Mural vs Retrium (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mural grades higher than Retrium: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Mural grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, 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
Retrium
Facilitated sprint retrospectives for agile teams
Which one is for you
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
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
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAMuralGood | 2.2GPARetriumFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | C$39 a month per team room, about $8 a head for a team of five, which is the category's middle. Business is $59 per room. |
| Free plan and 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. | CA 30-day trial of the retrospective formats, and the page doesn't say a card is needed to start. Nothing free after it. |
| Features | 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. | CGuided steps, anonymous input, many formats, action plans and room history. It does the retro job fully, but it's a smaller job, and pricing is per room. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo store rating on record. You set up team rooms and invite people before the first retro. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb only, but it connects to Jira Cloud and Slack, which is in beta. |
| Best for | facilitated workshops and retros | guided agile retrospectives |
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: Mural and Retrium. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mural starts at $9.99 a month for each person and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Retrium starts at $39 a month and scores 2.3.
Mural scores higher and starts $29.01 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 2 score higher than Mural for less, and 28 score higher than Retrium 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
- Mural also covers whiteboard, mind mapping and diagrams.
- Retrium also covers tasks.
At a glance
| Mural | Retrium | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9.99 per member / month, billed annually | $39 per team room / month |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 30-day free trial of all retrospective templates |
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| Made by | Mural | Retrium |
| Price read from | mural.co | retrium.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
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.
Key features
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.
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.
Plans
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.
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.
Ways to pay less
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.
Retrium
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mural or Retrium?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mural starts at $9.99 per member / month, billed annually, and Retrium starts at $39 per team room / month. 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, Mural or Retrium?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Mural has a free plan. Retrium does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Mural and Retrium 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.