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PointHuddle vs Agile Poker (Appfire)
Agile Poker is Appfire’s fuller Jira estimation app, with several estimation methods and AI suggestions. PointHuddle focuses on planning poker in the browser, free, with a free Jira app.
Price and limits
| PointHuddle | Agile Poker (Appfire) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | pointhuddle.com, plus Microsoft Teams and Google Meet panels | Inside Jira Cloud |
| Who can vote | Anyone with the room link, no account | People signed in to your Jira site |
| Free tier | Everything, up to 200 people per room | Up to 10 Jira users |
| Paid price | None | $3.59 per user a month for 11–100 users; about $3,590 a year for 100 users, through Atlassian |
| Async | Voting windows with a deadline and reminders | Async Wideband Delphi |
| Suggestions | Experimental: the most similar past story in your room, from a model on our own server | “Appfire AI” suggestions |
| Jira | Free Jira app on the issue view, plus a Jira Cloud connection in the room that imports a sprint and writes story points back | Native |
| Security | Password rooms stored encrypted; no accounts, so no SSO; no SOC 2 (details) | Cloud Fortified app |
Agile Poker (Appfire) details from its Marketplace listing and the Marketplace pricing API, checked on 12 October 2026.
What PointHuddle adds after the reveal
- The spread, not just an average. Cards line up along your deck with the median marked and the lowest and highest voters highlighted. See when estimates disagree.
- Revote only the extremes on a short timer, and a confidence vote that catches “everyone agreed, nobody was sure”.
- Estimate vs actual. Record what stories really took and see how each card held up.
- Slack and Microsoft Teams posts for each accepted estimate, free.
Where Agile Poker is stronger
- More estimation methods, including async Wideband Delphi.
- Cloud Fortified, Atlassian’s programme for apps that meet extra security and reliability requirements.
- Jira-native sign-in and permissions: nobody joins who isn’t on your Jira site.
Which one fits
- Choose PointHuddle if you want planning poker without per-user fees, guests who aren’t in Jira, or the spread, confidence vote and estimate-vs-actual stats after each reveal.
- Choose Agile Poker if you want several estimation methods in Jira, or your security team requires a Cloud Fortified app.
Try it with your team
Create a room, share the link, and vote. No accounts, no sign-up, free.
Start a planning poker room