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Meet TeamRetro
A purpose built, simple to use tool that teams love.
Facilitate better agile retrospectives and health checks for continuous improvement.
Choose and customise templates 
Brainstorm without fear or bias
Save time with suggested grouping
Vote independently to prioritize ideas 
Deep dive into discussions
Get buy in for proposed actions
Measure Return On Time Invested
Publish, share and track actions
Insights that level up your teams
From key agile metrics and easy reporting to discovering common themes and team sentiment in meetings.
TeamRetro’s Insights feature lets you track and explore everything from meeting cadence, time to completion on action, team health and so much more.
Retrospectives that teams love
Create safe spaces for ideas and actions to be shared.
Design and create retros that have an intuitive workflow, time boxed events and independent brainstorming and voting.
Let the team propose and accept actions and create team agreements to get everyone working better together.
Run Agile health checks
Want to know how well your team is going? Use common health check models (Spotify, Atlassian, Google) or create your own.
Capture, track and improve overall team health. From Scrum Ceremonies and Valuesto Team Happiness and Agile maturity.
See where your team needs support and where they are thriving.
Track and publish actions
Easily push actions and meeting summaries your workflow tools safely and quickly.
From Jira, Trello, Asana and Basecamp through to Confluence Slack and MS team, you’ll be helping drive change for continuous improvement.
Explore our template gallery
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| Retrospective templates | 50+ | 9 |
| Health Checks & Radars | ||
| Health metrics and trends over time | ||
| Customizable templates | Partial | |
| Comment on ideas by others | ||
| Presentation mode | Partial | |
| Mobile device support for non-site retros | ||
| Automated grouping | ||
| Propose actions against ideas | ||
| Soc 2 Type 2 compliant | ||
| Integrations | Partial | |
| Insights, stats, reports and metrics | ||
| Team sentiment and agreements | ||
| Pricing per team | $15-25 | $38 |
What TeamRetro users say!
Run an engaging meeting … focusing on actions and conversations
Facilitating a meaningful agile retrospective is challenging as it is, even more, when your teammates are working remotely. TeamRetro allows me to run an engaging meeting for everyone whether they are remote or co-located, focusing on the actions and conversations instead of technical difficulties.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:29:31+08:00
Anna - Software Advice
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/online-retrospectives-without-the-hassle
Excellent – simple & very efficient
Accessible from any device, awesome! Templates are just the perfect mix, diverse but not too many to send you into choice overload.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:37:05+08:00
Laure M. - Sourceforge
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/excellent-simple-very-efficient
Delivers the expected result
TeamRetro fits very well because it requires minimum learning effort and delivers the expected result. I have never heard negative feedback about this tool and rather see a constantly growing interest from the individuals and departments who encounter and try the tool. It does not dominate the conversation and does what it is supposed to do.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:26:08+08:00
Ilya Z. Agile Coach - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/teamretro-is-one-of-my-best-examples-of-good-software
Very easy for everybody to participate
Since we've been using this tool, it's become very easy for everybody to participate easily, and we're killing fewer post-it trees. Plus, it's really intuitive and easy to use.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:28:09+08:00
TeamRetro Client, Marketing Company - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/helpful-for-retros-with-remote-employees
@TeamRetroHQ makes your events more meaningful
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:40:52+08:00
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/teamretrohq-provides-great-online-tools-for-remote-teams
Super easy
Super easy to collaborate in team meetings. We've used post-its, Asana, and others to conduct retrospectives and brainstorms. TeamRetro is especially helpful with a remote team who can't all be in the same room.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:27:06+08:00
TeamRetro Client - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/super-easy
Saves time and resources that would otherwise be wasted
We're able to throw all of our ideas under different topics, comment/expand on each others' thoughts, then vote on our favorites. The ability for multiple topics was a helpful way to put up guardrails and guide the discussion. Being able to see each idea being discussed saves time and resources that would otherwise be wasted.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:24:20+08:00
We're able to throw all of our ideas under different topics, comment/expand on each others' thoughts, then vote on our favorites. The ability for multiple topics was a helpful way to put up guardrails and guide the discussion. Being able to see each idea being discussed saves time and resources that would otherwise be wasted. https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/excellent-for-getting-those-creative-juices-flowing
We are using TeamRetro and are very happy with it
Their pricing is reasonable and they are still adding features.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:43:53+08:00
Their pricing is reasonable and they are still adding features. https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/we-are-using-teamretro-and-are-very-happy-with-it
Simple but effective tool
Simple but effective tool. We use it also to brainstorm ideas for product development or any other purpose where we need input from the team.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:35:51+08:00
Tadas - Software Advice
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/amazing-simple-tool-for-retrospectives
Your team should be SO PROUD
I just need to tell you that using TeamRetro for the first time was AMAZING. 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. Thank you. Your team should be SO PROUD.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T10:07:04+08:00
Kim Hansen - Appfolio
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/clean-and-super-intuitive
No other product delivers this number of features at this level of quality at this price
There is no other product on the market that delivers this number of features at this level of quality at this price. It is extremely valuable for a remote teams, but we also found value using it for in person retros for its organization, anonymous capabilities, and reporting.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:36:15+08:00
Gregory - Sourceforge
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/awesome-retro-facilitator
Exactly what we expected and even more
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.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T10:08:10+08:00
Leonardo Mena - Pyxis
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/its-exactly-what-we-expected-and-even-more
An exceptional product! You’ve totally changed my company
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:38:58+08:00
Alex Kreilein - @AK3R303
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/exceptional-product
Our agile teams love the tool
Cards are hidden if you want to - our team members like that they are not influenced by reading the cards of others.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T10:49:34+08:00
-Vlore K. Head of Organizational Development Product & Tech - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/our-agile-teams-love-the-tool
An awesome experience
I am a software engineer at Zocdoc and I have been looking for a great to use retrospective tool. We gave TeamRetro a trial and it was an awesome experience.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T10:06:36+08:00
Zev Levit-Ramos - Zocdoc
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/awesome-experience
Absolutely what I need to help get people talking
Your UI is simply 'simple' and super to use. Cool tool to use. I think this is an utterly brilliant solution! I'm a Scrum Master for teams in multiple locations, and the option to give anonymous feedback in the retro is absolutely what I need to help get people talking.
TeamRetro
2019-10-04T17:04:33+08:00
Sudhakaran K - SAP
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/1639
We use @TeamRetroHQ and it’s sweet!
It's cool that you can define a common retro or health check and then run it over time and easily keep track. Everyone feels bought into it.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:41:35+08:00
Dan Barker - @Dan_Barker1
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/we-use-teamretrohq-and-its-sweet
A great tool for a collaborative retrospective
It lets you customise columns, add anonymous entries, group similar topics and vote on the ones they'd like to discuss. You can assign action items and export the discussion.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:43:15+08:00
Ratika Gandhi - @ratikapgandhi
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/teamretrohq-is-a-great-tool-for-a-collaboprative-retrospective
Really useful and prefer it
We've recently been using TeamRetro and I've found it really useful and prefer it to GoReflect which I'd used for a few years (and ScatterSpoke before that).
TeamRetro
2019-10-04T16:57:35+08:00
Chris Tromans - CCDC
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/1637
Makes our retrospective less intense and much more constructive
Probably one of the best applications we've used to conduct a retrospective. It makes our retrospective less intense and much more constructive. Seeing everyone interact with the board and share their opinions was awesome! Normally we would have silence. 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
2021-03-29T10:40:39+08:00
Ragika Raveendran - Rockar
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/makes-retrospective-less-intense-and-much-more-constructive
@TeamRetroHQ is one of the best tools I’ve ever used!
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:41:13+08:00
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/teamretrohq-is-one-of-the-best-tools-ive-ever-used
Health check is just awesome…no hassle with visualizing the data or boring introductions
The health check feature is just awesome. We've done them once in a while when our teams came together and it was always a pain to consolidate. Now I can pull this with a click at any given time. No hassle with visualizing the data or a boring introduction to new members.
TeamRetro
2019-10-04T17:02:49+08:00
Andreas Lippert - Louis.de
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/1638
Allows our team to gather our opinions in between our sprints
TeamRetro allows our team to gather all our opinions on business processes in between our sprints. This allows everyone to bring feedback to what our focus could/should be. I really like how you can customize what the fields are for the team.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:29:01+08:00
TeamRetro Client - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/great-way-to-keep-retrospective-amongst-the-team
Previously used stick-it notes…this is a great alternative.
Previously used stick-it notes, and it was really hard for them to see & participate that way. This is a great alternative.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:26:35+08:00
TeamRetro Client - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/a-great-retro-tool-for-remote-workers
I’m very impressed with TeamRetro and so is my team
It's practically EVERYTHING a retrospective tool for teams needs to be, look and feel like. Easy to use and intuitive, encourages collaboration, with an intuitive design. The discussion and action-taking functions are brilliant in terms of design and implementation. Overall, I'm very impressed with TeamRetro and so is my team. Really well done.
TeamRetro
2019-10-04T16:53:58+08:00
Molood Ceccarelli - Remote Forever
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/1636
Fun way to collect feedback after a sprint
My favorite thing about TeamRetro is that you can do it anonymously. People can share how they truly feel about how things went without having to be public. It's also a fun way to collect feedback after a sprint. Not only does it save paper, but it's a great way to view everyone's thoughts without struggling to read people's handwriting.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T11:28:34+08:00
TeamRetro Client - G2.com
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/fun-way-to-collect-feedback-after-a-sprint
A significantly better tool
A great tool we use at Riot is @TeamRetroHQ. My past teams always did retros in confluence or a whiteboard, which was ok but TeamRetro is a significantly better tool for facilitating discussions and tracking team health over time.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:42:08+08:00
Tracy Kennedy - @RiotLavaliere
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/significantly-better-tool
Allows you to feel comfortable and ready as a team leader
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 a great product that allows us to protect our teamwork.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:36:40+08:00
Yasemin K. - Sourceforge
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/great-product
I’m madly in love with @TeamRetroHQ
Can highly recommend!
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:44:13+08:00
Mathew Cropper - @mrtcropper
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/im-madly-in-love-with-teamretrohq-2
Step-by-step framework…alternative team members in the facilitating role
With the step-by-step framework TeamRetro provides, it enables small teams to hold regular retrospectives with alternating team members in the facilitating role.
TeamRetro
2022-12-20T10:48:42+08:00
Reimer Anke - Chatmosphere
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/enables-small-teams-to-hold-regular-retrospectives-2
I really like this tool
It is intuitive, easy to use, and helps the team tremendously to perform a constructive retrospective. Also, the health check fully meets our requirements.
TeamRetro
2022-12-21T13:37:27+08:00
Rebecca G. - Slashdot
https://www.teamretro.com/testimonials/i-really-like-this-tool
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Parabol FAQ’s : General
Parabol is an online tool that can be used for conducting agile team workshops aka Retrospectives online. It is primarily used by virtual or remote teams, who often work (according to the Scrum Framework) in sprints and prefer to use varying retro templates at the end of their iteration. Parabol is open source and offers and on premise solution.
On the other hand, TeamRetro, Parabol’s alternative, is a cloud based retrospective tool with a stronger focus on ease of use in running effective retrospectives, more features on creating actions and has the ability to create surveys for health checks and team agreements. It has useful and relevant reports and Insights that allow teams to continuously improve.
Yes and no: Parabol is free for use in up to two teams with limited features. Prices start from $6 per team member per month. Additional features such as on premises are custom quoted.
Meanwhile, Parabol’s alternative – TeamRetro, is free for 30 days. Pricing is fixed per team with unlimited members. See here for pricing information.
Yes, Parabol is open source. More information regarding this can be found on the company’s website and on GitHub.
The Parabol Company is a private company founded by Jordan Husney and Taya Mueller. According to LinkedIn, Jordan Husney is the CEO, Taya Mueller no longer works at Parabol.
TeamRetro, Parabol’s alternative, was founded by Jeremy Lu (CEO) and Brad Ward (CTO).
To cancel your subscription you will have to email them by logging into your account and navigate to their “danger zone”. There isn’t the option to cancel your own subscription.
Parabol is open source and has taken some measures for app security, privacy and data protection. The tool is compliant with EU-US Privacy Shield, GDPR, CalOPPA, and US FIPS. In case you live in Germany, you should double check where exactly the data is stored and processed. A full overview of security, privacy and data protection measures can be found on the company’s website.
Parabol’s alternative – TeamRetro, is SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant and can be hosted in either in the US or the EU. It meets the highest standards of data protection and security. Detailed information can be found here.
Yes, retrospective data can be migrated to TeamRetro.
Last updated : May 9, 2023