Mural
6.6Visual collaboration whiteboard with a mature facilitation toolkit and AI-assisted sessions
Mural is a long-established visual collaboration platform — an infinite canvas with sticky notes, anonymous voting, timers, Private Mode, hundreds of workshop templates (eight of them retro-specific), AI clustering, summary and emotional-tone classification, and a Facilitation Superpowers toolkit (Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode) refined for over a decade. Best-in-class enterprise posture: SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and NA/EU/APAC data residency.
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Reetro
6.0Fun, easy and AI-powered online retrospectives
Reetro is a lightweight retrospective tool with a genuinely free tier, a scheduler that auto-creates recurring boards, and AI-powered paid tiers covering meeting summaries, sentiment analysis, AI card grouping, customizable health checks and an action tracker. SSO, 2FA and audit logs start on the $10/team Pro plan rather than an enterprise tier. ISO 27001 is claimed at the vendor level; SOC 2 is described as compliance on SOC 2-certified infrastructure rather than a published Reetro-level Type 2 audit.
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Mural scores 6.6 overall and is best for workshop-heavy teams (design, product, agile coaching) that want a polished facilitation canvas with strong retro templates and enterprise-grade controls. It offers a free tier.
Reetro scores 6.0 overall and is best for small to mid-sized agile teams who want a low-cost, easy retro board with AI summaries, customizable health checks, SSO from the $10/team tier and Jira/Azure DevOps export — with a flat-rate org-wide tier if you outgrow per-team pricing. It offers a free tier.
Mural leads on fun factor, integrations, open platform and enterprise-grade. Reetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value and AI & insights.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Mural 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 | Mural | Reetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | Unlimited murals but only the 3 most recently created stay editable (older go view-only); unlimited members and visitors; no Mural AI | 3 teams, 9 members per team, 10 active boards per team, 4 columns, 50 guests, 1 health check/month |
| Starting price | $9.99/user/mo | $10/team/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $240/mo billed annually | Free (within free tier) |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2011 | 2019 |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Data residency | United States · European Union · Asia-Pacific | — |
| Languages | 9 (English, Spanish, German, …) | English only |
| Export formats | Image · PDF · PowerPoint · HTML · CSV | CSV · Word · Email · Jira · Confluence |
| Features | 39 | 41 |
| Integrations | 8 | 6 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Mural | Reetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | ✓note |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | ✓note |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓note | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓note | ✓note |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓note |
| Anonymous input | ✓note | ✓note |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓note |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓note | — |
| Health Checks | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | ✓note |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓note |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓note | — |
| Azure DevOps | ✓note | ✓note |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | ✓ | ✓note |
| GitHub | ✓note | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓note | ✓note |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓ | ✓note |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | ✓note | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓note |
| Trello | — | ✓note |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓note |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓note | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-premises | — | ✓note |
| Public API | ✓ | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | ✓note | — |
Mural — pros
- + Mature facilitation toolkit — Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode — refined over 10+ years
- + Anonymous where it counts: votes hide who voted, and Private Mode can keep sticky authors hidden even after reveal
- + Best-in-class enterprise posture: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, SCIM, NA/EU/APAC residency
- + Two-way Jira and Azure DevOps sync via interactive work-item cards turns sticky notes into tracked issues
- + Polished UX, especially for facilitators running synchronous workshops
Mural — cons
- − Per-seat pricing: a 24-person org pays ~$240/mo on the Team+ tier (annual), well above retro-native tools at that headcount
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal team-pulse
- − No recurring retros, action carryover or cross-team rollup — facilitators rebuild structure each sprint
- − AI (clustering, summary, tone Classify) helps inside a session but doesn't track trends across retros
- − SSO/SAML needs the $17.99/user/mo Business tier; SCIM, audit logs and data residency are Enterprise-only
Reetro — pros
- + Genuinely free tier, no credit card — 3 teams, 9 members and 50 guests covers a 24-person org
- + <strong>SSO (Google, OneLogin, Azure AD, Okta), 2FA and audit logs start on the $10/team Pro plan</strong>, not an enterprise tier
- + Scheduler auto-creates the next retro board weekly or every 2–4 weeks with layout and settings pre-applied
- + AI meeting summaries, sentiment analysis and automatic card grouping on paid, alongside customizable health checks, polls and a happiness index
- + Trust center is actively maintained — policy pack, sub-processor list and an AI governance portal all published or refreshed in 2026
Reetro — cons
- − Free plan capped at 3 teams, 9 members, 10 active boards and 4 columns, with both anonymity and multi-voting paid-only
- − Pro Unlimited's own marketing is self-contradictory — the FAQ and plan table call it flat org-wide $49/mo while the plan card badge says PER TEAM with a 180-member cap
- − Team, comparative and monthly reporting are ticked on the paid columns yet tagged <em>coming soon</em> in the same table — verify the reporting story before you buy
- − On-premises is sold as a Pro Unlimited feature but the tooltip on that plan card says 'coming soon'
- − No published Reetro-level SOC 2 Type 2 audit (their trust center lists SOC 2 as 'compliant', not certified) and no SCIM
- − No public API, webhooks or MCP server; no GitHub/Linear; help-doc footers still read 2020–2021 and there's no public changelog
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