Retrospective Tools

Estimioo vs Ludi

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing, features and integrations to help you pick the right retrospective tool.

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Estimioo

4.1

Free planning poker, retrospectives and standups for Scrum teams

Estimioo is a lightweight, browser-based agile-ceremony tool that bundles AI-assisted planning poker, a basic sprint retrospective board and async daily standups into one shared workspace. The product's centre of gravity is estimation; retrospectives are a real but thin module — a single <strong>went well / didn't go well / improve</strong> reflection board with session summaries, not a deep retro toolkit.

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Ludi

5.7

Playful collaborative whiteboard for agile teams

Ludi (formerly Metro Retro, rebranded August 2025) is a visual agile collaboration whiteboard with 100+ templates spanning retros, planning poker, icebreakers and futurespectives. Its signature illustrated canvas and gadgets make ceremonies feel engaging, and a first AI feature — sticky-note clustering — shipped February 2026.

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Summary

Estimioo scores 4.1 overall and is best for small, distributed Scrum teams who mainly want fast, AI-assisted planning poker and async standups, and are happy with a simple reflection board for retros rather than a dedicated retro suite. It offers a free tier.

Ludi scores 5.7 overall and is best for agile teams who want retros, planning and workshops to feel visual and fun, with a solid Jira-backed delivery loop. It offers paid plans from $4/user/mo billed annually.

Estimioo leads on value and AI & insights. Ludi leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, integrations and enterprise-grade.

Across our seven scoring dimensions, Ludi edges ahead with an overall score of 5.7. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

Estimioo
Ease of Use 7.0
Retro Toolkit 2.5
Value 9.0
Fun Factor 3.5
AI & Insights 3.0
Integrations 2.0
Enterprise-grade 1.5
Ludi
Ease of Use 8.5
Retro Toolkit 6.0
Value 8.0
Fun Factor 9.0
AI & Insights 2.0
Integrations 3.0
Enterprise-grade 3.5
Detail Estimioo Ludi
Category All-in-One Agile Retrospectives
Team size Small Small
Free tier Yes No
Free limit Up to 10 participants, 5 sessions/month, 5 AI estimates/month, 1-hour session expiry 30-day free trial; boards become read-only when the trial expires
Starting price $7/workspace/mo $4/user/mo billed annually
Est. 3 teams × 8 people $7/mo (Team plan is flat per-workspace, not per-seat) $96/mo billed annually
Enterprise No Yes
Founded 2020
HQ UK
Data residency European Union
Languages English only English only
Features 10 33
Integrations 1 1

Feature & integration comparison

Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.

Capability Estimioo Ludi
Features
AI Summaries note
AI grouping/clustering note
AI action items
Action tracking
Team Insights note
Polling note
Action dashboard
Custom templates
Anonymous input note
Independent voting
Async mode note
Agile Estimations note
Health Checks
Team Kudos note
Whiteboard
Integrations
Asana
Azure DevOps
Basecamp
ClickUp
Confluence
GitHub
GitLab
Jira note note
Linear
Microsoft Teams
Monday.com
Notion
Shortcut
Slack
Trello
Security & Privacy
SOC 2 note
GDPR
SSO / SAML note
SCIM provisioning
ISO 27001
On-premises
Public API
Webhooks

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

  • Retrospectives are a single fixed went-well/didn't/improve board — no template library, dot voting, grouping, anonymity, timer or action items with owners
  • AI is aimed at estimation, not retros — no theme clustering, sentiment or retro summaries
  • 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

Ludi — pros

  • + Genuinely delightful, illustrated UI that energises in-person and remote retros
  • + Broad template library (100+) covering retros, icebreakers, planning poker, futurespectives, planning and estimation
  • + Solid two-way Jira integration: backlog refinement, estimation and issue creation in-board
  • + Facilitator controls, private writing mode and shareable team spaces
  • + First AI feature shipped Feb 2026 — Sort into Topics auto-groups stickies into labelled topics
  • + EU-hosted (Amsterdam) and GDPR-aligned (SOC 2 / ISO 27001 sit at the Digital Ocean infrastructure layer, not Ludi)

Ludi — cons

  • No async retro mode, no recurring or scheduled retros
  • No team health check or longitudinal pulse product; mood/radar work via whiteboard templates only
  • Integrations limited to Jira — no Slack, Teams, Confluence, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps
  • AI limited to one clustering feature — no summaries, action-item extraction, sentiment or coaching
  • No ongoing free plan; expired trials become read-only
  • SSO gated to a paid/Enterprise plan; no SCIM or audit logs advertised
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