Lucidspark
6.2Lucid Software's whiteboard with AI co-creation, breakout boards and tight Lucidchart integration
Lucidspark is the whiteboard product from Lucid Software (makers of Lucidchart) — an infinite canvas with sticky notes, voting, timer, breakout boards, AI sticky-note clustering and summary, and bidirectional sync with Lucidchart for diagrams. Strong enterprise posture inherited from Lucid: SSO/SAML, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and HIPAA-eligible deployments.
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Retro Rabbit
4.8Slack-first retrospectives with async note capture
Retro Rabbit is a Slack-native retrospective tool that lets teams capture notes throughout the sprint with a /retro command, then runs the retro on a synced web board with voting, action items and an optional CarrotIQ AI assistant. <em>Public update cadence appears slow — verify the product is still actively maintained before committing.</em>
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Lucidspark scores 6.2 overall and is best for engineering and PM teams already on Lucidchart who want sticky-note retros and brainstorming on the same platform — and whose security review favours a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 vendor. It offers a free tier.
Retro Rabbit scores 4.8 overall and is best for slack-centric agile teams that want to capture retro notes continuously through the sprint and run lightweight live or async retros without leaving chat. It offers paid plans from $30/mo.
Lucidspark leads on fun factor, integrations and enterprise-grade. Retro Rabbit leads on ease of use, retro toolkit and value.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Lucidspark edges ahead with an overall score of 6.2. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Lucidspark | Retro Rabbit |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | 3 editable boards, 100 shapes per board, basic templates, 1 AI sticky-note generation/day | 14-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Starting price | $7.95/user/mo | $30/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $216/mo billed annually | $90/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2010 | — |
| HQ | South Jordan, US | United States |
| Data residency | United States · European Union | — |
| Languages | 10 (English, Spanish, German, …) | English only |
| Features | 36 | 17 |
| Integrations | 6 | 1 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Lucidspark | Retro Rabbit |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | ✓ note |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | ✓ note |
| AI action items | — | ✓ note |
| Action tracking | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ | — |
| Action dashboard | — | — |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | — | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓ note | — |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓ | — |
| Azure DevOps | ✓ | — |
| Confluence | ✓ | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓ | — |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓ note |
| GDPR | ✓ | — |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓ note | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓ | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
Lucidspark — pros
- + Tight integration with Lucidchart — switch between diagram and whiteboard on the same canvas
- + Breakout Boards let you split a workshop or retro into parallel rooms
- + Strong enterprise posture: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA-eligible, SSO/SAML, SCIM
- + Generous integration set: Jira, Slack, Teams, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Asana
- + Free tier exists and is enough to evaluate the tool
Lucidspark — cons
- − No native anonymous voting — names always visible on stickies
- − No health checks, recurring retros, action carryover or cross-team rollup
- − AI features lag Miro and FigJam — clustering and summary are present but not as polished
- − Free tier is restrictive: 3 boards and 100 shapes/board limits real use beyond evaluation
- − Brand is best known for diagramming; retro template depth trails Miro and Mural
Retro Rabbit — pros
- + Genuine Slack-first workflow — capture notes via /retro during the sprint, not just at retro time
- + Reduces recency bias by collecting feedback continuously, not in a 5-minute silent write
- + Simple, opinionated UX with drag/drop grouping and dot voting
- + CarrotIQ AI handles grouping, action items and summaries on the Pro AI plan
- + Per-team flat pricing scales cleanly for small squads
Retro Rabbit — cons
- − Slack is the only chat/issue-tracker integration — no Jira, Teams, Confluence, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps
- − No health checks, team radars or longitudinal trend reporting
- − No org-level dashboards, cross-team rollups or action kanban
- − Enterprise controls are thin: SSO is Enterprise-tier only, no SCIM, no audit logs, no documented GDPR posture
- − Per-team flat pricing — 3 teams of 8 lands at $90/mo on the Starter tier