EasyRetro vs Mural (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mural grades higher than EasyRetro: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
EasyRetro grades higher on value for money. Mural grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mural
Online whiteboard with built-in facilitation tools for workshops
Which one is for you
Pick EasyRetro if
- Fits if you want a simple retro board at a flat team price
- Works for people who run only one retro a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1 public board a month and no teams
- Skip it if you need SAML SSO, which starts at Large Business, or an audit log, which is Enterprise only
- Watch out: limits are on boards and teams, so a busy company hits them fast
- Watch out: the page shows annual-billing rates, not monthly ones
Pick Mural if
- Fits if you run workshops, retros or design-thinking sessions and need the group to follow you
- Works for large groups, as Free has no member limit, though only 3 murals stay editable
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, with only 3 murals editable at a time and view-only visitors
- Skip it if you want the AI without paying, as Mural AI starts at Team+, $9.99 a member a month
- Pricey if you need SSO or ongoing guests, which start at Business, $17.99 a member a month billed annually only
- Watch out: SCIM, audit logs and data residency are Enterprise only, which has no public price
- Too light for docs, tables or slides on the board, which Miro has and Mural doesn't
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAEasyRetroFair | 2.6GPAMuralGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$23 a month for 1 team on annual billing, about $4.60 a head for a team of five, inside the category's cheaper quarter. | CTeam+ is $9.99 a member a month billed annually, $12 if you pay monthly, which is right at the dear end of normal here: this category's dearer quarter starts at $9.99. SSO and ongoing guests wait for Business at $17.99, annual billing only. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with unlimited participants, but only 1 public board a month and no teams. Monthly plans have a 7-day trial. | CFree has unlimited members and every facilitation tool. But only 3 murals are editable at a time, visitors can look and not edit, and Mural AI isn't in it at all. |
| Features | C100-plus templates, voting, comments, surveys and exports. It does the retro job fully, but plans are limited by boards and teams per month. | BSticky notes, drawing and connected diagrams on an infinite or resizable canvas, 250-plus templates, and a facilitator kit on every plan: summon, timer, anonymous votes, private mode, hidden steps. Mural AI clusters stickies and draws mind maps. The whiteboard job covered, without Miro's docs, tables and slide formats. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You pick a template and set up the board each time. | CNo store rating on record, and this is a web board where the work is building the board: you start from a blank canvas or pick through 250-plus templates and set the session up yourself. One-time visitors can at least join without a paid seat. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it connects to Jira, Slack and Confluence. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, so every device type. Murals open inside Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Webex meetings, and it ties into Jira, Slack, Google Workspace and Confluence, with Asana tasks syncing both ways. |
| Best for | sprint retros at a flat team price | facilitated workshops and retros |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: EasyRetro and Mural. How we grade
Price against what you get
EasyRetro starts at $23 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mural starts at $9.99 a month for each person and scores 3.0.
Mural scores higher and starts $13.01 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 27 score higher than EasyRetro for less, and 2 score higher than Mural for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- EasyRetro also covers surveys.
- Mural also covers whiteboard, mind mapping and diagrams.
At a glance
| EasyRetro | Mural | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $23 per month, billed annually | $9.99 per member / month, billed annually |
| Free plan | 1 public board per month with unlimited participants, no card required. | Unlimited members and unlimited murals, but only 3 editable at a time. Visitors are view-only, rooms are open to the whole workspace, and Mural AI is not included. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on monthly plans | None listed |
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| Made by | EasyRetro | Mural |
| Price read from | easyretro.io | mural.co |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
EasyRetro
- The free plan has no teams and allows only 1 public board per month.
- Plans are limited by public boards and teams per month, not by seats.
- SAML SSO starts at Large Business, and the audit log is on Enterprise only.
- The prices shown are the annual-billing rates; the monthly-billing prices were not displayed on the page.
Mural
- The Free plan keeps only 3 murals editable at a time, and its visitors can view but not edit.
- Mural AI is not part of the Free plan; it is available on Team+, Business and Enterprise.
- SSO and guest access start at Business, which is listed with annual billing only; monthly billing is shown for Team+.
- SCIM, audit logs, data residency and multiple workspaces are limited to Enterprise, which has no public price.
Key features
EasyRetro
- Board templates
- More than 100 pre-defined templates for private or public boards, with columns that can be renamed, recolored and added without limit.
- Voting and comments
- Participants vote on cards with a configurable cap per person, comment on them, and drag cards between columns or merge them.
- Surveys on boards
- Short surveys can be run right on a board. The free plan allows one survey per board and paid plans allow unlimited.
- Exports
- Boards export to PDF, CSV, PNG, Excel and DOCX or to a Confluence page, and action items can be sent to Jira as issues.
- Team-based pricing
- The vendor says one subscription covers the whole team with no per-seat fees, and board participants need no account.
Mural
- Facilitation features on every plan
- A facilitator can summon participants, run a timer, hold anonymous votes, switch on private mode, lock content, and hide steps in the outline until it is time to reveal them.
- Sticky notes, drawing and diagramming
- Boards take sticky notes, drawings, images, icons and connected diagrams, on either an infinite or a resizable canvas. A content library stores objects for reuse.
- Templates
- More than 250 Mural-made templates are included, and teams can create their own. The Business plan adds LUMA frameworks.
- Mural AI
- Generates mind maps, clusters sticky notes by topic, summarizes content and classifies stickies by sentiment. Available on Team+, Business and Enterprise.
- Rooms, visitors and guests
- Murals are organized into rooms: open on Free, private from Team+ and confidential on Enterprise. One-time visitors are free on every plan; ongoing guests need Business.
- Meeting and work-tracking integrations
- Murals can be worked on inside Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Webex meetings. Asana tasks import with two-way sync, and Azure DevOps work items can be laid out on a mural.
Plans
EasyRetro
Free$0
1 public board per month, unlimited participants, 1 survey per board and no teams.
Team$23
per month for 1 team, billed annually
5 public boards per month, unlimited team boards and members, surveys and AI summary, grouping and templates.
Business$54
per month for 3 teams, billed annually
15 public boards per month and 3 teams, with the same features as Team.
Large Business$81
per month for 6 teams, billed annually
30 public boards per month and 6 teams, and adds SAML SSO.
Enterprise$135
per month and up, billed annually
50 or more public boards per month and 10 or more teams, with SAML SSO and an audit log.
Mural
Free$0
Unlimited members, 3 editable murals at a time, view-only visitors, open rooms and all core collaboration and facilitation tools.
Team+$9.99
per member / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly)
Unlimited editable murals, visitors with editing rights, private rooms, Mural AI and basic integrations such as Zoom and Webex.
Business$17.99
per member / month, billed annually
Adds SAML single sign-on, unlimited guests, advanced integrations such as Azure, GitHub and Okta, LUMA frameworks, invoicing and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Multiple workspaces, confidential rooms, SCIM, audit logs and reporting APIs, required 2FA, data residency, BYOK and premier support.
Ways to pay less
EasyRetro
- Annual discount
2 months free with annual billing
The pricing page advertises two months free when a plan is billed annually.
Mural
- Annual discount
About 17% lower on Team+ with annual billing
Mural's pricing page lists Team+ at $9.99 per member a month when billed annually, against $12 per member a month when billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, EasyRetro or Mural?
As of Nov 13, 2026, EasyRetro starts at $23 per month, billed annually, and Mural starts at $9.99 per member / month, billed annually. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, EasyRetro or Mural?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both EasyRetro and Mural have a free plan.
Which platforms do EasyRetro and Mural run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Mural lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.