Clear Retro vs Retrospected

Clear Retro is a free web tool for live Agile retrospectives, designed by developers for developers and remote engineering teams. WebSocket synchronization updates teammates’ boards without refreshes, while guest access lets participants join without logging in. Focus Mode blurs cards during writing to reduce groupthink and social bias. Teams can prioritize issues with numerical votes from 0 to 5, then use Gemini AI to categorize and semantically group cards. Templates include Start, Stop, Continue; Mad, Sad, Glad; 4Ls; Lean Coffee; and Sailboat. The tool supports action tracking and exports PDF and Excel reports with AI-generated summaries and sentiment analysis. Its Community Edition costs nothing and includes unlimited boards, members, and history, plus all current features. Clear Retro identifies Gemini AI and Google Cloud Platform (Firebase) for storage, says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and says retrospective data is not used to train Google’s public 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.