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Jira

The #1 software development tool used by agile teams

Overview

What Jira does

Jira is a proprietary issue tracking product developed by Atlassian that allows bug tracking and agile project management. It's the single source of truth for your entire development lifecycle, empowering autonomous teams with the context to move quickly while staying connected to the greater business goal.

What people use it for

  • Software development teams leveraging AI-powered Rovo for trend analysis and bottleneck identification
  • Organisations requiring integrated issue tracking, project planning, and team alignment tools
  • Enterprises with 1,000+ users needing advanced analytics, security controls, and custom deployment options

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Jira.

  • Free tier strictly limited to 10 users with only 2 GB storage; unsuitable for growing teams
  • Per-seat pricing ($7.91–$14.54/user/month) accumulates significantly for large teams; 50-person team costs £3,955–7,270 monthly
  • Enterprise tier requires annual billing and sales contact; no transparent per-user pricing available
  • Premium features (cross-team planning, advanced automation) available only at $14.54/user/month tier or above

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Jira

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

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Capabilities

Features

  • Scrum boards

    Scrum boards capability

  • Kanban boards

    Kanban boards capability

  • Roadmaps

    Roadmaps capability

  • Agile reporting

    Agile reporting capability

  • Custom workflows

    Custom workflows capability

  • Issue tracking

    Issue tracking capability

  • Sprint planning

    Sprint planning capability

  • DevOps integration

    DevOps integration capability

  • Bitbucket

    Integration with Bitbucket

  • GitHub

    Integration with GitHub

  • GitLab

    Integration with GitLab

  • Confluence

    Integration with Confluence

Behind it

Who makes Jira

Company
Atlassian
Based in
Sydney, Australia

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