NimbleRetro
3.8Time-boxed retros with 5-Why root cause analysis
NimbleRetro is the retrospective module inside NimbleWork's broader Nimble agile platform. It runs a time-boxed retro through Icebreaker, Ideate, Group, Vote, Discuss and Feedback stages, ending in a 5-Why root cause drill-down on whatever the team voted up. Action items created in the Discuss stage convert directly into Nimble work items (user stories, cards) in the project the retro was created from. There is no separate purchase — Retrospectives ship to every Public SaaS Nimble account by default.
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TeamRetro
8.8Retrospectives, health checks, estimations and standups in one suite
TeamRetro pairs structured retrospectives with longitudinal team health checks and planning-poker estimations, aimed at agile organisations running multiple teams under a coach or programme. An in-meeting AI assistant (trAI, still in beta) and a GA MCP server are included on every paid plan.
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NimbleRetro scores 3.8 overall and is best for small agile teams already inside the Nimble suite that want a structured, time-boxed retro ending in a real root cause analysis, with the follow-up landing in the same backlog they already work from. It offers paid plans from $15/mo (up to 20 users).
TeamRetro scores 8.8 overall and is best for agile coaches and engineering managers running ongoing health-check programmes alongside sprint retros. It offers paid plans from $20.83/mo billed annually ($25/mo billed monthly) — Single Team, 1 team, 25 members.
TeamRetro leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations, open platform and enterprise-grade.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, TeamRetro edges ahead with an overall score of 8.8. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | NimbleRetro | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Any |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Free limit | Free trial only; no permanent free tier published for the retro module. The suite pricing page's only $0 plan (10 users / 10 projects) sits in a tier table hidden on every device, and Retrospectives appear in neither the live tier table nor the suite's full feature-comparison table | No free plan — 30-day trial, no credit card required |
| Starting price | $15/mo (up to 20 users) | $20.83/mo billed annually ($25/mo billed monthly) — Single Team, 1 team, 25 members |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $240/mo (24 users x $10/user/mo Nimble Team tier); NimbleRetro's own $15/mo plan caps at 20 users and no larger standalone tier is published | $50/mo billed annually ($60/mo billed monthly) — Small Organization plan, a 3-team bundle with unlimited members |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2002 | 2017 |
| HQ | Cupertino, CA, United States | Australia |
| Data residency | United States | United States · European Union |
| Languages | English only | 27 (English, Arabic, Czech, …) |
| Export formats | — | Excel · CSV · PDF · Markdown · Email · Image · Confluence · Notion |
| Features | 21 | 70 |
| Integrations | 4 | 15 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | NimbleRetro | TeamRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Health Checks | — | ✓ |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | — | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | — | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓note | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓note | ✓ |
| Icebreaker games | — | ✓note |
| Agile Estimations | — | ✓ |
| Team Kudos | — | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | ✓ |
| AI Summaries | — | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | ✓ |
| In-meeting AI assistant | — | ✓note |
| Action dashboard | ✓note | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | ✓ |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ |
| Basecamp | — | ✓ |
| ClickUp | — | ✓ |
| Confluence | — | ✓ |
| GitHub | ✓note | ✓ |
| GitLab | ✓note | ✓ |
| Jira | — | ✓ |
| Linear | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓note | ✓ |
| Monday.com | — | ✓ |
| Notion | — | ✓ |
| Shortcut | — | ✓ |
| Slack | ✓note | ✓ |
| Trello | — | ✓ |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓note | ✓note |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | — | ✓note |
| ISO 27001 | ✓note | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | ✓note | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✓note | ✓ |
| MCP server | ✓note | ✓ |
NimbleRetro — pros
- + 5-Why root cause analysis is a <em>built-in retro stage</em>, not an afterthought — almost no other retro tool ships one
- + Anonymous voting plus a facilitator-set timer on every stage keeps a 60-minute retro on the rails
- + Action items convert directly into Nimble work items, so follow-up lands in the same backlog the team already works from
- + Included by default in every Public SaaS Nimble account — no separate purchase, no tier upgrade, available to all user roles
- + NimbleWork, Inc. holds its own SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 attestations, with reports on request through its trust center, and supports SAMLv2/ADFSv3 SSO
NimbleRetro — cons
- − The dedicated NimbleRetro iOS and Android apps have been delisted from both the App Store and Google Play, while the product pages still advertise them
- − No health checks, no recurring retros, no async mode, and no documented export of a retro board in any format
- − The platform surface — REST API, outgoing webhooks and the new Nimble MCP server — reaches Nimble cards only; none of it touches a retro, and no AI runs on retro data despite the Retrium comparison page ticking <em>Generative AI</em>
- − Participants are limited to members of the Nimble project the retro was created from, and the module is unavailable outside Public SaaS
- − No rate card: the only NimbleRetro-specific price NimbleWork publishes ($15/mo for up to 20 users) sits on a blog post, and the retro 'pricing' page is a product page with a demo form
TeamRetro — pros
- + Health checks and maturity models as a first-class module — custom dimensions, radar charts, trends across sprints
- + Retrospectives, health checks and planning-poker estimation on one subscription
- + SAML SSO, RBAC and US-or-EU hosting on <em>every</em> plan, not just Enterprise
- + GA MCP server, team-level API keys and HMAC-signed webhooks on all plans; 15 native agile-stack integrations plus Zapier and n8n
- + <em>trAI</em> in-meeting assistant (beta) on trial and paid plans, plus 18 in-meeting icebreaker games on every account
TeamRetro — cons
- − No free tier — 30-day trial, then a paid plan
- − The SOC 2 Type 2 report is Enterprise-only; lower tiers get the SOC 3 report instead
- − SCIM, IP allowlisting, domain capture and guest/observer roles are Enterprise-only, and audit logs are on request rather than self-serve
- − Cross-team insights, reports and programs (team-of-teams) require Enterprise
- − ISO 27001 is inherited from AWS, and hosting is US or EU only — no APAC region despite the Australian HQ
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