In Echometer there are two separate software solutions that are available within each workspace in Echometer:

• 1:1 tool: Software for planning and conducting 1:1 meetings and tracking employee development
• Retrospective tool: Software for planning and moderating retrospectives and tracking team development through team health checks

Both are independent software solutions, so they can be used separately from each other.

However, they work according to the same principles and aim to achieve the same added value: The continuous improvement of agile teams. In this respect, the simultaneous use of both software solutions is recommended.

Yes, Echometer also allows SSO or single sign-on in its paid plans. This applies to both the retro tool and the tool for 1:1 meetings.

No, you cannot host Echometer on your own servers.

Echometer is only available as cloud software via the following link: my.echometerapp.com

Echometer is based in Münster, Germany, and was founded in 2019 as a spin-off from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Münster.

Echometer is a software for managers of agile teams with which you can easily conduct retrospectives and 1:1 meetings.

In addition, managers can use the Team Health Checks in Echometer to visualize trends in team development (e.g. by measuring Spotify Health Checks or psychological safety). The findings from the team Health Checks can then be used in team retrospectives and evaluated across teams. Pulse checks can be used to automate regular team health surveys.

Yes, you can assign administration rights to any number of users at both team level and workspace level. Please note the following:

• Only workspace admins can take out and manage a Echometer subscription for a Echometer workspace.
• Only workspace admins can create additional teams and name or remove additional workspace admins.
• Team admins can appoint and remove additional team admins and team members for their team

No, Echometer does not have an on-premise version that customers can host themselves. Echometer is only available as a cloud solution.

Echometer uses the servers of the Open Telekom Cloud in Germany. The Open Telekom Cloud data centers are located in Magdeburg and Biere in Saxony-Anhalt.

These two locations form what is known as a twin-core data center, which is connected to each other by its own high-speed network that is separate from the Internet.

Yes, Echometer is GDPR-compliant and accordingly has a data processing agreement (also known as “DPA”), which automatically becomes part of the contractual cooperation when a subscription is concluded:

Echometer Contract for commissioned data processing in accordance with GDPR

The roles and authorizations in Echometer are managed by the customer’s workspace admins by assigning roles to employees directly in Echometer:

• Normal employees only have access to teams, retrospectives and 1:1 series to which they have been invited.
• Team administrators can create and moderate retrospectives in their teams, control the team settings and add or remove team members.
• Workspace administrators can create and archive teams, assign team administrators, manage the workspace settings and add or remove members from the workspace.

Yes, both the software tool for 1-on-1 meetings and the tool for team retrospectives from Echometer are secure and GDPR-compliant.

Data in Echometer is sent in encrypted form and also stored in encrypted form on servers in Germany.

Several European financial institutions have chosen to purchase Echometer over competitors due to Echometer’s stringent data security measures.