Retrospective Tools

RetroFlow vs RetroTeam

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

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RetroFlow

3.4

Your team's favourite way to retro

RetroFlow is a free, no-signup retrospective board built by solo developer Prashant Meena, with colourful boards, real-time collaboration, 11 ready-made templates, anonymous feedback, dot voting, action items and PDF/Excel export. Participants join a shared link in one click with no account; the whole product is free with no paid tiers or locked features.

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RetroTeam

4.7

AI retrospective tool for high-performing teams

RetroTeam is a focused, AI-first retrospective app that runs teams through a structured capture, group, vote, and action-items flow with Jira sync.

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Summary

RetroFlow scores 3.4 overall and is best for small or ad-hoc teams who want a genuinely free, zero-friction retro board they can share with one link — no signup, no payment and no setup, accepting that there is no timer, no integrations, no AI and no enterprise controls. It offers a free tier.

RetroTeam scores 4.7 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams who want lightweight AI-assisted retros and Jira hand-off without enterprise overhead. It offers a free tier.

RetroFlow leads on fun factor and open platform. RetroTeam leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.

Across our eight scoring dimensions, RetroTeam edges ahead with an overall score of 4.7. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

RetroFlow
Ease of Use8.0
Retro Toolkit4.0
Value9.0
Fun Factor4.5
AI & Insights0.0
Integrations0.0
Open Platform1.0
Enterprise-grade1.0
RetroTeam
Ease of Use8.5
Retro Toolkit5.0
Value9.0
Fun Factor4.0
AI & Insights6.5
Integrations2.5
Open Platform0.5
Enterprise-grade1.5
DetailRetroFlowRetroTeam
CategoryRetrospectivesRetrospectives
Team sizeSmallSmall
Free tierYesYes
Free limitEverything is free — all 11 templates, custom boards, saved layouts, real-time collaboration, anonymous feedback, dot voting, action items and PDF/Excel export, with no account required to join a board1 team, 10 users, 10 boards, 10 AI credits
Starting priceFree$10/mo
Est. 3 teams × 8 peopleFree (no paid tier)$30/mo (Pro — 5 teams, 50 users; Premium's 2-team / 20-user cap doesn't fit 3 teams of 8)
EnterpriseNoYes
Founded2022
HQOakland, California, US
Data residencyUnited States
LanguagesEnglish onlyEnglish only
Export formatsPDF · ExcelPDF
Features720
Integrations01

Feature & integration comparison

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

CapabilityRetroFlowRetroTeam
Features
AI Summaries
AI grouping/clustering
AI action items
Action trackingnote
Team Insights
Polling
Action dashboard
Custom templatesnotenote
Anonymous inputnote
Independent votingnote
Async mode
Agile Estimations
Health Checks
Team Kudos
Whiteboard
Integrations
Asana
Azure DevOps
Basecamp
ClickUp
Confluence
GitHub
GitLab
Jira
Linear
Microsoft Teams
Monday.com
Notion
Shortcut
Slack
Trello
Security & Privacy
SOC 2
GDPRnote
SSO / SAML
SCIM provisioning
ISO 27001
On-premises
Public API
Webhooks
MCP server

RetroFlow — pros

  • + Genuinely free with no paid tiers, no paywalled features and no account required to join a board
  • + Anonymous feedback — participants contribute with no signup, email or PII collected
  • + Three-step setup — pick a template, share the link, run the retro; participants join in one click and notes sync live
  • + Eleven ready-made formats, up from seven — Sailboat, DAKI, Plus/Delta and Three Little Pigs are all new since the last review
  • + <strong>PDF and Excel export</strong> of the finished board — new this quarter, and the only route to getting your data out
  • + Light personalisation — custom column names, 2-6 columns, colour palettes and per-note emoji, with reusable saved layouts

RetroFlow — cons

  • No timer or phase controls — three separate timer requests sit unshipped on the vendor's own public roadmap, and there is no countdown anywhere in the app
  • No grouping of similar cards and no carry-over of previous action items — both still <em>Planned</em> on the roadmap
  • No integrations at all — nothing pushes to Jira, Linear, Slack or Teams, and there is no public API, webhooks or AI
  • No health checks, recurring retros, mood tracking or cross-team reporting
  • No enterprise security or compliance — no SOC 2, SSO, SCIM or audit logs, no GDPR statement in the privacy policy, and boards are private only by unguessable URL since there are no accounts
  • Built and run by a solo developer (Prashant Meena) with no support team or SLA — support routes to a personal WhatsApp number and LinkedIn DMs, and the free-tier backend still shows a ~10s cold start plus first-load errors

RetroTeam — pros

  • + Tight, opinionated retro flow — capture, AI group, vote, act — with a timer on every stage
  • + AI grouping suggestions are accept/reject per card, not applied over your head
  • + Flat plan pricing: $30/mo covers 5 teams and 50 users, well under per-seat rivals
  • + Participants join by link with no account required
  • + Org-wide action dashboard with owner, status and due date, plus one-way Jira links

RetroTeam — cons

  • Jira is the only integration — no Slack, Teams, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps, and no public API or webhooks
  • No health checks, kudos, or longitudinal team-pulse tracking
  • Four built-in templates only; the custom builder fills the gap, but there's no template library
  • No SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 or audit logs, and hosting is US-only with no EU residency option
  • AI is credit-metered — 50/mo on Premium, 150 on Pro, then an upgrade or a one-off credit top-up

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