A side-by-side look at scores, pricing, features and integrations to help you pick the right retrospective tool.
Psychologisch gestützte Retros und Team Health Checks für Ingenieurteams
Echometer ist eine deutsche Plattform für Retrospektiven und 1:1-Meetings, die auf wiederkehrenden Health-Check-Impulsen, strukturierten Retros und der Verfolgung der Teamentwicklung basiert. Es richtet sich an Engineering Manager, Scrum Master und agile Coaches, die <strong>Forschungsbasierte Umfragen</strong> anstelle eines leeren Whiteboards wünschen.
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Time-boxed Retros mit 5-Why-Ursachenanalyse
NimbleRetro ist das Retrospektive-Modul innerhalb der breiteren agilen Plattform NimbleWork. Es führt strukturierte, zeitgebundene Retros durch die Phasen Ideate, Group, Vote, Discuss und Feedback, mit anonymen Eingaben, Action Item Tracking und einem 5-Why Root Cause Workflow. Mobile Apps für iOS und Android ergänzen das Webprodukt, und Action Items werden direkt in Nimble Workitems umgewandelt.
Full review →Echometer scores 6.1 overall and is best for engineering Manager und agile Coaches, die wiederkehrende Gesundheitschecks in Verbindung mit Retros wünschen, mit EU-Datenresidenz und einer Bibliothek mit Forschungsfragen. It offers a free tier.
NimbleRetro scores 3.0 overall and is best for kleine agile Teams, die eine schnörkellose Retro-Lösung mit integrierter Ursachenanalyse und einer mobilen Begleit-App wünschen, insbesondere Teams, die bereits die umfassendere NimbleWork (SwiftKanban / Nimble) Suite verwenden. It offers paid plans from $7/user/mo.
Echometer leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Echometer edges ahead with an overall score of 6.1. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
| Detail | Echometer | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Starter: 1 team, 25 workspace members, 1 retro/month after trial | Free trial only; no permanent free tier publicly disclosed for the retro module |
| Starting price | €35/mo | $7/user/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $96/mo billed annually | Quote-only — contact sales |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2019 | — |
| HQ | Münster, Germany | Bengaluru, India |
| Data residency | Germany | — |
| Languages | 2 (English, German) | English only |
| Features | 44 | 13 |
| Integrations | 1 | 2 |
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Echometer | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ note | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ note | — |
| AI action items | ✓ note | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | — |
| Async mode | ✓ | — |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | ✓ | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ note |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | ✓ note |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ note | — |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓ note |
| Webhooks | — | ✓ note |