Distributed teams
Planning poker that doesn't assume your team shares a time zone
If your scrum team has people in CET, EST, and PST, real-time poker means someone is always inconvenienced. Plandeck is built async-first so estimation stops being a scheduling problem.
Aiko
Tokyo · UTC+9
Marek
Prague · UTC+2
Sofia
São Paulo · UTC-3
Liam
Austin · UTC-6
- 4h
- Lost per sprint
- 100+
- Engineer-hours a year
- $0
- Per voter, ever
- 1
- Link to join
The hidden cost
The hidden cost of sync poker
A 30-minute estimation call sounds harmless. With 8 voters that's 4 engineer-hours per sprint — over 100 hours a year on a ceremony that didn't need to be live. And when the call lands at 6am for someone, you don't just lose the hour. You lose the estimate.
Integrations
Your tracker stays the source of truth
- Import stories from Jira, Linear, or GitHub — no copy-paste.
- Write the agreed estimate back: story points in Jira and Linear.
- Label + comment on the GitHub issue when the round closes.
- No fourth tool to adopt — your tracker stays the system of record.
Async-first
What async-first changes
- Estimation moves from a meeting to a workflow — stories are queued; voters submit when they're alert.
- Quiet thinkers get the same five minutes as the loudest voice in the call.
- The no-show problem disappears — anyone who missed the window can still vote before reveal.
- Slack / Teams reminders nudge voters without a calendar invite.
Real-time
Real-time still works when you want it
Most distributed teams have a "core overlap" window — a few hours where most members are online. Real-time poker is still great for that window. Plandeck supports both modes in the same workspace, so you don't have to commit to one.
Pricing
Voters always free — only the facilitator pays
Charging per voter punishes the teams who include the most stakeholders. Plandeck charges a flat fee for the facilitator only — observers, advisors, contractors, your PM, your design lead all join the room with no account and no per-seat fee. Up to 20 active participants per room on Pro, 50 on Team, 200 on Enterprise.
Run your next estimation without booking a meeting
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