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Jira vs Calamari Comparison (2026)

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Calamari

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.

Calamari offers flexible clock-in options for every workplace: Slack, Microsoft Teams, mobile app, web browser, kiosk with QR codes, or NFC cards. Track daily work hours, breaks, and project time with accurate records. Generate timesheets and export data to payroll in just a few clicks.

  • 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

2

/user

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

4.7

610

5

4

3

2

1

448

149

12

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
88%
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

“Its modular pricing meant we could start small and scale without needing extensive team training, while the flawless integrations with tools like Slack completely eliminated the daily interruptions. But yes, the initial setup is pretty complex and global leave accrual policies required a bit of patience.”
AM

Ananya M.

HR Administrator

“It’s important to remember that this isn't a full-scale HR system, so if you're hoping for built-in payroll processing or performance review modules, we still need separate software to handle those tasks.”
AM

Ananya M.

HR Administrator

“we started with just the leave management module to get our global PTO and regional holidays under control before scaling up to attendance.”
AM

Ananya M.

HR Administrator

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.”
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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

“not enough developed module with projects, lack of option to add detailed tasks - we need it sometimes for specific projects”
EP

Ewelina P.

Head of Administration and Operations

“Some features are limited unless you add different packages, which could be frustrating for growing companies who are trying to determine which features they want/need”
AH

Alex H.

Director of Operations

“It is not easy on the administrator side to add an employee's total vacation days for the entire year.”
JF

Jordan F.

Operations

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review9 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 months ago

Key features

  • Total features180
  • 1-On-1 Meetings
  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • 360 Reviews
  • @mentions
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Absence Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Backlog Management
  • Bar Chart
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Break Management
  • Budget Management
  • Budget Tracking
  • 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
  • Clock In/Out
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Company Goals And OKRs
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Feedback
  • Customizability
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Data Collection
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Visualization
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Information
  • Employee Information Automation
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • FMLA Administration
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • Filtering
  • For Cloud
  • For Developers
  • For IT Project Management
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Management
  • Game Development
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Generative AI
  • Geofencing
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Graphical User Interface
  • HR Management
  • Historical Data
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Management
  • Ideation
  • Incident Management
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Internationalization
  • Interoperability
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Iteration Management
  • Kanban Board
  • Lanuguage Options
  • Learning & Development
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Location Tracking
  • Lockout Periods
  • Log Collection
  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Calendar
  • Media Planning
  • Messaging
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Development
  • Mobility
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Location
  • Multi-step Planning
  • Multiple Projects
  • Natural Language Interaction
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Organization Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Integration
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Performance and Reliability
  • Personalization
  • Personalization and Recommendation
  • Planning Tools
  • Platform Search
  • Portfolio Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Private Dashboards
  • Process Change Tracking
  • Process Management
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Product Data Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Productivity Analysis
  • 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
  • Public Praise
  • Punch card
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quality Assurance
  • 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
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requesting Feedback
  • Requirements Review
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Risk Management
  • Roadmapping
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Schedule Management
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Security
  • Self Assessment
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Single Page View
  • Skills Assessment
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Spend Management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Supports Scrum
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Editing
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Team Calendars
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time, Attendance, and PTO
  • Timeline Management
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Tracking Time to Project/Task
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • Training Management
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Access
  • User Management
  • User Role Access
  • User, Role, and Access Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Visualization
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features141
  • 1-On-1 Meetings
  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • 360 Reviews
  • @mentions
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Absence Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Backlog Management
  • Bar Chart
  • Benefits Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Break Management
  • Budget Management
  • Budget Tracking
  • 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
  • Clock In/Out
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Company Goals And OKRs
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Feedback
  • Customizability
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Data Collection
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Visualization
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Information
  • Employee Information Automation
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • FMLA Administration
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • Filtering
  • For Cloud
  • For Developers
  • For IT Project Management
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Management
  • Game Development
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Generative AI
  • Geofencing
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Graphical User Interface
  • HR Management
  • Historical Data
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Management
  • Ideation
  • Incident Management
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Internationalization
  • Interoperability
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Iteration Management
  • Kanban Board
  • Lanuguage Options
  • Learning & Development
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Location Tracking
  • Lockout Periods
  • Log Collection
  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Calendar
  • Media Planning
  • Messaging
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Development
  • Mobility
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Location
  • Multi-step Planning
  • Multiple Projects
  • Natural Language Interaction
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Organization Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Integration
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Performance and Reliability
  • Personalization
  • Personalization and Recommendation
  • Planning Tools
  • Platform Search
  • Portfolio Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Private Dashboards
  • Process Change Tracking
  • Process Management
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Product Data Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Productivity Analysis
  • 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
  • Public Praise
  • Punch card
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quality Assurance
  • 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
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requesting Feedback
  • Requirements Review
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Risk Management
  • Roadmapping
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Schedule Management
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Security
  • Self Assessment
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Single Page View
  • Skills Assessment
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Spend Management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Supports Scrum
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Editing
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Team Calendars
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time, Attendance, and PTO
  • Timeline Management
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Tracking Time to Project/Task
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • Training Management
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Access
  • User Management
  • User Role Access
  • User, Role, and Access Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Visualization
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations44
  • Asana
  • Auth0
  • Axonator
  • Azure DevOps Server
  • Balsamiq
  • BaseCamp DAM-PIM
  • Basecamp
  • BigPicture
  • Bitbucket
  • Checklist for Jira
  • Clockify
  • CloudEagle
  • Confluence
  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Didit
  • Dovico
  • Figma
  • Gemini
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gliffy
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Maps
  • Google Workspace
  • Google Workspace for Education
  • Harvest
  • Hubstaff
  • IFTTT
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Lucidchart
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Power BI Connector for Jira
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Miro
  • OKR Board for Jira & Confluence
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • OpsGenie
  • Perplexity
  • Rovo
  • Sage Active
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • ScriptRunner for Jira
  • Slack
  • Tempo Timesheets
  • TestRail
  • Trello
  • ValueOps
  • Weekdone
  • Workspace
  • Workspace 365
  • Xray
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zephyr Enterprise
  • Zephyr Scale
  • draw.io
  • monday AI Work Platform
  • Total integrations30
  • Asana
  • Auth0
  • Axonator
  • Azure DevOps Server
  • Balsamiq
  • BaseCamp DAM-PIM
  • Basecamp
  • BigPicture
  • Bitbucket
  • Checklist for Jira
  • Clockify
  • CloudEagle
  • Confluence
  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Didit
  • Dovico
  • Figma
  • Gemini
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gliffy
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Maps
  • Google Workspace
  • Google Workspace for Education
  • Harvest
  • Hubstaff
  • IFTTT
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Lucidchart
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Power BI Connector for Jira
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Miro
  • OKR Board for Jira & Confluence
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • OpsGenie
  • Perplexity
  • Rovo
  • Sage Active
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • ScriptRunner for Jira
  • Slack
  • Tempo Timesheets
  • TestRail
  • Trello
  • ValueOps
  • Weekdone
  • Workspace
  • Workspace 365
  • Xray
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zephyr Enterprise
  • Zephyr Scale
  • draw.io
  • monday AI Work Platform

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