Retrospective Tools

Lucidspark vs Sprintlio

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

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Lucidspark

6.2

Lucid 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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Sprintlio

2.9

Retrospectives with accountability via Slack and Jira

Sprintlio is a retrospective tool built around <strong>action follow-through</strong>, with Slack and Jira flows so action items don't die in a board after the meeting ends. Development appears to have largely stalled — the homepage still carries a 2023 copyright, there is no public changelog, and the last Product Hunt launch was February 2019.

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Summary

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.

Sprintlio scores 2.9 overall and is best for small agile teams that already live in Slack and Jira and want lightweight retros where action items get pushed back into the daily workflow. It offers paid plans from $50/user/mo.

Lucidspark leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.

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

Lucidspark
Ease of Use 7.0
Retro Toolkit 4.5
Value 5.0
Fun Factor 6.0
AI & Insights 5.0
Integrations 7.0
Enterprise-grade 9.0
Sprintlio
Ease of Use 5.0
Retro Toolkit 4.0
Value 3.0
Fun Factor 3.0
AI & Insights 0.0
Integrations 4.0
Enterprise-grade 1.0
Detail Lucidspark Sprintlio
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 No free plan or trial publicly documented on the vendor site
Starting price $7.95/user/mo $50/user/mo
Est. 3 teams × 8 people $216/mo billed annually Quote-only — contact sales
Enterprise Yes No
Founded 2010 2018
HQ South Jordan, US Toronto, Canada
Data residency United States · European Union
Languages 10 (English, Spanish, German, …) English only
Features 36 12
Integrations 6 2

Feature & integration comparison

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

Capability Lucidspark Sprintlio
Features
AI Summaries
AI grouping/clustering
AI action items
Action tracking note
Team Insights
Polling
Action dashboard
Custom templates
Anonymous input
Independent voting
Async mode
Agile Estimations note
Health Checks note
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

Sprintlio — pros

  • + Action items sync to Jira and Slack — follow-through is the product's actual reason for being
  • + Slack-native flows: run recaps, reminders and notifications from the channel
  • + Simple, focused retro workflow without the all-in-one bloat

Sprintlio — cons

  • Vendor site shows few signs of recent development — copyright still reads 2023 and the last public launch was 2019
  • Almost no AI, no health checks, no cross-team reporting — feature surface is thin by 2026 standards
  • No published pricing page, no documented SSO/SCIM/SOC 2 — enterprise readiness is unclear at best
  • Integration surface is narrow: Jira and Slack only, no Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear or Confluence
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