Ceremonies vs Retrospected

Ceremonies is an open-source toolkit for agile estimation and retrospective sessions, offered as a web service or for self-hosting. Estimation rooms use a Modified Fibonacci deck with a coffee-cup choice; votes remain hidden until reveal, results can be sent to Jira, and sessions synchronize through WebSockets without page refreshes. Earlier estimation rounds can be copied into a Slack summary. Retrospectives use Happy, Sad, and Confused cards, anonymous writing, enforced phases, and action items that continue into the next retrospective. Participants join through a link or room code without creating accounts. The source is MIT-licensed. The hosted service is operated by Shadman Rahman. Its Free plan costs nothing and allows one team, five members, and ten sessions per month. The privacy policy says user data is not sold, used for ads, or used to train AI models.

Retrospected is an online tool for running team retrospectives, available on the web or as a self-hosted edition. Teams can use templates, collect anonymous feedback, vote, and tailor columns, emojis, and the timer. The app is available in 15 languages, with listed integrations for Google Cloud, Slack, GitHub, Markdown, Microsoft, and Okta. Its Basic plan costs nothing and includes unlimited retrospectives, full customisation, Giphy integration, and anonymous accounts, with a 40-post limit. Pro costs $12.90 a month and includes unlimited posts, full data encryption, private sessions, and 20 users. Unlimited costs $49.95 a month and automatically makes users from the customer’s domain Pro. Self Hosted costs $599, paid once; it stores retrospective data on the customer’s servers and includes a user administration tool, Pro access for all users, lifetime updates, and documentation. Encrypted sessions protect post content, actions, and game titles in the browser; the key is not sent to the server. Retrospected Ltd identifies itself as being in London, United Kingdom.