A quick note before we begin: this comparison is written by the ScrumTool team, so read it with appropriate skepticism. We've tried to be fair about where the alternatives are genuinely better, but you should also look at independent reviews and try the tools yourself before committing. All three have free tiers — trial costs are low.
With that said, here's an honest breakdown of how ScrumTool, EasyRetro, and TeamRetro compare on the dimensions that matter most to agile teams.
What Each Tool Is Trying to Be
EasyRetro (formerly FunRetro) is, as the name suggests, focused on ease of use. It's a retro-only tool with a clean interface, minimal setup, and good adoption among teams new to digital retrospectives. It does one thing and tries to do it simply.
TeamRetro is a more feature-complete retro tool, with facilitator controls, team health surveys, action tracking, and integrations with tools like Jira and Slack. It's positioned as the enterprise-grade choice in the retro-only category.
ScrumTool covers all three Scrum ceremonies — retro boards, planning poker, and async standup — in one platform, with AI built into each. It's positioned as an all-in-one ceremony platform rather than a retro-only specialist.
Retrospective Features
On core retro features, all three tools do the basics well: multiple templates, anonymous mode, dot-voting, action items. The differences are in the details.
EasyRetro has the cleanest onboarding — a new user can run their first retro in under five minutes. The card-writing experience is smooth, and the interface is intuitive. Where EasyRetro falls short is in facilitator controls (less granular than TeamRetro or ScrumTool) and in AI features (none, as of 2026).
TeamRetro has the most comprehensive retro feature set of the three — team health surveys, multi-session history, robust Jira integration, and fine-grained facilitator controls. If retro features are the primary selection criterion and you're willing to pay for a retro-focused tool, TeamRetro is competitive.
ScrumTool covers the core retro features — templates including SSC, Mad/Sad/Glad, 4Ls, DAKI, Sailboat, and custom; anonymous mode; facilitator reveal controls; dot-voting; action items in a sidebar; guest invite via share link; and AI summary generated by Claude on board close. The AI summary is a meaningful differentiator — it's not a simple keyword extraction, it's a genuine analysis of themes, sentiment, and recommendations for next sprint.
Planning Poker
EasyRetro does not offer planning poker. TeamRetro does not offer planning poker. ScrumTool does — with multiple decks, hidden card selection, simultaneous reveal, and realtime updates for remote teams. If planning poker is part of your ceremony toolkit, it's a significant consideration: ScrumTool is the only option of the three that covers it.
Async Standup
Neither EasyRetro nor TeamRetro offers async standup. ScrumTool's async standup allows teams to configure questions once and collect submissions from team members on their own schedule, with an AI digest (Team plan) that surfaces blockers and patterns. For distributed teams managing daily standups across timezones, this is a significant gap in the alternatives.
AI Features
This is where the comparison is most clear-cut. EasyRetro has no AI features. TeamRetro has limited AI summarisation in some tiers. ScrumTool uses Claude to generate retro summaries (themes, sentiment, recommendations), and is building standup digests and additional AI analysis into the platform.
The quality of the AI output matters here, not just its presence. ScrumTool's summaries are generated by claude-sonnet, one of the strongest models for nuanced text analysis. The output is consistently more insightful than keyword-based summarisation, which is what most retro tool AI features produce.
Pricing
All three tools have free tiers. EasyRetro's free tier is reasonably generous for small teams. TeamRetro's paid plans start around $25/month for a small team. ScrumTool's free tier covers three retro boards, three poker sessions, one standup config, and unlimited team members — adequate for small teams. Pro is $12/month, Team is $29/month.
The value calculation depends significantly on whether you're replacing one tool (a retro-only tool) or three (retro + poker + standup). If your team currently uses separate tools for each ceremony, consolidating to ScrumTool at $29/month for the Team plan likely produces cost savings alongside the convenience of a unified platform.
The Honest Recommendation
Choose EasyRetro if you need the lowest possible friction for getting a team started with digital retros and have no requirement for AI, poker, or standup. It's the simplest on-ramp.
Choose TeamRetro if retros are your primary focus, you need deep Jira integration, and you want the most comprehensive retro feature set without the scope of an all-in-one platform.
Choose ScrumTool if you want AI-powered retrospectives, need planning poker or async standup alongside your retros, or want to run all three ceremonies from one platform. The all-in-one proposition is particularly strong for teams that have been juggling multiple tools and paying for each separately.
All three are free to try. The best way to choose is to run one sprint on your shortlist and see which one the team actually wants to keep using.