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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atlassian Jira

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAtlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.

    $9

    per month per user

    Backlog

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABacklog is a project management and bug tracking tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more. Backlog is designed to get everyone on track by organizing work, teammates, projects and tasks. The activity feed and watchlist are designed to help users keep an eye on relevant work and deadlines. Gantt charts and burndown charts are designed to help users visualize project…N/A
    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraBacklog
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraBacklog
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.
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    Community Pulse
    Atlassian JiraBacklog
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    I've used Microsoft Team Foundation Server and will never use it again. It does anything you would want if you have a century to configure it. It's also just not very friendly to agile project management or supporting Product Management needs.

    Pivotal is a great simple tool for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    JIRA has lots of features and has actually suited up well in the enterprise level. The level of security integration is also very apt as per our requirement, hence it had an edge over Trello in our case.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Previously I have used TFS and Rally. JIRA is very simple to use and has lots of features compared to these two and other tools available in the market. The ability to integrate other tools is much easier in JIRA. It is also robust, scalable and has a good number of add-ons to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    We remain with JIRA even though our umbrella company is fully invested with ServiceNow(SNOW) as SNOW has just a portion of the utility of JIRA when it comes to agile development. SNOW also requires advanced technicians and an entire support team to maintain, whereas JIRA's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Personally I would prefer a simpler tool, the decision to use JIRA had been made prior to my joining the team.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    Chose Backlog
    All of them have their own uniqueness.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    89 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    98 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    51 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    70 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Atlassian JiraBacklog
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and Backlog
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Backlog
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Task Management9.73 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Resource Management9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.32 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Scheduling10.02 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Workflow Automation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.03 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Document Management8.93 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Email integration9.53 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.03 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Jira and Backlog
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    9.9
    2 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Backlog
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraBacklog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (190 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (35 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    5.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Atlassian JiraBacklog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atlassian
    Jira facilitates software development, bug tracking, and sprints. It's ideal for structured workflows, issue management, and customer communication. However, more straightforward tools might be more efficient for highly creative, unstructured tasks or tiny, agile teams with quick visual overviews. Jira's complexity can be overkill for basic task lists.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    ticket management
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    Pros
    Atlassian
    • Integration of tools like Bitbucket, Github, etc., has made it easier to track the code changes, pull requests, and branches linked to the respective ticket.
    • The detailed tracking system in JIRA has helped the teams prioritize and understand the project tasks and issues.
    • JIRA's project tracking board helps you keep track of the project, its flow, and expectations in a structured format.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    • Backlog is one of the best management and collaboration tools available in the market for better managing of resources at the workplace.
    • I have been using this platform for a very long time and it has been helping me a lot to manage the business processes, manage employees, managing leads on different projects, and coordinating with colleagues.
    • It has been helping me a lot to check the issue in the project completion.
    • It gives me real-time status on the project/gives right insights of the system.
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    Cons
    Atlassian
    • The interface is not intuitive to learn for new users
    • JQL is similarly challenging for newbies
    • It's possible to accidentally move issues from one sprint to another without realizing your mistake
    • Certain issue attributes aren't available in certain view (e.g. story points from the epic overview)
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    Nulab, Inc.
    • Price is very high for small teams and department of short term contracts.
    • GUI can be more intuitive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atlassian
    This is because Jira Software generates a huge profit for an affordable price. Having a tool that makes team management transparent and effective is very valuable.
    In addition, the renewal of Jira Software and all Atlassian tools is predictable and clear, as the prices are published on the Atlassian website and there is no pyramid of intermediaries.
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    Nulab, Inc.
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    Usability
    Atlassian
    The interface is simple and easy to use if you have some experience with it. Configuration is also logical most of the time. However, less experienced users tend to find themselves lost in some tasks - usually complex project configuration- but sometimes simple things, such as seeing why a user can't move issues in a workflow. Jira configuration requires a good amount of experience - and even experienced users often resort to documentation. It's a tool that's easy to use if you know what you're doing and where to find the proper documentation, but novice users tend to find it challenging.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    nice to use in the night as well
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atlassian
    Did not face any issues and whenever they plan maintanance they update all of us very well in advance also so in that view we are good with the product stability.
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    Nulab, Inc.
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    Performance
    Atlassian
    Performance is really good though it holds lot of data it loads quickly especially search operation also get the results very quickly as needed hence its good
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    Nulab, Inc.
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    Support Rating
    Atlassian
    I have not had a chance to contact JIRA's customer support. It does offer extensive documentation, although it often feels too technical for me. There is also a JIRA training app that lets you take little lessons and quizzes on different areas (e.g., JIRA basics, agile). I did find it a helpful way to teach myself.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    I would give 9 but one less because of the high price.
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    In-Person Training
    Atlassian
    Had received training from our own internal user so it was good and also very easy to understand topics and many tasks in the UI are self explanatory and we can do by our own
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    Online Training
    Atlassian
    One of their strong points i stheir documentation. Almost all of the basic set up needed within JIRA is available online through atlassian and its easy to find and very precise. The more critical issues need to be addressed as well and hence the rating of 8 instead of a 9.
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    Nulab, Inc.
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    Implementation Rating
    Atlassian
    Take your time implementing Jira. Make sure you understand how you want to handle your projects and workflows. Investing more time in the implementation can pay off in a long run. It basically took us 5 days to define and implement correctly, but that meant smooth sailing later on.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atlassian
    monday.com cannot be integrated with CI/CD tools, whereas Atlassian Jira integrates with CI/CD tools seamlessly. Atlassian Jira has strong Agile and Scrum support. Coming to monday.com, it has basic agile functionality. But Atlassian Jira has a complex UI, and monday.com has an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface. Overall, Atlassian Jira provides features like Agile project management, DevOps integration, and customizable workflows.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    Backlog has all of the top-notch features to increase productivity, visibility, and project tracking. Backlog is easy to use. I first just logged in to the platform and it was [ready] to go. I easily started working on it and it started giving me the bugs’ details on our project. Always available for queries. Listen to the queries very attentively and try to give a solution on the go if applicable. Otherwise, take some time and respond with the advanced workable solution in the limited time frame.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atlassian
    Product is rellay good but pricing part I am not aware
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    Scalability
    Atlassian
    Atlassian Jira is highly stable and good with its performance and its has all the required scalability features as business needs
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    Nulab, Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    Atlassian
    • Atlassian Jira's robust workflow automation has boosted team efficiency, shortening delivery cycles and driving a positive ROI through improved project management.
    • Its advanced reporting and integration capabilities have enabled data-driven decisions, aligning operations with key business objectives.
    • However, the steep learning curve can delay adoption, potentially hindering short-term ROI.
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    Nulab, Inc.
    • SLA should be given by single candle
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