Compare retroly and Excalidraw on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Collaboration tools, Retroly offers a free tier to get started plus a paid…
At a Glance
retroly
Excalidraw
Primary category
Collaboration
Collaboration
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
Retroly offers a free tier to get started plus a paid subscription tier for expanded usage, billed via Stripe; exact current pricing and plan limits are not published on the site and should be confirmed directly with the vendor.
Open Source / Freemium
Starting price
Not documented
Free (Excalidraw+ from $6/user/month)
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Free trial
Not documented
Yes
Platforms
Not documented
Web
Team collaboration
Yes
Not documented
AI features
Not documented
Yes
Public API
Not documented
Yes
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
retroly
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
Excalidraw
Free — $0 N/A
Excalidraw+ — $6/user/month (annual discount available) monthly or annual
Pros & Cons
retroly
Pros
Focused, single-purpose interface built specifically for retrospective meetings rather than a bolted-on feature of a larger suite
Suitable for both remote and co-located teams
Offers a free tier so teams can try it before paying
Cons
Retroly does not publish a public pricing or feature page, making it hard to evaluate plan limits before signing up
Little visible product activity or marketing since its 2019 Product Hunt launch
No documented integrations with common team tools like Slack or Jira
Excalidraw
Pros
Core editor is completely free with no feature restrictions, including unlimited real-time collaborators
Open source and embeddable, letting developers integrate the editor directly into their own products
Distinctive hand-drawn aesthetic is fast to use and widely recognized across technical documentation and blogs
Bootstrapped and sustainably run without venture funding pressure to monetize aggressively
Cons
Free tier stores scenes locally in the browser only; persistent cloud storage requires an Excalidraw+ subscription
Feature set is intentionally narrower than full-featured whiteboard suites like Miro or FigJam
Less suited to precise, structured diagramming compared to tools like Lucidchart or Visio
Small maintaining team relative to its large user base could limit the pace of major new feature development
Use Cases
retroly
Excalidraw
System architecture and technical diagrams — Software engineers sketch system architecture, data flow, and infrastructure diagrams quickly, often embedding the output directly in documentation.
Remote whiteboarding and pairing — Distributed teams use Excalidraw's real-time collaboration for whiteboarding during video calls and remote pair-programming sessions.
Quick wireframes and product sketches — Product managers and designers rough out UI wireframes and flow diagrams fast without the overhead of a full design tool.