GoRetro
5.4Make 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 limited free plan and flat per-team paid pricing.
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NimbleRetro
3.6Time-boxed retros with 5-Why root cause analysis
NimbleRetro is the retrospective module inside NimbleWork's broader Nimble agile platform. It runs structured, time-bound retros through Icebreaker, Ideation, Grouping, Voting, and Root Cause Analysis stages, with anonymous input, action item tracking, and a 5-Why root cause workflow. Native iOS and Android apps complement the web product, and action items convert directly into Nimble workitems (user stories and cards).
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GoRetro scores 5.4 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 a free tier.
NimbleRetro scores 3.6 overall and is best for small agile teams that want a no-frills retro with built-in root cause analysis and a mobile companion app, especially teams already using the wider NimbleWork (SwiftKanban / Nimble) suite. It offers paid plans from $10/user/mo (Nimble Team tier, USD; standalone NimbleRetro is quote-only).
GoRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights and integrations. NimbleRetro leads on open platform and enterprise-grade.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, GoRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 5.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | GoRetro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Any | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Free plan: 1 team, 5 public boards, 2 team boards per 31-day cycle, unlimited users and guests, 20+ templates. Excludes exports, retro analytics, Jira sync, happiness index, polls and icebreakers. | Free trial only; no permanent free tier published for the retro module. A $0 Nimble suite plan (10 users / 10 projects) appears in a secondary table on the suite pricing page, but it does not list Retrospectives among its features |
| Starting price | $29/team/mo | $10/user/mo (Nimble Team tier, USD; standalone NimbleRetro is quote-only) |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $87/mo (Premium, 3 teams, billed annually) | $240/mo (24 users x $10/user/mo Nimble Team tier); standalone NimbleRetro is quote-only |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2020 | 2002 |
| HQ | Israel | Cupertino, CA, United States |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | English only | English only |
| Export formats | PDF · CSV · Image | — |
| Features | 35 | 16 |
| Integrations | 2 | 2 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | GoRetro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓note | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | ✓note | — |
| Polling | ✓note | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | ✓note | ✓note |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | — |
| Async mode | ✓note | — |
| Agile Estimations | ✓note | — |
| Health Checks | ✓note | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓note | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓note |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | ✓note | ✓note |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓note |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | ✓note |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓note |
| Webhooks | — | ✓note |
| MCP server | — | — |
GoRetro — pros
- + Flat per-team pricing ($29/team/mo) with unlimited members per team, plus a free plan for one team
- + Polished, real-time facilitation UX with per-board anonymity toggles (hide author, hide cards, hide votes)
- + 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
- − <strong>No published product updates since 2023</strong> — changelog last moved 23 May 2023, blog 28 Jul 2023
- − Free plan is thin: exports, retro analytics, Jira sync, happiness index, polls and icebreakers are all Premium-gated
- − Integration breadth is narrow — Jira and Slack only, with no native MS Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear, Confluence or Trello
- − AI story is thin: 'Joker cards' and a meeting recap export rather than real AI clustering, summaries or sentiment
- − No public API or webhooks; async is a multi-day feedback deadline, not a structured async flow, and there is no scheduling or recurring retros
NimbleRetro — pros
- + Structured 5-Why root cause workflow built into the retro flow
- + Anonymous input and time-bound stages keep retros focused
- + Native iOS and Android apps for mobile participation
- + NimbleWork runs an annual SOC 2 Type II audit and an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 audit, with SAMLv2/ADFSv3 SSO at the platform level
- + Action items convert directly into Nimble work items, so follow-up lands in the same backlog the team already works from
NimbleRetro — cons
- − Only four templates, and custom templates cap out at four columns
- − No SCIM provisioning or audit logs documented; SSO and the SOC 2 / ISO 27001 attestations sit at the NimbleWork platform level, not the retro module
- − Comparison pages tick 'Generative AI' for NimbleRetro, but no retro AI (clustering, summaries, sentiment) is documented — NimbleWork's AI Agents are a separately licensed add-on aimed at Nimble cards and analytics
- − No documented export of a retro board in any format
- − Thin direct-integration story for the agile stack — no documented Jira, GitHub, Linear, or Azure DevOps hooks for the retro module
- − Participants are limited to members of the Nimble project the retro is created from
- − NimbleRetro's own pricing page is demo-gated; the only published rate card is the Nimble suite's ($10/user/mo Team, $26/user/mo Business)
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