eScribe vs. Parabol

It works well for scheduling and coordinating meetings. It also is ok as a project management tool, as long as everyone else is using eScribe. Where we have trouble is when some people try and use eScribe and other people are not familiar with the program and use something else. Then it gets messy and we are better off just using excel

Incentivized

Parabol has been very useful in running meetings in person as well as digitally. Parabol become extremely useful for us in COVID when we used smart meeting scheduling and run them in an agile way using Digital Kanban board and sticky notes, easy to manage check-ins and integrations with internal tools.

• Set up meetings
• Organize Projects
• Coordiante Schedules

Incentivized

• Virtual Retrospectives
• Teamwork
• Easy to Use

Incentivized

• Too much overlap with calendar
• Only works if other people have program
• Lack of great support

Incentivized

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

It is not too bad to use but it also seems to be trying to fill a need that we already have met with our existing programs. I like how easy it was to push out to folks but it really just doesn't seem that much better than what we already had

Incentivized

The capability to create reflections and comments while maintaining anonymity is a very useful feature that contributes to group engagement without individuals feeling that they have to censor what they say. Parabol's anonymous functionality promotes honest discussion and feedback that most likely would not occur when employees feel that their input would not be taken seriously.

Incentivized

• Corrdinting schedules
• Organizing projects
• Improved communication

Incentivized

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