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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Jira Work Management

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AJira Core is Atlassian's general purpose business and project management tool available to smaller companies or teams and designed to suit a variety of purposes (e.g. marketing planning, product roadmap, etc.). In Jira Core, Workflows define process and enable teams to track tasks. Jira Core Cloud instances also have boards that let users visualize workflows and drag and drop tasks from to-do to done. It is available on the cloud.

    $7.53

    per month per user

    Whimsical

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWhimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.

    $12

    per month per editor

    Pricing
    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Starter - Monthly
    $7.53
    per month per user
    Premium - Monthly
    $13.53
    per month per user
    Starter - Annually
    $22,500
    per year User tier: 201-300
    Premium - Annually
    $40,500
    per year User tier: 201-300
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Pro
    $12
    per month per editor
    Business
    $18
    per month per editor
    Enterprise
    $240
    per year per editor
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—17% discount for annual billing on Pro and Business plans.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    No answer on this topic
    Whimsical
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Jira Work Management and Whimsical
    Feature
    Jira Work Management
    8.6
    20 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Whimsical
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management9.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management8.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration9.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Jira Work Management and Whimsical
    Feature
    Jira Work Management
    9.0
    13 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Whimsical
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
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    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
    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (20 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Jira Work ManagementWhimsical
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atlassian
    Jira Work Management suits projects involving multiple teams, such as product development. In our case, the design, development, and QA teams use Jira to track tasks from ideation to deployment. Custom workflows and real-time updates ensure that all teams are on the same page, and the ability to link related tasks helps manage dependencies effectively.
    Incentivized
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    Whimsical
    It's extremely well-suited for rapid wire-framing of concepts, as product teams can quickly collaborate on any idea and create a visual blueprint of it. Whimsical could provide more intuitive feature prioritization templates. The current templates lack the necessary detail and could be further enhanced from a UI/UX standpoint.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Atlassian
    • Provide a roadmap of all epics
    • Provide a backlog in which you can see all the possible work to be done to create your sprint plan
    • Have all our projects within reach
    • Have a dashboard with editable columns to manage your work
    • Be able to filter by person
    • Be able to see past sprints
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    Whimsical
    • Simple to use
    • Tons of uses
    • Can be customized with themeing
    • Can organize all your boards pretty much however you want
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Atlassian
    • More clarification on where to find useful tools and resources for new users.
    • Breakdown of Projects, Tasks, Sub-tasks, bugs is hard to follow and cannot be changed once created.
    • The ability to customize the dashboard/home page to fit the needs of individuals could use some work.
    Incentivized
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    Whimsical
    • It can be a little frustrating trying to line things up exactly right but that's probably more user error than anything
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Atlassian
    As we are Atlassian users overall, this entire ecosystem is truly built from a 360 perspective. It becomes the one source of truth, and we can easily see where we are in our projects and where to emphasize focus in the upcoming period. There are some areas for minor improvements, but they are more a matter of preference rather than business necessity
    Incentivized
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    Whimsical
    It's fairly intuitive, I rarely have any problems using the app. The layout is pretty user-friendly and easy to adapt to. There's a lot of tooltips to help with the various features and functions, so it's very easy to get self-help for the most part. Overally, I'm pretty happy and satisfied with the usage of Whimsical for mind-mapping.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Whimsical
    I reached out to support, as I was interested in possibly investing in the organization, and they quickly and happily informed me they are a bootstrap organization and do not take on investors at this time. The swift response and information readily available for my consumption was extremely helpful and shows how solid the team behind it is.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atlassian
    The evolution of Jira Service Desk to Jira work management is accompanied by lot of new features like the List View which allows inline editing, easy column management, the Calendar View bases on extensible modal and state categories, the Timeline View supports tasks and subtasks, the Boards which allow the categorization of status and allow the visibility of subtasks on the cards, Forms can be created very easily, Project templates can be used based on the business area.
    Incentivized
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    Whimsical
    Whimsical is so much easier and has a better interface, so I think it's more suited to our workflow if compared to other tools like Google Charts. I really love this tool and I'm looking to learn and use it even more, as it helps us optimize our time, planning, and delivering more efficiently.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Atlassian
    • For our marketing team, Jira Work Management caused us to lose valuable work time due to manual updates that could have been automated.
    • Due to lack of creative review tools within Jira Work Management, our team had to pursue other tools that do not integrate with Jira Work Management, thus creating additional OpEx.
    Incentivized
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    Whimsical
    • No hard numbers I can quote. Other than the free plan has been adequate for my needs.
    • It's my go to mind mapping tool.
    Incentivized
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