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Meet the Retrium Alternative: Echometer
Which Alternative is Better for Agile Teams? Retrium is a good tool for retrospectives. But it is worth investigating if there are even better alternatives out there - like Echometer.
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Quick Overview & Review Retrium
Both agile retrospectives tools have received very good reviews from users. However, the brief introductions of the tools reveal different objectives: Holistic development of a team (Echometer) vs. enabling effective conversations (Retrium).
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Quick Intro Echometer
“Most Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters run in circles fixing superficial symptoms. Time to use psychology to sustainably foster mindset change - through the Echometer retro tool."
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Quick Intro Retrium
“Retrium enables agile teams to have effective conversations, discover new insights, and generate action plans.”
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Why is Echometer better than Retrium?
 Echometer Review | 🆚 Retrium Review | |
|---|---|---|
Interactive Online Retros | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Facilitation support (Check-In or Icebreaker Generator etc.) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Organizing Action Items | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
Echometer Retro Board | 🆚 Retrium Board | |
Effective Timer | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Optional anonymity | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Integrated online whiteboards | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Mobile device support for on-site retros | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Voting (Prioritization) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
No login required for external guests | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially (for public retro boards) |
Collecting feedback before retros (optional) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Echometer Team Development | 🆚 Retrium Team Development | |
Agile Health Check surveys | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
Team development measured over time | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
Health Check item pool with nudges (food for thought) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Organizational Health Checks | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Retro templates for every level of maturity | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
ROTI (Return on Time Invest) KPI | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Partially |
Echometer Pricing | 🆚 Retrium Pricing | |
Data protection (developed and hosted in Europe) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
No login required to test tool | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Free version after test | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Pricing | Starting at €5.5/team member/month | Starting at 39$/team/month |
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Retrium FAQ: General
Retrium is an online tool that can be used for conducting agile team workshops aka Retrospectives online. It is primarily used by virtual or remote teams, who often work (according to the Scrum Framework) in sprints and prefer to use varying retro templates at the end of their iteration.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer is a retrospective tool with a stronger focus on holistic team development.
You can find the Retrium website at https://www.retrium.com/.
The website of the Retrium Alternative Echometer is https://echometerapp.com/.
No, Retrium is not open source.
The Retrium Company is a private company located at Silver Spring, MD 20910, Washington, DC. The Retrium founders are Ryan Detweiler (CTO) and David Horowitz (CEO).
The Retrium Alternative Echometer belongs predominantly to the three founders Robin Roschlau (Software Developer), Jean Michel Diaz (Business Economist) and Christian Heidemeyer (Psychologist). You can find more about our story in the linked post – "3 reasons for (not) another retro tool".
The Retrium CEO is David Horowitz, the CTO is Ryan Detweiler.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer belongs predominantly to the three founders Robin Roschlau (Software Developer), Jean Michel Diaz (Business Economist) and Christian Heidemeyer (Psychologist). You can find more about our story in the linked post – "3 reasons for (not) another retro tool".
Other Retrium competitors include Echometer. In addition to Echometer, Neatro or MetroRetro can be named as typical Retrium alternatives. Retrium-similar is EasyRetro or TeamRetro, too. You can find an overview of the various Retrium competitors in our Retro Tool Comparison.
No: You can test Retrium for 30 days free of charge, but after that you have to pay for the Retrium tool. Prices start from 39$ per team per month.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer is free forever for up to 2 teams, find more on this in our Pricing.
The Retrium subscription comes in three tiers: Team (39.00$ monthly), Business (59.00$ monthly) and Enterprise (individual contract beginning at 25 teams). Depending on the tier, a one-hour training session, SSO, priority support or a dedicated Customer Success Manager is included. Visit the company's website for a full overview of the Retrium subscription.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer is free forever for up to 2 teams, after that it starts from 5.5€ per user per month – see also our Pricing.
Retrium has taken some measures for the security of the app and data protection. Data is stored on servers in the USA. While Retrium is also GDPR compliant under European law, you may have to sign a DPA that allows Retrium to store the data in the US. On the other hand, Retrium is SOC 1-SSAE 16 Type II and SOC 2 Type II certified, for example.
A full overview of security, privacy and data protection measures can be found on the company's website.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer is GDPR compliant and hosted in Germany. It meets the highest standards of data protection and security. Detailed information can be found on our website at GDPR and Security.
There is no official way for a Retrium download.
Nevertheless, Retrium can be called an app or application because it is a computer program that works browser-based.
So far there is only an unofficial download for the Retrium Alternative Echometer at web catalogue.
Retrium FAQ: Contact & Support
Yes, on the one hand there is a Retrium demo in the form of a three-minute video on the website: https://www.retrium.com/demo. If you are interested, you can also request a personal Retrium demo after filling out a few details about yourself: https://www.retrium.com/request-demo.
You can find a short video on how the Retrium Alternative Echometer works on our "How it Works" site. If you would like a personal presentation or demo, you are welcome to book a free online demo with us following the link.
Yes, you can find the Retrium LinkedIn profile on this page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/retriumhq/. In autumn 2022, Retrium has around 1000 followers.
You can find the LinkedIn profile of the Retrium Alternative Echometer following this link. In autumn 2022, Echometer had around 2600 followers.
There is a Retrium Tutorial in the form of a 3 minute video on the website: https://www.retrium.com/demo.
You can find a video of how the Retrium Alternative Echometer works on our "How it Works" site. In our Help Center we give a detailed overview on how you can take the first steps in the Echometer Retro Tool.
If you would like a personal online demo, you are welcome to book a free online demo with Christian or Jean following the link.
There is a Retrium Support Help Center at this link: https://support.retrium.com/. You can also write to the Retrium Support directly: https://support.retrium.com/kb-tickets/new
You can easily get support for the Retrium Alternative Echometer in the chat (bottom left of our website) or via this Website by writing a message. Alternatively, you can send a message via email to support at echometerapp dot com. Jean or Christian will get back to you as soon as possible 🙂
If you are logged into the Echometer tool, you can even send us a message through the tool (below on the left, behind the question mark).
Yes, Retrium has conducted webinars on various topics and published them under the following link: https://www.retrium.com/blog-categories/webinar.
With the Retrium Alternative Echometer you can book an onboarding webinar following this link at any time.
If you are interested in the topics "20+ tips for retros" or "Change team mindset in 12 steps", take a look at our free eBooks.
Yes, you can export various things in Retrium, including data from the Retro Board as CSV or TXT. To export feedback from Retrium, simply click on the file type you want to export to.
Yes, there is a Retrium API, but it is only accessible to Enterprise customers. The Retrium API is used for user administration.
The Retrium Login, Retrium Registration or Retrium Sign-Up all happen on the page https://app.retrium.com/welcome.
With the Retrium Alternative Echometer, one can even do a retrospective without login on the linked page. The sign-up or the Registration for a full free account is behind the links.
Retrium FAQ: The tool
No, Retrium does not have an integrated retro whiteboard. However, the Retrium Alternative Echometer has an online whiteboard that can be optionally be used. Echometer is suitable for remote, virtual or on-site teams.
You can try Retrium for free on their website for 30 days. There is an official Retrium tutorial on their website to help you with this. Basically, feedback is obtained from agile teams in the tool within the agile retrospective workshop and discussed and prioritized with the help of the tool, to create action items based on that in the end.
You can find a video of how the Retrium Alternative Echometer works on our "How it Works" site. In our Help Center we give a detailed overview on how you can take the first steps in the Echometer Retro Tool.
Yes, Retrium can optionally be used anonymously, Retrium is anonymous.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer enables anonymous feedback on both the Retro Board and the included Retro Whiteboard.
Yes, Retrium has a Jira integration that allows you to export action items to a Jira Cloud project.
The Retrium Alternative Echometer also has an integration to Jira (Action Items synchronization).
Retrium had around 25 retrospective formats in October 2022, while the Retrium Alternative Echometer has hundreds of retrospective formats in the form of freely combinable retro games, agile health checks or team radars and classic retrospective questions. Every Scrum Sprint can be ended with a new perspective in Echometer.
Yes, Retrium has about 10 pre-defined Team Radar or Health Check Retrospective formats, while the Retrium Alternative Echometer allows for hundreds of Team Radar Retros that can be freely combined. Echometer health checks even work on both team and cross-team level. For example, your team's development can be tracked over many sprints, regardless of whether you are a virtual remote team or work on site.
Yes, there is a Sailboat Retro in Retrium. In the TeamRetro Alternative Echometer, the sailboat retro can even be enriched with whiteboard retro games. The retro format is suitable for virtual remote teams, for teams in the office as well as for hybrid teams.
Yes, Retrium offers the option of a Single Sign On or SSO, but only in the Business and Enterprise contract. The Retrium Alternative Echometer also offers SSO.