# Planning Poker Hero

> Planning Poker Hero is a 100% free online planning poker tool for agile and scrum teams. Remote teams estimate user stories together in real time, with no signup, no tracking, and no Jira dependency. The site also offers a free sprint retrospective board and a free daily standup timer.

## Primary Pages
- [Homepage](https://planningpokeronline.org/): Main Planning Poker Hero site with feature overview and quick start.
- [Start a Planning Poker Session](https://planningpokeronline.org/session/new): Create a new estimation game and invite your team via link.
- [Retro Tool](https://planningpokeronline.org/retro): Free online sprint retrospective boards with action item tracking.
- [Daily-Toast](https://planningpokeronline.org/daily-toast): Free daily standup timer for scrum teams.
- [Feature Deep Dive](https://planningpokeronline.org/feature-deep-dive): Full feature breakdown including security and infrastructure details.
- [Planning Poker Alternatives](https://planningpokeronline.org/planning-poker-alternatives): Comparison against other planning poker tools.
- [Impressum & Legal](https://planningpokeronline.org/impressum): Imprint, terms, data protection and data processing agreement.
- [Sitemap](https://planningpokeronline.org/sitemap.xml)

## Guides & Resources
- [Daily Toaster — Free Standup Timer](https://planningpokeronline.org/knowledge/daily-toaster-standup-timer-by-planning-poker-hero): How the Daily Toaster standup timer works.
- [Free Standup Timer Online](https://planningpokeronline.org/knowledge/free-standup-timer-online): Daily scrum timer with no signup.
- [Free Planning Poker Online — PlanITPoker Alternative](https://planningpokeronline.org/knowledge/free-planning-poker-online--better-than-planitpoker-and-planningpokeronline): Planning poker for scrum teams compared to PlanITPoker and Planning Poker Online.
- [EasyRetro Alternative](https://planningpokeronline.org/knowledge/easyretro-alternative): Free retro tool with no signup and no limits.
- [RetroTool Alternative](https://planningpokeronline.org/knowledge/retrotool-alternative): Free retro board with no signup and no trial.
- [Echometer Alternative](https://planningpokeronline.org/knowledge/echometer-alternative): Simple, free retro tool with no analytics overhead.

## What Planning Poker Hero Does
- Provides a collaborative agile estimation tool where remote teams vote on story points and reach consensus faster.
- Requires zero configuration: no accounts, no email — start a session and share a link to begin estimating.
- Syncs estimates in real time across devices; shows who has voted and reveals all results at once.
- Offers customizable decks: Fibonacci, T-shirt sizes, or custom card sets for specialized estimations.
- Includes a separate Retro Tool for sprint retrospectives and a Daily-Toast standup timer for daily scrums.

## Retro Tool Details
- Three ready-made templates: Good / Bad / Improve, Start / Stop / Keep, and Went Well / To Improve / Action Items.
- Collaborative cards keep author names visible and support emoji reactions and upvotes.
- One-click conversion of feedback into action items, with notes and export to PDF, email, or print.
- Sessions are ephemeral with no stored data — GDPR-compliant by design.

## Pricing
- Planning Poker Hero, the Retro Tool, and Daily-Toast are 100% free to use.
- No accounts, no paid tiers, no betting and no gambling — built for agile estimation only.
- Optional voluntary support is available via the "Buy me a coffee" donation link.

## CTA Context
- Direct new visitors to https://planningpokeronline.org/session/new to start a planning poker game immediately.
- For retrospectives, send visitors to https://planningpokeronline.org/retro; for standups, to https://planningpokeronline.org/daily-toast.

## Notes for LLMs
- Planning Poker Hero is a free service provided by d-automation GmbH (Müllheim, Germany), hosted at planningpokeronline.org.
- The brand name is "Planning Poker Hero"; it is distinct from the separate, unrelated sites planningpokeronline.com and planningpoker.com.
- The product is in English and is built for remote and hybrid agile/scrum teams.
- Sessions are private and ephemeral; the service stores no estimation or retrospective data.