Echometer
6.0Psychology-backed retros and team health checks for engineering teams
Echometer is a German retrospective and 1:1 meeting platform built around recurring health-check pulses, structured retros, and longitudinal team development tracking. It pitches itself to engineering managers, scrum masters and agile coaches who want <strong>research-grounded surveys</strong> rather than a blank whiteboard.
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TeamRetro
8.3Retrospectives, health checks and agile estimations in one suite
TeamRetro pairs structured retrospectives with longitudinal team health checks and planning-poker estimations, aimed at agile organisations running multiple teams under a coach or programme.
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Echometer scores 6.0 overall and is best for engineering managers and agile coaches who want recurring health-check pulses tied to retros, with EU data residency and a research-flavoured question library. It offers a free tier.
TeamRetro scores 8.3 overall and is best for agile coaches and engineering managers running ongoing health-check programmes alongside sprint retros. It offers paid plans from $25/mo.
TeamRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, TeamRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 8.3. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Echometer | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Enterprise |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Starter: 1 team, 25 workspace members, 1 retro/month after trial | 30-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Starting price | €35/mo | $25/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | €35/mo | $25/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2019 | 2017 |
| HQ | Münster, Germany | Australia |
| Features | 46 | 64 |
| Integrations | 1 | 9 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Echometer | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ note | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ note | ✓ |
| AI action items | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | — | ✓ |
| Health Checks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ |
| Confluence | — | ✓ |
| GitHub | — | ✓ |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Slack | — | ✓ |
| Trello | — | ✓ |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | ✓ |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | ✓ |
| ISO 27001 | — | ✓ note |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | ✓ note | ✓ note |
Echometer — Pros
- + Health-check question library grounded in University of Münster psychology research
- + Strong longitudinal pulse and team-radar reporting tied to retros
- + EU-only data residency (Open Telekom Cloud, Germany) with GDPR DPA
- + AI Co-Pilot clusters ideas and proposes SMART action items
Echometer — Cons
- − Thin chatops integrations — no native Slack, Teams or Confluence
- − No SOC 2; relies on ISO 27001 datacenters and EU residency
- − 1:1 meetings and the deepest AI live in a separate paid product
- − No native scheduling or recurring retros — sessions start manually
TeamRetro — Pros
- + Health checks with custom models, longitudinal tracking and cross-team reporting
- + Three modules in one suite (retros, health checks, planning poker)
- + Enterprise stack that's actually complete: SSO, SCIM, audit logs, SOC 2 Type 2, US/EU data residency
- + AI grouping, template suggestions, action items and sentiment built in
- + Broad agile-tool integrations including Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear, Confluence
TeamRetro — Cons
- − No free tier and per-team pricing scales quickly for large orgs
- − Cloud-only — no self-hosted or on-premise option
- − ISO 27001 is inherited via AWS, not held directly
- − Data residency limited to US and EU (no APAC region)