Retrospective Tools

FigJam vs Retrium

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

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FigJam

6.7

Figma's whiteboard with AI-assisted clustering, voting and a free tier that includes meaningful AI credits

FigJam is the whiteboard product inside Figma — sticky notes, voting, timer, audio, music, expressive cursor stamps, an AI co-pilot that clusters and summarises sticky notes, and dozens of community retro templates. Sits inside the Figma platform so design and product teams already living there get retros without buying a second tool, with Figma's strong SSO/SCIM and SOC 2 enterprise posture on Org+/Enterprise plans.

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Retrium

5.1

Guided retrospectives and Team Radars for scrum and agile teams

Retrium is a long-running, retrospectives-only tool that emphasises guided five-phase facilitation, anonymous brainstorming, voting, a persistent action plan, and Team Radar health checks for distributed teams.

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Summary

FigJam scores 6.7 overall and is best for design and product teams already on Figma who want retros on the same platform as their design files, with playful engagement and AI clustering. It offers a free tier.

Retrium scores 5.1 overall and is best for scrum masters and agile coaches who want a focused, retro-only tool with strong facilitation guardrails and a built-in Team Radar. It offers paid plans from $39/mo.

FigJam leads on fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. Retrium leads on ease of use and retro toolkit.

Across our seven scoring dimensions, FigJam edges ahead with an overall score of 6.7. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

FigJam
Ease of Use 7.0
Retro Toolkit 4.5
Value 6.0
Fun Factor 9.0
AI & Insights 5.0
Integrations 6.0
Enterprise-grade 9.5
Retrium
Ease of Use 8.5
Retro Toolkit 7.5
Value 6.0
Fun Factor 4.0
AI & Insights 0.0
Integrations 3.0
Enterprise-grade 6.5
Detail FigJam Retrium
Category Whiteboard Retrospectives
Team size Mid-market Mid-market
Free tier Yes No
Free limit Unlimited FigJam files on Starter, 150 AI credits/day (500/month), community templates 30-day free trial (column techniques and Team Radar), no credit card required
Starting price $3/user/mo (Collab seat) $39/mo
Est. 3 teams × 8 people $120/mo $117/mo
Enterprise Yes Yes
Founded 2012 2014
HQ San Francisco, US Washington, D.C., USA
Data residency United States
Languages English only English only
Features 37 23
Integrations 6 2

Feature & integration comparison

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

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

FigJam — pros

  • + Generous free tier with real AI credits (150/day, 500/month) baked in
  • + Same login and platform as Figma — zero friction for design-led teams
  • + Playful, engaging UX (audio, music, stamps, expressive cursors) lifts retro fun factor
  • + AI clustering, summary and template suggestions are well integrated
  • + Strong enterprise posture inherited from Figma: SAML, SCIM, SOC 2, ISO 27001

FigJam — cons

  • No native action-item tracking, recurring retros or health checks
  • Anonymous mode is weak — no built-in 'private until reveal' equivalent
  • No Microsoft Teams or Azure DevOps integration
  • Pricing is per-seat across Figma plans — paying for a full editor seat ($16+/mo) just to host retros is expensive
  • Built primarily for designers; agile coaches sometimes find the canvas paradigm fiddly for structured retros

Retrium — pros

  • + Battle-tested five-phase guided facilitation flow
  • + Anonymous brainstorming and grouping by design
  • + Persistent team-room action plan that carries forward between retros
  • + Team Radar covers psychological safety and custom health checks
  • + Per-team-room pricing with unlimited users on every plan

Retrium — cons

  • No free tier; 30-day trial only
  • Integrations are thin beyond Jira Cloud and a <em>still-beta</em> Slack app
  • <strong>No AI features at all</strong> — no summary, clustering, action-item extraction or insights
  • No native Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear or Confluence integration
  • Public shipping cadence has slowed — no 2025 changelog or product blog activity visible
  • Retro-only scope; no planning poker, kudos, icebreakers or whiteboard
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