EasyRetro vs Parabol (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Parabol grades higher than EasyRetro: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
EasyRetro grades higher on value for money. Parabol grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Parabol
Retrospectives, standups and sprint poker for agile teams
Which one is for you
Pick EasyRetro if
- Fits if you want a simple retro board at a flat team price
- Works for people who run only one retro a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1 public board a month and no teams
- Skip it if you need SAML SSO, which starts at Large Business, or an audit log, which is Enterprise only
- Watch out: limits are on boards and teams, so a busy company hits them fast
- Watch out: the page shows annual-billing rates, not monthly ones
Pick Parabol if
- Fits if your agile team wants retros, standups and poker in one app
- Works for small groups, since the free plan allows unlimited users
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 2 teams, 10 meetings a month and 30 days of history
- Pricey if many people join, as Team is billed per active user
- Skip it if you need SAML SSO, SCIM or Jira Data Center, all Enterprise only
- Watch out: no desktop or mobile apps are listed on the pages we read
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAEasyRetroFair | 2.6GPAParabolGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$23 a month for 1 team on annual billing, about $4.60 a head for a team of five, inside the category's cheaper quarter. | C$8 per active user a month, which is the category's middle, and it rises with how many people take part. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with unlimited participants, but only 1 public board a month and no teams. Monthly plans have a 7-day trial. | BStarter is free for up to 2 teams, 10 meetings a month and unlimited users, with 30 days of history. One team could live on it. |
| Features | C100-plus templates, voting, comments, surveys and exports. It does the retro job fully, but plans are limited by boards and teams per month. | BRetros, standups, sprint poker, Team Health checks and AI prompts, plus links to the backlog tools. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the meeting job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You pick a template and set up the board each time. | CNo store rating on record. You choose templates and set up teams before the first meeting. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it connects to Jira, Slack and Confluence. | BWeb only, but it connects to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Linear, Azure DevOps, Slack, Teams and Mattermost. |
| Best for | sprint retros at a flat team price | retros, standups and sprint poker in one app |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: EasyRetro and Parabol. How we grade
Price against what you get
EasyRetro starts at $23 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Parabol starts at $8 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
Parabol scores higher and starts $15 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 27 score higher than EasyRetro for less, and 6 score higher than Parabol for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Parabol is open source, according to its own site.
- EasyRetro also covers surveys.
- Parabol also covers tasks.
At a glance
| EasyRetro | Parabol | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $23 per month, billed annually | $8 per active user / month |
| Free plan | 1 public board per month with unlimited participants, no card required. | Starter: up to 2 teams, 10 meetings per month, unlimited users and 30 days of meeting history. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on monthly plans | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | EasyRetro | Parabol |
| Price read from | easyretro.io | parabol.co |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
EasyRetro
- The free plan has no teams and allows only 1 public board per month.
- Plans are limited by public boards and teams per month, not by seats.
- SAML SSO starts at Large Business, and the audit log is on Enterprise only.
- The prices shown are the annual-billing rates; the monthly-billing prices were not displayed on the page.
Parabol
- The free Starter plan is limited to 2 teams and 10 meetings per month, with 30 days of history.
- The Team plan is priced per active user per month, so the bill moves with how many people take part.
- SAML SSO, SCIM and the Jira Data Center and self-managed GitLab integrations are Enterprise only.
- Parabol runs in a browser; the pages read list no desktop or mobile apps.
Key features
EasyRetro
- Board templates
- More than 100 pre-defined templates for private or public boards, with columns that can be renamed, recolored and added without limit.
- Voting and comments
- Participants vote on cards with a configurable cap per person, comment on them, and drag cards between columns or merge them.
- Surveys on boards
- Short surveys can be run right on a board. The free plan allows one survey per board and paid plans allow unlimited.
- Exports
- Boards export to PDF, CSV, PNG, Excel and DOCX or to a Confluence page, and action items can be sent to Jira as issues.
- Team-based pricing
- The vendor says one subscription covers the whole team with no per-seat fees, and board participants need no account.
Parabol
- Retrospectives
- Teams add anonymous suggestions, group them, vote and create tasks as they go, with discussion threads that document the conversation.
- Other meeting formats
- Standups, team check-ins and sprint poker run in the same app, and more than 90 meeting templates are included.
- Team Health checks
- Recurring, research-backed health checks with anonymous answers and trends. The vendor lists it on the Team and Enterprise plans.
- AI assistance
- AI discussion prompts and related discussions are on every plan; meeting summaries, group suggestions and icebreakers are on the paid plans.
- Backlog and chat integrations
- Tasks can be sent to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Linear or Azure DevOps, and meeting reminders and summaries can go to Slack, Microsoft Teams or Mattermost.
Plans
EasyRetro
Free$0
1 public board per month, unlimited participants, 1 survey per board and no teams.
Team$23
per month for 1 team, billed annually
5 public boards per month, unlimited team boards and members, surveys and AI summary, grouping and templates.
Business$54
per month for 3 teams, billed annually
15 public boards per month and 3 teams, with the same features as Team.
Large Business$81
per month for 6 teams, billed annually
30 public boards per month and 6 teams, and adds SAML SSO.
Enterprise$135
per month and up, billed annually
50 or more public boards per month and 10 or more teams, with SAML SSO and an audit log.
Parabol
Starter$0
Up to 2 teams, 10 meetings per month, 30 days of history, 2 custom templates and 3 AI retrospective summaries.
Team$8
per active user / month, billed monthly
Unlimited teams, meetings, history and custom templates, private teams, Team Health, AI summaries and icebreakers.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual contract with user tiers, SAML SSO, SCIM, org admin role, uptime SLA and optional on-prem or single-tenant hosting.
Ways to pay less
EasyRetro
- Annual discount
2 months free with annual billing
The pricing page advertises two months free when a plan is billed annually.
Parabol
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, EasyRetro or Parabol?
As of Nov 13, 2026, EasyRetro starts at $23 per month, billed annually, and Parabol starts at $8 per active user / month. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, EasyRetro or Parabol?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both EasyRetro and Parabol have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.