Lucidspark
6.6Lucid Software's whiteboard with the Lucid AI assistant, 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, the Lucid AI conversational assistant (prompt-to-board, clustering, summaries), and bidirectional sync with Lucidchart for diagrams. Strong enterprise posture inherited from Lucid: SSO/SAML, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001/27701, FedRAMP, GDPR, and US/EU/AU data residency.
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TeleRetro
6.3Agile retros you'll love
TeleRetro is a remote-first retrospective tool built around team engagement — animated GIF reactions, icebreaker games, music, planning poker and a clean facilitation flow. It now pairs retros with a Pulse Survey module for tracking team health between sessions, aimed at small to mid-size agile teams who want retros that feel lively rather than mechanical.
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Lucidspark scores 6.6 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.
TeleRetro scores 6.3 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.
Lucidspark leads on AI & insights, integrations, open platform and enterprise-grade. TeleRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value and fun factor.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Lucidspark edges ahead with an overall score of 6.6. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Lucidspark | TeleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | 3 editable boards, unlimited shapes, basic templates and visual activities | 1 team, 3 retros, 14-day retro access, 1 pulse survey, limited AI Retro Bot access |
| Starting price | $7.95/user/mo | £26/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $216/mo (Team plan, 24 users at $9/user) | £72/mo (~$91/mo) on the Business plan (3 teams) |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2010 | 2020 |
| HQ | South Jordan, US | UK |
| Data residency | United States · European Union · Australia | — |
| Languages | 10 (English, Spanish, German, …) | 14 (English, German, Spanish, …) |
| Export formats | Image · PDF · CSV · JSON | Email · Jira |
| Features | 37 | 38 |
| Integrations | 7 | 7 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Lucidspark | TeleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ✓ | ✓note |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | ✓ | — |
| GitHub | — | ✓note |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓ | ✓note |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | ✓note | ✓note |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trello | — | ✓note |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓note | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓note |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | ✓note | — |
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 27001/27701, FedRAMP, GDPR, SSO/SAML, SCIM, US/EU/AU data residency
- + 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 is general brainstorming/clustering, not retro-aware — no sentiment, action-item extraction or trend insight across retros
- − Free tier is capped at 3 editable boards — enough to evaluate, not to run recurring retros
- − Brand is best known for diagramming; retro template depth trails Miro and Mural
TeleRetro — pros
- + Standout engagement features — GIF reactions, music and icebreaker games make retros genuinely enjoyable
- + Clean, low-friction facilitation flow with timer, voting, grouping and action items in one place
- + Pulse Surveys now track team health between retros, with a cross-team dashboard on the Business plan
- + Async mode and action carry-over keep distributed teams aligned between sprints
- + AI Retro Bot spins up a custom retro format from any topic in seconds
TeleRetro — cons
- − AI is limited to format and icebreaker generation — no board summary, clustering, action extraction or sentiment
- − Native integrations centre on Slack, Jira and Teams; Trello, GitHub and Azure DevOps run through Zapier
- − No SCIM, audit logs or SOC 2; SSO (Okta/Azure AD) is Enterprise-plan only
- − Health/pulse module is lighter than dedicated health-check tools — no team radars or psych-safety models
- − Annual-only discount and per-team pricing add up beyond a handful of teams
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