Miro
8.1Innovation Workspace where retros happen on the same canvas as discovery and planning
Miro is the dominant online whiteboard, now repositioned as an AI-powered Innovation Workspace. It pairs an infinite canvas with 5,000+ retro templates, AI clustering by sentiment/keyword/author, Sidekicks (AI teammates) and Flows (multi-step AI workflows), real-time + async collaboration, and a 250+ app marketplace including Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Confluence, Slack and Microsoft Teams.
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Neatro
6.5Structured retros built around psychological safety
Neatro runs retrospectives through a guided four-step framework with anonymous brainstorming, ROTI feedback, and Team Radar health checks aimed at distributed agile teams.
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Miro scores 8.1 overall and is best for large product, design and engineering orgs that already run discovery, planning and retros on one canvas and want AI clustering plus deep Jira/Azure DevOps/Asana sync. It offers a free tier.
Neatro scores 6.5 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.
Miro leads on fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. Neatro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit and value.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Miro edges ahead with an overall score of 8.1. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Miro | Neatro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Enterprise | Mid-market |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | 3 editable boards, 10 AI credits/mo per team, 5,000+ templates, 160+ integrations | Free forever for up to 10 members, unlimited retrospectives, 70+ templates, 30-day data history |
| Starting price | $10/user/mo | $23/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $240/mo | $23/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2011 | 2020 |
| HQ | Amsterdam, NL | Quebec, Canada |
| Features | 37 | 27 |
| Integrations | 8 | 4 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Miro | Neatro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ note | — |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓ note | — |
| Health Checks | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Confluence | ✓ | — |
| GitHub | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Jira | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓ | — |
| Slack | ✓ | — |
| Trello | ✓ note | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | — |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | ✓ note | ✓ note |
Miro — Pros
- + Enormous template library (5,000+) and Miroverse community for retro formats
- + AI clustering groups sticky notes by sentiment, tag, author and keyword; Sidekicks and Flows extend AI deeper into the canvas
- + Best-in-class integration catalog (Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Confluence, Slack, Teams) with two-way sync
- + Enterprise-grade SSO, SCIM, audit logs, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 (AI governance) and EU/US/AU data residency
- + Same canvas works for discovery, planning and retros — no context switching
Miro — Cons
- − Per-seat pricing scales painfully if retros are the primary use case
- − No native health checks, mood tracking or longitudinal team-pulse
- − No recurring retros, scheduling, action carryover or cross-team rollup — facilitators rebuild structure each sprint
- − Jira/Azure DevOps/Asana sync and SSO sit behind the $20/user/mo Business tier; SCIM and audit logs only on Enterprise (30-seat min)
- − No built-in retro report or action-tracker dashboard
Neatro — Pros
- + Guided four-step framework that reliably produces psychological safety
- + Team Radar is a proper recurring health check, not a repurposed template
- + Automatic ROTI survey on every retro closes the feedback loop
- + Action carryover and a Kanban tracker keep follow-through visible between sessions
- + Generous free tier (up to 10 members, 70+ templates) and active blog/facilitation content
Neatro — Cons
- − No native Slack or Microsoft Teams integration for notifications or reminders
- − No AI features at all — no clustering, summaries, sentiment, or action-item extraction
- − Per-team pricing model gets awkward as the org scales beyond a handful of squads
- − Not independently SOC 2, ISO 27001 or GDPR certified — relies on Azure's underlying certifications
- − No cross-team rollups, org-level dashboard, SCIM, or audit logs