Mural
6.4Visual collaboration whiteboard with hundreds of retro templates and AI-assisted facilitation
Mural is a long-established visual collaboration platform — an infinite canvas with sticky notes, voting, timers, private mode, hundreds of retro templates, AI clustering and summary, and a Facilitation Superpowers toolkit (Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode) that's been refined for over a decade. Strong enterprise posture with SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and EU/US data residency.
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Trune.io
3.9Structured online retrospectives with team radar
Trune (formerly Fraankly) is an EU-built retrospective and team-feedback tool with pre-built and custom templates, anonymous voting, action tracking, and an Agility Health Radar for trending team health over time. Hosted in Frankfurt with a strong GDPR posture.
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Mural scores 6.4 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.
Trune.io scores 3.9 overall and is best for small EU-based agile teams that want a simple, <strong>GDPR-aligned</strong> retro tool with templates, voting, and a lightweight team radar — and don't need SSO, AI, or cross-team rollups. It offers a free tier.
Mural leads on ease of use, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. Trune.io leads on value.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Mural edges ahead with an overall score of 6.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Mural | Trune.io |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | 3 active murals, unlimited members and visitors, 200+ templates | 5 free sessions, full Premium features, no credit card |
| Starting price | $9.99/user/mo | $19/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $240/mo billed annually | $57/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2011 | — |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | Vienna, Austria |
| Data residency | United States · European Union | Germany |
| Languages | 9 (English, Spanish, German, …) | 2 (English, German) |
| Features | 37 | 17 |
| Integrations | 6 | 8 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Mural | Trune.io |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | ✓ note |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓ | — |
| Azure DevOps | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Confluence | ✓ | ✓ note |
| GitHub | — | ✓ note |
| Jira | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Linear | — | ✓ note |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Trello | — | ✓ |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ note | — |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓ note | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Webhooks | — | — |
Mural — pros
- + Mature facilitation toolkit — Outline, Timer, Voting, Private Mode — refined over 10+ years
- + Strong template library with 200+ retro and workshop frames
- + Best-in-class enterprise posture: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, SCIM, EU/US residency
- + Two-way Jira and Azure DevOps sync 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 and summary trail Miro and dedicated retro tools in depth
- − SSO/SAML gated to Business tier ($17.99/user/mo) — same trap as Miro
Trune.io — pros
- + EU/Frankfurt data residency and GDPR-first posture
- + Free tier covers 5 full-featured sessions, no card required
- + Per-team (not per-seat) pricing keeps costs predictable
- + Agility Health Radar gives a basic longitudinal view
- + Native iOS/Android apps for hybrid retros
Trune.io — cons
- − No SSO, SCIM, SOC 2, or audit logs — not enterprise-ready
- − No AI features (clustering, summaries, action extraction, sentiment)
- − Direct chat integrations (Slack, Teams) only via Zapier
- − Light on facilitation extras: no parking lot, agenda planner, async mode, or drag-and-drop grouping
- − Reporting is limited to per-team stats; no cross-team or org rollups