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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ScatterSpoke
7.1AI copilot for team feedback
ScatterSpoke is an AI-powered feedback platform that turns retrospectives, standups and team feedback into themes, sentiment metrics and prioritised action items for engineering leaders.
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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.
ScatterSpoke scores 7.1 overall and is best for engineering orgs in Jira/Slack that want AI to surface themes and impact across many retros. It offers a free tier.
Miro leads on fun factor, integrations and enterprise-grade. ScatterSpoke leads on retro toolkit, value and AI & insights.
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 | ScatterSpoke |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 team, 10 users, unlimited retros, 20 AI reports/month, 90-day history |
| Starting price | $10/user/mo | $50/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $240/mo | $50/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2011 | 2014 |
| HQ | Amsterdam, NL | USA |
| Features | 37 | 29 |
| Integrations | 8 | 3 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Miro | ScatterSpoke |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ note |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | ✓ 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
ScatterSpoke — Pros
- + AI themes, sentiment scoring and impact analysis across retros
- + 20+ retro formats plus custom formats with real-time collaboration
- + Cross-team goals, metrics and executive-style rollups
- + Action items sync to Jira; standups and async feedback included
ScatterSpoke — Cons
- − Integration coverage is narrow (Jira, Slack, Teams only)
- − No native health checks, team radars or mood tracking
- − Tier-based pricing jumps sharply ($0 to $50 to $500/mo)
- − SAML and SCIM gated to Business/Enterprise tiers