Retrospective Tools

ScatterSpoke vs Trune.io

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

ScatterSpoke logo

ScatterSpoke

6.3

AI copilot for team feedback

ScatterSpoke is an AI feedback platform that turns retrospectives, standups and surveys into themes, sentiment and prioritised action items — and, since ScatterSpoke 3.0, exposes the whole survey lifecycle to AI agents over an official MCP server.

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Trune.io

4.3

Structured online retrospectives with team radar

Trune (formerly Fraankly) is an EU-built retrospective and team-feedback tool with pre-built and custom templates, anonymous cards, drag-to-group clustering, dot voting, action tracking, and team radars including the Spotify Squad Health Check. Hosted in Frankfurt with EU-only application data, and exports results to Excel, CSV or an emailed PDF.

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Summary

ScatterSpoke scores 6.3 overall and is best for engineering orgs in Jira/Slack that want AI synthesis across many retros — or agent builders who need a survey backend over MCP. It offers a free tier.

Trune.io scores 4.3 overall and is best for small EU-based agile teams that want a simple, <strong>GDPR-aligned</strong> retro tool with templates, grouping, voting, and team radars — and don't need SSO, cross-team rollups, or AI analysis beyond a chat assistant. It offers a free tier.

ScatterSpoke leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations, open platform and enterprise-grade. Trune.io leads on value.

Across our eight scoring dimensions, ScatterSpoke edges ahead with an overall score of 6.3. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

ScatterSpoke
Ease of Use8.0
Retro Toolkit7.0
Value3.0
Fun Factor4.0
AI & Insights9.0
Integrations5.0
Open Platform8.0
Enterprise-grade6.0
Trune.io
Ease of Use6.0
Retro Toolkit6.0
Value8.0
Fun Factor3.0
AI & Insights2.0
Integrations4.0
Open Platform3.5
Enterprise-grade2.0
DetailScatterSpokeTrune.io
CategoryRetrospectivesRetrospectives
Team sizeMid-marketSmall
Free tierYesYes
Free limit1 seat, unlimited static surveys and responses, 10 Agent Surveys and 50 Ask credits (one-time), basic signal detection, MCP access, social logins5 free sessions, full Premium features, no credit card
Starting price$29/user/mo$19/mo
Est. 3 teams × 8 people$814/mo on Business (includes 5 seats; 19 extra seats at $35/seat/mo)$57/mo
EnterpriseYesYes
Founded2019
HQUSAVienna, Austria
Data residencyGermany
LanguagesEnglish only2 (English, German)
Export formatsPDF · CSV · Email · Jira · ConfluenceExcel · CSV · PDF
Features3819
Integrations49

Feature & integration comparison

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

CapabilityScatterSpokeTrune.io
Features
AI Summaries
AI grouping/clustering
AI action items
Action tracking
Team Insights
Pollingnote
Action dashboard
Custom templates
Anonymous input
Independent voting
Async mode
Agile Estimations
Health Checksnotenote
Team Kudos
Whiteboard
Integrations
Asananote
Azure DevOpsnote
Basecamp
ClickUp
Confluencenote
GitHubnote
GitLab
Jiranote
Linearnote
Microsoft Teamsnote
Monday.com
Notion
Shortcut
Slacknote
Trellonotenote
Security & Privacy
SOC 2note
GDPR
SSO / SAMLnote
SCIM provisioningnote
ISO 27001
On-premises
Public APInotenote
Webhooksnote
MCP server

ScatterSpoke — pros

  • + Official MCP server on every tier, including Free — agents can create, distribute and query surveys
  • + AI theme extraction, issue detection, sentiment over time and adaptive AI-moderated interviews
  • + SOC 2 Type II since launch, with annual penetration testing
  • + 20+ retro formats, guided phases, and cross-team/program rollups

ScatterSpoke — cons

  • $814/mo for 3 teams of 8 on Business — 5 seats included, then $35/seat
  • Free tier is a single seat, so it can no longer run a team retro
  • No dedicated health-check model, team radars or psychological-safety survey
  • Integrations stop at Jira, Slack and Teams — no GitHub, Azure DevOps or Linear
  • The 3.0 pricing tiers never mention retrospectives; help-centre release notes stop at Sept 2024

Trune.io — pros

  • + EU/Frankfurt data residency and GDPR-first posture — even the AI assistant runs on an EU-hosted function
  • + Per-team (not per-seat) pricing: $19/mo covers unlimited members, and the free tier gives 5 full sessions
  • + Native two-way Azure DevOps sync — action items out as work items, Done status back in
  • + Team radars include the Spotify Squad Health Check plus fully custom radars
  • + Exports cards, action items and radar results to Excel, CSV or an emailed PDF

Trune.io — cons

  • No SSO, SCIM, SOC 2, or audit logs — not enterprise-ready
  • The native iOS/Android apps are gone from both app stores, though the site still advertises them as new
  • AI stops at truneGPT, a ChatGPT-4 chat assistant — no clustering, summaries, action extraction, or sentiment analysis
  • Azure DevOps is the only native connector, and it needs the pricier Professional tier; everything else is a single one-way Zapier trigger
  • No recurring retros, async mode, parking lot, or agenda planner; reporting stops at team level with no cross-team rollups

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