Echometer
5.6Op psychologie gebaseerde terugblikken en teamgezondheidscontroles voor technische teams
Echometer is een Duits platform voor retrospectieven, gezondheidscontroles en 1-op-1-gesprekken, dat is opgebouwd rond terugkerende pulsenquêtes, gestructureerde retrospectieven en het bijhouden van de ontwikkeling van teams op de lange termijn. Het richt zich op drukbezette teamleiders — engineeringmanagers, Scrum Masters en agile coaches — die op onderzoek gebaseerde vragenlijsten verkiezen boven een leeg whiteboard.
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Spreo
5.9Speels whiteboard voor samenwerking binnen agile teams
Spreo (formerly Metro Retro, then Ludi — renamed Spreo on 1 July 2026 after a US trademark cease-and-desist) is a visual agile collaboration whiteboard with 150+ templates spanning retros, planning poker, icebreakers and futurespectives. Its illustrated canvas and board gadgets — a shared Jukebox music player, timers, spinners, buzzers, confetti, throwable hats — make ceremonies feel engaging. Since late October 2026 it is priced by role: $13 a month for each Editor who runs sessions, $3 for regular team members and nothing for visitors on open boards, with Jira, Linear, SSO, PDF export and a beta MCP server all on the one Team plan. In-product AI still stops at beta sticky-note clustering.
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Echometer scores 5.6 overall and is best for technische managers en agile coaches die op regelmatige basis korte evaluaties willen uitvoeren in het kader van retrospectieven, met gegevensopslag binnen de EU en een vragenbank met een onderzoeksgerichte inslag. It offers a free tier.
Spreo scores 5.9 overall and is best for agile teams who want retros, planning and workshops to feel visual and fun on a Jira or Linear backlog, with a few paid facilitators and everyone else on cheap Collaborator seats or free visitor links — and who would get real value from driving boards with an AI assistant over MCP. It offers paid plans from $13/Editor/mo billed annually ($16 monthly); Collaborators $3/user/mo ($4), visitors free.
Echometer neemt de leiding op het gebied van retro-toolkit, waarde, AI en inzichten en op bedrijfsniveau. Spreo neemt de leiding op het gebied van gebruiksgemak, plezierfactor en open platform.
Over onze acht beoordelingscriteria heen komt Spreo als beste uit de bus met een totaalcijfer van 5.9. Dat gezegd hebbende, hangt de juiste keuze af van uw team — zie hieronder de uitsplitsing per criterium.
Scores compared
| Detail | Echometer | Spreo |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Starter: 1 team, 25 workspace members, unlimited retro guests, 1 retro/month after trial, 2-retro archive per team | No free plan for teams — 15-day Team trial. Spreo Lite (one board stored in your browser, up to 3 people, no sign-in) is a free taster, not a team plan |
| Starting price | €29/team/mo | $13/Editor/mo billed annually ($16 monthly); Collaborators $3/user/mo ($4), visitors free |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | €87/mo billed annually, excl. VAT (3 teams × €29 Pro); €105/mo billed monthly | $102/mo billed annually (Team plan — 3 Editors x $13 + 21 Collaborators x $3); $132/mo billed monthly |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2019 | 2019 |
| HQ | Münster, Germany | UK |
| Data residency | Germany | European Union |
| Languages | 2 (English, German) | English only |
| Export formats | CSV · PDF · Markdown · Email | PDF · CSV · HTML · Markdown · JSON · Jira |
| Features | 49 | 46 |
| Integrations | 3 | 2 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Echometer | Spreo |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓note |
| Health Checks | ✓ | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓note |
| Icebreaker games | ✓note | ✓note |
| Agile Estimations | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | ✓note |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓note |
| AI action items | ✓note | — |
| AI Summaries | — | — |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| In-meeting AI assistant | — | — |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | ✓note |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓note |
| Linear | — | ✓note |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓note | — |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | ✓note | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | ✓note |
| Public API | — | ✓note |
| Webhooks | ✓note | — |
| MCP server | — | ✓note |
Echometer — pros
- + Meer dan 200 op onderzoek gebaseerde onderzoeksvragen, op maat gemaakte modellen en automatisch geplande pulsenquêtes
- + Longitudinale teamradars, heatmaps en een teamoverschrijdend dashboard voor de werkruimte, gekoppeld aan retrospectieven
- + Hosting uitsluitend in Duitsland (Open Telekom Cloud, Magdeburg/Biere) met een AVG-overeenkomst inzake gegevensverwerking
- + Open actions resurface automatically in the next retro, with opt-in email reminders and one-click push to Jira
- + Prijsstelling per team, niet per werkplek — € 87 per maand is voldoende voor drie teams van acht personen, jaarlijks gefactureerd
Echometer — cons
- − Afgezien van Jira ontvangen Slack en Teams alleen meldingen over ‘start van de retro’ en ‘verzending van de enquête’ — geen samenvattingen, Confluence of Linear
- − Er is geen openbare API; webhooks worden slechts bij twee gebeurtenissen geactiveerd, en de export is mogelijk in PDF, CSV, Markdown of een samenvatting die per e-mail wordt verzonden
- − Geen SOC 2 — het ISO 27001-certificaat heeft betrekking op het datacenter, niet op Echometer zelf
- − Retro-side AI is limited to suggested measures and a prep-chat assistant. No clustering, no AI session summary
- − Er staan geen retrospectieven op het programma — er worden wel herinneringen over de frequentie naar de teambeheerder gestuurd, maar elke sessie wordt handmatig gestart
Spreo — pros
- + Genuinely delightful, illustrated UI with a gadget shelf built for live sessions: a shared Jukebox, timers, spinners, buzzers and a Voter panel, plus confetti and throwable hats
- + Broad template library (150+) covering retros, icebreakers, planning poker, futurespectives, planning and estimation
- + Hide Identities and Private Writing make writing <em>and</em> voting anonymous, with fully configurable voting rounds
- + Actions carry owners and due dates, with daily and weekly reminder emails on by default and a cross-board Action Items dashboard
- + Role-based Team plan keeps big teams cheap ($3 Collaborators, free visitors on open boards) and includes two-way Jira, Linear cards, SSO, PDF export and the beta MCP server
Spreo — cons
- − No async retro mode, no recurring or scheduled retros, and no health-check product; mood and radar work happen on whiteboard templates only
- − Integrations stop at Jira and Linear — no Slack, Teams, Confluence or GitHub; Azure DevOps is on the pricing page but was still <em>"coming soon"</em> in the October 2026 release notes
- − In-product AI limited to beta sticky-note clustering — no summaries, action-item extraction, sentiment or coaching; MCP moves the AI into your own assistant rather than the board
- − Every facilitator needs a $13/month Editor seat, and the free Lite board holds three people and lives in one browser
- − Desktop and laptop only, and no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 of its own: the certifications on its security page are DigitalOcean's
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