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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RetroTool
4.4Anonymous online retrospectives, no login required
RetroTool is a low-friction online retrospective board built by NY/Poland software agency u2i as a side project. Free anonymous retros run from a unique URL with no signup; paid tiers add private boards, team management and longer retention. The product still works, but the site shows no shipped activity in years.
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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.
RetroTool scores 4.4 overall and is best for small or ad-hoc teams who want a free, no-signup retro board with secret voting and a few standard templates — provided you're comfortable using a tool that hasn't shipped visible updates in years. It offers a free tier.
Miro leads on retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. RetroTool leads on 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 | RetroTool |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Whiteboard | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Enterprise | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Free limit | 3 editable boards, 10 AI credits/mo per team, 5,000+ templates, 160+ integrations | Anonymous boards, unlimited cards, columns, action points and participants; 12-month retention; basic facilitation |
| Starting price | $10/user/mo | $10/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $240/mo | $10/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | No |
| Founded | 2011 | — |
| HQ | Amsterdam, NL | Poland |
| Features | 37 | 13 |
| Integrations | 8 | 0 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Miro | RetroTool |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ | — |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ note | — |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ note |
| Anonymous input | ✓ note | ✓ 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 | ✓ | ✓ note |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | — |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | ✓ 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
RetroTool — Pros
- + Genuinely free anonymous retros with no account required
- + Three-click setup — unique URL, share, run
- + Zero-knowledge encryption with custom passwords on Company plan
- + Per-team flat pricing ($10 or $20/team/mo) rather than per-seat
RetroTool — Cons
- − <strong>Apparently dormant</strong>: no blog, changelog or release notes; legal docs last updated 2020
- − No native integrations with Jira, Slack, Teams or any agile-stack tool
- − No AI features (clustering, summary, action extraction, sentiment)
- − No health checks, recurring retros, or cross-team reporting
- − Secret voting and private boards locked behind paid tiers
- − Not SOC 2; no SSO/SCIM/audit logs for enterprise buyers