Echometer
5.3Psychology-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 research-grounded surveys 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 5.3 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 $20.83/mo billed annually ($25/mo billed monthly) — Single Team, 1 team, 25 members.
TeamRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations, open platform and enterprise-grade.
Across our eight 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 | Any |
| 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 — 30-day trial, no credit card required |
| Starting price | €29/team/mo | $20.83/mo billed annually ($25/mo billed monthly) — Single Team, 1 team, 25 members |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | €87/mo billed annually (3 teams × €29 Pro) | $50/mo billed annually ($60/mo billed monthly) — Small Organization plan, a 3-team bundle with unlimited members |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2019 | 2017 |
| HQ | Münster, Germany | Australia |
| Data residency | Germany | United States · European Union |
| Languages | 2 (English, German) | 29 (English, Arabic, Bengali, …) |
| Export formats | PDF · Markdown · Email | Excel · CSV · PDF · Markdown · Email · Image |
| Features | 43 | 65 |
| Integrations | 1 | 15 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Echometer | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | — | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓ |
| 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 | — | ✓ |
| Basecamp | — | ✓ |
| ClickUp | — | ✓ |
| Confluence | — | ✓ |
| GitHub | — | ✓ |
| GitLab | — | ✓ |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Monday.com | — | ✓ |
| Notion | — | ✓ |
| Shortcut | — | ✓ |
| Slack | — | ✓ |
| Trello | — | ✓ |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | ✓note |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | — | ✓note |
| ISO 27001 | — | ✓note |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓note |
| Webhooks | — | ✓ |
| MCP server | — | ✓ |
Echometer — pros
- + 200+ research-grounded health-check items, custom models and automated pulse rotation
- + Longitudinal team radars, heatmaps and workspace dashboards tied to retros
- + EU-only data residency (Open Telekom Cloud, Germany) with GDPR DPA
- + Open actions resurface automatically in the next retro, with email reminders to owners
- + Per-team pricing — €87/mo covers three teams of eight, billed annually
Echometer — cons
- − Thin integrations — Jira and calendar sync only; no Slack, Teams or Confluence
- − No public API or webhooks; export is PDF and Markdown only
- − No SOC 2 — the ISO 27001 certificate covers the datacenter, not Echometer itself
- − Retro-side AI stops at suggesting measures; transcript coaching is a separately-priced 1:1 product
- − No scheduled or recurring retros — you copy a past format and start each session manually
TeamRetro — pros
- + Health checks and maturity models as a first-class module — custom dimensions, radar charts, trends across sprints
- + Three modules on one subscription: retrospectives, health checks, planning-poker estimation
- + SAML SSO, RBAC and US-or-EU hosting on <em>every</em> plan, not just Enterprise
- + GA MCP server plus team-level API keys and HMAC-signed webhooks, included on all plans
- + 15 native integrations: Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Linear, Confluence, Slack, Teams and more
TeamRetro — cons
- − No free tier — 30-day trial, then a paid plan
- − Audit logs, SCIM, IP allowlisting and guest/observer roles are Enterprise-only
- − Cross-team insights, reports and programs (team-of-teams) require Enterprise
- − ISO 27001 is inherited from AWS, not held by TeamRetro
- − Hosting is US or EU only — no APAC region despite the Australian HQ
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