Retrospective Lab vs. EasyRetro — which retro tool fits your team?
EasyRetro is one of the longest-running retrospective tools on the market, with a large community of Scrum Masters worldwide. But teams that work privacy-first, want measurable results, or prefer to keep their data in Europe run into limitations.
Retrospective Lab was built by Scrum Masters who knew exactly those frustrations. In this comparison we place both tools side by side honestly — so you can make the choice that fits your team.
| Feature | Retrospective Lab | EasyRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 1 facilitator, 3 retros/month, unlimited participants | 1 board per month, 1 survey per month |
| Paid price | €27/facilitator/mo or €79 flat (up to 5); ~2 months free annually | €26–€94/mo per workspace (Team/Business/Large; ~2 months free annually) |
| Participants pay? | Never | Never |
| Account for participants? | Not required | Not required |
| EU hosting | Always, app and data | GCP (US servers) |
| GDPR data processing agreement | Yes | Available but data in US |
| Sprint KPI dashboard | Velocity, defect flow, action tracking | Not available |
| Planning Poker | Built-in (Pro) | External via PlanitPoker |
| Working Agreements | Built-in (Pro) | Not available |
| Jira integration | Pro | Yes |
| Slack integration | Roadmap | Yes |
| Templates | 70+ | 200+ |
| AI features | Roadmap | Board summary (Jan. 2024) |
| Languages | 4 (NL, EN, ES, DE) | 2 (EN, PT) |
| Anonymous voting & writing | Per toggle | Yes |
| Guests without account | Yes | Yes |
Free plan
Retrospective Lab
1 facilitator, 3 retros/month, unlimited participants
EasyRetro
1 board per month, 1 survey per month
Paid price
Retrospective Lab
€27/facilitator/mo or €79 flat (up to 5); ~2 months free annually
EasyRetro
€26–€94/mo per workspace (Team/Business/Large; ~2 months free annually)
Participants pay?
Retrospective Lab
Never
EasyRetro
Never
Account for participants?
Retrospective Lab
Not required
EasyRetro
Not required
EU hosting
Retrospective Lab
Always, app and data
EasyRetro
GCP (US servers)
GDPR data processing agreement
Retrospective Lab
Yes
EasyRetro
Available but data in US
Sprint KPI dashboard
Retrospective Lab
Velocity, defect flow, action tracking
EasyRetro
Not available
Planning Poker
Retrospective Lab
Built-in (Pro)
EasyRetro
External via PlanitPoker
Working Agreements
Retrospective Lab
Built-in (Pro)
EasyRetro
Not available
Jira integration
Retrospective Lab
Pro
EasyRetro
Yes
Slack integration
Retrospective Lab
Roadmap
EasyRetro
Yes
Templates
Retrospective Lab
70+
EasyRetro
200+
AI features
Retrospective Lab
Roadmap
EasyRetro
Board summary (Jan. 2024)
Languages
Retrospective Lab
4 (NL, EN, ES, DE)
EasyRetro
2 (EN, PT)
Anonymous voting & writing
Retrospective Lab
Per toggle
EasyRetro
Yes
Guests without account
Retrospective Lab
Yes
EasyRetro
Yes
In-depth comparison
Free plan: who is truly more generous?
EasyRetro has a free tier, but it is more restrictive than it looks. You get 1 public board per month and can only keep 1 board on your dashboard. For a team running bi-weekly retros, that plan is exhausted after just one sprint.
Retrospective Lab's free plan offers 3 retros per month — 3× more than EasyRetro's 1 board/month. One facilitator can create a board every sprint, use all 70+ templates, and invite unlimited participants — without ever paying. That plan stays free forever.
💡Retrospective Lab's free plan is suitable for day-to-day use. EasyRetro's is suitable for a one-off trial.
Data location and GDPR
EasyRetro runs on Google Cloud Platform. Your data is processed on US servers, with a Data Processing Agreement that uses Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for EU transfers. That is legally possible, but European DPAs have repeatedly stated that SCCs under systematic US transfers face pressure under Schrems II.
Retrospective Lab runs exclusively on European servers. Your retro data never leaves the EU. For teams in education, government, healthcare, or financial services this is not a detail — it is a requirement.
💡If GDPR compliance is a genuine requirement (not just a checkbox), choose a tool whose data never leaves the EU.
Measurability: what does a retro actually deliver?
This is where the tools differ most. EasyRetro is a retro board tool. You create a board, your team writes sticky notes, you vote, you close with actions. It does that well. But whether those actions delivered results the next sprint — EasyRetro does not measure that.
Retrospective Lab has a sprint KPI dashboard. You see per sprint the velocity trend, defect net-flow, and what percentage of actions were completed on time. You connect retro outcomes to measurable sprint numbers. We call this the closed loop: from insight to action to evidence.
💡If you want to prove that retrospectives work — to your team, your manager, or yourself — Retrospective Lab has a unique feature that EasyRetro does not offer.
All-in-one vs. retro-only
EasyRetro does one thing: retros. That is also its strength — the tool is fast, familiar, and has little learning curve. But for Planning Poker you need an external tool (PlanitPoker), for Working Agreements a separate document, for sprint analysis Jira or Excel.
Retrospective Lab bundles four Scrum ceremonies in one platform: retro boards, Planning Poker, Working Agreements, and a Jira integration for story point estimation. Your Scrum Master no longer has to switch between tools. Pro costs €27/facilitator/mo or €79 flat for teams with up to 5 facilitators.
💡For teams that want to facilitate multiple Agile ceremonies digitally, Retrospective Lab offers more value per euro.
Languages
EasyRetro is available in English and Portuguese. Retrospective Lab supports Dutch, English, Spanish, and German. For Belgian, Dutch, Spanish-speaking, or German-speaking teams, that makes a practical difference in accessibility for participants.
💡Does your team work across multiple languages or countries? Retrospective Lab is available in 4 European languages.
Integrations
EasyRetro scores stronger here: Jira, Slack, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, and Trello are all available. Retrospective Lab currently offers a Jira integration (Pro) and has Slack on the roadmap.
If Slack notifications or Teams integration are a requirement for your workflow, EasyRetro is the better choice today. Want to revisit that trade-off in 6 months? Keep an eye on the Retrospective Lab roadmap.
💡For broad integrations, EasyRetro scores higher today. Retrospective Lab is catching up on the roadmap.
Choose EasyRetro if…
- •You want a simple, familiar retro tool with a minimal learning curve
- •Slack and Confluence integrations are essential today
- •You have no GDPR requirements around data location
- •You want a large template library (200+) without paying
Choose Retrospective Lab if…
- ✓You want your data to stay in Europe (GDPR, government, healthcare, finance)
- ✓You want to measure whether retros actually deliver results in sprint metrics
- ✓You want Planning Poker and Working Agreements in the same tool as your retros
- ✓You want 3 retros/month free — 3× more than EasyRetro
- ✓Your team is partly Dutch-, Spanish-, or German-speaking
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