Retrospective Tools

Kollabe vs RetroTeam

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

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Kollabe

6.9

Agile meetings made easy — retros, standups and planning poker

Kollabe began life as a planning poker tool and now runs estimation, sprint retrospectives and icebreakers from one workspace. The retro board is deeper than its marketing suggests — drag-to-group with optional AI clustering, dot voting configurable per board or per column, a phase timer with audio alerts, a guided workflow with auto-advance, and action items carrying owner, due date, priority and a link back to the feedback card. Exports run to PDF, CSV, JSON, Markdown, HTML, JPEG and Confluence, with action items pushed to Jira, GitHub or Linear. Billing is flat per team space rather than per seat. There are no recurring retros, no health-check instrument and no compliance certifications.

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RetroTeam

4.6

AI-first retro tool the vendor is winding down

RetroTeam is a focused, AI-first retrospective app — capture, group, vote, act, with Jira hand-off — that its vendor has announced it is winding down while the team moves to an unrelated interview-coaching product.

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Summary

Kollabe scores 6.9 overall and is best for small to mid-size agile teams running retros and planning poker who want one cheap, playful tool — and don't need health checks, recurring retros or a compliance story. It offers a free tier.

RetroTeam scores 4.6 overall and is best for nobody adopting today — the vendor has announced it is winding down. Existing teams should export their PDF reports and pick a replacement. It offers a free tier.

Kollabe leads on retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations, open platform and enterprise-grade. RetroTeam leads on value.

Across our eight scoring dimensions, Kollabe edges ahead with an overall score of 6.9. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.

Scores compared

Kollabe
Ease of Use8.5
Retro Toolkit7.5
Value8.0
Fun Factor8.5
AI & Insights7.5
Integrations6.0
Open Platform6.0
Enterprise-grade3.0
RetroTeam
Ease of Use8.5
Retro Toolkit5.0
Value9.0
Fun Factor4.0
AI & Insights6.5
Integrations2.5
Open Platform0.5
Enterprise-grade1.0
DetailKollabeRetroTeam
CategoryRetrospectivesRetrospectives
Team sizeSmallSmall
Free tierYesYes
Free limit10 participants per meeting, 4 retrospectives/month, 7-day board history, 1 survey per board; no AI, exports, API or MCP1 team, 10 users, 10 boards, 10 AI credits
Starting price$29/mo per space (unlimited members)$10/mo
Est. 3 teams × 8 people$87/mo (3 Premium spaces × $29; each space allows unlimited members)$30/mo (Pro — 5 teams, 50 users; Premium's 2-team / 20-user cap doesn't fit 3 teams of 8)
EnterpriseYesYes
Founded20232022
HQSydney, AustraliaOakland, California, US
Data residencyAustraliaUnited States
Languages6 (English, German, Spanish, …)English only
Export formatsCSV · PDF · Markdown · Image · JSON · HTML · Confluence · JiraPDF
Features5222
Integrations51

Feature & integration comparison

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

CapabilityKollabeRetroTeam
Features
Custom templates✓✓note
Anonymous input✓✓
Health Checks✓note—
Action tracking✓✓
Async mode✓—
Whiteboard✓note—
Independent voting✓✓
Polling✓—
Icebreaker games✓note—
Agile Estimations✓—
Team Kudos✓—
AI grouping/clustering✓✓
AI action items✓✓
AI Summaries✓✓
Team Insights✓✓
In-meeting AI assistant——
Action dashboard✓✓
Integrations
Asana——
Azure DevOps✓note—
Basecamp——
ClickUp——
Confluence✓note—
GitHub✓—
GitLab——
Jira✓✓note
Linear✓—
Microsoft Teams——
Monday.com——
Notion——
Shortcut——
Slack——
Trello——
Security & Privacy
SOC 2——
GDPR—✓note
SSO / SAML✓note—
SCIM provisioning——
ISO 27001——
On-premises——
Public API✓note—
Webhooks——
MCP server✓note—

Kollabe — pros

  • + Flat per-space pricing — $29/mo buys unlimited members, so three teams of eight cost $87/mo total
  • + Deeper retro board than the marketing implies: drag-to-group plus AI clustering, dot voting per board or per column, a phase timer with audio alerts, and a guided workflow that auto-advances when everyone marks ready
  • + Action items carry owner, due date, priority, comments and a link back to the feedback card — and push one-click to Jira, GitHub or Linear
  • + Official OAuth MCP server (vendor states 46 tools) and a documented REST API on every paid plan; exports to PDF, CSV, JSON, Markdown, HTML, JPEG and Confluence
  • + Unusually playful: synchronised meeting music, AI-generated backgrounds, kudos with confetti, drawings and stickers, and a 1,100-strong themed template library

Kollabe — cons

  • − No recurring or scheduled retros — every session is created by hand — and no Slack or Microsoft Teams integration for retros
  • − No survey-based health check: a Spotify-style board template, a handful of 1–5 pulse polls, and a Team Health score in the paid weekly Insights report that is computed from activity (engagement, action follow-through, blockers, kudos) rather than from asking the team
  • − Both paid tiers cap a space at <strong>5 facilitators/admins</strong> however many members it has; lifting it means an Enterprise contract
  • − No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or published GDPR posture; core data is hosted in Australia with no EU or US option, and AI features send content to OpenAI and Groq. SSO and SLAs are Enterprise contact-sales
  • − A one-person company whose founder is also building a second product, and no product update has shipped since 31 May 2026

RetroTeam — pros

  • + Tight, opinionated retro flow — capture, AI group, vote, act — with a timer on every stage
  • + AI grouping suggestions are accept/reject per card, not applied over your head
  • + Flat plan pricing: $30/mo covers 5 teams and 50 users, well under per-seat rivals
  • + Participants join by link with no account required
  • + Org-wide action dashboard with owner, status and due date, plus one-way Jira links

RetroTeam — cons

  • − <strong>The vendor has announced RetroTeam is winding down</strong> — the same team has moved to ChannelPulse, an unrelated interview-coaching product
  • − No published shutdown date and no migration path; the only export is a PDF report, with no API, webhooks or MCP to pull history out another way
  • − Jira is the only integration — no Slack, Teams, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps
  • − No health checks, recurring retros, scheduling, async mode or kudos
  • − No SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 or audit logs, and hosting is US-only with no EU residency option

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