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Mind mapping software for the education and other sectors

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FreeMind - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: December 2025

FreeMind overview

What is FreeMind?

FreeMind is a mind mapping software designed to help businesses in the education, government, and other sectors visualize concepts, projects, ideas, and more using keyboard shortcuts. Key features include folding branches, graphical links connecting nodes, built-in icons, and file & web hyperlinks for nodes.

Managers can edit documents in XML or HTML formats and link different ideas on a unified interface. FreeMind allows teams to utilize one-click fold & unfold and follow link operations to navigate across different pages. Supervisors can also link documents and websites with mind maps via hyperlinks.

FreeMind lets businesses export documents in multiple formats such as HTML, JPEG, PDF, and more.

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FreeMind reviews

Overall rating

4.4

/5

18

Positive reviews

78

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.56/10
Rating distribution

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3

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Pros
“I have used a variety of software tools but by far the best value is Freemind. It has all the functionality you need, simple and easy to use and best of all its free.”
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David M.

CEO

“And the best thing is that it is not only good tool, but a free one as well, which is very important for me as I work with non-profits, educational organizations etc.”

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“I have been using this software for several years and always served me perfectly in the free version.”
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Marcelo A.

Analyst

Cons
“There isn't much choice in how to display the units of information. There is no option for coloring the outline and fill of the nodes and connecting lines.”
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Zvi Z.

Educational Consutant

“It has a dated UI and some of the features are hard to find and hidden away.”
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Fraser N.

Founder

“Looks to have all the functionality but it's complex to operate. It has strange and non-standard icons, so it's hard to understand how to operate the application.”

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Who uses FreeMind?

Based on 18 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Marketing and Advertising
Computer Software
Education Management
Information Technology and Services
Others

Use cases

Mind Mapping

FreeMind's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from FreeMind users:

Project planning
Brainstorming
Mind maps
Data import/export
Drag & drop
Flowchart

All FreeMind features

Features rating:

Graphical data presentation
Synchronous Editing
Data storage management

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FreeMind support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

FreeMind FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of FreeMind?

FreeMind has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. Does FreeMind offer an API?

No, FreeMind does not have an API available.

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