MindMap AI
AI-native mind mapping tool with hand-drawing free forever
Tool details
MindMap AI is an AI-native online mind mapping tool by 3AxisLabs. Its promise is maps that stay faithful to your original content — hand-drawn editing is free forever on every plan, and you pay only for AI. Make sure not to confuse it: this product (mindmapai.app) is unrelated to mindmapai.com listed by Gust or to the community site mindmap.com.
Core features
- Multimodal intake: PDF/image/audio/video/web page/YouTube plus structured JSON/XML/Graphviz data, producing a first draft in seconds (up to 4,000 words per run)
- AI Copilot: conversational expansion/summarization/restructuring on the same canvas, with manual edits never overwritten; paid plans offer Thinking Mode with step-by-step reasoning
- MCP connector: a public MCP server (OAuth 2.1) lets you build, edit and export inside Claude/ChatGPT/Notion/Perplexity/Mistral; reads and exports cost no credits, write operations are billed
- Multi-view, multilingual: 4 views switchable in one click, 29+ languages (including RTL)
Pricing and credits The free plan includes 50 AI credits/month + unlimited hand-drawing; Basic $9.99/month (2,000 credits), Pro $14.99/month (5,000 credits); there are also Go, team plans and a one-time lifetime plan (from $157).
Who it is for Students speed-reading research literature, turning meetings and interviews into structured maps, personal knowledge work and light teams; not a fit for anyone who needs real-time multi-user collaboration or an offline desktop app.
Competitor comparison In a dedicated AI mind mapping review it ranked #11 (6.5/10), behind Xmind/Mindomo/EdrawMind; its differentiation is "keep refining through conversation after generation + manual edits never lost + free hand-drawing + lifetime buyout", while its weak spots are no real-time collaboration and no flowcharts/fishbone diagrams.
Caveats There is an identifiable complaint cluster, limited to the dimension of "billing/refunds and opaque AI credit consumption" (at least 2 of 11 Trustpilot reviews, ≈18%); once a map is set to public it cannot be reversed. Where figures conflict (free credits 50 vs 100, Basic $9.99 vs $7.49, lifetime pricing and user counts varying), this page follows the official English /pricing and /faq.
Pricing
Freemium$0 (Free plan)The free plan is the trial (no card required); paid plans are refundable within 7 days and with fewer than 100 credits used; subscriptions auto-renew by default and must be cancelled 24h before renewalNo card required; unlimited hand-drawing, 50 AI credits/month, import in any format, watermarked export, MCP available
Monthly billing only; the lowest-priced subscription tier shown on the official site
2,000 AI credits/month; annual billing equals $4.99/month (billed $59.88/year)
5,000 AI credits/month; annual billing equals $7.99/month (billed $95.88/year); includes a 7-day refund guarantee
Annual billing $9.98/seat/month; shared team workspace, seat-based credits, consolidated billing
Annual billing $15.98/seat/month; advanced team management and priority team support
One-time buyout: Lite $157/100,000 credits, Plus $237/200,000 credits, Ultimate $397/500,000 credits
Additional notes
All pricing is in USD with no parallel currencies, so no currency conversion is applied. Several conflicting figures remain for human adjudication: (a) free credits 50 (English /pricing, /faq) vs 100 (Spanish page); (b) Basic $9.99 vs $7.49; (c) lifetime $157/$237/$397 (official blog, AISO) vs $129–$399 (WhatAreTheBest); (d) user counts 50,000/100,000/750,000/1,000,000. This page follows the official English /pricing and /faq throughout. There are also credit top-up packs of 1,000 credits for $5 (older figure $4.99/2,000 credits) and a 70% off monthly discount for verified students.
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