TeamRetro
USD 16.67/month per team, billed annually
Small Organization plan, unlimited team members
Annual cost$600
vs
The Parabol alternative that charges per team, not per user
See why agile teams and their leaders choose TeamRetro over Parabol.
Why choose TeamRetro over Parabol?
Intuitive and easy to use
Get started with customizable templates and guided steps, so anyone on the team can facilitate with ease.
Focus on actions
Run smarter meetings that stay on track, stay efficient, and finish with a clear set of actions.
Data driven insights
Boost team performance and support ongoing improvement with meaningful insights.
Harness the power of AI
AI groups ideas, suggests actions and summarizes the meeting, so your team spends its time on the conversation.
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Same teams, same year, side by side. Compare for yourself.
Case Study:Based on 3 teams with 10 people each over 1 year. Parabol's Team plan is billed monthly.
Parabol
USD 8/month per active user
Billed per active user, monthly
Annual cost$2,880
See how TeamRetro compares to Parabol
TeamRetro is a safe, reliable and easy to use agile retrospective, health check, estimation and standup tool. With simple to use features, facilitated meetings and a UI that makes meetings flow with ease. Capture actions that you can track over time. Create continuous improvements and build great teams.
| Features | TeamRetro | Parabol |
|---|---|---|
| Free forever plan | Not supportedNo free plan. 30-day trial with every feature | SupportedUnlimited users across 2 teams, 10 meetings a month, 30-day history |
| Open source | Not supportedClosed source | SupportedAGPL-3.0 on GitHub |
| Self-hosting | Not supportedNot available | SupportedAGPL-3.0. Docker or Kubernetes, on-prem and air-gapped on Enterprise |
| Retrospective templates | SupportedCustomizable templates / Organization and team wide / User first design | Supported40+ templates |
| Health checks & radars | Supported45+ models, heat map, trend lines & summaries | Partial or limited5 Likert questions per check across 5 fixed categories, five-check trend line; paid plans only |
| Daily standups | SupportedAsync by default, blockers carry forward, digest to Slack or Teams | SupportedStandup Meetings, async, with a summary email |
| Planning poker / agile estimation | SupportedFree tool and in-app | SupportedIn-app only |
| Customizable estimation decks | SupportedPreset decks plus your own, reused across sessions | SupportedCustom scales supported |
| Whiteboards | SupportedSketch diagrams and map frameworks in session | Not supportedNot supported |
| Schedule future / recurring retros | SupportedSet recurring schedule for future retros | SupportedRecurring meeting series with Google Calendar sync |
| Facilitated, customizable workflow | SupportedHighly customizable | Partial or limitedLimited customization |
| Icebreakers, check-in/out questions | SupportedBuilt in for quick pulse checks | Partial or limitedBasic functionality |
| Quick polling | SupportedMultiple poll options | Partial or limitedBasic poll options |
| Presentation / screen share mode | SupportedHide facilitator contributions | Not supportedNot supported |
| Music / gifs / live reactions / multiple languages | SupportedCreate fun and engagement | Partial or limitedPartially supported |
| Propose / suggest actions | SupportedGet buy-in before committing actions | Partial or limitedSeparate polling option |
| Action dashboard | SupportedAction dashboard and insights | SupportedKanban task board |
| Team agreements | SupportedAgreed norms the team can revisit each retro | Not supportedNot supported |
| Team sentiment analysis | SupportedDrill down word clouds, time line annotations & executive summaries | Partial or limitedPartially supported |
| Track return on time invested (ROTI) | SupportedTrack historical ratings | Not supportedNot supported |
| In-meeting AI assistant | SupportedAsk trAI to summarize, capture actions and look up past meetings | Partial or limitedNo assistant; AI grouping, discussion prompts and meeting summaries |
| MCP server | SupportedAsk Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini about your teams | Not supportedNot supported |
| SOC 2 Type 2 | SupportedSOC 2 Type 2 certified | SupportedSOC 2 Type 2 certified |
| Price for a team of 7 | Supported$20.83 a month, billed annually ($250), Single Team plan for up to 25 members | SupportedFree for 2 teams and 10 meetings a month, or $56 a month (7 users × $8), billed monthly |
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References: Parabol pricing · Parabol features · Parabol Team Health · Parabol GitHub (open source, AGPL-3.0) · Parabol custom estimation scales
Go from idea to action faster than Parabol
Get TeamRetro's toolkit designed to help you run effective, action-driven retrospectives, health checks, estimations and standups.
Create your perfect retro
Customize any template or build as many of your own as you need.
Warm up with icebreakers
Open with one of 20+ icebreaker games, from quick questions to team drawing.
Map it out on a whiteboard
Plan, map and diagram together with whiteboard templates like SWOT, RACI and North Star.
Vote privately and discuss openly
Vote on what matters most, then focus the discussion there.
Propose, capture and track actions
Turn discussion into owned, trackable next steps.
Estimate with planning poker
Size stories together with Fibonacci, T-shirt or custom card decks.
Sync with your team in daily standups
Share updates live or async, surface blockers and turn them into actions.
Survey team health
Run health checks and radars to see how the team is really doing.
Discover insights, trends and patterns
See recurring themes, team scores and open actions across every team over time.
Save time and gain focus
Automatically group ideas, highlight key themes, suggest next steps and generate clear summaries. Then ask trAI, your in-meeting assistant, for anything else you need.
A tool your team can count on
TeamRetro is made by GroupMap, an independent company building collaboration tools since 2012: privately held, profitable, and with no outside investors pushing for an exit. When you standardize on a tool your team uses every sprint, maturity and staying power matter as much as the feature list.
Since 2012
Building collaboration software, with TeamRetro shipping since 2018.
60,000+ teams
Run retrospectives and health checks with TeamRetro worldwide.
SOC 2 Type 2
Independently audited every year, with a public SOC 3 report and GDPR compliance.
Independent
No outside investors and no exit timeline, so the roadmap answers to customers.
Browse more templates
A few of the ready-to-run formats your team can start from and customize: classic columns, illustrated and themed boards, and dark mode for late-day retros.
Agile retrospective
Scrum values retrospective
Psychological safety retrospective
Rollercoaster retrospective
Energy levels in dark mode
Enterprise-grade security, compliance, and control
TeamRetro holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report. An independent auditor examined the controls across our policies, product, platform and infrastructure under AICPA attestation standards. Explore TeamRetro for Enterprise.
GDPR compliance and regional hosting (US & EU)
Single Sign-On (SSO) via SAML
SCIM for scalable user provisioning
Audit logs available on request
We maintain 99.99% uptime, with fast-response SLAs to ensure your teams stay productive and supported.Explore enterprise
Frequently asked questions
Why do teams switch from Parabol to TeamRetro?
Usually for one of two reasons. The first is pricing that climbs with headcount: Parabol bills $8 per active user per month, so the bill grows every time the team does. The second is measurement: Parabol's Team Health uses five fixed categories, while TeamRetro asks the whole health model every time. Weighing Retrium too? See TeamRetro vs Parabol vs Retrium.
How do Parabol's health checks compare with TeamRetro's?
As of October 2026, Parabol's Team Health asks five Likert questions per check across five fixed categories, with a five-check trend line per category. Organization-wide reporting is listed as coming soon for Enterprise, and no health-score export is documented. TeamRetro offers a library of health models, or your own, asks the whole model every time, and shows a heat map and timeline per dimension, with cross-team insights on Enterprise today.
What is Parabol, and what kind of meetings is it for?
Parabol is designed for agile meetings like retrospectives, sprint poker (estimation), standups, and check-ins. It's useful for teams that want to structure their agile ceremonies. TeamRetro, the alternative to Parabol, is a cloud-based tool for retrospectives, health checks, estimation and daily standups. It offers a wide array of retrospective templates and health checks (along with statistical information) and insights into trends and patterns over time. It also has built in ice breakers, pulse checks and uses AI to improve productivity and insight for action planning and exploring hot topics and team sentiment. It features an intuitive interface that enables retrospectives to run smoothly and integrates seamlessly with a wide range of workflow tools. TeamRetro is also SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant.
How easy is it to run a meeting in Parabol?
Parabol guides users through meeting phases like reflecting, grouping, voting, and discussion, depending on your meeting type. TeamRetro also uses guided facilitation steps with the added capability of customizing steps, presentation mode, and provides suggestions for grouping, actions, and instant summaries. It has an intuitive interface and built-in mechanics to help promote psychological safety.
What tools does Parabol integrate with?
Parabol syncs tasks with Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Linear and Azure DevOps, and connects to Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Calendar. TeamRetro publishes actions to Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Linear, Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Monday.com, Notion and Confluence, and connects to Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Does Parabol allow for anonymous feedback?
Yes, Parabol lets team members submit reflections and vote anonymously, which helps encourage open feedback. TeamRetro allows for anonymous, named, and alias feedback, allowing flexibility and trust building for both emerging and mature agile teams.
How much does Parabol cost?
Parabol offers a usable free plan: unlimited users across 2 teams, 10 meetings a month, 30 days of history and 3 AI meeting summaries. Team health checks are not part of it. Parabol lists Team Health on the Team and Enterprise plans only, so measuring team health starts at $8 per active user per month, and that bill grows every time the team does. In contrast, TeamRetro charges per team, not per user, allowing you to add an unlimited number of users at no extra cost. With flat-rate pricing and full access to all features (including unlimited meeting history, integrations, AI summaries, and team health tools), TeamRetro offers a clearer, more scalable solution that's easier to manage as your team expands.
Can I migrate my data from Parabol to TeamRetro?
Yes, retrospective data can be migrated to TeamRetro, but you don't have to: start your next retro from a template you can customize, invite the team by link and carry open actions forward so nothing gets dropped. Flat per-team pricing, with unlimited members on multi-team plans, means no per-seat math as people join, and TeamRetro's SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliance means it's ready for a security review.
What TeamRetro users say
The interface is clean and super intuitive and the flow was easy to navigate. I love the different options for retro types and the sticky note and dot voting experience was great. And finally, the ability to create actions was a fantastic finish. Your team should be SO PROUD.
In software development and consultancy, human factors can be the difference between ‘okay’ and ‘awesome.’ That’s why we hold weekly check-ins, and TeamRetro lets team members share their thoughts before meetings.
TeamRetro is a product where every detail is considered – simple usage, and good design. different flows for different needs, highly customizable, real-time features. It allows you to enter a retrospective or health check meeting comfortably and be ready for the meeting as a team leader.
It is intuitive, easy to use, and helps the team tremendously to perform a constructive retrospective. Also, the health check fully meets our requirements.
I love TeamRetro because it allows my team and me to focus on our topics without worrying about security or the tools we use, thanks to its amazing UI/UX. I started using it for retrospectives and health checks at my previous company, and now I also use it for planning poker.
TeamRetro’s Team Health Check feature allowed us to run quick surveys, providing a pulse on how our teams felt about aspects like communication and workload.
Probably one of the best applications we’ve used to conduct a retrospective. Seeing everyone interact with the board and share their opinions was awesome! The integrations with our Jira board is great. Allows us to track our goals and ensure they’re owned. Thank You, thumbs up from me👍
TeamRetro helped our teams effectively manage retrospective meetings, even in a remote setup, saving time and increasing productivity.
With the step-by-step framework TeamRetro provides, it enables small teams to hold regular retrospectives with alternating team members in the facilitating role.
Excellent, it’s exactly what we expected and even more, we liked very much the idea of incorporating in the report not only the current retro actions but also the pending ones from earlier retros.
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