IdeaBoardz
2.9Free shared brainstorming boards
IdeaBoardz is a long-standing free brainstorming and retrospective board: pick 1-10 sections, name them yourself, share the URL, add ideas anonymously, upvote, and export to PDF or Excel. The app still works and is still in daily use, but development stopped years ago — the public source repository's last feature commits date to April 2020 and the Terms have not been revised since.
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Neatro
5.4Structured retros built around psychological safety
Neatro runs retrospectives through a guided four-step framework with optional per-comment anonymity, ROTI feedback, and Team Radar health checks aimed at distributed agile teams.
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IdeaBoardz scores 2.9 overall and is best for throwaway retros and quick distributed brainstorms when nobody wants to sign up. It offers a free tier.
Neatro scores 5.4 overall and is best for scrum Masters who want a guided, safety-first facilitation flow with built-in team health tracking. It offers a free tier.
IdeaBoardz leads on value and open platform. Neatro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Neatro edges ahead with an overall score of 5.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | IdeaBoardz | Neatro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Mid-market |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | Fully free, no paid tier | Free forever for up to 10 members, unlimited retrospectives and Team Radars, all ready-to-use templates, basic facilitation tools, 30-day data history |
| Starting price | Free | $23.20/team/mo billed annually ($29/team/mo billed monthly) |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | Free (no paid tier) | $69.60/mo billed annually (3 teams x Premium; members per team are unlimited) — $87/mo if billed monthly |
| Enterprise | No | Yes |
| Founded | 2010 | 2020 |
| HQ | Pune, India | Quebec, Canada |
| Data residency | — | Canada |
| Languages | English only | 2 (English, French) |
| Export formats | PDF · Excel | PDF · CSV · Jira |
| Features | 9 | 29 |
| Integrations | 0 | 5 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | IdeaBoardz | Neatro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | — | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | — | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | — | — |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓note | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓note |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | ✓note |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓note |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | ✓note |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | — | ✓note |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | — |
| Monday.com | — | ✓note |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | — | — |
| SSO / SAML | — | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓note | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | — | — |
IdeaBoardz — pros
- + Genuinely free — no paywall, no paid tier, no trial clock
- + No signup required to participate — just share the URL
- + 1-10 free-text sections build Start/Stop/Continue, 4Ls or Six Thinking Hats by hand
- + Drag one sticky onto another to merge them; the votes are added together
- + PDF and Excel export on every board, plus a working phone view
IdeaBoardz — cons
- − No templates at all — the only format choice is how many sections you want
- − No timer, no phases, no action items, no grouping beyond merging two stickies into one
- − Unlimited anonymous upvotes with no per-person vote budget
- − Zero integrations, no SSO, no SOC 2 and no published privacy policy — the URL is the only access control
- − No product work since April 2020; support is a Gmail address and a Twitter handle
Neatro — pros
- + Guided four-step framework with optional anonymous commenting and a timer on every step
- + Team Radar is a proper recurring health check with up to 10 custom dimensions, not a repurposed template
- + Automatic ROTI survey on every retro closes the feedback loop
- + Action Kanban board plus an automatic reminder of last retro's open actions keeps follow-through visible
- + Cheap per head — <strong>$23.20/team/mo covers unlimited members</strong>, and the free tier runs 10 members forever
Neatro — cons
- − No native Slack or Microsoft Teams integration — reminders and summaries land wherever you paste the link
- − AI stops at grouping suggestions; no summaries, sentiment analysis, or AI-extracted action items
- − Per-team pricing gets awkward past a handful of squads — volume discounts only start at 20+ teams
- − No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 of its own (the security FAQ points at Azure's), no GDPR statement, and hosting is Quebec-only
- − No cross-team rollups, org health dashboard, SCIM, audit logs, public API or webhooks
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