Customer Support · head to head
Podium vs Jira Service Management
Jira Service Management
Customer Support
High-velocity service management
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- Free
- Rated
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The short version
- Only Jira Service Management has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Podium no monthly price, contact limit or message allowance is published anywhere on the pricing page; 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
- They diverge on capability: Podium covers Text messaging, Jira Service Management covers Incident management.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Podium and Jira Service Management actually diverge.
| Attribute | Podium | Jira Service Management |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $249/month | Free |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Founded | 2014 | 2002 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Customer Support).
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 Podium
- Text messaging
- Review management
- Webchat
- Payments
- Team inbox
- Automation
Only in Jira Service Management
- Incident management
- Change management
- Problem management
- Asset management
- Knowledge management
- SLAs
- Jira Software
- Confluence
Both cover
- SOC2
- GDPR
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Podium
- Managing customer messages and reviews for local businessesnot Jira Service Management
- Converting inbound leads through text and web chatnot Jira Service Management
Jira Service Management
- IT service managementnot Podium
- Incident responsenot Podium
- Change managementnot Podium
- Asset trackingnot Podium
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Podium
- No monthly price, contact limit or message allowance is published anywhere on the pricing page
- The page carries a heading asking what Podium costs monthly and does not answer it
- The AI Employee is an add on across all tiers rather than being included
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Podium
$249/month- Essentials$249/month
- Inbox
- Reviews
- Website chat
- Standard$449/month
- Essentials + Campaigns
- Payments
- Automation
- Professional$undefined/month
- Standard + Advanced analytics
- Multi-location
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
Which should you pick?
Choose Podium if
- You need text messaging.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want review management.
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.
Questions people ask
- Is Podium or Jira Service Management better?
- Neither clearly leads. Podium starts at $249/month and Jira Service Management at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Podium or Jira Service Management?
- Jira Service Management has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $249/month for Podium and Free for Jira Service Management.
- Does Podium or Jira Service Management run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Jira Service Management for free?
- Yes. Jira Service Management has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Podium starts at $249/month.
- What is Podium best used for?
- Podium is most often used for managing customer messages and reviews for local businesses, converting inbound leads through text and web chat. Of those, managing customer messages and reviews for local businesses and converting inbound leads through text and web chat are not what Jira Service Management is typically brought in for.
- What can Podium do that Jira Service Management cannot?
- Podium covers Text messaging, Review management, Webchat, Payments. Jira Service Management covers Incident management, Change management, Problem management, Asset management. Both handle SOC2, GDPR, Web support, Ios support.