FigJam
7.2Figma's whiteboard with AI sticky clustering, voting sessions and a $3 Collab seat — free tier caps at 3 boards
FigJam is the whiteboard product inside Figma — sticky notes, timer, music, expressive cursor stamps, voting sessions, an AI co-pilot that clusters and summarises stickies, and 300+ ready-made templates including community retro boards. Design and product teams already living in Figma get retros without buying a second tool, backed by Figma's SAML/SCIM, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and EU data hosting on Organization and Enterprise plans. Voting sessions, audio chat and no-account guest links all require a paid team.
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TeamRetro
8.3Retrospectives, health checks and agile estimations in one suite
TeamRetro pairs structured retrospectives with longitudinal team health checks and planning-poker estimations, aimed at agile organisations running multiple teams under a coach or programme.
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FigJam scores 7.2 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.
TeamRetro scores 8.3 overall and is best for agile coaches and engineering managers running ongoing health-check programmes alongside sprint retros. It offers paid plans from $20.83/mo billed annually ($25/mo billed monthly) — Single Team, 1 team, 25 members.
FigJam leads on fun factor and enterprise-grade. TeamRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, AI & insights, integrations and open platform.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, TeamRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 8.3. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | FigJam | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Any |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Starter: 3 FigJam files per team (unlimited personal drafts), 150 AI credits/day (500/month), templates, timer and music, 30-day version history — no voting sessions, audio chat or open (no-account) sessions | No free plan — 30-day trial, no credit card required |
| Starting price | $3/user/mo | $20.83/mo billed annually ($25/mo billed monthly) — Single Team, 1 team, 25 members |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | ~$72/mo (24 Collab seats × $3, annual) — more if hosts need Full seats | $50/mo billed annually ($60/mo billed monthly) — Small Organization plan, a 3-team bundle with unlimited members |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2012 | 2017 |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | Australia |
| Data residency | United States · European Union | United States · European Union |
| Languages | English only | 29 (English, Arabic, Bengali, …) |
| Export formats | PDF · Image · CSV | Excel · CSV · PDF · Markdown · Email · Image |
| Features | 39 | 65 |
| Integrations | 10 | 15 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | FigJam | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI action items | ✓note | ✓ |
| Action tracking | — | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | — | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓note | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓note | ✓ |
| Health Checks | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | ✓note | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓note | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ |
| Basecamp | — | ✓ |
| ClickUp | — | ✓ |
| Confluence | ✓note | ✓ |
| GitHub | ✓note | ✓ |
| GitLab | — | ✓ |
| Jira | ✓note | ✓ |
| Linear | ✓note | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓note | ✓ |
| Monday.com | ✓note | ✓ |
| Notion | ✓note | ✓ |
| Shortcut | — | ✓ |
| Slack | ✓note | ✓ |
| Trello | ✓note | ✓ |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓note |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓note | ✓note |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | ✓note |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓note |
| Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP server | ✓note | ✓ |
FigJam — pros
- + Cheap $3/user/mo Collab seat unlocks unlimited boards without a full Figma editor seat
- + Free Starter tier includes real AI credits (150/day, 500/month), 300+ templates, the timer and music
- + Same login and platform as Figma — zero friction for design-led teams
- + Playful, engaging UX — stamps, emotes, high-fives, music, cursor chat — lifts retro fun factor
- + Strong enterprise posture inherited from Figma: SAML, SCIM, activity logs, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, EU data hosting on Enterprise
FigJam — cons
- − No native action-item tracking, recurring retros or health checks
- − Anonymity is weak — votes reveal who voted once the session ends, and stickies always carry a name
- − Official connectors embed Figma files in Jira/Confluence/Linear/Notion rather than pushing action items out; GitHub-issue creation is a community widget; no Azure DevOps
- − Free Starter caps a team at 3 FigJam files and excludes voting sessions, audio chat and no-account guest links
- − Built primarily for designers — the canvas paradigm is fiddly for structured retros, and large boards get sluggish
TeamRetro — pros
- + Health checks and maturity models as a first-class module — custom dimensions, radar charts, trends across sprints
- + Three modules on one subscription: retrospectives, health checks, planning-poker estimation
- + SAML SSO, RBAC and US-or-EU hosting on <em>every</em> plan, not just Enterprise
- + GA MCP server plus team-level API keys and HMAC-signed webhooks, included on all plans
- + 15 native integrations: Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Linear, Confluence, Slack, Teams and more
TeamRetro — cons
- − No free tier — 30-day trial, then a paid plan
- − Audit logs, SCIM, IP allowlisting and guest/observer roles are Enterprise-only
- − Cross-team insights, reports and programs (team-of-teams) require Enterprise
- − ISO 27001 is inherited from AWS, not held by TeamRetro
- − Hosting is US or EU only — no APAC region despite the Australian HQ
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