Runer gives product teams a structured story board to plan user stories, organise releases, and track progress - without the enterprise price tag.
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Your story map renders as a story board, a kanban board, or a release planner. Switch views instantly - the data is always the same source of truth.
The classic story map layout - Activities across the top, Releases as horizontal swimlanes, Stories filling the cells. See every dependency at a glance.
A status board over your stories - To Do, In Progress, Blocked, Done. Filter by release. Drag cards between columns to update status instantly.
One release at a time. See the description, track completion, and expand stories when you need the detail.
Reorder stories, reparent to different steps, reorder releases - everything moves exactly where you drop it and persists on save.
Share individual maps with team members or clients. Grant view or edit access. Send anonymous read-only links - no account required.
Capture your story board as a pixel-perfect PNG or a PDF ready for stakeholder presentations - all rendered client-side, instantly.
Built on secure EU infrastructure. Your maps and your data stay yours, and we never sell them or use them for training. GDPR-compliant for teams that need it.
Activities → Steps → Stories. The hierarchy is enforced by the UI, so your maps stay readable and consistent however large they get.
Pro is flat €4.99/month regardless of how many maps you share. Free recipients can edit Pro-owned maps at no extra cost.
No per-seat fees. A single Pro account can invite anyone - even Free users - to edit your maps. Skip the team-plan tax.
A real free tier you can actually work in, not a stripped-back demo. Great for solo PMs and side projects.
Unlimited everything, one flat fee. Invite anyone - even Free users - to edit your maps. No seats to buy, ever.
Start free, upgrade to Pro anytime from your account settings.
Five people on a typical per-seat tool runs €40–75 / month. The same five collaborating on Runer? One Pro account - €4.99.
You won't lose any data. You'll be prompted to upgrade when you try to create a third map or second product. Existing work is always safe.
Yes. A Pro user can share a map with edit access to anyone - even Free accounts. The recipient edits the map without using any of their own Free quota.
Anytime. Sign up for a free account, then upgrade to Pro from your account settings - and cancel just as easily, with no awkward flows.
User story mapping is a technique pioneered by Jeff Patton that helps product teams visualise the full user journey - not just a flat backlog. Instead of a disconnected list of tickets, you see the whole story: what users do, in what order, and which features belong in which release.
A kanban board visualises work as cards moving through status columns - To Do, In Progress, Blocked, and Done. Originally from Toyota's manufacturing process, it's now a staple of software teams for tracking the flow of work.
In Runer, the kanban view is a lens over your story map: the same stories you planned on the story board appear as cards on the board. Drag a card to Done and it updates across every view. Filter the board to a single release to focus on what's shipping now.
Dedicated story mapping tools are often enterprise-first and priced accordingly. Project trackers like Jira and Linear are excellent at managing tasks - but they're flat backlogs that don't model the user journey. Runer is purpose-built for story mapping, priced for individuals and small teams.
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