GoRetro
5.8Make every sprint impactful, efficient, and fun
GoRetro is a sprint-centric retro and estimation suite combining retrospectives, planning poker, capacity planning and a Jira-fed sprint monitor, with a generous free tier and per-team paid plans.
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Mural
6.4Visual collaboration whiteboard with hundreds of retro templates and AI-assisted facilitation
Mural is a long-established visual collaboration platform — an infinite canvas with sticky notes, voting, timers, private mode, hundreds of retro templates, AI clustering and summary, and a Facilitation Superpowers toolkit (Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode) that's been refined for over a decade. Strong enterprise posture with SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and EU/US data residency.
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GoRetro scores 5.8 overall and is best for scrum teams that live in Jira and want a polished retro plus planning-poker bundle priced per team. It offers paid plans from $29/mo.
Mural scores 6.4 overall and is best for workshop-heavy teams (design, product, agile coaching) that want a polished facilitation canvas with strong retro templates and enterprise-grade controls. It offers a free tier.
GoRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit and value. Mural leads on AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Mural edges ahead with an overall score of 6.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | GoRetro | Mural |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Whiteboard |
| Team size | Any | Mid-market |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | 30-day free trial of all paid features, no credit card required | 3 active murals, unlimited members and visitors, 200+ templates |
| Starting price | $29/mo | $9.99/user/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $147/mo | $240/mo billed annually |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2020 | 2011 |
| HQ | Israel | San Francisco, US |
| Data residency | — | United States · European Union |
| Languages | English only | 9 (English, Spanish, German, …) |
| Features | 34 | 37 |
| Integrations | 2 | 6 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | GoRetro | Mural |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ note | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Team Insights | ✓ note | — |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | — |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| Health Checks | ✓ note | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ note |
| Confluence | — | ✓ |
| GitHub | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Slack | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | ✓ note |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓ |
| Webhooks | — | — |
GoRetro — pros
- + Generous free tier with unlimited public boards and team members
- + Polished, real-time facilitation UX with strong template library
- + Bundles planning poker, capacity calculator and sprint monitor with retros
- + Tight Jira Cloud integration for sprint-data-driven discussions
- + SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and SAML SSO available on Organization tier
GoRetro — cons
- − Slack integration sits behind paid tiers; SAML SSO requires Organization tier
- − Integration breadth is narrow: no native MS Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear, Confluence or Trello
- − AI story is thin: 'Joker cards' and meeting recap export rather than real AI clustering, summaries or sentiment
- − No async mode, no whiteboard, no scheduling/recurring retros
- − Per-team pricing scales unevenly across many squads, and cross-team rollups are thin
Mural — pros
- + Mature facilitation toolkit — Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode — refined over 10+ years
- + Strong template library with 200+ retro and workshop frames
- + Best-in-class enterprise posture: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, SCIM, EU/US residency
- + Two-way Jira and Azure DevOps sync turns sticky notes into tracked issues
- + Polished UX, especially for facilitators running synchronous workshops
Mural — cons
- − Per-seat pricing: a 24-person org pays ~$240/mo on the Team+ tier (annual), well above retro-native tools at that headcount
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal team-pulse
- − No recurring retros, action carryover or cross-team rollup — facilitators rebuild structure each sprint
- − AI clustering and summary trail Miro and dedicated retro tools in depth
- − SSO/SAML gated to Business tier ($17.99/user/mo) — same trap as Miro