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Users highlight the ease of use in Parabol, making team planning and scrum activities straightforward and enjoyable. (3 mentions)
Users appreciate the seamless JIRA integration of Parabol, enhancing team planning and collaboration during sessions. (1 mentions)
Users love the seamless integration with JIRA, enhancing team collaboration and story management during planning poker. (1 mentions)
Users love the team collaboration in Parabol, finding planning poker integration with JIRA incredibly useful and efficient. (1 mentions)
Users report editing issues with Parabol, noting bugs and challenges with the editing interface and code snippets. (1 mentions)
Users desire a unique meeting link for sharing that remains consistent, enhancing team collaboration via Parabol. (1 mentions)
Users report template issues, noting bugs and an editor that's not developer-friendly, complicating customization efforts. (1 mentions)

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Sandra N.
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Sandra N.
Scrum Master
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"An awesome tool for any agile team!"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

The ease of use and intuitive UI to meet our agile teams' everyday needs: stand-ups, sprint poker, and our favourite: sprint retro! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

Nothing yet! We love using this tool throughout a sprint! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Parabol is the best way to handle Agile ceremonies remotely"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

It is simple yet powerful to hold Agile ceremonies remotely, keep track of the discussion and action items Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

A small improvement would be to have a way for Parabol to include chat conversations in the summary of the retrospectives Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ratheesh N.
RN
Ratheesh N.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Parabol is a real game changer"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

I have to admit that I am relatively a very new user of Parabol, but I wish I used this tool in my previous roles as well. It is very helpful in running Agile ceremonies and makes it easy to summarise the same. It is also very fun and intuitive to use. Highly recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

Nothing major to say here other than very rare problems I encounter with the integration of certain Jira types, but I still think its more of a Jira problem than a Parabol one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike L.
ML
Mike L.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great product!"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

I use Parabol to run retrospectives for my teams, and I like how it automates the process in phases, making it easier to share information and talk about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

My only dislike is the topic i discussed with Lili, adding the option to play some soft jams during the timer while the team is adding comments or voting on a topic. Similar to Figjams on Figma. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Damian B.
DB
Damian B.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy, well structured, well recommended"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

How intuitive and simple it is in use. Onboarding users is easy, following the steps is easy, and execution of retro as the meeting is simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

How the action items are handled, is not easy to follow up on them. I'm not sure if there's an integration with JIRA to create tickets. Sometimes while grouping tickets the top ticket isn't the one that I would like it to be, it is frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tomasz N.
TN
Tomasz N.
Scrum Master
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Greatest retro tool I used (SM with 15y in the trenches)"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Ease of use. Very pleasant to look at and work with. Minimalistic approach. Availability of ways to do a retro with lots of templates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

I don't feel like the comments section is needed at all. I think there should be only action items or comments if no action items have been set. I feel like that section could use some design changes. Oh, don't mark past steps as completed when I move through parts of retro. 10/10 teams use retro boards as an open board from the 1st day of the sprint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User
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Verified User
"Very easy retros for remote teams"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

We use Parabol for sprint retrospectives and love its ease of use. I've used several other retro tools before Parabol, and I like this the best. The ability to have multiple users create cards anonymously, then group them, up vote/down vote. This allows my teams to discuss topics in order of importance, based on their votes. While several other tools offer this ability, the #1 item that sets Parabol apart, is the email summary recap, love it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

While I love the email summary, everyone that has ever been a part of the team will receive the email; there needs to be a way to update the list of respondents (this has been discussed with support, as it is a common complaint).

There can be confusion with comments and tasks. I've also noticed that in the email summary, comments are shown. However, it's tough to know what the comment was referring to. For example, if we group several cards together and make a comment, the comment is not attached to any given card. As a workaround, I've learned to prefix the comment with a quick summary of the grouped cards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Piotr D.
PD
Piotr D.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Useful tool for scrum cooperation"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Parabol is very useful in everyday cooperation with the development team when we have backlog refinement or at the end of a sprint when we want to organize a retrospective meeting. What is the best for me - we can keep history and assign tasks to people using the same tool we organize meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

What can extend features - for example, the ability to add a different scale for each task for estimation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services
UC
Verified User in Consumer Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Originally submitted 4/20/2023
"Parabol"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Helpful for distributed / remotely operating teams. Super helpful and insightful tools to run effective meetings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

So far I have been happy with Parabol, no real complaints. I will note, I am not using it as an agile developer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Dana Paulette P.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Found It"
4/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

I found parabol in the nick of time. I was searching for a retrospective tool that would be flexible, innovative, easy to use, and free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

Pricing structure. Free doesn't mean free there are always conditions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.