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PointHuddle vs Parabol
Parabol is a meeting suite: retrospectives, standups and Sprint Poker, with accounts per team. PointHuddle does planning poker only, free, with no account.
Price and limits
| PointHuddle | Parabol | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting a session | Just your name, no account | Sign in to a Parabol team |
| Free plan | Everything, no meeting limit | Starter: 2 teams, 10 meetings a month, 30-day history |
| Paid price | None | Team: $8 per active user a month; Enterprise priced on request |
| Tracker sync | Jira, Azure DevOps, Linear and GitHub, estimates written back, free | Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Linear and Azure DevOps, estimates synced back |
| Chat | Slack app and Slack/Teams channel posts, free | Slack, Mattermost and Microsoft Teams notifications |
| Security | Password rooms stored encrypted; no accounts, so no SSO; no SOC 2 (details) | SOC 2 Type II; SAML SSO and SCIM on Enterprise; choice of single-tenant region |
Parabol details from parabol.co/pricing and parabol.co/support/integrations, checked on 12 October 2026.
What PointHuddle adds after the reveal
- The spread, not just an average. Cards line up along your deck with the median marked and the lowest and highest voters highlighted. See when estimates disagree.
- Revote only the extremes on a short timer, and a confidence vote that catches “everyone agreed, nobody was sure”.
- Estimate vs actual. Record what stories really took and see how each card held up.
- Slack and Microsoft Teams posts for each accepted estimate, free.
Where Parabol is stronger
- Retros and standups in the same tool, with automatic summaries.
- Enterprise security: SOC 2 Type II, SAML SSO, SCIM and a choice of region. PointHuddle has none of these.
- GitLab and Mattermost integrations.
Which one fits
- Choose PointHuddle if you only need planning poker, estimate more than ten times a month, or have guests who shouldn’t need an account.
- Choose Parabol if you want one tool for all your agile meetings, or your company requires SSO and SOC 2.
Try it with your team
Create a room, share the link, and vote. No accounts, no sign-up, free.
Start a planning poker room