Does Miro Work in China?

Is Miro blocked in China?

Not outright, but it doesn’t load reliably. On GreatFire, which checks sites from inside mainland China, miro.com gets a “Sometimes” and an unreliable rating, as of a test on October 18, 2026.

Chinese reviews describe Miro as slow in China, though each one we found steers readers to boardmix, a Chinese rival:

• January 2023. sspai, a Chinese tech site, ran a roundup that said Miro opens slowly in China and its toolbar sometimes reloads. It said Miro’s servers are abroad and that it loads smoothly only with “special internet access”, meaning a way around the firewall (our translation). The writer says they work in the whiteboard business.
• December 2025. A post on SMZDM, a Chinese shopping and review site, described half-loaded canvases, laggy dragging and crashes that needed a refresh, and blamed Miro’s overseas servers.
• April 2026. A comparison on the same site said access to Miro from China occasionally lags.

Miro doesn’t host boards in China. It stores them in the EU by default, in Ireland with a backup in Germany, and offers data centers in the US, Australia and Japan to Enterprise customers. Miro asks for at least 8 Mb/s of bandwidth and recommends 32 Mb/s. It has no offline mode, and says one isn’t on its radar.

Is Miro available in China?

Yes. Miro’s Support Policy lists the countries and regions where Miro provides access, and China is on the list. In an October 2026 help article, Miro says it uses IP-based geoblocks against places such as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Belarus and parts of Ukraine. People in unsupported places can’t register, log in, reach Miro’s website or contact support. Miro’s app is listed in the China App Store too.

Miro hasn’t said publicly how well it runs on Chinese networks. When a user heading to China to work with design students asked on Miro’s community forum in September 2026, citing mixed reports, a Miro staff member turned the question into a private support ticket.

How to use Miro in China

Because Miro doesn’t block China, the problem to solve is the network. Plan a route that carries your Miro sessions outside the mainland, whether that’s a roaming eSIM, a VPN or both, and get it working at home. eSIM or VPN for China? walks through the choice.

On a roaming eSIM. The eSIM seller Holafly says its eSIM routes your traffic through international networks outside China, though it adds that not all eSIMs give equal access there. International Traveller’s writer, who trialed an eSIM Holafly offered her, usually saw download speeds in the mid-30 Mbps range in China, which she found fine for maps, browsing and video calls. That’s a little above the 32 Mb/s Miro recommends. We found no traveler account of Miro on a roaming eSIM, and Miro’s policies don’t single out roaming connections. To pick a plan, start from our list of eSIMs for China.

With a VPN. Holafly says you’ll need a VPN on China’s public Wi-Fi to reach blocked apps, and a VPN also gives Miro a route out when hotel Wi-Fi is the only option. Keep a fallback in mind. In June 2026, ABC News described a VPN user in China whose app offers routes through Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, and who switches to another whenever one stops working. Which services are holding up this month is tracked on our page which VPN works in China now. On the legal side, Britain’s travel advice for China says VPNs fall under licensing rules set by the Chinese government; is using a VPN legal in China? looks at how that applies to tourists.

Before a workshop. Export what you’ll present in case the board won’t load. Miro saves boards as images or PDFs, in high resolution on paid plans, and board owners on paid plans can download a backup file to restore later.

Miro alternatives in China

• boardmix (博思白板): An online whiteboard that sspai called a Chinese counterpart to Miro in 2023, with servers in China. Its China App Store app comes from Shenzhen Pixso Technology, the company behind the Pixso design tool.
• Modao Whiteboard (墨刀白板): A Chinese whiteboard that the April 2026 SMZDM comparison credited with fast access in China. It said video calls need DingTalk, Feishu or Tencent Meeting.

If your team also relies on Adobe or Notion, see Adobe in China and Notion in China. The status table in working remotely from China covers other common work apps.