Estimioo
3.8Free planning poker, retrospectives and standups for Scrum teams
Estimioo is a lightweight, browser-based agile-ceremony tool that bundles AI-assisted planning poker, a template-driven sprint retrospective board and async daily standups into one shared workspace. The product's centre of gravity is estimation, but the retro module has grown since launch: the vendor now lists a library of retrospective formats (Start/Stop/Continue, Sailboat, Mad/Sad/Glad, 4Ls, Starfish, Sprint Timeline and more) rather than a single fixed board. It's still a reflection-and-summary tool, not a deep facilitation suite with dot voting, grouping and owned action items.
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IdeaBoardz
2.6Free shared brainstorming boards
IdeaBoardz is a long-standing free brainstorming and retrospective board where anyone can spin up a shared URL, add ideas in customisable sections, vote, and export to PDF or Excel. The site is still online and the app still works, but the product appears to be in maintenance mode at best — Terms were last updated in April 2020 and there is no blog, changelog or roadmap to suggest active development.
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Estimioo scores 3.8 overall and is best for small, distributed Scrum teams who mainly want fast, AI-assisted planning poker and async standups, and want a template-driven reflection board for retros rather than a full facilitation suite with voting, grouping and owned action items. It offers a free tier.
IdeaBoardz scores 2.6 overall and is best for throwaway retros and quick distributed brainstorms when nobody wants to sign up. It offers a free tier.
Estimioo leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. IdeaBoardz leads on open platform.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Estimioo edges ahead with an overall score of 3.8. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Estimioo | IdeaBoardz |
|---|---|---|
| Category | All-in-One Agile | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | Up to 10 participants, 5 sessions/month, 5 AI estimates/month, 1-hour session expiry | Fully free, no paid tier |
| Starting price | $7/workspace/mo | Free |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $7/mo (Team plan is flat per-workspace, not per-seat) | Free (no paid tier) |
| Enterprise | No | No |
| Founded | — | 2012 |
| HQ | — | Pune, India |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | English only | English only |
| Export formats | CSV | PDF · Excel |
| Features | 13 | 7 |
| Integrations | 1 | 0 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Estimioo | IdeaBoardz |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓note | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓note | — |
| Team Insights | ✓note | — |
| Polling | — | — |
| Action dashboard | — | — |
| Custom templates | — | ✓note |
| Anonymous input | ✓note | ✓ |
| Independent voting | — | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓note | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓note | — |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓note | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | — |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | — | — |
| SSO / SAML | — | — |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | — | — |
Estimioo — pros
- + Genuinely cheap — flat $7/workspace/mo Team plan (not per-seat) and a usable free tier
- + Fast, no-friction planning poker with multiple scales and hidden-until-reveal voting
- + AI story-point suggestions and estimation-accuracy tracking, powered by Claude with zero data retention
- + Guests join without signup via link or QR code — low overhead for distributed teams
- + Three ceremonies (poker, retro, standup) in one shared workspace
Estimioo — cons
- − Retro board is reflection-and-summary only — no dot voting, grouping, anonymity, phase timer or action items with owners and carry-over, even with the expanded template library
- − Verified AI is estimation-focused; the advertised Claude retro summaries (mood, themes, action items) couldn't be verified hands-on
- − No Slack/Teams, Confluence, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps integrations; Jira is a paste-URL preview for poker only
- − No SSO, SOC 2, audit logs or published data-residency — not built for enterprise procurement
- − Free sessions expire after 1 hour and cap at 5/month; no recurring retros or persistent retro history
IdeaBoardz — pros
- + Genuinely free, no paywall, no paid tier
- + No signup required to participate — just share a URL
- + 1-10 customisable sections cover most retro formats (Start/Stop/Continue, 4Ls, etc.)
- + PDF and Excel export built in
- + Voting and async input out of the box
IdeaBoardz — cons
- − UI is unchanged from the early 2010s and shows it
- − No timer, no facilitation phases, no drag-and-drop grouping
- − Zero integrations with the agile stack (Jira, Slack, Teams, Confluence, etc.)
- − Only a few starter board presets; no real template library, no health checks, no AI features
- − Boards are public-by-URL with no SSO, SOC 2, or stated privacy controls
- − Apparently in maintenance mode — Terms last updated April 2020, no changelog or blog
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