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JIRA Software is built for every member of your software team to plan, track, and release great software.

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Jira won the following awards in the Task Management category

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Jira Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Jira?

2% Negative
3% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 88

Task Assignment

91

List Tasks

90

Task Status

89

Task Prioritization

88

Task Categorization

88

Add Attachments

86

Notifications

85

Task Reporting

85

Due Dates

85

Drag and Drop Prioritization

85

Add Notes

84

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

86

Business Value Created

86

Breadth of Features

85

Ease of Implementation

83

Ease of Data Integration

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Ease of Customization

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

80

Availability and Quality of Training

80

Vendor Support

78

Jira Reviews

Jaspreet S.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

JIRA: A versatile Project Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

1) Sprint and Kanban Boards 2) Custom Workflows and Issue Types 3) Atlassian Automation for JIRA 4) Seamless integration with other Atlassian Product like Confluence, Bitbucket 5) Handling Large-scale projects with numerous teams and stakeholders 6) Atlassian Support System

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

1) Jira's ability to adapt to various workflows and project types is a significant advantage. 2) Jira's seamless integration with other Atlassian products and third-party tools creates a cohesive and streamlined project management environment. 3) Jira's strong support for agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban. 4) The large user community and Atlassian's support resources provide valuable assistance and resources for users.

What do you dislike most about this product?

1) While customization is a strength, excessive customization can make Jira difficult to manage and maintain. 2) For smaller teams or companies, the cost of Jira (especially with premium features) can be a overkilling. 3) With large data sets, JIRA performance gets degrade and it takes time to load the data.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

1) Determine if your team's workflow aligns with Jira's agile focus, such as Scrum or Kanban. 2) Determine if the integrations (Git/Slack/Confluence) will significantly enhance your workflow and productivity. 3) Compare Jira's pricing plans to the value it offers your team. 4) Experiment with Jira's features and functionalities to see if it meets your expectations using Trail version setup for POC.

Pros

  • Effective Service
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

Cons

  • Charges for Enhancements

Kasan P.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Excellent for Large Projects, But Very Complicated

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

When it comes to managing large, complicated projects, Jira is the heavyweight champion—especially when compared to less complicated platforms like Trello or Asana. Jira is quite comprehensive and ideal for technical teams and engineers, whereas Trello is simple and attractive. However, compared to the others, it's far more difficult and not really beginner-friendly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Jira's thoroughness is helpful for bug and task tracking. Sprint-based teams love it, and workflows can be customized. The great reporting options let you track project progress. They just added automation, which simplifies repetitive tasks. It integrates well with Bitbucket and Confluence, making it handy for developers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

But it's really perplexing! It takes ages to learn how to execute simple tasks on this interface because it is not at all intuitive. It can seem like overkill, therefore it's absolutely not designed for smaller teams or non-technical users. Furthermore, Jira can be very glitchy and laggy, particularly when a project has a large number of users or tasks. Furthermore, the mobile app is a little awkward to use on the go and not very goods.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Jira is an excellent tool for managing big, complicated projects, particularly those involving software development. However, I would advise going with something simpler, like Trello or Asana, if your team is smaller or you're working on projects that aren't as complex. Jira has a ton of capabilities, but use should only be considered if you truly require all that capability due to its steep learning curve. Otherwise, most teams find it to be simply too much.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features

Mohamed K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Banking
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Fantastic product for Project Management!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

With Jira, your team has the freedom to use the tools they actually want and the flexibility to incorporate new technologies. Unlock the extensibility of an open, diverse toolchain while keeping the ease and coordination of an all-in-one.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

A Jira project is highly configurable and can be easily customized to map around organizational structure, workflow, or level of agile maturity, making it the only tool to fit any team's unique way of working. Your team can use a Jira project to track and resolve bugs, launch a new feature, and more.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can add some features like MS Project Manager for Waterflow projects planning.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try the demo version and read well the tutorials.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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