Parabol
Parabol is an online agile meeting tool for retrospectives, sprint poker estimation, check-ins, stand-ups and other team meetings.
What Parabol is
Parabol is an online agile meeting tool for retrospectives, sprint poker estimation, check-ins, stand-ups and other team meetings. Guided activities include discussion threads, takeaway tasks, anonymity, icebreakers and time-boxed discussions. Teams can open activities early, set participation deadlines and contribute asynchronously through threads. Its free Starter plan allows up to two teams, 10 meetings per month, unlimited users, 30 days of meeting history and two custom templates. Team and Enterprise include Team Health, with anonymous checks across five categories and trend lines. Listed integrations include Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Zoom, Linear, Azure DevOps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost and Google Calendar. Parabol says it 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-prem hosting.
Good
- Free Starter plan allows unlimited users
- Supports asynchronous contributions with discussion threads
- Includes retrospectives, sprint poker and stand-ups
- Lists integrations with Jira, Slack and Google Calendar
Watch out
- Starter allows up to two teams
- Starter limits meetings to 10 per month
- Starter history is limited to 30 days
Who it suits
Parabol suits Agile teams, including scrum masters and other leaders, who want guided meetings and asynchronous participation. The Starter plan fits teams within its meeting, history and team-count limits.
Verdict
Parabol offers guided formats for common Agile meetings and a free Starter tier with defined limits. Teams needing longer history or more meetings should review the Team and Enterprise plan descriptions.
Plans and prices
From Parabol's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Priced on request | SAML SSO · SCIM provisioning · Jira Data Center · Self Managed GitLab · Optional on-prem or single-tenant hosting · Dedicated account manager · Uptime SLA · Custom plans; flat annual pricing with flexible user tiers |
| Starter | Free | Up to 2 teams per company · Up to 10 meetings per month · Unlimited users · 30 days of meeting history · Up to 2 custom templates · Free, for up to 2 teams |
| Team | $8 a month | Unlimited teams, users, meetings, meeting history, and custom templates · Private teams · Team Health · Priority support · $8 per active user per month; monthly billing |
The facts
Each one read from Parabol's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- 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.checked 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.checked 5 Oct 2026
What it does
- Async collaboration
- Teams can open activities early, set participation deadlines, and use discussion threads to contribute asynchronously.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Parabol says it encrypts user data and backups and is GDPR compliant.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Public servers are in Iowa, with an option for EU or client-side hosting; Enterprise offers optional on-prem hosting.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Zoom, Linear, Azure DevOps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost, and Google Calendar.checked 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.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Meeting formats
- Its meeting formats include retrospectives, sprint poker estimation, check-ins, and stand-up meetings.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Meeting tools
- Features include discussion threads, takeaway tasks, anonymity, icebreakers, and time-boxed discussions.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Parabol says it is open source and its code is scrutinized by a developer community.checked 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.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Parabol is an online agile meeting tool for guided retrospectives, sprint poker, check-ins, and other team meetings.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- Parabol says it maintains an active SOC 2 Type 2 certification.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- All plans list email and chat support; Team and Enterprise include priority support, and Enterprise includes a dedicated account manager.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Team Health
- Team Health offers anonymous, research-backed checks with five categories and trend lines, and is included in Team and Enterprise.checked 5 Oct 2026
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