Retrospective Tools

Kollabe vs Retrium

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing, features and integrations to help you pick the right retrospective tool.

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Kollabe

7.5

Agile 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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Retrium

6.2

Guided retrospectives and Team Radars for scrum and agile teams

Retrium is a long-running, retrospectives-only tool that emphasises guided five-phase facilitation, anonymous brainstorming, voting, a persistent action plan, and Team Radar health checks for distributed teams.

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Summary

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.

Retrium scores 6.2 overall and is best for scrum masters and agile coaches who want a focused, retro-only tool with strong facilitation guardrails and a built-in Team Radar. It offers paid plans from $39/mo.

Kollabe leads on ease of use, value, fun factor, AI & insights and integrations. Retrium leads on retro toolkit 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

Kollabe
Ease of Use 9.0
Retro Toolkit 7.5
Value 8.5
Fun Factor 8.0
AI & Insights 7.0
Integrations 6.5
Enterprise-grade 6.0
Retrium
Ease of Use 8.5
Retro Toolkit 8.0
Value 6.0
Fun Factor 6.5
AI & Insights 2.0
Integrations 5.0
Enterprise-grade 7.5
Detail Kollabe Retrium
Category Retrospectives Retrospectives
Team size Small Enterprise
Free tier Yes No
Free limit 10 members per room, ~4 meetings/month, 7-day history 30-day free trial (column techniques and Team Radar), no credit card required
Starting price $29/mo $39/mo
Est. 3 teams × 8 people $29/mo $39/mo
Enterprise Yes Yes
Founded 2023 2014
HQ Sydney, Australia Washington, D.C., USA
Features 22 23
Integrations 4 2

Feature & integration comparison

Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.

Capability Kollabe Retrium
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 note
Linear
Microsoft Teams
Slack note
Trello
Security & Privacy
SOC 2
GDPR
SSO/SAML/SCIM note 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

Retrium — Pros

  • + Battle-tested five-phase guided facilitation flow
  • + Anonymous brainstorming and grouping by design
  • + Persistent team-room action plan that carries forward between retros
  • + Team Radar covers psychological safety and custom health checks
  • + Per-team-room pricing with unlimited users on every plan

Retrium — Cons

  • No free tier; 30-day trial only
  • Integrations are thin beyond Jira Cloud and a <em>still-beta</em> Slack app
  • <strong>No AI features at all</strong> — no summary, clustering, action-item extraction or insights
  • No native Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear or Confluence integration
  • Public shipping cadence has slowed — no 2025 changelog or product blog activity visible
  • Retro-only scope; no planning poker, kudos, icebreakers or whiteboard
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