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Jira

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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What is Jira?

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

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Awards & Recognition

Jira won the following awards in the Application Lifecycle Management category

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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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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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

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Agile Work Management

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Resource Planning

ALM Integration

Artifact Management

Traceability

Managed Artifact Repository

Automation

Visual Analysis Design

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Score 8.9

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Score 8.9

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Jira Reviews

Prithvi R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Powerful for project management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira stands out with its robust customization options, allowing teams to tailor workflows, fields, and automation to fit their unique processes. Its seamless integration with other Atlassian products and extensive plugin marketplace further enhance its versatility, making it ideal for complex projects and varied team structures.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The flexibility to customize workflows and automate repetitive tasks is my favorite aspect. It streamlines project management and allows teams to work efficiently according to their specific needs, reducing manual effort.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The learning curve for new users can be steep, especially with its extensive feature set. This complexity might be overwhelming for smaller teams or those unfamiliar with project management software.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take the time to explore its customization capabilities and start with a simplified workflow to ease the learning curve. Consider integrating it with other tools you use to fully leverage its potential and streamline your processes.

Pros

Unique Features
Client's Interest First
Transparent
Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

Less Friendly Negotiation
Less Reliable
Vendor Friendly Policies

Sukh S.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira’s workflow engine offers great flexibility, allowing teams to design custom workflows that align with their specific processes. You can configure statuses, transitions, and rules to suit your team’s needs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability to set up custom statuses, transitions, and rules provides teams with detailed control over how issues progress through different stages. This flexibility ensures that workflows can evolve alongside projects and adapt to changing team requirements.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Configuring custom workflows, permissions, and automations in Jira requires a thorough understanding of the platform’s capabilities. This complexity can result in longer setup times and necessitate extensive training or consultation, which may be challenging for smaller teams or organizations without dedicated administrators.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Utilize Jira’s free trial or free version to explore its features and interface. This hands-on experience will help you assess whether Jira’s functionalities meet your needs and if your team can manage its complexity effectively.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rene D.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

A useful tool for managing jobs.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Once you get the hang of it, it's helpful to keep track of and direct your projects.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's a very flexible place to handle and keep track of projects and their stages and updates.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It takes a while to learn everything because it has so many features, but that's not a big deal.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A useful tool for keeping track of and managing your projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Jira Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Jira?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt Supports the ability to create tests and acceptance criteria and assign, prioritize, track, and resolve tests,related bugs, and issues.

Workflow Management Custom workflows can be created, managed, and monitored for artifacts, processes and practices to govern and streamline ALM work.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Resource Planning Assigning resources to activities and estimates to manage workloads, support project management, and ensure completion of work related to ALM artifacts, including dashboards to manage multiple teams

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Artifact Management ALM artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation.

Managed Artifact Repository Artifacts are stored in version controlled repository that supports check out, update, check-in, and collaboration across multiple types and workspaces.

Automation Manual activities such as traceability, test generation, artifact state changes, integrations, and artifact creation can be automated to streamline ALM work.

Visual Analysis Design Can create and manage context diagrams, business process models, use cases, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data models, and UI mockups, etc.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Task Management

Project Management - Enterprise

Product Management

Jira Reviews

Prithvi R.

Powerful for project management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Sukh S.

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rene D.

A useful tool for managing jobs.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Artifact Management

Traceability

Managed Artifact Repository

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