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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RetroTeam
5.3AI retrospective tool for high-performing teams
RetroTeam is a focused, AI-first retrospective app that runs teams through a structured capture, group, vote, and action-items flow with Jira sync.
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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.
RetroTeam scores 5.3 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams who want lightweight AI-assisted retros and Jira hand-off without enterprise overhead. It offers a free tier.
Lucidspark leads on fun factor, integrations and enterprise-grade. RetroTeam leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value and AI & insights.
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 | RetroTeam |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | 3 editable boards, 100 shapes per board, basic templates, 1 AI sticky-note generation/day | 1 team, 10 users, 10 boards, 10 AI credits |
| Starting price | $7.95/user/mo | $10/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $216/mo billed annually | $30/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2010 | 2022 |
| HQ | South Jordan, US | — |
| Data residency | United States · European Union | — |
| Languages | 10 (English, Spanish, German, …) | English only |
| Features | 36 | 16 |
| Integrations | 6 | 1 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Lucidspark | RetroTeam |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | ✓ |
| Action tracking | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ note |
| 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 | ✓ | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | — |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ 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
RetroTeam — pros
- + Strong AI grouping and action-item generation
- + Flat per-team pricing scales well for small squads
- + Tight, opinionated retro flow (capture, group, vote, act)
- + Direct Jira sync for action items
- + Active product — weekly blog cadence through March 2026
RetroTeam — cons
- − Integration set is Jira-only; Slack, Teams, GitHub, Linear, Azure DevOps not advertised
- − No health checks, kudos, or longitudinal team-pulse tracking
- − Light on enterprise controls (SSO, SCIM, SOC 2, audit logs not mentioned publicly)
- − AI is credit-gated — Premium ships 50 credits/mo, Pro 150; heavy use forces an upgrade
- − Only 4 built-in templates and no custom-template builder advertised