Overview
Reetro is a Copenhagen-based retrospective tool that has quietly grown to over a million users across 174 countries. It leads with security: ISO-27001 certification, SOC 2 compliance, AES-256 encryption, and an on-premises deployment option.
If you work in healthcare, finance, government, or defense, you know how this goes. Procurement asks about data residency. Compliance wants to see certifications. IT security needs encryption docs. Reetro actually has answers. Most retro tools don't.
What caught me off guard is everything else. Behind the security story there are 20+ templates, AI meeting summaries with sentiment analysis, a dedicated action tracker that exports to Jira and Azure DevOps, and you can run full retros inside Slack or Microsoft Teams. I expected a bare-bones security wrapper. Instead it's a proper retrospective platform that happens to be serious about compliance.
The free plan, though, is more of a taste test. Nine members, ten boards, no anonymous mode, no integrations. You'll bump into those limits fast. And Reetro only does retrospectives. If you need planning poker, standups, or sprint planning, you'll need a second tool.
Note on the domain: The correct URL is reetro.io, not reetro.com. The .com goes somewhere unrelated.
Pros
- ISO-27001 certified and SOC 2 compliant — rare among dedicated retro tools
- On-premises deployment for full data sovereignty
- AI summaries with sentiment analysis and emotional dynamics tracking
- Slack and Teams integrations let you run retros without leaving your chat tool
- Per-team pricing, not per-user — predictable costs as teams grow
Cons
- Anonymous mode locked behind the Pro plan — free users can't hide their names
- No planning poker, standups, or ceremonies beyond retros
- Basic voting only (thumbs up/down) — no configurable vote limits
- No native mobile apps
- Free plan is restrictive: 9 members, 10 boards, no integrations
Key Features
Security and Compliance
Reetro holds ISO-27001 certification and claims SOC 2 compliance. That combination is rare among dedicated retro tools. Miro and MURAL have their own enterprise security credentials, but they come with enterprise pricing and aren't built specifically for retrospectives.
ISO-27001 certified and SOC 2 compliant with on-premises deployment available. If your team has been blocked by procurement, Reetro is built to clear that bar.
AES-256 encryption covers data at rest, HTTPS handles transit, and the Business plan adds on-premises deployment for organizations that won't put data in someone else's cloud. If your team has been running retros in spreadsheets because nothing could pass the security review, this is the tool that might finally get through.
Reetro is also GDPR-compliant and says all their third-party services are too.
AI Meeting Summaries
After each session, Reetro generates a meeting summary that covers sentiment analysis, emotional dynamics, and the main takeaways. You get a read on how the team felt, not just what they typed. Sometimes that's the more useful output.
Card grouping is AI-powered too, consolidating similar feedback automatically. Saves the facilitator from manually dragging cards around for ten minutes. Monthly reports track trends across retros, and there's an organizational insights view for spotting patterns across multiple teams.
ScatterSpoke goes deeper on cross-team analytics, but Reetro's AI does more than you'd expect given the price point.
Integrations
Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, and Trello all get one-click action item export. Finish a retro, click export, action items land in your project tracker.
You can run full retrospectives inside Slack or Microsoft Teams without leaving your chat tool. Not just notifications — actual retro sessions.
The Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations are the more interesting ones. You can run full retrospectives, collect feedback, and track action items without leaving either app. If your distributed team already lives in Slack or Teams, that's one less tab to manage.
Gmail and Outlook integrations cover summaries and calendar scheduling. ClickUp and Miro integrations are listed as "coming soon" but aren't live yet. No GitHub or Linear integration.
Action Tracker
The action tracker works across boards. Set status, deadlines, and priorities for each item, then export to Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or Trello. Most retro action items die on the retro board because nobody transfers them. The one-click export at least solves the handoff problem.
Templates and Board Types
Three board formats: Standard (traditional columns), Phased (structured step-by-step progression), and Whiteboard (freeform). There are 20+ predefined templates, the usual suspects like Start/Stop/Continue, Mad/Sad/Glad, Rose/Bud/Thorn, SWOT, 4Ls, DAKI. You can save your own boards as custom templates.
Cards come in six types: text, action items, kudos, polls, drawings, and GIFs. The GIF and drawing cards are fun for keeping energy up in longer sessions.
Anonymous Mode
Anonymous mode is locked behind the Pro plan. Free users can't hide their names — a strange choice for a tool focused on trust and candor.
Anonymous feedback via a "Make Me Anonymous" toggle. Worth noting: this is a paid feature. The free plan does not include anonymous mode, which is a real limitation for teams that need candid feedback but aren't ready to commit to a paid plan. EasyRetro and GoRetro both offer anonymous on their free tiers.
Team Health Checks
Health checks and polls let you track team sentiment over time. Free plan gets one per month; paid plans unlock the advanced checks. Retrium does something similar with Team Radar and presents the data better, but Reetro's version gets the job done.
Facilitation Controls
The person running the retro gets a "Swiss Timer" for time-boxing, hand-raising to manage who talks next, and card masking to keep responses hidden until discussion time. Presentation mode cleans up the UI and lets you filter by user, column, or card. There's also background music and confetti, if your team is into that.
Pricing
Reetro prices per team, not per user. Costs stay flat as your team grows within a tier.
- Free: $0/month. 3 teams, 9 members per team, 10 active boards, 6 columns per retro, 1 health check/month. Basic exports (CSV, TXT, DOCX). No anonymous mode, no integrations, limited AI. Email support with 6-hour response time.
- Pro: $39/month per team ($32/month billed annually). 60 members, 60 active boards, 3 admins. Adds Jira/Azure/Confluence integrations, anonymous retros, advanced polls and health checks, card masking. Email, live chat, and phone support.
- Business: $67/month per team ($55/month billed annually). 180 members (customizable), 100 active boards, 6 admins. AI-based advanced reporting, on-premises deployment, tailored onboarding, dedicated account manager, 24/7 support.
- Enterprise: Custom pricing. Contact sales.
The free tier is fine for kicking the tires, but between the 9-member cap and no anonymous mode, most teams will outgrow it in a sprint or two. Jumping to Pro at $32-39/month per team feels steep for basic retros. It makes more sense once you need integrations and anonymous feedback.
The Business tier at $55-67/month costs more than Neatro or Metro Retro. You're paying for the security stack: on-premises deployment, certifications, enterprise support. Worth it if those boxes need checking. If they don't, look elsewhere.
Ease of Use
The interface works. It's not as polished as Miro or as playful as Metro Retro, but nothing feels broken. Create a board, pick a template, collect feedback, discuss, capture actions. The phased board type adds some structure if you want a guided progression.
There's a scheduler that auto-creates boards on a recurring cadence, so you don't have to manually set one up every sprint. Small feature, but it adds up over months of retros.
No native mobile apps, and the site doesn't mention responsive mobile support. Laptop or desktop only, basically.
Who Is It Best For?
Reetro fits well for:
- Organizations in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, government, defense) where ISO-27001 and SOC 2 are table stakes
- Teams that need on-premises deployment for data sovereignty
- Distributed teams living in Slack or Microsoft Teams who want retros inside their chat tool
- Scrum masters who value AI-generated insights and sentiment tracking
- Mid-size teams where per-team pricing works out cheaper than per-user models
Skip it if you need ceremonies beyond retrospectives, want anonymous feedback without paying, or need advanced voting mechanics. Teams under strict budget constraints who don't care about compliance will find better value in EasyRetro or GoRetro.
The Verdict
Reetro does more than the security pitch suggests. The compliance stuff, ISO-27001, SOC 2, on-premises deployment, AES-256 encryption, gets it through procurement gates that other retro tools can't clear. And the AI summaries, Slack/Teams integrations, 20+ templates, and action tracker mean you're not sacrificing features to get there.
The frustrations are real too. The free plan is too locked down to properly evaluate. Paywalling anonymous mode on a tool that's supposed to be about trust and candid feedback is a strange choice. And retros are all you get here. No planning poker, no standups, no sprint planning.
If you're in a regulated industry and have been stuck doing retros in spreadsheets because nothing could pass procurement, Reetro is probably the answer. Outside that niche, the competition offers more for less. But within it, nobody else is really trying.