Neatro
5.4Structured retros built around psychological safety
Neatro runs retrospectives through a guided four-step framework with optional per-comment anonymity, ROTI feedback, and Team Radar health checks aimed at distributed agile teams.
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NimbleRetro
3.6Time-boxed retros with 5-Why root cause analysis
NimbleRetro is the retrospective module inside NimbleWork's broader Nimble agile platform. It runs structured, time-bound retros through Icebreaker, Ideation, Grouping, Voting, and Root Cause Analysis stages, with anonymous input, action item tracking, and a 5-Why root cause workflow. Native iOS and Android apps complement the web product, and action items convert directly into Nimble workitems (user stories and cards).
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Neatro scores 5.4 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.
NimbleRetro scores 3.6 overall and is best for small agile teams that want a no-frills retro with built-in root cause analysis and a mobile companion app, especially teams already using the wider NimbleWork (SwiftKanban / Nimble) suite. It offers paid plans from $10/user/mo (Nimble Team tier, USD; standalone NimbleRetro is quote-only).
Neatro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights and integrations. NimbleRetro leads on open platform and enterprise-grade.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Neatro edges ahead with an overall score of 5.4. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Neatro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Free forever for up to 10 members, unlimited retrospectives and Team Radars, all ready-to-use templates, basic facilitation tools, 30-day data history | Free trial only; no permanent free tier published for the retro module. A $0 Nimble suite plan (10 users / 10 projects) appears in a secondary table on the suite pricing page, but it does not list Retrospectives among its features |
| Starting price | $23.20/team/mo billed annually ($29/team/mo billed monthly) | $10/user/mo (Nimble Team tier, USD; standalone NimbleRetro is quote-only) |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $69.60/mo billed annually (3 teams x Premium; members per team are unlimited) — $87/mo if billed monthly | $240/mo (24 users x $10/user/mo Nimble Team tier); standalone NimbleRetro is quote-only |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2020 | 2002 |
| HQ | Quebec, Canada | Cupertino, CA, United States |
| Data residency | Canada | — |
| Languages | 2 (English, French) | English only |
| Export formats | PDF · CSV · Jira | — |
| Features | 29 | 16 |
| Integrations | 5 | 2 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Neatro | NimbleRetro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ✓note | — |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | ✓ | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | ✓note | — |
| Azure DevOps | ✓note | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | ✓note | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓note | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓note |
| Monday.com | ✓note | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | ✓note |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | ✓note |
| GDPR | — | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | ✓note |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | ✓note |
| Webhooks | — | ✓note |
| MCP server | — | — |
Neatro — pros
- + Guided four-step framework with optional anonymous commenting and a timer on every step
- + Team Radar is a proper recurring health check with up to 10 custom dimensions, not a repurposed template
- + Automatic ROTI survey on every retro closes the feedback loop
- + Action Kanban board plus an automatic reminder of last retro's open actions keeps follow-through visible
- + Cheap per head — <strong>$23.20/team/mo covers unlimited members</strong>, and the free tier runs 10 members forever
Neatro — cons
- − No native Slack or Microsoft Teams integration — reminders and summaries land wherever you paste the link
- − AI stops at grouping suggestions; no summaries, sentiment analysis, or AI-extracted action items
- − Per-team pricing gets awkward past a handful of squads — volume discounts only start at 20+ teams
- − No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 of its own (the security FAQ points at Azure's), no GDPR statement, and hosting is Quebec-only
- − No cross-team rollups, org health dashboard, SCIM, audit logs, public API or webhooks
NimbleRetro — pros
- + Structured 5-Why root cause workflow built into the retro flow
- + Anonymous input and time-bound stages keep retros focused
- + Native iOS and Android apps for mobile participation
- + NimbleWork runs an annual SOC 2 Type II audit and an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 audit, with SAMLv2/ADFSv3 SSO at the platform level
- + Action items convert directly into Nimble work items, so follow-up lands in the same backlog the team already works from
NimbleRetro — cons
- − Only four templates, and custom templates cap out at four columns
- − No SCIM provisioning or audit logs documented; SSO and the SOC 2 / ISO 27001 attestations sit at the NimbleWork platform level, not the retro module
- − Comparison pages tick 'Generative AI' for NimbleRetro, but no retro AI (clustering, summaries, sentiment) is documented — NimbleWork's AI Agents are a separately licensed add-on aimed at Nimble cards and analytics
- − No documented export of a retro board in any format
- − Thin direct-integration story for the agile stack — no documented Jira, GitHub, Linear, or Azure DevOps hooks for the retro module
- − Participants are limited to members of the Nimble project the retro is created from
- − NimbleRetro's own pricing page is demo-gated; the only published rate card is the Nimble suite's ($10/user/mo Team, $26/user/mo Business)
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