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PointHuddle vs TeamRetro Planning Poker
TeamRetro’s PlanningPoker is a free, no-sign-up room. Tracker sync lives in the paid TeamRetro app, which also runs retrospectives, health checks and standups.
Price and limits
| PointHuddle | TeamRetro Planning Poker | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no paid plans | Free room with “no account and no limits on estimating together”; the TeamRetro app from US$250 a year (one team of 25), with a 30-day trial |
| Starting and joining | Just a name, no account | No sign-up; you can reuse the same room number |
| Tracker sync | Jira Cloud, Azure DevOps, Linear and GitHub import with estimates written back, free | In the paid TeamRetro app: story points to Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub and Linear |
| Anonymous voting | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting apps | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Zoom apps | Share the room link in Slack or Teams; the paid app has Slack and Teams integrations for retros and health checks |
| Security | Password rooms stored encrypted; no accounts, so no SSO; no SOC 2 (details) | Paid app: SSO/SAML and a SOC 3 report on all plans, SOC 2 Type 2 on Enterprise, US or EU hosting |
TeamRetro Planning Poker details from TeamRetro PlanningPoker, its free planning poker page, pricing and integrations, checked on 14 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 TeamRetro is stronger
- One suite for retrospectives, health checks, standups and estimation, with an AI assistant, an MCP server and an API.
- Enterprise security: SSO, a SOC 3 report, SOC 2 Type 2 on Enterprise and a choice of US or EU hosting.
Which one fits
- Choose PointHuddle if you want tracker import and write-back free, without a subscription, or apps inside Google Meet and Zoom.
- Choose TeamRetro if you want planning poker inside a paid retro and health-check platform with SSO.
Try it with your team
Create a room, share the link, and vote. No accounts, no sign-up, free.
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