The Scru.ms alternative with health checks and 200+ templates

See why agile teams and their leaders choose TeamRetro over Scru.ms.

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TeamRetro is a trusted Scru.ms alternative built specifically for agile retrospectives and team health checks. It brings 200+ templates, automated grouping, action tracking, insights and SOC 2 Type 2 secure hosting together in one tool for scrum masters and agile teams.

Why choose TeamRetro over Scru.ms?

Trusted by agile teams worldwide to elevate collaboration and results.

Intuitive and easy to use

Get ready to go templates, guided steps and user first design that lets you facilitate with ease.

Focus on actions

Run smarter meetings that stay on track, stay efficient, and finish with a clear set of actions.

Data driven insights

Boost team performance and support ongoing improvement with meaningful insights.

Turn discussion into action faster than Scru.ms

Get TeamRetro’s toolkit designed to help you run effective, action-driven meetings.

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See Our health check features

Generate and share summaries instantly

Propose, capture and track actions

Vote privately and discuss openly

Rich facilitation at your fingertips

Set the stage

Create your perfect retro

Survey team health

Save time and gain focus

Automatically group ideas, highlight key themes, suggest next steps, and generate clear summaries with a little help from AI.

  • Suggest a template
  • Auto group and theme ideas
  • Propose new action items
  • Auto summary of comments/meetings
  • Explore team sentiment

Your data is private and is not used to train AI Models.

See the difference

Feature area TeamRetro Scru.ms
Retrospective templates 200+ templates. Organization and team wide. User first design. 6 templates
SOC 2 Type 2 SOC 2 Type 2 certified Not SOC 2 certified
Health checks survey/radars Heat map, trend lines & summaries Not supported
Drag-and-drop grouping AI-suggested or manual Manual grouping only
Team Agreements Supported Not supported
Sprint planning poker Anonymous reveal Basic functionality
Anonymity Anonymous & non-anonymous input Not supported
Icebreakers, quick polls Built in for quick pulse checks Basic functionality
Facilitated workflow Highly customizable Basic functionality
Action tracker and dashboard In-depth support with AI insights Basic functionality
Integration 15+ workflows Not supported
AI-supported insights Retrospectives and health checks Not supported

Enterprise-grade security, compliance, and control

TeamRetro is SOC 2 Type 2 accredited by an independent auditor who has evaluated our policies, product, platform, and infrastructure in accordance with the Standard on Assurance Engagements (ASAE 3150).

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SOC 2 Type 2 SOC 3

  • GDPR compliance and regional hosting (US & EU)

  • Single Sign-On (SSO) via SAML

  • SCIM for scalable user provisioning

  • Audit logs available on request

We maintain 99.9% uptime, with fast-response SLAs to ensure your teams stay productive and supported. Status dashboard

Frequently asked questions

What is Scru.ms and how does it work?
Scru.ms is a basic tool for running simple retrospectives and planning poker with minimal setup. It lets teams quickly gather anonymous feedback or estimates in a lightweight session. TeamRetro offers all of Scru.ms’ basic capabilities plus structured features like health checks, facilitation support, action tracking, flexible anonymous or named feedback, dashboards, integrations, and analytics. This makes TeamRetro better suited to teams that want more insight, accountability, and process improvement over time. While scru.ms works for quick sessions, TeamRetro scales with your team’s growth and continuous improvement needs.
What hosting options does scru.ms offer?
Scru.ms offers an enterprise self hosted solution, allowing organizations to deploy the platform on their own infrastructure, including on premises and private cloud environments. This gives teams full control over their data and hosting setup, which may suit organizations with strict internal infrastructure requirements. On the other hand, TeamRetro is a cloud-based solution with secure hosting available in both EU and US regions. It is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, providing strong security and regulatory assurance without the complexity of managing your own infrastructure. In addition to secure hosting, TeamRetro delivers a more comprehensive set of agile facilitation features, making it a scalable and fully managed option for growing teams.
What tools does Scru.ms integrate with?
Scru.ms currently doesn’t offer integrations with other tools on its free plan. The enterprise plan also doesn’t list any available integrations.
Does Scru.ms allow for anonymous feedback?
Yes, Scru.ms only displays anonymous feedback from team members, which reduces ownership, limits meaningful follow-up conversations, and makes it harder to build trust over time. TeamRetro on the other hand allows for anonymous, named, and alias feedback, allowing flexibility and trust building for both emerging and mature agile teams.
How much does Scru.ms cost?
Scru.ms is free to use for its basic retrospective and planning poker sessions — there’s no subscription cost for the standard tool. If you need the Enterprise self-hosted option, pricing isn’t published publicly; you must contact scru.ms for a custom quote based on your deployment and support needs. By contrast, TeamRetro offers transparent, team-based pricing, starting at around US $25 per month for a single team, with higher-tier plans for growing organizations and a custom Enterprise option for larger deployments. Pricing scales based on the number of teams and features needed, with discounts available for annual billing. TeamRetro also includes a 30-day free trial of the paid features, giving teams more predictable cost options and compliance assurances compared with scru.ms’s free/basic model.