Parabol vs. Zeni

Parabol is suitable for working configurations of all kinds, in-person, fully remote, or a hybrid work setup, employees can benefit from the software regardless. The retrospectives are effective when applied to an actual project or when used as a mock retrospective. The icebreaker question is also very useful as it helps establish the mood moving forward.

Incentivized

It is my opinion that Zeni wants customers and does not verify that the customers are who they say they are. I believe this is what happened to me. They let someone take my money and let the fraud happen. I feel that a simple verification would have prevented this fraud from happening.

• Virtual Retrospectives
• Teamwork
• Easy to Use

Incentivized

• Integrations with internal tools.
• Smart Scheduling rules can be much advanced like Calendly.
• More flexibility for users.

Zeni is really simple and straightforward to use. I've never had any issues locating the information that I needed.

Incentivized

The Zeni team has always been quick to respond and get on a call if needed.

Incentivized

Not as great as Peoplbox, although we used Parabol only for scheduling and managing meetings and not for managing Goals and agile sprints much. Our usage of Parabol was very limited and we used it only for a very limited timeframe. Have been happy with what we explored on Parabol so far.

We used Bench.co before switching to Zeni- our books were often not available when promised, we had issues with duplicate transactions, and we had serious communication issues when trying to file our taxes. Zeni corrected our books and got our taxes filed quickly and seamlessly.

Incentivized

• Parabol helped in better collaboration.
• Parabol improved productivity.
• Was not high on ROI in monetary terms.

• I believe Zeni was taking my money without permission
• Zeni did not verify the company to be legitimate. They let a gmail address with no website qualify. All they needed to do was look up the real company and verify this is fraudulent.