Miro vs Retrium (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Miro if

• Fits if you run remote workshops, retrospectives and brainstorms with a whole team
• Works for product and engineering people mapping a process or a system together

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're never paying, since only your 3 most recent boards stay editable and there are no guests
• Pricey if you need the technical diagram shapes, Jira sync or SSO, which start at $20 a member on Business
• Not for you if you lean on AI all day, as credits are metered monthly and don't roll over
• Watch out: on Free every board is open to the whole team, and Enterprise starts at 30 members
• Skip it if you're on Linux and want a desktop app, as none is listed

Pick Retrium if

• Fits if you're a scrum master running regular sprint retros
• Works for remote teams that follow up actions in Jira

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you run many teams, as each team room costs separately
• Skip it if you want a free plan, because there's only a 30-day trial
• Watch out: the Business card shows $715 a year per room while the table shows $59 a month
• Watch out: the Slack app is labelled beta and Jira Cloud is the only tracker listed

Miro

• On the Free plan only the 3 most recent boards stay editable, every board is open to the whole team, and there are no guest or visitor roles.
• The technical diagramming shapes, two-way integrations, SSO and AI workflows start at Business, $20 per member / month billed yearly.
• AI use is metered: 10 credits a month on Free, 25 per member on Starter and 50 per member on Business, with no rollover.
• The download page lists Mac, Windows, iOS and Android apps but no Linux app.

Retrium

• Pricing is per team room, so a company running many teams pays for each room separately.
• There is no free plan; access beyond the 30-day trial needs a paid Team plan.
• The Business card shows $715 per team room per year while the comparison table shows $59 per month; confirm with the vendor.
• The Slack app is labeled beta and the only task-tracker integration listed is Jira Cloud.

Miro

Canvas with built-in formats

Docs, tables, timelines, kanban boards and slides sit on the same board as sticky notes, shapes and drawings, and are available on every plan including Free.

Diagramming shape libraries

The Business plan adds more than 4,700 shapes for mapping technical systems, cloud infrastructure and business processes, covering Mermaid, UML, AWS and BPMN.

Facilitation tools

From the Starter plan, a timer, voting, private mode and notes support meetings and workshops. Business adds Engage activities such as polls, scales and a 2x2 matrix.

Miro AI

Generates diagrams, tables and summaries and clusters sticky notes, paid for with monthly AI credits that do not roll over. AI workflows and agents are part of Business.

MCP server

Connects Miro to AI tools such as Claude, Cursor and GitHub Copilot so board content can flow both ways. Daily call limits rise with the plan: 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Business.

Two-way integrations

On Business, items from Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Azure can be planned on the canvas with changes synced in both directions.

Retrium

Guided facilitation

The app moves a team through gathering feedback, grouping it into themes, voting and deciding what to do, so everyone follows the same stage together.

Retrospective formats

A library of formats including Start, Stop, Continue, What Went Well, Mad Sad Glad and Lean Coffee, plus the option to create your own format.

Private, anonymous input

Team members brainstorm privately first, and comments are anonymous, which the vendor presents as a way to encourage open feedback.

Action plans

Action items come out of each retrospective and can be tracked, with a Jira Cloud connection to assign users and due dates in Jira.

Team rooms and history

Each team has a room that stores its retrospective history, with private rooms available for teams that want to keep discussions to themselves.

Miro

• Free$0

  3 editable boards, unlimited team members, templates, Docs, Tables, Slides and Kanban formats, and 10 AI credits a month.

• Starter$8

  per member / month, billed yearly

  Unlimited and private boards, visitor editing, high-resolution exports, timer and voting, 25 AI credits per member a month and 500 MCP calls a day.

• Business$20

  per member / month, billed yearly

  Unlimited workspaces and guests, 4,700+ diagram shapes, AI workflows and agents, two-way integrations, SSO and 50 AI credits per member a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  From 30 members. Enforced SSO, SCIM, audit logs, domain control, data residency in the EU, US, Australia or Japan, and AI admin controls.

Retrium

• Team$39

  per team room / month, billed monthly or annually

  Unlimited retrospectives and users, all retrospective activities and the Jira Cloud integration.

• Business$59

  per team room / month, billed annually

  Adds annual invoicing, volume discounts, priority support, SOC audit and SIG Lite access and SAML SSO setup. The plan card shows $715 per year.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For 25 or more teams: training session, dedicated customer success manager, custom contract and security review.

Miro

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Miro's pricing page states that annual billing on Starter and Business costs 20% less than paying monthly.

• Education

  Free plans for students and educators

  Students can apply for a free plan with 10 team members for 2 years, and educators for a free plan with 100 team members. Institution accounts start at 50% off the regular price.

• Nonprofit

  30% off paid plans for nonprofits

  Eligible nonprofit organizations that apply with proof of status receive a 30% discount on paid Miro plans for as long as the account stays active.

• Startups

  Up to $1,000 in credits for startups

  Startups with fewer than 30 employees and no paid subscription can get $1,000 in Miro credits through a partner accelerator, incubator or VC, or $500 when applying independently.

Retrium

No public discounts listed.