Retro Rabbit
5.6Slack-first retrospectives with async note capture
Retro Rabbit is a Slack-native retrospective tool that lets teams capture notes throughout the sprint with a /retro command, then runs the retro on a synced web board with voting, action items and an optional CarrotIQ AI assistant. <em>Public update cadence appears slow — verify the product is still actively maintained before committing.</em>
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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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Retro Rabbit scores 5.6 overall and is best for slack-centric agile teams that want to capture retro notes continuously through the sprint and run lightweight live or async retros without leaving chat. It offers paid plans from $30/mo.
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.
ScatterSpoke leads on retro toolkit, value, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, ScatterSpoke edges ahead with an overall score of 7.1. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Retro Rabbit | ScatterSpoke |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Retrospectives |
| Team size | Small | Mid-market |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | 1 team, 10 users, unlimited retros, 20 AI reports/month, 90-day history |
| Starting price | $30/mo | $50/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $30/mo | $50/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | — | 2014 |
| HQ | United States | USA |
| Features | 17 | 29 |
| Integrations | 1 | 3 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Retro Rabbit | ScatterSpoke |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓ note | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓ note | ✓ |
| AI action items | ✓ note | ✓ |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | — | ✓ |
| Polling | — | — |
| Action dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | — | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| Jira | — | ✓ |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| GDPR | — | ✓ |
| SSO/SAML/SCIM | ✓ note | ✓ note |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Data residency (US/EU) | — | — |
Retro Rabbit — Pros
- + Genuine Slack-first workflow — capture notes via /retro during the sprint, not just at retro time
- + Reduces recency bias by collecting feedback continuously, not in a 5-minute silent write
- + Simple, opinionated UX with drag/drop grouping and dot voting
- + CarrotIQ AI handles grouping, action items and summaries on the Pro AI plan
- + Per-team flat pricing scales cleanly for small squads
Retro Rabbit — Cons
- − Slack is the only chat/issue-tracker integration — no Jira, Teams, Confluence, GitHub, Linear or Azure DevOps
- − No health checks, team radars or longitudinal trend reporting
- − No org-level dashboards, cross-team rollups or action kanban
- − Enterprise controls are thin: SSO is Enterprise-tier only, no SCIM, no audit logs, no documented GDPR posture
- − Per-team (not per-user) pricing can get expensive at scale across many small teams
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