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Overview

Jira is project tracking software that helps every team collaborate to plan, track, and release work by breaking down big ideas into achievable steps. Jira offers features like task organization, work alignment to goals, customizable workflows, and real-time data insights to optimize outcomes.

Release high-quality software and web projects, faster

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

7.91

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

35

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

15.7K

5

4

3

2

1

8.7K

5.6K

1.1K

149

67

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
75%
would recommend this app

4.6

169

5

4

3

2

1

100

66

1

1

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
81%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The way we use Jira is primarily for campaign builds: building websites for refresh tasks, email sequences, changing paid search stuff or the occasional client journey diagram.”
ET

Edward T.

Founder and Marketing Strategist

“It provides the structure and accountability needed to scale Agile practices effectively across an organization. When configured well, it creates total transparency between product, engineering, and management.”
BB

Bea B.

Instructional Designer

“What I like most about Jira is that it is a very useful and structured tool for organizing team tasks, managing requests coming from different departments, and keeping track of the progress of each activity.”
CR

Carmine R.

Software developer

Pros

“Task management is efficient with clear priorities, statuses, milestones, and deadlines. While employee management is basic, the user roles and access controls are sufficient for managing teams effectively within projects.”
CP

Chaitanya P.

Sales team

“Employee management features are minimal, and the UI, while clean, can feel slightly dated for power users who need deeper insights and automation.”
CP

Chaitanya P.

Sales team

“The "Gantt Chart" feature is also included by default, which helps visualize timelines without needing extra plugins.”
EB

Eldho B.

Digital marketer

Cons

“For new users, the platform can seem crowded with many menus, boards, filters, projects, and configuration options, so it takes some time to understand where to look and how to navigate efficiently.”
CR

Carmine R.

Software developer

“I also remember encountering situations between 2023 and 2025 where I did not receive expected email notifications, and because of keyword-related rules, some tickets were missed. While these issues were not frequent, they could occasionally affect workflow efficiency.”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Komal G.

Process Associate

“Although the reporting within Jira supports the general tracking of work status and development and release cycle metrics, it does not natively support many of the metrics/KPI reporting required for project oversight or executive information analysis.”
KG

Kregg G.

Agile Team Lead

Cons

“Advanced analytics, dashboards, and workflow customization are fairly basic compared to some competitors.”
CP

Chaitanya P.

Sales team

“Limited reporting andd customization, and the UX/UI feels somewhat outdated compared to newer tools.”
PL

Phong L.

CEO

“Basic reporting – Lacks advanced analytics and detailed performance reports.”
SO

Sola O.

Account support office and customer service representative

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review10 months ago

Key features

  • Total features180
  • @mentions
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Backlog Management
  • Bar Chart
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Bug Tracking
  • Bug/Issue Capture
  • Build Log
  • Business Process Automation
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Charting
  • Checklists
  • Cloud Computing
  • Code Repository Integration
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Tracking
  • Email-to-Task Conversion
  • Employee Activity Monitoring
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Developers
  • For IT Project Management
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Management
  • Game Development
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Graphical User Interface
  • HR Management
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Management
  • Ideation
  • Incident Management
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Iteration Management
  • Kanban Board
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Log Collection
  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Calendar
  • Media Planning
  • Messaging
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Development
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-board
  • Multiple Projects
  • No-Code
  • Notes Management
  • Online Time Clock
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Personalization
  • Planning Tools
  • Portfolio Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Private Dashboards
  • Process Change Tracking
  • Process Management
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Product Data Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Public Dashboards
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Recording
  • Recurring Issues
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Release Management
  • Release Planning
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Request Management
  • Requirements Review
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Risk Management
  • Roadmapping
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Page View
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Spend Management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Supports Scrum
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Templates
  • Testing/QA Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timeline Management
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • Version Control
  • Visual Workflow Management
  • Visualization
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features115
  • @mentions
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Backlog Management
  • Bar Chart
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Bug Tracking
  • Bug/Issue Capture
  • Build Log
  • Business Process Automation
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Charting
  • Checklists
  • Cloud Computing
  • Code Repository Integration
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Tracking
  • Email-to-Task Conversion
  • Employee Activity Monitoring
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Developers
  • For IT Project Management
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Management
  • Game Development
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Graphical User Interface
  • HR Management
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Management
  • Ideation
  • Incident Management
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Iteration Management
  • Kanban Board
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Log Collection
  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Calendar
  • Media Planning
  • Messaging
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Development
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-board
  • Multiple Projects
  • No-Code
  • Notes Management
  • Online Time Clock
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Personalization
  • Planning Tools
  • Portfolio Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Private Dashboards
  • Process Change Tracking
  • Process Management
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Product Data Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Public Dashboards
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Recording
  • Recurring Issues
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Release Management
  • Release Planning
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Request Management
  • Requirements Review
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Risk Management
  • Roadmapping
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Page View
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Spend Management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Supports Scrum
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Templates
  • Testing/QA Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timeline Management
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • Version Control
  • Visual Workflow Management
  • Visualization
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations44
  • Azure DevOps Server
  • Balsamiq
  • BigPicture
  • Bitbucket
  • Box
  • Cacoo
  • Checklist for Jira
  • Clockify
  • Confluence
  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Didit
  • Dovico
  • Dropbox
  • Figma
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gliffy
  • Google Workspace
  • Harvest
  • Hubstaff
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Lucidchart
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI Connector for Jira
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Miro
  • OKR Board for Jira & Confluence
  • OneDrive
  • OpsGenie
  • Redmine
  • Rovo
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • ScriptRunner for Jira
  • Slack
  • Structure PPM
  • Tempo Loop
  • TestMu AI
  • TestRail
  • Trello
  • Trimble CoPilot
  • ValueOps
  • Weekdone
  • Xray
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zephyr Enterprise
  • Zephyr Scale
  • draw.io
  • monday AI Work Platform
  • Total integrations13
  • Azure DevOps Server
  • Balsamiq
  • BigPicture
  • Bitbucket
  • Box
  • Cacoo
  • Checklist for Jira
  • Clockify
  • Confluence
  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Didit
  • Dovico
  • Dropbox
  • Figma
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gliffy
  • Google Workspace
  • Harvest
  • Hubstaff
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Lucidchart
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI Connector for Jira
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Miro
  • OKR Board for Jira & Confluence
  • OneDrive
  • OpsGenie
  • Redmine
  • Rovo
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • ScriptRunner for Jira
  • Slack
  • Structure PPM
  • Tempo Loop
  • TestMu AI
  • TestRail
  • Trello
  • Trimble CoPilot
  • ValueOps
  • Weekdone
  • Xray
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zephyr Enterprise
  • Zephyr Scale
  • draw.io
  • monday AI Work Platform

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