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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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Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Guide the meeting like a charm"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

I use Parabol for the agile retrospectives. The step-by-step user flow guides the meeting fluently, and people can learn the meeting structure from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

It's not easy to track the created tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Florian F.
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Florian F.
Scrum Master, UI/UX Designer, Frontend Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great asset to organize Retros and Poker Plannings in our Agile Team"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Parabol has provided us with the one go-to solution for facilitating our meetings. We started using it for Retros since it had become hardly manageable to run them in bigger teams fully remotely and even with 20+ participants we just had a blast! Before that, we tried digital sticky note solutions but only Parabol provided us with every step of a proper retro being represented by a useful integrated functionality. From Ice-Breakers through the reflection phase to the voting everything is covered in a mindful and smart way. At the moment we're also trying to use it in Poker Plannings which so far has accelerated the process by a lot through its Jira integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

This might be specific to our use-case but it's a little bit of a bad user experience to import many tickets in the Poker Planning Meeting from Jira since you need to type out the titles of the Tickets one by one instead of just searching them up by Jiras integrated ticket number, or allowing a comma-separated ID list to be pasted. That this nitpick is the only thing we were able to come up with during our 3-month evaluation so far, shows how well thought through in general Parabol is already. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ben N.
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Ben N.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Originally submitted 4/17/2020
"Great tool for remote, semi-remote, and on-site teams!"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Parabol helps bring structures to my meetings, providing an easy platform to solicit feedback and, more importantly, follow up on action items after the fact. My favorite part might be the low barrier to entry. I've had no issue using this tool with a room full of execs with no prior training, and consistently receive comments around exceeding expectations around having to "learn another tool". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

Parabol is great - I want to use it for MORE! Would love to perform more Agile ceremonies through Parabol, especially now that our team is entirely remote. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SS
Syam S.
Product Development Lead
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best retrospective tool"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

- Its simplicity

- Its easy to use

- Very easy to track progress on actionable items Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

- There is nothing much I don't like about Parabol

- We love 💜 Parabol Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Enterprise is costs a lot with no real progress; Kinda buggy"
0.5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

UX is nice, manage to import from other platforms relatively easy (JIRA, GH) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

We felt that team behind parabol focused more on the pro plans instead of the Enterprise plans, while we paying a hefty price for their platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Really Enjoy this software"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

It makes running my team retros super efficient and effortless from a facilitation standpoint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

It does not allow me to go back without wiping out data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JP
Jarryd P.
Product Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Software for keeping the entire Eng team Engaged"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

I love the sprint retrospective features that this product has. Whenever I need to ensure that I am capturing all the necessary information from my team, I will always turn to Parabol for help. The discussion templates are super beneficial and have been effective to try different ones as we have changed our sprint style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

Nothing really comes to mind, my only suggestion would be to try and tie (integrate) action items that we create to a different platform. For example, I use Asana as my task management tool, it may be beneficial to do something like that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MB
Melanie B.
Policy Administration Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A fantastic tool which has changed the way we work!"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Almost everything about it. Parabol creates a safe, collaborative environment where everyone can contribute and collaborate with peace of mind as it's anonymous. We love the templates provided to us, and the icebreakers add a nice touch. We love the replication of the voting system, allowing us to prioritize work/comments based on how the team vote. Parabol has been a game-changer for us as we've navigated a forever-changing environment where working remotely is the new normal. Parabol is easy to use, easy to register for, and is accessible at any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

There isn't anything we dislike with Parabol, only further opportunities such as allowing for more ceremonies to be held via the tool, controlling who receives the summary emails, the ability to go back or undo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aadhya C.
AC
Aadhya C.
Product Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Parabol Review"
3.5/5
DC
Deep C.
Digital Project Manager
"Parabol - Why didn't I find you sooner!"
5/5
What do you like best about Parabol?

Our most favorite part of the platform is using the retrospective tool allowing everyone to connect virtually and without having to do a screenshare people can contribute in real time on the privacy of their own screens. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parabol?

We wish the platform could connect to Jira Data Server out of the box, which makes it hard for us to have it connect and integrate with our Jira instance. We also were hoping that we could export our tasks and responsibilities from retrospectives into tasks into our Jira backlog so we can keep track within one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.