Prices checked October 2026
Retrospective Tool Pricing Compared (October 2026)
Retrospective tools are priced in two ways: a flat price per team, or a price per user. This page compares the free plans, paid entry prices and real monthly cost of seven tools, using each vendor's own pricing page.
Summary
- Most generous free plan: Nextretro, with unlimited boards and participants, no participant sign-up.
- Cheapest paid plan for a 10-25 person team: Nextretro Pro at $16.67/month on annual billing, flat, followed by TeamRetro at $20.83/month.
- Broadest agile toolkit: TeamRetro and Parabol, which add health checks, standups and estimation.
- Enterprise controls (SSO, SCIM): Parabol Enterprise, Neatro Pro and EasyRetro Large Business.
- AI assistant access (MCP): Nextretro.
Pricing at a glance
| Tool | Pricing model | Free plan | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nextretro | flat per team | Unlimited boards and participants, no participant sign-up, all templates, export, MCP server | $20/month flat, or $200/year, no per-seat fees |
| EasyRetro | flat per team | 1 public board per month, 1 survey per board, no team boards | €23/month billed annually (Team, 1 team) |
| TeamRetro | flat per team | 30-day free trial, no permanent free plan | $20.83/month billed annually ($250/year, 1 team, up to 25 members) |
| Neatro | flat per team | Up to 10 members, 30-day history | $23.20/month per team billed annually (Premium) |
| Retrium | per team room | 30-day free trial | $39 per team room/month (Team) |
| Parabol | per active user | Up to 2 teams, 10 meetings per month, 30-day history | $8 per active user/month (Team) |
| Spreo (formerly Metro Retro) | per member | No free plan listed | $4 per member/month billed annually (Starter) |
Monthly cost by team size
Entry paid plan for one team, using the annual price where one is offered. Free plans are compared in the table above.
| Tool | 5 people | 10 people | 25 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nextretro | $16.67 | $16.67 | $16.67 |
| EasyRetro | €23 | €23 | €23 |
| TeamRetro | $20.83 | $20.83 | $20.83 |
| Neatro | $23.20 | $23.20 | $23.20 |
| Retrium | $39 | $39 | $39 |
| Parabol | $40 | $80 | $200 |
| Spreo (formerly Metro Retro) | $20 | $40 | $100 |
Nextretro's free plan already covers any team size; Pro adds workspaces, full history and Jira, Linear or Slack sync. EasyRetro shows prices in euros in Europe.
What Nextretro includes
Free
- Unlimited boards and participants
- Participants join with a link, no sign-up
- Real-time collaboration, voting, comments and anonymous mode
- All retrospective templates
- Export to PDF and Markdown
- History of your 3 most recent boards
- MCP server for Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients
Pro: $20/month flat, or $200/year, no per-seat fees
- Team workspaces and member invites
- Full retro history and team memory
- Create the next board from a previous retro
- Sync action items to Jira, Linear and Slack
When another tool fits better
- EasyRetro: mature product with a large template library.
- TeamRetro: health checks, estimation, standups and maturity models in every plan.
- Neatro: team radars alongside retrospectives.
- Retrium: structured, facilitator-led techniques.
- Parabol: retros plus standups, check-ins and sprint poker.
- Spreo (formerly Metro Retro): freeform visual whiteboard boards.
Not in Nextretro yet
- SAML SSO and SCIM
- SOC 2 report
- Health checks, standups and planning poker
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest retrospective tool for a team?
- Nextretro's free plan has no limit on boards or participants, so a team can run every retro without paying. For paid plans, flat team pricing is cheapest once a team has more than a handful of people: Nextretro Pro is $16.67/month on annual billing whatever the team size, compared with $80/month for 10 people on Parabol's $8 per active user plan.
- Which retrospective tools have a free plan?
- Nextretro (unlimited boards and participants), Parabol (2 teams, 10 meetings a month), Neatro (up to 10 members, 30-day history) and EasyRetro (1 public board a month) have permanent free plans. TeamRetro and Retrium offer 30-day trials instead. Spreo does not list a free plan.
- Is flat or per-user pricing better for retrospectives?
- Flat pricing is usually better, because retros work best when everyone joins, including guests and occasional participants. Per-user plans make each extra participant cost more. Per-user pricing only wins for very small teams of two or three people.
- Which retrospective tool works with AI assistants like Claude or Cursor?
- Nextretro has a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, so MCP clients such as Claude, Cursor and Windsurf can create boards, read cards, summarise themes and update action items with the permissions of the signed-in user.
- Do participants need an account?
- Not on Nextretro: participants join a board from a shared link without signing up. Most per-user tools require each participant to be a member, which is what they bill on.
Try Nextretro free
Start a board, share the link, and run your next retro. No credit card, no participant sign-up.
Create a free boardPrices come from each vendor's public pricing page on 2026-10-05 and may have changed since. Product names are trademarks of their owners. Nextretro publishes this comparison; tell us at info@nextretro.io if anything is out of date.