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Jira Service Management vs Textline

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Jira Service Management

Software

High-velocity service management

From
Free
Rated
-
T

Textline

Software

Business texting for teams

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Only Jira Service Management has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Jira Service Management the vendor's own pricing page as captured by the Internet Archive on 28 December 2021 named four tiers, Free, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise; the Free tier caps at 3 agents per site with one site, five major incidents per month, and unlimited alerts capped at 100 emails and 200 SMS per day, while Standard, Premium, and Enterprise each cap at 5,000 agents per site, with Enterprise adding unlimited sites and requiring a Confluence subscription for some features; per-figure dollar pricing was not shown on this capture, only per-agent pricing structure; Textline outbound messages beyond the plan allowance are billed per message at $0.03 to $0.04 each, plus a separate campaign registration fee

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Jira Service Management and Textline actually diverge.

Attributes where Jira Service Management and Textline differ
AttributeJira Service ManagementTextline
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2002Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Jira Service Management

  • Incident management
  • Change management
  • Problem management
  • Asset management
  • Knowledge management
  • SLAs
  • Jira Software
  • Confluence

Only in Textline

Nothing recorded that Jira Service Management does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Jira Service Management

  • IT service managementnot Textline
  • Incident responsenot Textline
  • Change managementnot Textline
  • Asset trackingnot Textline

Textline

No use cases recorded yet. See the Textline review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Jira Service Management

  • The vendor's own pricing page as captured by the Internet Archive on 28 December 2021 named four tiers, Free, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise; the Free tier caps at 3 agents per site with one site, five major incidents per month, and unlimited alerts capped at 100 emails and 200 SMS per day, while Standard, Premium, and Enterprise each cap at 5,000 agents per site, with Enterprise adding unlimited sites and requiring a Confluence subscription for some features; per-figure dollar pricing was not shown on this capture, only per-agent pricing structure

Textline

  • Outbound messages beyond the plan allowance are billed per message at $0.03 to $0.04 each, plus a separate campaign registration fee

Pricing, plan by plan

Jira Service Management

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 3 agents
    • Ticket management
    • Knowledge base
  • Standard$20/month
    • Unlimited customers
    • 250 agents
    • 20 GB storage
  • Premium$45/month
    • Advanced incident management
    • Asset management
    • Change management
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited sites
    • 24/7 support
    • Data residency

Textline

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Textline review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Jira Service Management if

  • You need incident management.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want change management.

Choose Textline if

Nothing in the data separates Textline from Jira Service Management on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Questions people ask

Is Jira Service Management or Textline better?
Neither clearly leads. Jira Service Management starts at Free and Textline at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Jira Service Management or Textline?
Jira Service Management has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Jira Service Management and On request for Textline.
Does Jira Service Management or Textline run on more platforms?
Jira Service Management runs on Web, Ios, Android. Textline runs on Web.
Can I use Jira Service Management for free?
Yes. Jira Service Management has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Textline starts at On request.
What is Jira Service Management best used for?
Jira Service Management is most often used for it service management, incident response, change management, asset tracking. Of those, it service management and incident response are not what Textline is typically brought in for.
What can Jira Service Management do that Textline cannot?
Jira Service Management covers Incident management, Change management, Problem management, Asset management.

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