Why choose TeamRetro over Parabol?

TeamRetro is a leading Parabol alternative built for agile retrospectives, health checks and estimation. Instead of Parabol’s per-user pricing and limited free tier, TeamRetro charges per team for unlimited users — with health-check models and radars, 200+ templates and SOC 2 Type 2 security.

Trusted by agile teams worldwide to elevate collaboration and results.

Intuitive and easy to use

Get ready to go templates, guided steps and user first design that lets you 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.

Get from idea to action faster than Parabol

Get TeamRetro's toolkit designed to help you run effective, action-driven meetings.

Retrospective featuresHealth check featuresEstimation features

Create your perfect retro

Create your perfect retro

Start from 200+ templates or build your own.

Set the stage

Set the stage

Warm up with an icebreaker or check-in question.

Rich facilitation at your fingertips

Rich facilitation at your fingertips

Guide every step with timers, prompts and presentation mode.

Vote privately and discuss openly

Vote privately and discuss openly

Independent dot voting surfaces what matters most.

Propose, capture and track actions

Propose, capture and track actions

Turn discussion into owned, trackable next steps.

Generate and share summaries instantly

Generate and share summaries instantly

AI-written summaries ready to share the moment you wrap up.

Discover insights, trends and patterns

Discover insights, trends and patterns

Track team sentiment and agile metrics over time.

Survey team health

Survey team health

Run health checks and radars to see how the team is really doing.

Save time and gain focus

Automatically group ideas, highlight key themes, suggest next steps, and generate clear summaries with a little help from AI.

See how TeamRetro compares to Parabol

TeamRetro is a safe, reliable and easy to use agile retrospective, health check and estimation 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.

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Feature area TeamRetro Parabol
Retrospective templates 200+ templates / Organization and team wide / User first design 50+ templates
Schedule future / recurring retros Set recurring schedule for future retros Via calendar invite only
Planning poker / agile estimation Free tool and in-app In-app only
Health checks survey / radars Heat map, trend lines & summaries Poll only
SOC 2 Type 2 SOC 2 Type 2 certified Not SOC 2 certified
Action dashboard Action dashboard and insights Kanban task board
Quick polling Multiple poll options Basic poll options
Icebreakers, check in/out questions Built in for quick pulse checks Basic functionality
Facilitated workflow Highly customizable Limited customization
Propose/suggest actions Get buy-in before committing actions Separate polling option
Team sentiment analysis Drill down word clouds, time line annotations & executive summaries Partially supported
Presentation / screen share mode Hide facilitator contributions Not supported
Track return on time invested (ROTI) Track historical ratings Not supported
Team agreements Create team bonds Not supported
Music / gifs / live reactions / multiple languages Create fun and engagement Partially supported

Get more for less with TeamRetro

Save money without sacrificing quality — compare for yourself.

Case Study: Based on 3 teams with 10 people each over 1 year on a standard plan.

TeamRetro

USD 16.66 /month per team with annual discount

Unlimited team members

Annual cost $600

Parabol Parabol

USD 8 /month per active user

Billed per user

Annual cost $2,880

Enterprise-grade security, compliance, and control

TeamRetro is SOC 2 Type 2 accredited by an independent auditor who has evaluated our policies, product, platform, and infrastructure in accordance with the Standard on Assurance Engagements (ASAE 3150).

SOC 2 Type 2 SOC 3
  • 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 99.9% uptime, with fast-response SLAs to ensure your teams stay productive and supported. Status dashboard

Frequently asked questions

What is Parabol, and what kind of meetings is it for?
Parabol is designed for agile meetings like retrospectives, sprint poker (estimation), stand-ups, and check-ins. It's useful for teams that want to structure their agile ceremonies. TeamRetro, the alternative to Parabol, is a cloud-based retrospective tool that 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 works with Jira, GitHub, Slack, and Azure DevOps. TeamRetro offers deep integrations with Jira, Trello, Confluence, MS Teams, and more.
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 free plan for up to 2 teams, but it comes with key limitations like access to only the last 2 meetings and restricted integrations. As your team grows, costs can become unpredictable due to its $8 per active user/month pricing. 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.

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.
    Kim Hansen Appfolio
  • 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.
    Martijn Groeneveldt Infi
  • 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.
    Yasemin K. Sourceforge
  • It is intuitive, easy to use, and helps the team tremendously to perform a constructive retrospective.  Also, the health check fully meets our requirements.
    Rebecca G. Slashdot
  • 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.
    Kamol M. G2.com
  • 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.
    Mitch Fernandez RoleModel Software
  • 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👍
    Ragika Raveendran Rockar
  • TeamRetro helped our teams effectively manage retrospective meetings, even in a remote setup, saving time and increasing productivity.
    Václav Nidrle Trigama
  • With the step-by-step framework TeamRetro provides, it enables small teams to hold regular retrospectives with alternating team members in the facilitating role.
    Reimer Anke Chatmosphere
  • 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.
    Leonardo Mena Pyxis