Comparison
SprintPulse vs Ludi
Ludi, formerly Metro Retro, is an agile whiteboard for retrospectives, planning, workshops, templates, task tracking, and Jira collaboration. SprintPulse is a focused retrospective workflow built to turn feedback into AI-assisted summaries, owned action items, Jira or Linear work, and tracked improvement.
AI summaries
From scattered feedback to clear themes.
Action items
Owners and due dates before the retro ends.
Jira and Linear
Retro outcomes move into the backlog.
Analytics
Recurring problems are easier to spot.
The practical difference
A flexible canvas is powerful. A recurring retro needs a finish line.
If your team wants to design workshops, run planning poker, and keep many collaboration formats in one whiteboard, Ludi may fit. If you want a retro that starts quickly and ends with a summary, owners, synced tasks, and next-sprint accountability, SprintPulse is built for that job.
Ludi is useful when workshop flexibility matters more than a guided, repeatable retrospective flow.
SprintPulse
Best when retros need follow-through.
- Purpose-built Plus/Delta retro flow from feedback to action items.
- AI smart merge, summaries, and suggested follow-up.
- Jira and Linear sync for the work created in the retro.
- Analytics to spot recurring issues, sentiment trends, and action progress.
Ludi
Best when this is the job.
- Flexible whiteboard canvas for many agile meeting and workshop formats.
- 100+ templates, private writing, facilitator controls, task tracking, and fun meeting tools.
- Jira integration for creating and editing issues from the board.
Comparison table
What changes after the retro?
The useful comparison is not just what happens on the board. It is what survives the meeting.
Based on public product and pricing information reviewed in June 2026.
| Capability | SprintPulse | Ludi |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Guide a retro from feedback to tracked follow-up. | Provide a flexible canvas for many collaboration formats. |
| Retro structure | Opinionated Plus/Delta flow for facilitation, voting, action items, summaries, and review. | Template-driven and freeform, with boards teams can customize heavily. |
| Workshop scope | Focused on retrospectives rather than general whiteboarding. | Supports retrospectives, planning, roadmaps, brainstorming, task boards, and other workshops. |
| AI support | Smart merge, summaries, suggested actions, and analytics are built into the retro flow. | Public Ludi pages foreground canvas, templates, facilitation, task tracking, and Jira more than AI wrap-up. |
| Task handoff | Owner, due date, original feedback context, Jira or Linear sync, and action dashboard visibility. | Task tracking and Jira creation or editing are available from the board. |
| Pricing and trial | Free plan for 1 team, 10 members, and 3 boards. Paid plans start at $20/month per team or $17/month billed yearly. | 30-day trial. Starter is listed at $5/member/month or $4/member/month billed yearly; Business adds advanced collaboration and Jira. |
| Best fit | Teams that want retros to create measurable change without whiteboard setup. | Teams that want a playful, general-purpose agile whiteboard. |
Choose SprintPulse if...
- You want a purpose-built retrospective workflow.
- AI summaries and action item suggestions would save facilitator time.
- You need Jira or Linear follow-up from retro decisions.
- You want analytics across retrospectives without building a reporting process yourself.
Choose Ludi if...
- You need a general whiteboard for many kinds of workshops.
- Planning poker, roadmapping, and freeform exercises are central to your process.
- The team prefers canvas flexibility over guided retro flow.
Honest take
One thing Ludi does well
Ludi's strength is flexibility and personality. SprintPulse is stronger when flexibility has become the problem and the team needs a direct path from feedback to summary, action item, synced task, and next-retro review.
Common questions
Can SprintPulse replace a general whiteboard?
No. SprintPulse is focused on retrospectives. If you need broad workshop canvases, keep a whiteboard tool and use SprintPulse for the retro itself.
Does Ludi integrate with Jira?
Yes. Ludi's public docs describe Jira integration for two-way creation and editing of issues. SprintPulse focuses its Jira and Linear sync around retrospective action items.
Does SprintPulse include planning poker?
No. SprintPulse focuses on retrospectives, summaries, action items, and analytics.
How does SprintPulse use AI?
SprintPulse can group related feedback, draft summaries, suggest action items, and help surface recurring themes across retrospectives.
Try the follow-through loop
Try the follow-through loop before you switch tools.
Create a SprintPulse board, run a real retro, and see whether the summary and action items save the handoff. The free plan includes 3 boards and no credit card is required.
Comparison test
Run a retro and compare the outcome
Create an action item with owner, due date, and context
Check next retro: did the problem return?
The test is whether the improvement survives the meeting.