! Develop, Aha! Whiteboards offers two pricing plans: Essentials and Advanced. Your free 30-day trial starts with Aha! Whiteboards Advanced. Purchase any plan later — Aha! Whiteboards Essentials is $9 per user per month, and Aha! Whiteboards Advanced is $18 per user per month. (You might also be interested in reading about Aha! Knowledge, the other product we announced today.)
For a holistic approach to product development, choose Aha! Roadmaps, which includes Aha! Whiteboards Essentials. With an Aha! Roadmaps Enterprise or Enterprise+ plan, upgrading to Aha! Whiteboards Advanced gives you additional capabilities and enables you to add dedicated Aha! Whiteboards users to your account. This means that it is no longer necessary to have a separate whiteboarding tool.
If you already use our roadmapping software, read this special release note to learn more about the benefits of upgrading your plan to include Aha! Whiteboards Advanced.
Start a free trial of Aha! Whiteboards
Aha! Whiteboards is the visual space for product innovation. Define user flows, create mockups, and collaborate on plans. Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Aha! Roadmaps if you are interested in bringing together whiteboarding and detailed planning. Or join a live demo to see why more than 1 million product builders trust our software to build lovable products and be happy doing it.
