Retrospected vs RetroTool

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.

RetroTool is a web tool for running retrospectives with remote or hybrid teams. Teams can start with Mad | Sad | Glad, Liked | Learned | Lacked, or Start | Stop | Continue templates. Participants can draft cards in private sections and move them into a public section. Voting includes dot and secret voting, with controls for the number of votes allowed per participant, column, and card. Teams can turn discussion into action points, assign a responsible teammate, and set a due date. A timer is among the facilitation tools. Paid plans add facilitator-only moderation, readiness checks, read-only locking, and private, invite-only retrospectives; the Company plan adds zero-knowledge encryption with custom passwords. The Anonymous plan costs nothing and keeps data for up to 12 months. Individual costs $10 a month per team, and Company costs $20 a month per team. RetroTool offers a 90-day trial. The maker says u2i first created the tool for its own remote retrospectives before offering it to others.