Retro Software

Q: Are there templates for different types of retrospectives?

Yes. Creately offers templates for popular retrospective formats such as Start-Stop-Continue, 4Ls (Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For), and Mad-Sad-Glad. These predefined retro boards help structure sessions efficiently.

Turn Team Feedback into Action with the Online Retro Tool

Plan, schedule, and manage collaborative retrospective meetings. Use Creately’s retro software to analyze project progress, uncover blockers, and streamline workflows with customizable retro boards.

Ready-to-use retro board templates for every format
Shared visual canvas with multi-user collaboration
Comprehensive shape library with easy drag-and-drop design

Snapshot of Creately's Retro Software Workspace

Over 10 Million people and 1000s of teams already use Creately

Diagramming

Visual Collaboration

Org Chart

AI Retrospective Generator

Reflect, Analyze, and Ready to Drive Improvements

Enter details of your recent project/sprint and click ‘Generate’
Watch Creately build a comprehensive retrospective with insightful feedback.
Collaborate, edit/change, and complete your project review—all within one canvas.

Why teams love Creately’s AI Retrospective Generator

Save time – Automate retrospective analysis, reducing manual effort by 90% and allowing teams to focus on actionable improvements.
Uncover hidden trends – Detect patterns in team performance and collaboration that traditional retrospectives might overlook.
Privacy-first – All data remains within Creately, ensuring security with no third-party retention.
Multi-lingual support – Works seamlessly across multiple languages, making it ideal for diverse, international teams.
Objective insights – AI-driven clustering highlights key takeaways, ensuring balanced feedback from all team members.

Used by Over 10 Million people and 1000s of teams

A Comprehensive Tool for Visual Collaboration and Diagramming

it is ease of collaborative diagramming and real-time editing. This allows teams to brainstorm, create, and refine diagrams together in a way that feels intuitive and seamless, regardless of location.

JUAN LEONARDO G

Small-Business

Efficient and User-Friendly Diagramming Tool

I love how easy it is to create and collaborate on diagrams with Creately. The real-time collaboration feature is incredibly helpful for team projects, and the extensive library of templates and shapes saves a lot of time

Aymen G

Small-Business

Creately provides best diagram structure.

Creately has proven to be an incredibly creative tool, enhancing the visual appeal of our company tasks significantly. Additionally, its pricing is highly competitive, offering great value for the features it provides.

Ruchika N

Assistant Manager

Creately: Simple Diagram Tool

I like that Creately is easy to use. It helps me create diagrams quickly and easily.

Ananya G

Executive Committee Member

Creately: A smart choice for expressing ideas over diagrams

Creately is a simple and user-friendly application for creating diagrams to visualize complex technical ideas and data flow on wireframes, flow charts, and other visual options. The best part of this tool is its real-time collaboration features, which help us to enhance the workflows in the team.

Gulam M

Software Engineer

User friendly and visually appealing!!

The interface is easy to use. The look is aesthetically pleasing as well. Love the functionality.

Chrisoula

Small-Business

Intuitive Design and Effortless Creativity

What I like best about Creately is its intuitive design and the ease with which it allows me to create attractive designs. From the moment I started using it, I was impressed by how easy it was to navigate the platform and how quickly I could bring my ideas to life in visually appealing diagrams and charts.

DARWIN M.

Mid-Market

Creatly Awesome App

In creatly easy to use and easy to design our all network diagrams for the clients and easy to export and Creately offers a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for users to create various types of diagrams without extensive training or experience. We used creately on daily basis for making diagram.

Surya Prakash M

Tech Lead Security

Easy to use

Creately has better options than Canva. It has great templates. it is a great product to use for visual org charts.

Jennifer D.

Initial Implementation

Great AI features

AI Modelling capability. It gives Prompt examples so user can learn how to create effective prompts

Karma A.

Business Manager

How to Run a Retrospective Meeting?

VISUALIZE & ANALYZE

Visualize Projects & Brainstorm Solutions with the Retro Software

Image of Creately's Retro Software Workspace with the Shapes Panel

Reflect on past projects and identify areas for improvement with digital sticky notes.
Structure your retro discussions with predefined retro board templates.
Collaborate visually in real-time using a virtual whiteboard and freehand drawing.
Present findings, trends, and project progress clearly with intuitive visual tools.

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ORGANIZE & CONNECT

Keep Everything in a Centralized Retro Board

Manage team retros and documents seamlessly on an infinite canvas.
Attach data to sticky notes from any source to enrich your retro items.
Drag and drop or import images, screenshots, and illustrations easily.
Add context to each shape with integrated notes for detailed retro meetings.

EXECUTE

Go From Retro Insights to Action Items

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Categorize and prioritize action items using visual voting and prioritization grids.
Assign roles, set due dates, and add estimates with built-in data fields.
Manage tasks efficiently with Agile tools like Kanban boards, roadmaps, and more.
Sync progress seamlessly with your team’s existing workflows through powerful integrations.

Image of Users Collaborating on Creately's Retro Software Workspace

COLLABORATE

Bring Your Team Together for Better Retro Meetings

Live mouse tracking allows your team to coordinate retro meetings in real-time, with cursors visible for any number of participants.
Multi-user collaboration lets teams work together in real-time or asynchronously to review projects and identify successes and challenges.
In-context comments enable teammates to be tagged for clarification and direct action within the workspace.
Status flags on workspaces help maintain workflows and quickly identify versioned documents or key reference points.

Ideate, plan, and execute ideas better with Creately

Create a Retro Board Book a Demo

A retrospective is a tool designed to help teams run effective retro meetings, whether remote or in-person. A retro meeting tool enables teams to reflect on past projects, identify successes and challenges, and plan actionable improvements. With features like real-time collaboration, predefined retro board templates, voting, action item tracking, analytics, reporting, and integrations, retrospective software makes retro meetings structured, interactive, and easy to manage.

How to Use Creately’s Retro Software?

Launch Creately

Sign in to Creately’s retro tool and create a new workspace. Start with a blank canvas or select a retro board template from the in-app template library.

Customize Your Retro Board

Set the theme or focus for your retro discussion. Add headings, text boxes, and configure the layout to align with your project, sprint, or team objective.

Capture Ideas and Feedback

Use virtual sticky notes and the notes panel to collect insights from all team members. Encourage everyone to add thoughts, observations, and suggestions directly onto the online retro tool.

Collaborate and Organize

Group and cluster related ideas using drag-and-drop functionality. Utilize real-time collaboration features, comments, and reactions to discuss and prioritize items effectively.

Review, Assign, and Share Action Items

Turn prioritized ideas into actionable tasks. Assign responsibilities, set due dates, and monitor progress. Finally, share the completed retro board with your team for follow-up and reference.

Create a Retro Board

Guide the Flow of Your Next Retro Meeting with These Templates

Marketing Team Retrospective Template

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Event Retrospective

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UX Retrospective

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Timeline Retrospective

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FAQs on the Retro Board

How do I add my team as collaborators to the workspace?

With Creately’s retro app, you can collaborate with unlimited participants on the same canvas. After creating your retrospective workspace, add team members as editors to work actively or as reviewers to provide feedback only. Track contributions with real-time mouse tracking and version history, and use in-context comments to discuss ideas asynchronously.

How do I access Creately’s retro templates?

Access templates through the in-app templates library or the Creately community. Select the retro board template you want, open it in the editor, and customize text, colors, and shapes to fit your team’s retrospective needs.

Is Creately’s retro software free to use?

Yes, Creately offers a free version with essential features for running successful retro discussions. For advanced capabilities, such as larger team collaboration, extra templates, and integrations, a paid subscription is available.

What features does Creately’s retro creator offer?

Creately’s retro meeting tool includes customizable templates, real-time collaboration, sticky notes for feedback, voting for prioritizing ideas, notes panels, drag-and-drop visual tools, and the ability to export your retro board as PDF, PNG, JPEG, or SVG.

Can I use Creately’s retro board software for remote teams?

Absolutely. Creately’s online retro meeting tool supports remote teams, enabling real-time collaboration so all members can actively participate in retro discussions regardless of location.

Are there templates for different types of retrospectives?

Yes. Creately offers templates for popular retro board formats such as Start-Stop-Continue, 4Ls (Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For), and Mad-Sad-Glad. These predefined retro boards help structure sessions efficiently.

How can I customize the retrospective templates?

You can tailor retro board templates by adding or removing sections, modifying text, changing colors, or including additional shapes and notes. This ensures your retro meeting aligns perfectly with your team’s goals.

Can I integrate Creately’s retro software with other tools?

Yes. Creately supports two-way integrations with tools like Slack, Google Workspace, GitHub, and Confluence, allowing your team to sync data and maintain workflows seamlessly.

How do I track action items from retrospectives?

Use Creately’s task management features to assign responsibilities, set due dates, and monitor progress. Action items from your retro board can be easily tracked and updated in real-time, ensuring follow-through after meetings.

Is my data secure in Creately’s retro software?

Creately provides secure sharing with access control, version history, and role-based permissions to ensure that your retro discussions and documents remain safe.

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