Free retrospective tools at a glance

If your team works in Slack or Microsoft Teams and tracks work in Jira, start with Troopr: its Free plan runs the whole retro in Slack or Microsoft Teams for up to 10 seats, and in Slack any action item can become a Jira issue. If you want a retro board in the browser, Parabol covers the most meeting types for free (2 teams, unlimited users, 10 meetings a month), Neatro gives a team of 10 unlimited retros, and RetroTool's anonymous retro and IdeaBoardz cost nothing for a quick board.

The table shows what each free plan includes and the limit your team will hit first.

Free plans change often, so check the date. EasyRetro's free plan is now 1 public board a month and Kollabe's is 4 retros a month, both tighter than a roundup from July still says, and GoRetro no longer has a free plan at all.

How to pick a free retrospective tool

Four questions settle it faster than a feature list.

• Which limit will you hit first? A team on two-week sprints runs 2 or 3 retros a month, so a plan capped at 1 board or 1 retro a month fails by the second sprint. Count your teams, your participants and how long you need the history.
• Where does the team answer? A browser board waits for people to open the link. A retro in Slack or Teams comes to each person at their local time and reminds anyone who hasn't answered, so people in other time zones answer when they reach a stopping point.
• Is it private, and can it be anonymous? EasyRetro's free boards are public. Anonymous answers are where the honest ones come from.
• Where do the action items go? Takeaways that stay on a board are forgotten by the next sprint. The retro that changes something is the one whose action items land in Jira, next to the rest of the work.

The 10 best free retrospective tools in 2026

1. Troopr: free retros in Slack and Microsoft Teams

Troopr is the AI project management agent for engineering teams, and Retrospective is one of its five check-ins, next to the Automated Standup, Task check-in, Planning Poker and Team Mood. The retro runs where the team already talks: Troopr asks the questions in Slack or Microsoft Teams at each person's local time, reminds anyone who hasn't answered, and can collect the answers anonymously.

When it closes, the report lands in the team channel with an AI summary of the themes, blockers and action items. Then comes the part most free retro plans leave to you: in Slack, any action item can become a Jira issue from the report, and the item shows the new issue key, so the follow-up sits in the sprint with the rest of the work. Every retro stays in History and Insights, with PDF export.

Free plan: 10 seats, every feature, unlimited teams and check-ins, free forever and no credit card. A seat is someone who takes action, like answering a check-in; people who only read the report are free. Standard is $6 per seat/month billed annually, or $8 monthly.

Why it's first: it is the only tool here where the retro runs inside Slack or Teams, in Slack the action items go straight into Jira, and the same free app runs your standups and planning poker. Its standup writes itself from each person's Jira, GitHub and Slack activity. Jivox runs its engineering standups and retrospectives asynchronously with Troopr, one of 600+ enterprise deployments.

Best for: engineering teams in Slack or Microsoft Teams that track work in Jira. Start for Free

2. Parabol: the most meeting types on a free plan

Parabol's Starter plan is free for up to 2 teams with unlimited users, and covers retrospectives, standups, check-ins and sprint poker, with 90+ meeting templates and AI discussion prompts. It is open source and integrates with Jira, GitHub, Slack and Mattermost (Parabol pricing).

The limit: 10 meetings a month and 30 days of meeting history. The Team plan is $8 per active user per month.

Best for: teams that want a guided, structured retro in the browser.

3. Neatro: unlimited retros for a team of 10

Neatro's Free plan is built for a small team: up to 10 members, unlimited retrospectives and team radars, 70+ retrospective templates and basic facilitation tools (Neatro pricing).

The limit: 30 days of data history, so last quarter's retros are gone. Premium is $23.20 per team a month, billed annually ($278.40 a year).

Best for: one small team that runs a retro every sprint.

4. Reetro: three small teams on one free plan

Reetro's free forever plan covers 3 teams of up to 9 members each, 10 active boards, one health check a month and self-service support (Reetro plans).

The limit: 10 active boards and no AI features on Free. PRO is $10 per team per month, and PRO Unlimited is $49 a month for a whole organization.

Best for: two or three small squads with no budget.

5. Kollabe: no signup for anyone

Kollabe's Free plan needs no signup: up to 10 participants per retro, basic retrospectives and 7 days of meeting history (Kollabe pricing).

The limit: 4 retrospectives a month. Premium is $29 per space a month, or $290 a year, for unlimited retros and participants.

Best for: a team that wants zero setup and retros no more than once a week.

6. EasyRetro: the fastest one-off board

EasyRetro is the board FunRetro users know: funretro.io now redirects to it. Free accounts can create 1 public board a month with unlimited participants, and participants don't need an account (EasyRetro pricing).

The limit: one board a month, and the board is public. Paid plans start at US$21 a month billed annually.

Best for: an occasional retro with a large group.

7. RetroTool: anonymous retros that cost nothing

RetroTool's anonymous retro is free forever, with unlimited cards, columns, action points and participants (RetroTool pricing).

The limit: boards are stored for up to 12 months. Paid plans from $10 per month per team add team management, facilitation tools and a permanent archive.

Best for: quick, throwaway retros where anonymity matters.

8. IdeaBoardz: the simplest shared board

IdeaBoardz is a plain board: name it, pick 1 to 10 sections, share the URL, and export the result as PDF or Xls. The community awesome-retrospectives list on GitHub marks it as totally free.

The limit: the site lists no templates, history or integrations.

Best for: an ad hoc retro when you just need columns and a link.

9. Miro: a whiteboard with retro templates

Miro's Free plan gives you 3 editable boards and 7,000+ Miro and community templates, retrospective ones included (Miro pricing).

The limit: you can create more boards, but only your 3 most recent stay editable. Starter is $8 per member per month billed yearly.

Best for: teams that already plan and diagram in Miro.

10. Confluence: Atlassian's own retrospective template

If you're on Jira, Atlassian's retrospective template lives in Confluence, which is free for up to 10 users with 2 GB of storage (Confluence pricing). The template is a shared page with time-boxed sections that everyone edits at once.

The limit: the template is a page, not a board (Confluence Free also includes 3 active whiteboards per user), and the Free plan stops at 10 users.

Best for: Atlassian teams that keep retro notes next to their other Confluence pages.

Popular retro tools with no free plan

Three well-known retro tools have no permanent free plan, only a 30-day trial:

• TeamRetro: a 30-day free trial, then from US$20.83 a month billed annually for one team of up to 25 members (TeamRetro pricing).
• Retrium: a 30-day free trial, then $39 per Team Room a month (Retrium pricing).
• GoRetro: a 30-day free trial, then Premium at $29 per team a month billed annually (GoRetro pricing). Older lists still call it free.

If the budget is zero, start with the ten above.

Which free retrospective tool should you pick?

• Your team works in Slack or Microsoft Teams and tracks work in Jira: Troopr. The retro, the standup and planning poker run in one free app, and in Slack the action items land in Jira.
• You want a structured retro in the browser for up to 2 teams: Parabol.
• One team of up to 10 runs a retro every sprint: Neatro.
• You run two or three small squads: Reetro.
• You need a quick board with no setup: RetroTool (anonymous), Kollabe or IdeaBoardz.
• Your team already lives in Miro or Confluence: use their retrospective templates.

For more ways to run the retro inside Slack, see our comparison of retrospective bots for Slack, and for the meeting itself, how to run online retrospectives that lead to change and how we run retrospectives as a remote team.

How to run a free retrospective in Troopr

Add Troopr from the Slack App Directory or the Atlassian Marketplace and connect Jira. Then set up the retro in three steps:

1. Name it, and set the schedule and participants.
2. Pick the retrospective questions.
3. Choose where the report goes and how long to wait for answers.

At the scheduled time, Troopr asks each person the questions at their local time. They answer when they reach a stopping point, and anyone who hasn't answered gets a reminder.

When the retro closes, the report posts to the team channel with an AI summary of themes, blockers and action items. In Slack, any action item can become a Jira issue, with the project, issue type and assignee set as you create it.

Every retro stays in History, so the team can see what it committed to last time. It's free for 10 seats with no credit card. Start for Free

Free retrospective tools: FAQ

What is the best free retrospective tool?

It depends on where your team works. For teams in Slack or Microsoft Teams that track work in Jira, Troopr's Free plan runs the retro in chat for up to 10 seats, and in Slack turns action items into Jira issues. For a browser board, Parabol's free plan covers 2 teams and 10 meetings a month, and Neatro gives a team of 10 unlimited retros.

Is Reetro free?

Yes. Reetro has a free forever plan for 3 teams of up to 9 members each, with 10 active boards and one health check a month, and no AI features. Paid plans start at $10 per team per month.

Can you run a retrospective in Jira for free?

Atlassian's own retrospective template is in Confluence, which is free for up to 10 users. To run the retro where your team already talks, Troopr's Free plan runs retrospectives in Slack and Microsoft Teams for up to 10 seats, and in Slack any action item can become a Jira issue.

What tools can I use to hold a sprint retrospective meeting?

Three kinds: retro boards in the browser (Parabol, Neatro, Reetro, Kollabe, EasyRetro, RetroTool, IdeaBoardz), whiteboards and documents with retro templates (Miro, Confluence), and retros that run inside Slack or Microsoft Teams (Troopr).

Which free retrospective tools work without an account?

Kollabe needs no signup for anyone, and EasyRetro participants join without an account, though the facilitator needs a free one. QuickRetro, an open source retro app, needs no signup or login.

Is there an open source retrospective tool?

Yes. Parabol is open source with fully auditable code, and QuickRetro is a free, open source retro app you host yourself.