GoRetro
7.3Make every sprint impactful, efficient, and fun
GoRetro is a sprint-centric retro and estimation suite combining retrospectives, planning poker, capacity planning and a Jira-fed sprint monitor, with a generous free tier and per-team paid plans.
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RetroTool
4.4Anonymous online retrospectives, no login required
RetroTool is a low-friction online retrospective board built by NY/Poland software agency u2i as a side project. Free anonymous retros run from a unique URL with no signup; paid tiers add private boards, team management and longer retention. The product still works, but the site shows no shipped activity in years.
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GoRetro scores 7.3 overall and is best for scrum teams that live in Jira and want a polished retro plus planning-poker bundle priced per team. It offers paid plans from $29/mo.
RetroTool scores 4.4 overall and is best for small or ad-hoc teams who want a free, no-signup retro board with secret voting and a few standard templates — provided you're comfortable using a tool that hasn't shipped visible updates in years. It offers a free tier.
GoRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, GoRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 7.3. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | GoRetro | RetroTool |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Any | Small |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | 30-day free trial of all paid features, no credit card required | Anonymous boards, unlimited cards, columns, action points and participants; 12-month retention; basic facilitation |
| Starting price | $29/mo | $10/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $29/mo | $10/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | No |
| Founded | 2020 | — |
| HQ | Israel | Poland |
| Features | 34 | 13 |
| Integrations | 2 | 0 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | GoRetro | RetroTool |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ note | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | ✓ note | — |
| Polling | ✓ | — |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | — |
| Agile Estimations | ✓ note | — |
| Health Checks | ✓ note | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | — |
| Slack | ✓ note | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ note |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | — | — |
GoRetro — Pros
- + Generous free tier with unlimited public boards and team members
- + Polished, real-time facilitation UX with strong template library
- + Bundles planning poker, capacity calculator and sprint monitor with retros
- + Tight Jira Cloud integration for sprint-data-driven discussions
- + SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and SAML SSO available on Organization tier
GoRetro — Cons
- − Slack integration sits behind paid tiers; SAML SSO requires Organization tier
- − Integration breadth is narrow: no native MS Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear, Confluence or Trello
- − AI story is thin: 'Joker cards' and meeting recap export rather than real AI clustering, summaries or sentiment
- − No async mode, no whiteboard, no scheduling/recurring retros
- − Per-team pricing scales unevenly across many squads, and cross-team rollups are thin
RetroTool — Pros
- + Genuinely free anonymous retros with no account required
- + Three-click setup — unique URL, share, run
- + Zero-knowledge encryption with custom passwords on Company plan
- + Per-team flat pricing ($10 or $20/team/mo) rather than per-seat
RetroTool — Cons
- − <strong>Apparently dormant</strong>: no blog, changelog or release notes; legal docs last updated 2020
- − No native integrations with Jira, Slack, Teams or any agile-stack tool
- − No AI features (clustering, summary, action extraction, sentiment)
- − No health checks, recurring retros, or cross-team reporting
- − Secret voting and private boards locked behind paid tiers
- − Not SOC 2; no SSO/SCIM/audit logs for enterprise buyers