Retrospective Tools

Kollabe vs TeleRetro

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

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Kollabe

6.8

Agile meetings made easy — retros, standups and planning poker

Kollabe began life as a planning poker tool and now runs four rituals from one workspace: estimation, sprint retrospectives, async standups and icebreakers. The retro board is deeper than its marketing suggests — drag-to-group with optional AI clustering, dot voting configurable per board or per column, a phase timer with audio alerts, a guided workflow with auto-advance, and action items carrying owner, due date, priority and a link back to the feedback card. Exports run to PDF, CSV, JSON, Markdown, HTML, JPEG and Confluence, with action items pushed to Jira, GitHub or Linear. Billing is flat per team space rather than per seat. There are no recurring retros, no health-check instrument and no compliance certifications.

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TeleRetro

5.8

Agile retros you'll love

TeleRetro is a remote-first retrospective tool built around team engagement — animated GIF reactions, emoji reactions on notes, icebreaker games, background music and a clean facilitation flow. Participants join by link with no account. It pairs retros with a Pulse Survey module for tracking team health between sessions, and prices per team rather than per user, aimed at small to mid-size agile teams who want retros that feel lively rather than mechanical.

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Summary

Kollabe scores 6.8 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams running poker, retros and standups who want one cheap, playful tool — and don't need health checks, recurring retros or a compliance story. It offers a free tier.

TeleRetro scores 5.8 overall and is best for remote and hybrid agile teams who prioritise engagement and fun alongside a solid retrospective facilitation workflow. It offers a free tier.

Kollabe leads on retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and open platform. TeleRetro leads on ease of use and enterprise-grade.

Across our eight scoring dimensions, Kollabe edges ahead with an overall score of 6.8. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

Kollabe
Ease of Use8.5
Retro Toolkit7.5
Value8.0
Fun Factor8.5
AI & Insights7.0
Integrations6.0
Open Platform6.0
Enterprise-grade3.0
TeleRetro
Ease of Use9.0
Retro Toolkit7.0
Value8.0
Fun Factor8.0
AI & Insights1.5
Integrations5.0
Open Platform3.5
Enterprise-grade4.0
DetailKollabeTeleRetro
CategoryRetrospectivesRetrospectives
Team sizeSmallSmall
Free tierYesYes
Free limit10 participants per meeting, 4 retrospectives/month, 7-day board history, 1 survey per board; no AI, exports, API or MCP1 team, 3 retros total (deleted retros still count), 14-day retro access, 1 pulse survey, limited AI Retro Bot access
Starting price$29/mo per space (unlimited members)£26/mo (Team plan, 1 team, unlimited members; £21/mo billed annually)
Est. 3 teams × 8 people$87/mo (3 Premium spaces × $29; each space allows unlimited members)£72/mo (~$97/mo) on the Business plan — 3 teams, unlimited members; £58/mo billed annually
EnterpriseYesYes
Founded20232020
HQSydney, AustraliaUK
Data residencyAustralia
Languages6 (English, German, Spanish, …)14 (English, German, Spanish, …)
Export formatsCSV · PDF · Markdown · Image · JSON · HTML · Confluence · JiraEmail · Image · JSON
Features5036
Integrations610

Feature & integration comparison

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

CapabilityKollabeTeleRetro
Features
Custom templates
Anonymous input
Health Checksnotenote
Action trackingnote
Async modenote
Whiteboardnote
Independent voting
Polling
Icebreaker gamesnote
Agile Estimations
Team Kudos
AI grouping/clustering
AI action items
AI Summaries
Team Insights
In-meeting AI assistantnote
Action dashboard
Integrations
Asananote
Azure DevOpsnotenote
Basecamp
ClickUp
Confluencenotenote
GitHubnote
GitLab
Jiranote
Linear
Microsoft Teamsnote
Monday.comnote
Notionnote
Shortcut
Slacknote
Trellonote
Security & Privacy
SOC 2
GDPR
SSO / SAMLnotenote
SCIM provisioning
ISO 27001
On-premises
Public APInotenote
Webhooks
MCP servernote

Kollabe — pros

  • + Flat per-space pricing — $29/mo buys unlimited members, so three teams of eight cost $87/mo total
  • + Deeper retro board than the marketing implies: drag-to-group plus AI clustering, dot voting per board or per column, a phase timer with audio alerts, and a guided workflow that auto-advances when everyone marks ready
  • + Action items carry owner, due date, priority, comments and a link back to the feedback card — and push one-click to Jira, GitHub or Linear
  • + Official OAuth MCP server (vendor states 46 tools) and a documented REST API on every paid plan; exports to PDF, CSV, JSON, Markdown, HTML, JPEG and Confluence
  • + Unusually playful: synchronised meeting music, AI-generated backgrounds, kudos with confetti, drawings and stickers, and a 1,100-strong themed template library

Kollabe — cons

  • No recurring or scheduled retros — every session is created by hand
  • No health-check instrument: a Spotify-style board template and a handful of 1–5 pulse polls, but no radar, custom model or trend chart. The vendor advertises a 1–10 Team Health Score inside its weekly Team Insights email; the report is generated server-side and we could not verify it
  • Both paid tiers cap a space at <strong>5 facilitators/admins</strong> however many members it has; lifting it means an Enterprise contract
  • Slack is standup-only (no retro summaries or actions to a channel); no Microsoft Teams
  • No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or published GDPR posture, and all data sits in Australia with no EU or US option; SSO and SLAs are Enterprise contact-sales
  • Effectively a one-person company, and the changelog has been silent since 31 May 2026

TeleRetro — pros

  • + The deepest <strong>retro-native engagement set</strong> of any tool here — GIF and emoji reactions on notes, background music during brainstorming, an AI icebreaker bot, and 50+ themed formats with their own backgrounds
  • + Participants join by link with <em>no account required</em> — the fastest path from invite to first note
  • + Clean facilitation flow: brainstorming mode, drag-and-drop grouping, Spotlight to focus the room on one note, facilitator-gated voting with a configurable vote count, and mood polls at both ends of the session
  • + Pulse Surveys track team health between retros — 16 fully anonymous templates, custom models, and a cross-team dashboard on the Business plan
  • + Flat per-team pricing with <em>no per-user charge</em> — £72/mo covers 3 teams, unlimited members and unlimited retros

TeleRetro — cons

  • Slack is the only native integration; the in-app integrations panel offers Slack and Zapier and nothing else, despite Jira appearing on the vendor's comparison pages
  • No way to schedule a future retro or set one to recur, and actions carry owners but <em>no due dates</em> — nothing links an action back to the idea that prompted it either
  • AI never touches the board — Retro Bot generates formats and icebreakers, but there is no clustering, summary, sentiment or action extraction
  • Export is thin: an emailed summary, a PNG of the summary screen, and an org-metrics JSON dump. No CSV, PDF or Excel
  • No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 of its own (the certs cited are AWS's), no SCIM, no audit logs, and SSO is Enterprise-plan only

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