RetroTeam
4.6AI-first retro tool the vendor is winding down
RetroTeam is a focused, AI-first retrospective app — capture, group, vote, act, with Jira hand-off — that its vendor has announced it is winding down while the team moves to an unrelated interview-coaching product.
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RetroTool
3.2Anonymous online retrospectives, no login required
RetroTool is a low-friction online retrospective board built by u2i, a ~60-person NY/Kraków software agency, as an internal tool it later opened up. Free anonymous retros run from a unique URL with no signup; paid tiers add private boards, team management, configurable retention and zero-knowledge encryption. The product works and is still used daily, but nothing has shipped visibly since 2024.
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RetroTeam scores 4.6 overall and is best for nobody adopting today — the vendor has announced it is winding down. Existing teams should export their PDF reports and pick a replacement. It offers a free tier.
RetroTool scores 3.2 overall and is best for small or ad-hoc teams who want a free, no-signup retro board with private drafting, secret voting and a dozen standard templates — provided you're comfortable running on a tool whose last visible build is dated May 2024. It offers a free tier.
RetroTeam leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights and integrations. RetroTool leads on open platform.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, RetroTeam edges ahead with an overall score of 4.6. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | RetroTeam | RetroTool |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | 1 team, 10 users, 10 boards, 10 AI credits | Anonymous boards; unlimited cards, columns, action points and participants; 3 basic templates; private sections, secret voting, dot-vote limits, timer, grouping, action points with owner and due date; Markdown export; 12-month retention. A free registered 'Participant' account (not advertised on the plans page) adds access to private retros and cross-device drafts |
| Starting price | $10/mo | $10/team/mo ($100/team/yr billed annually) |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $30/mo (Pro — 5 teams, 50 users; Premium's 2-team / 20-user cap doesn't fit 3 teams of 8) | $30/mo (Individual — 3 teams x $10/team/mo, unlimited members per team; $300/yr = $25/mo billed annually) |
| Enterprise | Yes | No |
| Founded | 2022 | — |
| HQ | Oakland, California, US | Poland |
| Data residency | United States | — |
| Languages | English only | English only |
| Export formats | Markdown · Confluence | |
| Features | 20 | 19 |
| Integrations | 1 | 0 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | RetroTeam | RetroTool |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| Custom templates | ✓note | ✓note |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓note |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polling | — | — |
| Icebreaker games | — | — |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | — |
| AI action items | ✓ | — |
| AI Summaries | ✓ | — |
| Team Insights | ✓ | — |
| In-meeting AI assistant | — | — |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | ✓note |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | — |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | ✓note | ✓note |
| SSO / SAML | — | — |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | — | — |
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
- − <strong>The vendor has announced RetroTeam is winding down</strong> — the same team has moved to ChannelPulse, an unrelated interview-coaching product
- − No published shutdown date and no migration path; the only export is a PDF report, with no API, webhooks or MCP to pull history out another way
- − Jira is the only integration — no Slack, Teams, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps
- − No health checks, recurring retros, scheduling, async mode or kudos
- − No SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 or audit logs, and hosting is US-only with no EU residency option
RetroTool — pros
- + Genuinely free anonymous retros with no account required
- + Three-click setup — unique URL, share, run
- + Per-column Private Sections keep drafting unbiased until people publish
- + Zero-knowledge encryption with custom passwords on the Company plan
- + Per-team flat pricing ($10 or $20/team/mo, 15%+ off annually) with <em>unlimited members per team</em>, not per-seat
RetroTool — cons
- − <strong>Dormant</strong>: the marketing build is dated 28 May 2024, the app still runs Meteor 2.9, the blog stopped in March 2022 and the legal pages are unchanged since August 2020
- − No native integrations with Jira, Slack, Teams or any agile-stack tool
- − No AI features (clustering, summary, action extraction, sentiment)
- − No health checks, recurring retros, async mode, or cross-team reporting
- − Export is Markdown only (plain or Confluence-flavoured), copied to the clipboard
- − Most templates, image cards, named participants, private invite-only boards and zero-knowledge encryption sit behind paid tiers
- − Not SOC 2; Google sign-in only, with no SAML SSO, SCIM or audit logs
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