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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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Jira won the following awards in the Application Lifecycle Management category

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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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Jira Reviews

Chad R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Juggling It All? Let Jira Take the Load.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

When you’re part of an IT team supporting a marketing agency, managing tasks, issues, and project timelines can feel like herding cats. That’s where Jira shines. It doesn’t just help organize work—it gives you a structured yet flexible framework to handle everything from troubleshooting urgent system issues to planning long-term IT upgrades, all while syncing with the fast-paced needs of creative teams.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One standout element is how customizable it is. Setting up workflows to match the unique approval process in our agency was a breeze. For IT-specific tasks, we’ve added custom fields for things like system impact, priority levels, and estimated downtime. And the integrations? Plugging Jira into Slack and Confluence has streamlined communication so much that we no longer waste time hunting for updates in email chains.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Jira can feel overwhelming at times.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Jira has significantly reduced the time we spend on redundant status meetings. Everything is documented, tracked, and easily accessible. It’s also helped us build a stronger relationship with marketing teams by providing them with transparency into IT timelines and roadblocks. That level of visibility keeps everyone aligned and lowers the tension when deadlines loom.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

KHIM L.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Easy to use, but a bit priceys

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira offers extensive customization options for workflows, issue types, fields, and permissions, making it adaptable to a wide range of industries and team structures.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Jira is its customizability. The ability to tailor workflows, fields, and permissions to fit the unique needs of any team or project makes it highly adaptable for diverse use cases.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The most challenging aspect of Jira is its complexity. While highly customizable, the steep learning curve and sometimes overwhelming number of features can be difficult for new users or teams to navigate effectively.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend starting with a clear understanding of your team’s workflow needs and taking advantage of Jira’s Agile features if you're in software development.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Lucas M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

“Jira’s optimization and user experience"

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Its scalability, enormous degree of customization and compatibility with numerous external tools. The simplicity of visual and comprehensive project management for agile projects (Kanban and Scrum).

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What I appreciate about Jira is: Its detailed real-time task and issue tracking capabilities. Your potential to modify processes to meet the team's unique requirements..

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up sophisticated workflows or additional permissions might be challenging.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Jira for the following: Simplifies the interface for less technical users. Optimizes performance for large teams with extensive projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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

Chad R.

Juggling It All? Let Jira Take the Load.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

KHIM L.

Easy to use, but a bit priceys

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Lucas M.

“Jira’s optimization and user experience"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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