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

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

Pick Stormboard if

• Fits if your workshops need to end in a written report people can edit
• Works for sprint planning in Jira, Rally or Azure DevOps with changes synced back

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free, with 5 open Storms of 5 users and view-only Office and Google files
• Skip it if you want the AI on a regular plan, as StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade
• Not for you if you want a desktop app on a Mac, because only a Windows one is listed
• Watch out: the 30-day trial needs a card and covers monthly plans only, and annual plans aren't refundable
• Too light for work on a phone, as the vendor calls its phone app a companion with limited features

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.

Stormboard

• The Personal plan allows 5 open Storms with 5 users each, and Microsoft Office and Google Drive files are view-only on it.
• Substorms, idea grouping, folders, and the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Google reports all need the Business plan.
• SAML single sign-on, audit logs and the Surface Hub app are Enterprise-only, and StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade.
• The vendor lists apps for Windows, iOS and Android but no Mac app, and describes the phone app as a companion with limited features.

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.

Stormboard

Storms built from sticky notes

A workspace, called a Storm, holds text, image, video, file and whiteboard sticky notes on an infinite canvas divided into sections. Index card notes open a Substorm on paid plans.

Templates and section types

More than 250 templates are included. On Business and Enterprise, a section can become a calendar, spreadsheet or matrix, and customized templates can be saved for reuse.

Reports and exports

A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, or as Google Docs, Slides or Sheets. These need Business; Personal has word cloud, votes and tasks exports.

Two-way agile integrations

Integrations with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps mirror changes made in Stormboard back to the tracker, for backlog and sprint planning and for showing dependencies.

Voting, tasks and timer

Participants can vote on ideas, comment, and assign a task to a sticky note, and an assigned-tasks report lists owners and due dates. A timer is included on every plan.

StormAI

StormAI builds a template from a stated goal, suggests ideas, and summarizes sticky notes or groups them by theme or sentiment. Business customers get a 30-day trial of it.

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.

Stormboard

• Personal$0

  5 open Storms, 5 users per Storm, one administrator per Storm, pre-made templates, and word cloud, votes and tasks exports.

• Business$8.33

  per user / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  Unlimited Storms, Substorms, idea grouping, folders, custom templates, Office and Google reports, and live co-editing of Office and Google files.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SAML single sign-on, a single-tenant option, audit logs, the Surface Hub app, volume pricing, priority support and a dedicated account manager.

Retrium

No public discounts listed.

Stormboard

• Annual discount

  2 months free with annual billing

  Business is $8.33 per user a month billed annually ($100 a seat per year) against $10 billed monthly. Annual subscriptions are non-refundable and do not include the free trial.

• Nonprofit

  25% off annual plans for nonprofits

  Certified non-profit organizations get 25% off annual plans by choosing a plan and then contacting Stormboard. The discount does not apply to monthly billing.