Paraboll
Paraboll is a free web tool for agile teams running collaborative sprint retrospectives.
What Paraboll is
Paraboll is a free web tool for agile teams running collaborative sprint retrospectives. Its board guides a session through gathering feedback, grouping ideas, voting, discussion, and action items. Reflection cards remain hidden until the discussion phase, so participants can submit feedback before viewing one another’s contributions. Live cursors and real-time updates support remote and hybrid teams.
Start, Stop, Continue is included as a ready-to-use format. Mad Sad Glad, Sailboat, 4Ls, Rose Thorn Bud, DAKI, Lean Coffee, and Team Health Check are listed as coming soon. Facilitators can summarize a room when closing a session, while export and summary features are still evolving. The free plan offers unlimited retrospectives and participants, with no signup or credit card required. Retrospective data is held in a Supabase-hosted PostgreSQL database in the European Union. Browser traffic uses HTTPS (TLS), and Supabase provides encryption at rest for the database and backups. Paraboll is based in France. Anyone with a room link may be able to join unless additional access controls are introduced.
Good
- Unlimited retrospectives and participants on the free plan
- No signup or credit card required
- Reflection cards stay hidden until discussion
- Live cursors and real-time updates
- Includes Start, Stop, Continue
Watch out
- Most listed templates are coming soon
- Export and summary features are still evolving
- Anyone with a room link may be able to join
Who it suits
Paraboll suits agile teams that want to run retrospectives online, including remote and hybrid groups. Its free plan and no-signup access may suit teams looking for a session without account setup.
Verdict
Paraboll provides a structured online retrospective board with real-time collaboration and a free plan. Teams should note that most listed templates are not yet available and room-link access may be open.
Plans and prices
From Paraboll's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Unlimited retrospectives · Unlimited participants · No signup required · No credit card · Free forever |
The facts
Each one read from Paraboll's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Built-in format
- Start, Stop, Continue is available out of the box without configuration.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Certifications
- Paraboll says it does not currently publish a SOC 2 Type 2 or ISO 27001 certificate for the product.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- The board offers live cursors and real-time updates for remote and hybrid teams.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data location
- Retrospective data is stored in a Supabase-hosted PostgreSQL database in eu-west-1 in the European Union.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- The security page says browser traffic uses HTTPS (TLS) and Supabase provides encryption at rest for the database and backups.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Export limits
- Facilitators can summarize a room when closing a session, while export and summary features are described as continuing to evolve.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Other templates
- Mad Sad Glad, Sailboat, 4Ls, Rose Thorn Bud, DAKI, Lean Coffee, and Team Health Check are marked as coming soon.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Private feedback
- Reflection cards stay hidden until the discussion phase to help teams share feedback openly.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Paraboll is an online retrospective tool for agile teams to run collaborative sprint retrospectives.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Retro workflow
- Its board supports gathering feedback, grouping ideas, voting, discussion, and creating action items.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Room access
- Anyone with a room link may be able to join unless additional access controls are introduced.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists [email protected] for questions and security issue reports.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Francechecked 28 Sep 2026
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