# Parabol Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Parabol Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Collaboration products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/182731/Parabol/pricing --- # Parabol Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Parabol ## What is Parabol ? Parabol is a Free Agile Meeting Tool for Remote Teams, supporting Retrospectives, Sprint Poker meetings and more. It seamlessly integrates with Atlassian Jira, GitHub, & Slack and it's free & open-source. https://www.parabol.co/ ## What is Parabol used for? [Meeting](https://www.capterra.com/meeting-software/)[Collaboration](https://www.capterra.com/collaboration-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 11 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $6 Per User, Per Month Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Parabol ?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://parabol.co&name=Parabol ) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Parabol 4.6 (11) VS. [4.7 (24,036)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/reviews/) Starting Price $6 Per User, Per Month Starting Price $8.75 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.7 (11) Ease Of Use 4.6 (10,908) Value For Money 4.4 (7) Value For Money 4.5 (6,658) Customer Service 4.9 (8) Customer Service 4.4 (6,409) ## Parabol alternatives [4.6 (14,521)](https://www.capterra.com/p/144037/Zoom-Video-Conferencing/reviews/) Starting price $14.99 Per User, Per Month [4.5 (13,544)](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/reviews/) Starting price $10.99 Per User, Per Month [Microsoft Teams](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/) [4.5 (10,931)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/reviews/) Starting price $4.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/) [Google Workspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/247901/Google-Workspace/) [4.7 (17,471)](https://www.capterra.com/p/247901/Google-Workspace/reviews/) Starting price $7.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/247901/Google-Workspace/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/182731/Parabol/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Host Controls 4.5 (4) 50.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Provide special privileges to hosts and presenters to control audience actions, such as putting someone on mute, etc. Brainstorming 3.3 (3) 33.33% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Group collaboration to solve ideas in a productive and concentrated manner. Mobile Access 4.0 (2) 0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Access software remotely via mobile devices Project Management 4.5 (2) 0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments Real Time Editing 4.5 (2) 50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Preview and make real-time changes in the web content Task Management 4.5 (2) 50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, manage and track all task activities and progression Parabol 36 features An @mention is a way to tag or notify a specific person about a message/post Track the status of discussed/agreed tasks Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Access event or meeting agenda online Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Assign issues and tasks based on availability or required skills Process of managing, tracking, and communicating with individuals who are registered to attend an event Group collaboration to solve ideas in a productive and concentrated manner. Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat Online forums/groups where users can ask questions, share ideas, best practices, etc. Provide special privileges to hosts and presenters to control audience actions, such as putting someone on mute, etc. Manage the process of planning and scheduling meetings, including agenda creation Create and share notes/annotations taken during meetings Tools that facilitate planning & coordination for meetings, including tasks such as scheduling, agenda creation & document sharing Access software remotely via mobile devices Enable custom polls/voting to facilitate decision-making or increase engagement Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency Send messages to selected individual(s) from the entire audience Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments Preview and make real-time changes in the web content Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction Gauge satisfaction and receive information for improvement and success Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes Create, manage and track all task activities and progression Track the status and progress of tasks Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes A digital list of items that need to be completed Manage user accounts, profiles, roles, permissions, and other details across applications, devices or networks Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.6 (11) 4.6 Based on 11 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.4 (7) Free Version Basic $6.00 Per User,Per Month Value for money 4.4 (7) 4.4 Based on 7 reviews ## Integrations [ Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)[ Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[ GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.9 (8) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.9 (8) 4.9 Based on 8 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.6 Based on 11 reviews Filter by rating 5(7) 4(4) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AU Anonymous User Project Manager Information Technology and Services ### "Excellent application for team collaboration, conducting retrospectives and synchronization meetings" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 October 18, 2023 Retrospective meetings and sync meetings Pros The interface is impressive, and the intuitive way it guides both you and your team through the flow of any meeting is highly effective and pleasant Cons The task board should have more features Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Digital Project Manager Computer Software ### "Parabol - If only I found this platform earlier in my PM career" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 11, 2021 It's been an easy onboarding process and people to buy-into the product/service as we reviewed it and used it mock retrospectives and on our actual projects. Pros Super easy to pick up and use as we used this tool to introduce a standard across the organization for managing retrospectives for all of our projects. It has now become a standard across the organization for client and internal projects Cons The inability to export the tasks from retrospectives into our Jira instance or a way to import them into our Jira instead of using the board in Parabol. Alternatives considered [Trello](https://www.capterra.com/p/211559/Trello/) [EasyRetro](https://www.capterra.com/p/185134/EasyRetro/) Reasons for choosing Parabol We felt the platform provided us the right solution for our retrospective needs that makes it easy and formulated Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MP Melina P. Agile Coach Information Technology and Services ### "Amazing tool " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 20, 2021 Pros Parabol is a great tool for facilitation and team work. I love that you can have the whole history of a team in one single tool, avoiding unnecessary documentation. You can create action actions in the same meeting, tag people affected and later follow up with that tasks list. I also really like the templates available for retrospectives and that you also can create your own templates, even make a copy of the ones there and adapt it to our needs. The icebreaker question is amazing, it helps to set the mood before going into reflection mode. I've use it quite often. The feature for the estimating tasks is also great and works great with JIRA integration, it even adjusts the Story points in JIRA when you change them in the tool, really helpful! Again, avoids double and manual work. I highly recommend this tool, it works perfectly with fully remote, mixed set up or even when having a retrospective in person, but as a support tool to document what was discussed. Cons Something to improve would be to have more templates, as the options list is quite limited. Maybe as well to be able to remove the facilitator's votes, as you don't always need to vote, depending on the type of session you are. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DS Dieine S. Agile Coach Information Technology and Services ### "Product it's good usability" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 July 27, 2021 Problems with many tools like Miro, MetroRetro. Pros We discovered Parabol and We used until now. Our teams uses Parabol in their retrospectives and loved this product. The best part of retrospective meeting is merge reflections (feature the name "Group"). Now we work remote and this product its very important for the day by day. Cons Manager users. We don't can delete users. Alternatives considered [Miro](https://www.capterra.com/p/128955/Miro/) [Ludi](https://www.capterra.com/p/208712/Metro-Retro/) Reasons for choosing Parabol It's a free product. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ZD Zoran D. CTO Marketing and Advertising ### "Best Sprint Retrospective tool" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 July 15, 2021 Pros We have tried many softwares, and Parabol is the best on the market for remote Sprint Retrospective sessions. Cons Synchronization with JIRA could be easier, but Poker Planning is still in the BETA version, so I guess it will be improved. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. HH Hayley H. Technology Operations Manager Information Technology and Services ### "Parabol is a great tool for teams who are trying to have Virtual Retrospectives" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 June 21, 2021 It has been great working with \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] on the Customer Team. He has been super patient with me and my team as we figure out our direction with Parabol. Pros Parabol has given me a way to host Retrospectives with my team while we have been remote Cons As a host of a meeting, I can't see when my team is ready for the next phase. However, I was able to add it to their Git as a feature request which was great that's available to customers. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Business Analyst Information Technology and Services ### "Fund and easy tool for Agile and Scrum activities" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 31, 2021 Pros My team and I use Parabol for sprint planning poker and retro sessions, and it has become everyone's favorite. It is very easy to get started, adding new members works through a direct link invite so new team members are in withing seconds. The planning poker is well designed, shows who's cast their votes, and the history of the final decisions is saved in the tool. Grooming flow is easy, fun and collaborative, as well as anonimous (even though this last part hasn't been necessary for our team). There are steps you go through: first add cards with topics for discussion, then group them into categories by similar topic, and then vote which category you want to discuss most. The number of votes to be cast is customizable, so you can be flexible for different group sizes and the scale of the project. Retro notes are saved in the tool as well so you can go back and review. Cons It looks like the numbering for a type of meeting (Sprint Poker) is messed up a little, I can see two events like that with #1, but I am not entirely sure this isn't some setting I haven't noticed. Will investigate at some point. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. IF Ivan F. Senior project manager Information Technology and Services ### "Parabol review - for retropective meetings" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 4, 2021 Pros I'm using only the part for retrospective meetings. What I liked about it is that it provided the option to anonymously post feedback, anonymously vote and still give an option to discuss these elements in later phases of the workflow bearing in mind it connects all of this together in a single solution. Cons I was struggling a bit with the fact I have multiple teams and I do not have an option to see all retrospective meetings for a certain team. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Sascha W. Agile Coach Health, Wellness and Fitness ### "Parabol as a retro tool in times of remote work" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 June 15, 2020 Parabol is a great tool for retrospectives. It i solid, fast and fun to use. I would recommend it especially for thos with little retrospective experience who would like to get sustainable results. Pros While Parabol is helping with continuity on Team progress you are not forced into fixed team structures and can do project group retrospectives as well. Invitation is possible via link. The retrospectives follow a process that helps with moderating and focussing only on what is important right now. The action items are linked to the discussion cards and not stand alone. You have many different retrospective formats and can also setup your own. Cards can be easily grouped and ungrouped and moved between the columns. The voting amount can be customized and there is a built in timer. When in the discussion phase card or cluster is highlighted. People can join a retro even if it has started. In the end every team member gets a nice summary via e-mail. Cons Sometimes a member gets disconnected from the session and has to refresh. You have to reregister for every single team you should be in. It would be nicer to have a user pool from which you can move people in different teams and retros like in senseitool. Something like a Sprintscore or happyness metric would be nice. While is the voting stage the moderator cannot see who has still votes left. Reasons for choosing Parabol it was also free and offered the best functionality Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. PB Pablo B. Scrum Master Retail ### "Is not only for retrospectives" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 6, 2020 Looking for a restrospective tool I found in Parabol a complete tool easy to use that resolved, not only my original needs, also allowed us it for brainstorming sessions and other meetings activities with many people on distributed and also at local teams. Pros There are a couple of features very usefull like -kanban dashboard for tracking activities defined in previous sessions - The chance of writting reflections and comments at anonimous mode (That was very helpfully with local teams where the people don´t want to be exposed) - Dot colors for card to identify the columns is a great insight The best feature I like is the posibility of having openeded the "reflect stage" during a long time (weeks) and keep everything documented.That allowed us to have sessions on "asincronic" mode and have more time to prepare and share ideas and continue the retrospective (or activity) in many sessions or stages. Cons There are some simples ideas that could be great to add to the tool. For ie - At the kanban dashboard, the task tracked could have the name where they were grouped (during the grouping stage) - Allow to asign to more than one person or to all (in case the task is for all) Reasons for choosing Parabol Easy to use The user experience it's similar to a real restrospective. No capacitation needed for basic use Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/182731/Parabol/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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