Metro Retro
3.1Now rebranded as Ludi — the playful retro whiteboard lives on under a new name
Metro Retro was a fun, freeform online whiteboard built for sprint retrospectives, known for its playful templates, timer and engagement features. In 2024 the product was rebranded: metroretro.io now redirects to ludi.co, and the maker (Deqo Software Limited) positions Ludi as the continuation — 'Metro Retro is now Ludi.' If you are searching for Metro Retro, the product you want is Ludi; the original Metro Retro brand and domain are no longer maintained.
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Miro
7.1Innovation Workspace where retros happen on the same canvas as discovery and planning
Miro is the dominant online whiteboard, now repositioned as an AI-powered Innovation Workspace. It pairs an infinite canvas with 5,000+ retro templates, AI clustering by sentiment/keyword/author, Sidekicks (AI teammates) and Flows (multi-step AI workflows), real-time + async collaboration, and a 250+ app marketplace including Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Confluence, Slack and Microsoft Teams.
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Metro Retro scores 3.1 overall and is best for searchers looking for Metro Retro — the product now exists as Ludi. Use Ludi (or a dedicated retro tool) instead. It offers custom pricing.
Miro scores 7.1 overall and is best for large product, design and engineering orgs that already run discovery, planning and retros on one canvas and want AI clustering plus deep Jira/Azure DevOps/Asana sync. It offers a free tier.
Miro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Miro edges ahead with an overall score of 7.1. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Metro Retro | Miro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Whiteboard |
| Team size | Small | Enterprise |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | 3 editable boards, 10 AI credits/mo per team, full template library, 250+ app marketplace | |
| Starting price | Free | $8/user/mo (billed annually; $10 monthly) |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | N/A — rebranded as Ludi; see the Ludi listing | $192/mo billed annually (Starter, 24 seats) |
| Enterprise | No | Yes |
| Founded | — | 2011 |
| HQ | United Kingdom | Amsterdam, NL |
| Data residency | — | United States · European Union · Australia |
| Languages | English only | 8 (English, Spanish, German, …) |
| Features | 7 | 37 |
| Integrations | 0 | 10 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Metro Retro | Miro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | — | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | — | ✓ note |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | — | ✓ note |
| Action dashboard | — | — |
| Custom templates | — | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | — | ✓ note |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | — | ✓ note |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | ✓ note |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ note |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | ✓ |
| Confluence | — | ✓ |
| GitHub | — | ✓ note |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | — | ✓ note |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | ✓ |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | ✓ |
| Trello | — | ✓ note |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | ✓ |
| GDPR | — | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | — | ✓ note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | ✓ note |
| ISO 27001 | — | ✓ |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓ |
| Webhooks | — | ✓ note |
Metro Retro — pros
- + The product you remember still exists — it's now called Ludi
- + Carried its playful templates, timer, GIFs and icebreakers into the rebrand
- + Freeform whiteboard canvas that's friendly for engagement-first retros
Metro Retro — cons
- − The Metro Retro brand and metroretro.io domain are retired (the domain now redirects to ludi.co)
- − No standalone free tier under the new brand — Ludi is a 30-day trial then paid
- − Light on the agile stack: no Jira/Slack/Teams integrations, no SSO, no SOC 2, no AI
- − Not a dedicated retro platform — it's a general whiteboard you adapt for retros
Miro — pros
- + Enormous template library (5,000+) and Miroverse community for retro formats
- + AI clustering groups sticky notes by sentiment, tag, author and keyword; Sidekicks and Flows extend AI deeper into the canvas
- + Best-in-class integration catalog (Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Confluence, Slack, Teams) with two-way sync
- + Enterprise-grade SSO, SCIM, audit logs, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 (AI governance) and EU/US/AU data residency
- + Same canvas works for discovery, planning and retros — no context switching
Miro — cons
- − Per-seat pricing: a 24-person org pays ~$192/mo on the Starter tier (annual), well above retro-native tools at that headcount
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal team-pulse
- − No recurring retros, scheduling, action carryover or cross-team rollup — facilitators rebuild structure each sprint
- − Jira/Azure DevOps/Asana sync and SSO sit behind the $20/user/mo Business tier; SCIM and audit logs only on Enterprise (30-seat min)
- − No built-in retro report or action-tracker dashboard