Retrospective Tools

Echometer vs Spreo

Uma comparação lado a lado de pontuações, preços, recursos e integrações para ajudá-lo a escolher a ferramenta de retrospectiva certa.

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Echometer

5.6

Retrospectivas baseadas em princípios da psicologia e avaliações de bem-estar para equipes de engenharia

O Echometer é uma plataforma alemã de retrospectivas, avaliações de desempenho e reuniões individuais (1:1), desenvolvida com base em pesquisas periódicas, retrospectivas estruturadas e acompanhamento longitudinal do desenvolvimento da equipe. Ela se destina a líderes de equipe ocupados — gerentes de engenharia, scrum masters e coaches ágeis — que buscam bibliotecas de perguntas fundamentadas em pesquisas, em vez de um quadro branco em branco.

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Spreo

5.9

Quadro branco colaborativo e interativo para equipes ágeis

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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Summary

Echometer scores 5.6 overall and is best for gerentes de engenharia e coaches ágeis que desejam avaliações periódicas de desempenho vinculadas às retrospectivas, com residência de dados na UE e um banco de perguntas com enfoque em pesquisa. 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 lidera em kit de ferramentas retrô, valor, IA e insights e de nível empresarial. Spreo lidera em facilidade de uso, fator de diversão e plataforma aberta.

Em nossas oito dimensões de avaliação, Spreo se destaca com uma pontuação geral de 5.9. Dito isso, a escolha certa depende da sua equipe — confira a análise detalhada por dimensão abaixo.

Scores compared

Echometer
Ease of Use7.5
Retro Toolkit8.0
Value8.0
Fun Factor5.5
AI & Insights4.0
Integrations4.0
Open Platform3.0
Enterprise-grade5.0
Spreo
Ease of Use8.5
Retro Toolkit6.5
Value7.5
Fun Factor8.0
AI & Insights2.0
Integrations4.0
Open Platform6.0
Enterprise-grade4.5
DetailEchometerSpreo
CategoryRetrospectivesRetrospectives
Team sizeMid-marketSmall
Free tierYesNo
Free limitStarter: 1 team, 25 workspace members, unlimited retro guests, 1 retro/month after trial, 2-retro archive per teamNo 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
EnterpriseYesYes
Founded20192019
HQMünster, GermanyUK
Data residencyGermanyEuropean Union
Languages2 (English, German)English only
Export formatsCSV · PDF · Markdown · EmailPDF · CSV · HTML · Markdown · JSON · Jira
Features4946
Integrations32

Feature & integration comparison

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

CapabilityEchometerSpreo
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

  • + Mais de 200 itens de avaliação de saúde baseados em pesquisas, modelos personalizados e pesquisas de opinião agendadas automaticamente
  • + Radares longitudinais de equipes, mapas de calor e um painel de controle do espaço de trabalho entre equipes vinculado às retrospectivas
  • + Hospedagem exclusivamente na Alemanha (Open Telekom Cloud, Magdeburg/Biere) com um acordo de tratamento de dados em conformidade com o GDPR
  • + Open actions resurface automatically in the next retro, with opt-in email reminders and one-click push to Jira
  • + Preço por equipe, e não por usuário — €87/mês cobre três equipes de oito pessoas, com cobrança anual

Echometer — cons

  • − Além do Jira, o Slack e o Teams recebem apenas notificações do tipo “retro iniciada” e “pesquisa enviada” — sem resumos, Confluence ou Linear
  • − Não há API pública; os webhooks são acionados apenas em dois eventos, e a exportação pode ser feita em PDF, CSV, Markdown ou por meio de um resumo enviado por e-mail
  • − Não há certificação SOC 2 — a certificação ISO 27001 abrange o data center, e não a própria Echometer
  • − Retro-side AI is limited to suggested measures and a prep-chat assistant. No clustering, no AI session summary
  • − Não há retrospectivas programadas — os lembretes de periodicidade alertam o administrador da equipe, mas cada sessão é iniciada manualmente

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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