Kollabe
7.5Agile meetings made easy — retros, standups and planning poker
Kollabe is a focused agile-meetings platform bundling sprint retrospectives, daily standups, planning poker and 600+ icebreakers in a single lightweight workspace. Anonymous voting, async contributions, AI-generated summaries and sync-back to Jira, GitHub, Linear and Azure DevOps come standard, on a flat <strong>per-space</strong> rather than per-seat price.
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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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Kollabe scores 7.5 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams that want retros, standups and planning poker in one clean tool — without per-seat pricing. 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.
Kollabe leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Kollabe edges ahead with an overall score of 7.5. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Kollabe | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | 10 members per room, ~4 meetings/month, 7-day history | Free trial only; no permanent free tier publicly disclosed for the retro module |
| Starting price | $29/mo | $7/user/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $29/mo | $168/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2023 | — |
| HQ | Sydney, Australia | Bengaluru, India |
| Features | 22 | 11 |
| Integrations | 4 | 2 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Kollabe | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ note |
| 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 | — | ✓ note |
| Slack | — | ✓ note |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | — | ✓ |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | — | — |
Kollabe — Pros
- + Flat per-space pricing — unlimited team members on Premium ($29/mo)
- + Bundles retros, standups, planning poker and icebreakers in one tool
- + No-signup join links lower friction for ad-hoc participants
- + Direct sync-back to Jira, GitHub, Linear and Azure DevOps
- + Public API and MCP server access on Premium
Kollabe — Cons
- − No Slack or Microsoft Teams integration
- − No SOC 2 / no advertised GDPR posture — weak for enterprise procurement
- − No dedicated health-check, team-radar or longitudinal pulse feature
- − Solo-founder operation; SSO/SAML and SLA gated behind Enterprise contact-sales
- − Free tier capped at ~4 meetings/month with 7-day history
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