EasyRetro
6.9Improve your team with fun sprint retrospectives
EasyRetro (rebranded from FunRetro in November 2020) is a long-running indie retro tool with 100+ templates, drag-and-drop boards, an AI board summary feature added in early 2024, and recent timer, drawing-on-cards and hide-column updates through 2025-2026.
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NimbleRetro
4.4Time-boxed retros with 5-Why root cause analysis
NimbleRetro is the retrospective module inside NimbleWork's broader Nimble agile platform. It runs structured, time-bound retros through Ideate, Group, Vote, Discuss, and Feedback stages, with anonymous input, action item tracking, and a 5-Why root cause workflow. Mobile apps for iOS and Android complement the web product, and action items convert directly into Nimble workitems.
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EasyRetro scores 6.9 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams, scrum masters and consultants who want a clean, fast, low-friction retro tool without enterprise overhead. It offers a free tier.
NimbleRetro scores 4.4 overall and is best for small agile teams that want a no-frills retro with built-in root cause analysis and a mobile companion app, especially teams already using the wider NimbleWork (SwiftKanban / Nimble) suite. It offers paid plans from $7/user/mo.
EasyRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, EasyRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 6.9. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | EasyRetro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | 3 public boards/month, 1 survey per board, no team | Free trial only; no permanent free tier publicly disclosed for the retro module |
| Starting price | $25/mo | $7/user/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $25/mo | $168/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2016 | — |
| HQ | Brazil | Bengaluru, India |
| Features | 25 | 11 |
| Integrations | 4 | 2 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | EasyRetro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ note |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | — |
| Async mode | — | — |
| Agile Estimations | ✓ note | — |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Confluence | ✓ | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ note |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Trello | ✓ | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | — | — |
EasyRetro — Pros
- + Extremely easy to use with minimal setup friction and a clean drag-and-drop board
- + Library of 100+ retrospective templates spanning multiple categories and languages
- + Free tier covers basic public boards for small teams or one-off retros
- + Clean export options including Confluence, Jira (now bulk), PDF, CSV, PNG, Excel and DOCX
- + Still actively maintained — timer refresh, drawing on cards and hide-column shipped through 2025-2026
EasyRetro — Cons
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal trend reporting
- − AI is limited to a single board-summary feature — no auto-grouping, AI action items, sentiment, or template generation
- − Integration set is narrow — no Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps
- − Vendor itself isn't SOC 2 / ISO 27001 certified (relies on GCP); SAML SSO is gated to enterprise accounts and there's no SCIM or audit logs
- − Free plan is capped at 3 public boards per month and excludes private team boards
NimbleRetro — Pros
- + Structured 5-Why root cause workflow built into the retro flow
- + Anonymous input and time-bound stages keep retros focused
- + Native iOS and Android apps for mobile participation
- + GDPR compliant; sits under NimbleWork's ISO 27001 / SOC umbrella at the platform level
NimbleRetro — Cons
- − Only four templates with limited customisation of stages
- − No SSO/SAML, SCIM, or SOC 2 Type 2 attestation specific to the retro product
- − No AI features (clustering, summaries, sentiment) at the time of review
- − Thin direct-integration story for the agile stack — no documented Jira, GitHub, Linear, or Azure DevOps hooks for the retro module
- − Pricing not transparently published; demo-gated