EasyRetro is a web tool for sprint retrospectives and other collaborative exercises. Teams can start with private or public boards built from more than 100 templates, then add unlimited columns and change their names and colors. Participants can add cards, comment, vote, sort and filter text, move cards by drag-and-drop, or merge them. Teams can invite unlimited people to collaborate. Boards can be exported to Confluence or as PDF, CSV, PNG, Excel, and DOCX files; action items can be exported as Jira issues. Listed integrations include Slack, Jira Cloud, Confluence Cloud, Trello, and Microsoft Teams. Its Slack integration can post a notice and board link to a selected channel when a board is created. EasyRetro offers a free plan and a 7-day free trial. The maker says data is hosted on Firebase and Google Cloud in US Central, encrypted in transit and at rest, and backed up daily with encrypted backups retained for 30 days. Large enterprise accounts can use SAML single sign-on.
Who it is for
It suits teams running retrospectives or other group exercises who want configurable boards and broad collaboration. Teams that use the listed project and communication integrations may find the export and integration options useful.
What is good
- More than 100 predefined board templates.
- Unlimited columns can be renamed and recolored.
- Teams can invite unlimited collaborators.
- Action items can be exported as Jira issues.
- Offers a free plan and a 7-day free trial.
What to know first
- SAML single sign-on is offered for large enterprise accounts.
- Encrypted backups are retained for 30 days.
Verdict
EasyRetro provides flexible boards, collaboration tools, and several export and integration options for group exercises. Its security details include encryption and daily backups, while SAML is reserved for large enterprise accounts.
Compared on retrospective software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Retro templates
- Yes
- Anonymous feedback
- Yes
- Voting
- Yes
- Action tracking
- Yes
- Delivery modes
- both
- Integrations
- Yes
