EasyRetro
5.3Improve your team with fun sprint retrospectives
EasyRetro (rebranded from FunRetro in November 2020) is a long-running indie retro tool with 100+ templates, drag-and-drop boards, an AI board summary feature added in early 2024, and recent updates through 2026 including drawing-on-cards, hide-column and on-the-fly timer controls (pause/resume, +1 minute).
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NimbleRetro
3.0Time-boxed retros with 5-Why root cause analysis
NimbleRetro is the retrospective module inside NimbleWork's broader Nimble agile platform. It runs structured, time-bound retros through Icebreaker, Ideation, Grouping, Voting, and Root Cause Analysis stages, with anonymous input, action item tracking, and a 5-Why root cause workflow. Native iOS and Android apps complement the web product, and action items convert directly into Nimble workitems (user stories and cards).
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EasyRetro scores 5.3 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams, scrum masters and consultants who want a clean, fast, low-friction retro tool without enterprise overhead. It offers a free tier.
NimbleRetro scores 3.0 overall and is best for small agile teams that want a no-frills retro with built-in root cause analysis and a mobile companion app, especially teams already using the wider NimbleWork (SwiftKanban / Nimble) suite. It offers paid plans from ~$7/user/mo (est.).
EasyRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. NimbleRetro leads on open platform.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, EasyRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 5.3. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | EasyRetro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | 1 public board/month, 1 survey, no team, unlimited participants | Free trial only; no permanent free tier publicly disclosed for the retro module |
| Starting price | $28/mo | ~$7/user/mo (est.) |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $67/mo (Business plan, 3 teams, unlimited members; $56/mo billed annually) | Quote-only — contact sales (~$7/user/mo would be ~$168/mo for 24 users) |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2016 | — |
| HQ | Brazil | Bengaluru, India |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 (English, Portuguese) | English only |
| Export formats | PDF · CSV · Image · Excel · Word · Confluence · Jira | — |
| Features | 24 | 13 |
| Integrations | 5 | 2 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | EasyRetro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓note | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓note |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | — |
| Async mode | — | — |
| Agile Estimations | ✓note | — |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | ✓ | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓note | ✓note |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓note |
| Trello | ✓ | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | — |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓note |
| Webhooks | — | ✓note |
| MCP server | — | — |
EasyRetro — pros
- + Extremely easy to use with minimal setup friction and a clean drag-and-drop board
- + Library of 100+ retrospective templates spanning multiple categories and languages
- + Free tier covers basic public boards for small teams or one-off retros
- + Clean export options including Confluence, Jira (now bulk), PDF, CSV, PNG, Excel and DOCX
- + Still actively maintained — drawing on cards, hide-column and on-the-fly timer controls shipped through 2026
EasyRetro — cons
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal trend reporting
- − AI is limited to a single board-summary feature — no auto-grouping, AI action items, sentiment, or template generation
- − Integration set is narrow and mostly export-only — no GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps; the Teams integration embeds boards as tabs rather than pushing action items
- − Vendor itself isn't SOC 2 / ISO 27001 certified (relies on GCP); SAML SSO is gated to enterprise accounts and there's no SCIM or audit logs
- − Free plan is now capped at 1 public board per month (down from 3), keeps only 1 board on the dashboard, and excludes team boards
NimbleRetro — pros
- + Structured 5-Why root cause workflow built into the retro flow
- + Anonymous input and time-bound stages keep retros focused
- + Native iOS and Android apps for mobile participation
- + GDPR compliant; sits under NimbleWork's ISO 27001 / SOC umbrella at the platform level
NimbleRetro — cons
- − Only four templates, with stage flexibility limited to column count
- − No SSO/SAML, SCIM, or SOC 2 Type 2 attestation specific to the retro product
- − Vendor now markets 'Generative AI' but no concrete retro AI (clustering, summaries, sentiment) is documented — treat as unverified
- − Thin direct-integration story for the agile stack — no documented Jira, GitHub, Linear, or Azure DevOps hooks for the retro module
- − Participants are limited to members of the Nimble project the retro is created from
- − Pricing not transparently published; demo-gated (third parties peg it around $8/user/mo)
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