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Parabol
San Diego, California, United States
What it is
Parabol is an online agile meeting tool for guided retrospectives, sprint poker estimation, check-ins, stand-ups, and other team meetings. Meeting features include discussion threads, takeaway tasks, anonymity, icebreakers, and time-boxed discussions. Teams can open activities in advance, set participation deadlines, and contribute asynchronously through threads. The free Starter plan supports up to two teams, 10 meetings per month, 30 days of meeting history, unlimited users, and two custom templates. Team and Enterprise plans include Team Health, which offers anonymous checks across five categories with trend lines. Listed integrations include Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Zoom, Linear, Azure DevOps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost, and Google Calendar. Parabol says its software is open source, maintains an active SOC 2 Type 2 certification, encrypts user data and backups, and is GDPR compliant. It says customer data is not used to train AI models. Public servers are in Iowa, with EU or client-side hosting options; Enterprise also offers optional on-premises or single-tenant hosting. All plans list email and chat support.
For and against
For
- Free Starter plan supports unlimited users.
- Offers retrospectives, sprint poker, check-ins, and stand-ups.
- Activities can support asynchronous participation.
- Team Health provides checks and trend lines on Team and Enterprise.
- Listed integrations include Jira, Slack, and Google Calendar.
Against
- Starter allows up to two teams.
- Starter is limited to 10 meetings per month.
- Starter retains 30 days of meeting history.
The verdict
Parabol brings guided meeting formats and asynchronous participation into a web-based tool, with a free Starter tier and additional Team Health features on higher plans. Review Starter's team, meeting, and history limits against your meeting cadence.
Who it suits
Parabol is aimed primarily at Agile teams, including scrum masters and other leaders running structured team meetings. Its asynchronous activities may suit teams that want members to contribute before a scheduled discussion.
Plans and prices
Enterprise
SAML SSO · SCIM provisioning · Jira Data Center · Self Managed GitLab
Read 5 Oct 2026 · parabol.co
Starter
Up to 2 teams per company · Up to 10 meetings per month · Unlimited users · 30 days of meeting history
Read 5 Oct 2026 · parabol.co
Team
Unlimited teams, users, meetings, meeting history, and custom templates · Private teams · Team Health · Priority support
Read 5 Oct 2026 · parabol.co
On the record
- Active user billing
- Team billing counts active users, and users who have not logged in for 30 days are marked inactive and do not count toward the bill.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Async collaboration
- Teams can open activities early, set participation deadlines, and use discussion threads to contribute asynchronously.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Parabol says it encrypts user data and backups and is GDPR compliant.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Free plan limits
- Starter is free for up to two teams, with up to 10 meetings per month and 30 days of meeting history.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Public servers are in Iowa, with an option for EU or client-side hosting; Enterprise offers optional on-prem hosting.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Zoom, Linear, Azure DevOps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost, and Google Calendar.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Parabol says it primarily serves Agile teams and describes scrum masters and other leaders as users of its guided meeting tools.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Meeting formats
- Its meeting formats include retrospectives, sprint poker estimation, check-ins, and stand-up meetings.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Meeting tools
- Features include discussion threads, takeaway tasks, anonymity, icebreakers, and time-boxed discussions.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Parabol says it is open source and its code is scrutinized by a developer community.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Privacy and AI
- Parabol says it does not train AI models on customer data and scopes related-discussion retrieval to an individual team.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Parabol is an online agile meeting tool for guided retrospectives, sprint poker, check-ins, and other team meetings.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- Parabol says it maintains an active SOC 2 Type 2 certification.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- All plans list email and chat support; Team and Enterprise include priority support, and Enterprise includes a dedicated account manager.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
- Team Health
- Team Health offers anonymous, research-backed checks with five categories and trend lines, and is included in Team and Enterprise.parabol.co · read 5 Oct 2026
