We cut grooming from 90 minutes to 30. The "everyone votes, then reveal" flow killed the senior-engineer-anchoring problem in one go.
no signup · free for any team sizeplan sprints without
plan sprints without
the spreadsheet &
the awkward silence.
Real-time planning poker and retrospectives for distributed teams. Spin up a room in one click, share the link, and get to consensus in minutes — not Mondays.
No accounts to make
Works on phones
Live in < 100ms
how it works
three clicks to a shared score.
No installs. No accounts. Just a URL you paste in Slack.
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Start a room
One button. We mint a memorable URL — no login, no setup, no calendar invites.
buro.team/sprint-42
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Share the link
Paste in Slack, your standup channel, or DM it. People join instantly — phone or laptop, doesn't matter.
# standup
marcus dropped the link — join here →
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Vote & reveal
Everyone picks at the same time. Cards stay hidden until the room reveals — no anchoring, no peer pressure.
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what's in the box
everything your scrum master actually uses.
No bloat, no Jira sync nag screens. Just the rituals your team runs every two weeks.
planning poker
Fibonacci, T-shirts, or your own.
Cards stay hidden until the reveal. We surface the spread, the outliers, and the median — so the discussion starts where the disagreement is.
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retrospectives
Three columns. Action items that ship.
Authored cards, dot voting, and an action-item tracker that follows your team into next sprint's retro.
went well
demo applause
paired on auth
didn't
flaky CI
slow standup
action
fix CI flake
timebox
real-time
See everyone, in the same beat.
Avatars, typing indicators, and live vote status. Latency under 100ms — it feels like you're in the same room.
marcusvotedjust now
jintyping…
amaljoined the room
history
Every session, kept.
Free dashboard with every poker session and retro you've ever run. Export to CSV, link to your Notion, share with leadership.
sprint-42 · planning42 ptsmay 6
q2 retro · backend14 cardsmay 3
sprint-41 · planning38 ptsapr 22
why teams switchbuilt for the way
built for the way
your team actually works.
Most planning tools feel like they were designed by someone who's never sat through a real grooming session.
the old way
- Login, then a 4-step "create your workspace" wizard
- Someone reads the number out loud → anchoring city
- Retros live in a Miro board nobody opens again
- Action items vanish into Slack DMs
- Mobile? "use the desktop app"
team buro
- Click → URL → done. Members join with their name.
- Cards stay hidden until reveal — no anchoring
- Every retro saved, searchable, exportable
- Action items carry into next sprint's board
- First-class on phones — vote on the bus
teams who ship
fewer meetings. better estimates.
The retros are the real win. Action items don't disappear anymore — they show up at the top of the next retro until they're done. Genuinely changed our team.
We tried four planning tools. team buro is the first one nobody complained about. The mascot got named honorary teammate in week two.
questions
the obvious ones, answered.
Is it really free?
Yes — for any team size, forever. We may add a "Pro" tier later for very large orgs that want SAML, audit logs, and Jira integration. The core features stay free.
Do I need to make an account?
No. Start a room, pick a display name, share the link. If you want history saved across devices, you can sign in — it’s optional.
How does the "real-time" part work?
WebSockets with optimistic UI. Your vote registers instantly on your screen and propagates to the room in under 100ms on most connections. We’ve designed for spotty conference wifi.
Can I use my own card deck?
Yep. Fibonacci, modified Fibonacci, T-shirt sizes, or write your own values. The deck is per-room.
Where’s my data stored?
EU (Frankfurt) by default; US-East available on request. Rooms auto-expire after 90 days unless saved to a workspace. We don’t sell anything.
Mobile app?
The web app is fully mobile-first. We don’t have a native app and probably won’t — your browser already does the job.
start your first room
in about nine seconds.
Click the button. Get a URL. Send it. That's the whole onboarding.
free, forever, for any size team. 🦦