Evidence Board Maker

Connect Clues & Map Investigations Faster with Smarter Evidence Boards

Map out key details, link related evidence, visualize connections, and collaborate with a powerful investigation board online.

  • Organize documents, images, audio, and video in an intuitive evidence board layout.
  • Use customizable shapes, tags, and annotations to detail evidence.
  • Visualize evidence with interactive, user-friendly, detective board features.
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VISUALIZE & ANALYZE

Structure Evidence Visually for Faster, Smarter Analysis

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  • Organize large volumes of evidence with flexible shapes and connectors and an intuitive drag-and-drop canvas.
  • Collaborate in real time with Creately detective board maker’s intuitive interface, enabling seamless teamwork and immediate updates.
  • Link various evidence points, display key insights, and track progress on a single investigation board.
  • Add annotations, media, and references to enrich context and uncover hidden relationships.
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Screenshot of organizing evidence documentation in Creately's evidence board software
CONNECT & ORGANIZE

Streamline Evidence Gathering and Organization Online

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  • Integrate notes, documents, images, and links directly for clearer evidence mapping.
  • Track changes and revert to previous versions of your evidence boards using version control.
  • Easily embed your visual investigation boards on any website, intranet, or external platforms.
  • Control access securely for team members, stakeholders, or external collaborators.
COLLABORATE

Efficient Collaboration on Evidence Analysis with Your Team

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  • Analyze and discuss your detective board online in real time with seamless team collaboration.
  • Share evidence boards across teams and organizations with secure sharing links.
  • Manage access controls for private and public evidence, ensuring secure teamwork.
  • Integrate your existing tools and workflows to streamline your investigation process.
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SECURITY & PRIVACY

Enterprise-Grade Security and Privacy for Your Investigation Boards

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  • Protect sensitive evidence with enterprise-grade security protocols, including SOC 2 Type II and ISO certifications.
  • Ensure GDPR compliance for secure collaboration across teams and organizations.
  • Opt for on-premise deployment to maintain full ownership and control over confidential investigations.
  • All data is encrypted during storage and sharing, keeping your collaborative workflows safe from start to finish.

What Is an Evidence Board?

What Is an Evidence Board?
An evidence board is a visual representation of critical evidence, key facts, and relationships that help individuals and teams piece together complex situations. By structuring evidence visually, it becomes easier to identify patterns, connections, and missing pieces that can inform decision-making. Creately’s Evidence Board Maker offers a flexible canvas with a wide range of tools for organizing, annotating, and analyzing evidence effectively.

How to Create an Evidence Board in Creately?

  1. Create Your Workspace

Open an evidence board template in Creately’s Evidence Board Maker and invite your team to collaborate. This shared space will serve as a hub for gathering, organizing, and analyzing all the critical evidence.

  1. Define the Scope of Evidence

Before you begin, clarify what pieces of evidence are essential for your analysis. Define the relationships between pieces and understand how they will be used in the larger context.

  1. Gather Relevant Evidence

Work with your team to identify and gather all the necessary evidence. Include documents, images, and other materials that are crucial for building the detective board template.

  1. Create Your Evidence Board

Drag and drop evidence pieces into the Evidence Board Maker canvas. Use various shapes and connectors to visualize relationships and organize information clearly.

  1. Add annotations and details

Add labels, tags, notes, and use the hand-drawing tool to provide further context to the detective board, helping clarify the significance and role of each piece of evidence in the overall analysis.

Draw connections between pieces of evidence to reveal insights or missing links. Use arrows, lines, and other connectors to map out relationships and outcomes.

  1. Collaborate and Refine

Share the findings on the detective board online with your team. Collaborate in real time by leaving comments, discussing findings, and refining your analysis together.

  1. Share and Publish

Once finalized, share your evidence board with key stakeholders or embed it in other platforms with secure links. You can export the evidence board in different formats for reporting or presentations.

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FAQs About the Online Evidence Board Maker

What are Creately’s evidence board maker pricing plans?

  • Free Plan — $0/month for basic evidence board creation and collaboration
  • Starter & Team Plans — $8/month or $5/month billed annually
  • Business Plan — $149/month or $89/month billed annually

Annual billing helps you save more while unlocking advanced collaboration, workspace management, and enhanced evidence board features. You can compare all available plans and features on the Creately Pricing Page.

How can you create evidence boards faster?

Creately helps you create evidence boards faster with an infinite canvas, drag-and-drop diagramming, smart connectors, and professionally designed templates. You can start with a ready-made layout or build from scratch, then collaborate and refine everything in one shared workspace.

Are there templates for different evidence board use cases?

Yes. Creately offers editable templates for different evidence board use cases, so you can start with a relevant structure and customize it to match your workflow, team, or project requirements.

Can teams collaborate on evidence boards?

Yes. Teams can work together on the same evidence board in real time using live cursors, comments, mentions, and shared workspaces. This makes reviews faster and keeps everyone aligned.

Can I add notes, data, and files?

Yes. Creately lets you enrich your work with notes, links, images, documents, and additional context attached directly to shapes and items on the canvas. This helps you keep supporting information connected to the visual.

Can I share, present, or export evidence boards?

Yes. You can share evidence boards with a link, present them directly from the workspace, or export them in formats like PDF, PNG, SVG, and JPEG. This makes it easy to use Creately in meetings, documentation, reviews, and presentations.
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