Does every reference need to be a product?

No. Pages, images, typography, interfaces, materials and products share one library. Supplier and product facts appear where supported by the source.

What is included on Free?

Unlimited saves and ordinary boards, all four presentation layouts and standard Vade-branded sharing. Optional AI compositions have a separate monthly allowance.

What requires a paid plan?

PDF export and custom studio branding require Solo or Studio. Solo is £12/month or £120/year; Studio is £29/month or £290/year for up to five seats. See Pricing for details.

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Compare workflows

A canvas, a composition or a design library?

Creative tools overlap. The useful comparison is the work you want to do with a reference after you find it.

What you are choosing.

Milanote

Milanote combines notes, images, videos, sketches and web research in visual creative projects. Its product overview includes collaborative editing, commenting and viewing. Official product overview.

Miro

Miro offers a collaborative workspace with whiteboards, diagrams, workshops, prototypes and planning formats. Its product overview emphasises teams thinking and developing work together. Official product overview.

Canva

Canva offers tools for creating presentations, social graphics, video, print materials, websites and other visual formats, with templates and editing features. Official product overview.

Product descriptions checked against the linked sources on 21 September 2026. Check each provider for current plans and availability.

Vade starts with what you keep.

A poster, a room, a product or an interface can enter the same library. Keep the original source and add the context that makes a reference useful to you.

Use a save in several boards, with different notes, sections and crops. Present those boards as Gallery, Editorial, Collage or Schedule. Full images remain whole until you choose otherwise.

Supplier details and available prices support sourcing work. They are optional facts, not a requirement for every reference. See how Vade works.

Choose around the work.

Consider Milanote for visual project organisation, Miro for collaborative working sessions, and Canva for producing designed deliverables. Consider Vade for the reference library that accumulates across projects: one saved source can carry different notes and treatments in different boards. These are workflow suggestions, not claims that other tools cannot perform similar tasks.

Try one real project: save a reference, find it after a few days, give it context in two boards and share a presentation. Those tasks make the fit easier to judge than a feature count.

Questions, answered.

Does every reference need to be a product?: No. Pages, images, typography, interfaces, materials and products share one library. Supplier and product facts appear where supported by the source.
What is included on Free?: Unlimited saves and ordinary boards, all four presentation layouts and standard Vade-branded sharing. Optional AI compositions have a separate monthly allowance.
What requires a paid plan?: PDF export and custom studio branding require Solo or Studio. Solo is £12/month or £120/year; Studio is £29/month or £290/year for up to five seats. See Pricing for details.

Keep what catches your eye.

Start with a free library and a board for your next idea.

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