GoRetro
5.8Make every sprint impactful, efficient, and fun
GoRetro is a sprint-centric retro and estimation suite combining retrospectives, planning poker, capacity planning and a Jira-fed sprint monitor, with a generous free tier and per-team paid plans.
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Parabol
7.6Open-source agile meetings for retros, poker, standups and check-ins
Parabol is an <strong>open-source agile meeting platform</strong> spanning retrospectives, sprint poker, async standups, team check-ins and lightweight team health, with deep backlog sync to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Linear and AI-assisted grouping, summaries, icebreakers and discussion prompts.
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GoRetro scores 5.8 overall and is best for scrum teams that live in Jira and want a polished retro plus planning-poker bundle priced per team. It offers paid plans from $29/team/mo.
Parabol scores 7.6 overall and is best for distributed agile teams that want one open-source tool for retros, poker, standups and lightweight team health. It offers a free tier.
GoRetro leads on value. Parabol leads on retro toolkit, fun factor, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade.
Across our seven scoring dimensions, Parabol edges ahead with an overall score of 7.6. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | GoRetro | Parabol |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | All-in-One Agile |
| Team size | Any | Any |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Free limit | 30-day free trial of all paid features, no credit card required | Unlimited users, 2 teams, 10 meetings/month, 30-day history, 2 custom templates |
| Starting price | $29/team/mo | $8/user/mo |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | $87/mo (Premium, 3 teams, billed annually) | $192/mo |
| Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2020 | 2015 |
| HQ | Israel | Remote |
| Data residency | — | United States · European Union · Self-hosted |
| Languages | English only | English only |
| Features | 35 | 43 |
| Integrations | 2 | 7 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | GoRetro | Parabol |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓note | ✓ |
| AI grouping/clustering | — | ✓ |
| AI action items | — | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Insights | ✓note | ✓ |
| Polling | ✓ | ✓note |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom templates | ✓ | ✓note |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓note | ✓ |
| Agile Estimations | ✓note | ✓ |
| Health Checks | ✓note | ✓note |
| Team Kudos | — | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | — | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | ✓ |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | ✓ |
| GitLab | — | ✓ |
| Jira | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams | — | ✓ |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | ✓note | ✓ |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| GDPR | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | ✓note |
| SCIM provisioning | — | ✓note |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | — |
| On-premises | — | ✓note |
| Public API | — | ✓ |
| Webhooks | — | ✓ |
GoRetro — pros
- + Generous free tier with unlimited public boards and team members
- + Polished, real-time facilitation UX with strong template library
- + Bundles planning poker, capacity calculator and sprint monitor with retros
- + Tight Jira Cloud integration for sprint-data-driven discussions
- + SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and SAML SSO available on Organization tier
GoRetro — cons
- − Slack integration sits behind paid tiers; SAML SSO requires Organization tier
- − Integration breadth is narrow: no native MS Teams, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Linear, Confluence or Trello
- − AI story is thin: 'Joker cards' and meeting recap export rather than real AI clustering, summaries or sentiment
- − Async is just a multi-day feedback deadline, not a structured async flow; no whiteboard, no scheduling/recurring retros
- − Per-team pricing scales unevenly across many squads, and cross-team rollups are thin
Parabol — pros
- + Open source (AGPL-3.0) with self-host and on-prem options
- + 40+ retro templates plus poker, standups, check-ins and team health in one tool
- + Strong backlog write-back to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Linear
- + AI summaries, suggested groupings and discussion prompts that surface real themes
- + Anonymous reflections and lightweight team health check built in
Parabol — cons
- − Free tier capped at 10 meetings/month and 30-day history
- − No native whiteboard, presentation mode or screen-share mode
- − Health-check is a single emoji poll — no custom radars or trend dashboards
- − SSO, SCIM, audit-grade controls and uptime SLA gated to Enterprise
- − No Confluence, Trello or multi-language support