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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.
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- 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
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- Ease of use
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- Customer support
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- Ease of use
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“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
“Setting up pipeline stuff through .gitlab-ci.yml is pretty direct, plus the native Container Registry makes it genuinely easy to roll out Docker images, especially during our day to day development sprints.”
Enguerran M.
Fullstack Web Developer
“We rely heavily on merge requests, and the integrated security scanning (SAST/DAST) is a huge plus—it gives developers immediate feedback during the merge process, which helps us catch issues early and maintain quality without slowing down delivery.”
Vidya P.
Devops Engineer
“The built-in CI/CD pipelines are a game-changer; being able to define the entire build, test, and deployment process in a single .gitlab-ci.yml file right in the repository is so much more efficient than juggling separate tools like Jenkins.”
Vidya P.
Devops Engineer
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.”
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
“Web UI performance and speed can degrade on very large repositories, and web-based code editing tools feel basic compared to a local IDE.”
EA
Estrella A.
Software Engineer
“I’ve noticed performance slowdowns when navigating large project backlogs or loading detailed merge request diffs, which can be frustrating during critical reviews. While the UI is generally intuitive, the sheer breadth of features—issues, boards, CI/CD, security—can make the initial setup and configuration overwhelming for new team members.”
Vidya P.
Devops Engineer
“Unfortunately the AI features we tried for the free 30 days were very lackluster and felt (feb 2026) very slapped on and not really usable, or if they were maybe we didn't invest enough time into it. But what I tried to use the chat for either failed completely, or was so low quality it was unusable.”
MS
Marvin S.
Lead Software Developer
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- Last review8 days ago
Key features
- Total features180
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Agile Methodologies
- Alerts/Notifications
- Application Management
- Application Security
- Approval Process Control
- Approval Workflow
- Assignment Management
- Audit Trail
- Authentication
- Automated Testing
- 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 Editing
- Code Repository Integration
- Code Review
- Collaboration Tools
- Color Codes/Icons
- Commenting/Notes
- Communication Management
- Compatibility Testing
- Compliance Management
- Compliance Tracking
- Configurable Workflow
- Configuration Management
- Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Deployment
- Continuous Integration
- Customizable Dashboard
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Customization
- Dashboard
- Data Connectors
- Data Import/Export
- Data Modeling
- Data Security
- Data Visualization
- Database Support
- Deadline Management
- Debugging
- Deployment Management
- Document Management
- Drag & Drop
- Due Date Tracking
- Email Alerts
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Tracking
- Employee Database
- Employee Management
- Employee Scheduling
- File Sharing
- Filtering
- For Developers
- For IT Project Management
- For Small Businesses
- Forecasting
- Forms Automation
- Forms Management
- Game Development
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Goal Management
- Goal Setting/Tracking
- Graphical User Interface
- HR Management
- IT Asset Management
- IT Reporting
- Idea Collection
- Idea Management
- Ideation
- Incident Management
- Integrated Development Environment
- Inventory Management
- Issue Management
- Issue Scheduling
- Issue Tracking
- Iteration Management
- KPI Monitoring
- Kanban Board
- Lifecycle Management
- Log Collection
- Marketing Automation
- Marketing Calendar
- Media Planning
- Messaging
- Milestone Tracking
- Mobile Access
- Mobile App
- Mobile Development
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Language Scanning
- Multiple Projects
- Online Time Clock
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Performance Metrics
- Personalization
- Planning Tools
- Portfolio Management
- Predictive Analytics
- Prioritization
- Private Dashboards
- Problem Management
- 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 Templates
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Project Workflow
- Projections
- Public Dashboards
- 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 & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Repository Management
- Requirements Review
- Resource Allocation
- Resource Management
- Resource Scheduling
- Risk Management
- Roadmapping
- Rules-Based Workflow
- Scheduling
- Screen Sharing
- Search/Filter
- Security Testing
- Single Page View
- Software Development
- Source Control
- Source-Code Scanning
- Spend Management
- Sprint Planning
- Stakeholder Defined Attributes
- Status Tracking
- Sub-Task Management
- Supports Scrum
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Task Editing
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Task Tagging
- Team Collaboration
- Team Management
- Template Management
- Templates
- Testing Management
- Third-Party Integrations
- Ticket Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Time Tracking
- Timeline Management
- Timesheet Management
- To-Do List
- Traceability
- Traditional Methodologies
- Version Control
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Web-based Deployment
- Wiki
- Workflow Management
- Total features80
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Agile Methodologies
- Alerts/Notifications
- Application Management
- Application Security
- Approval Process Control
- Approval Workflow
- Assignment Management
- Audit Trail
- Authentication
- Automated Testing
- 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 Editing
- Code Repository Integration
- Code Review
- Collaboration Tools
- Color Codes/Icons
- Commenting/Notes
- Communication Management
- Compatibility Testing
- Compliance Management
- Compliance Tracking
- Configurable Workflow
- Configuration Management
- Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Deployment
- Continuous Integration
- Customizable Dashboard
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Customization
- Dashboard
- Data Connectors
- Data Import/Export
- Data Modeling
- Data Security
- Data Visualization
- Database Support
- Deadline Management
- Debugging
- Deployment Management
- Document Management
- Drag & Drop
- Due Date Tracking
- Email Alerts
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Tracking
- Employee Database
- Employee Management
- Employee Scheduling
- File Sharing
- Filtering
- For Developers
- For IT Project Management
- For Small Businesses
- Forecasting
- Forms Automation
- Forms Management
- Game Development
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Goal Management
- Goal Setting/Tracking
- Graphical User Interface
- HR Management
- IT Asset Management
- IT Reporting
- Idea Collection
- Idea Management
- Ideation
- Incident Management
- Integrated Development Environment
- Inventory Management
- Issue Management
- Issue Scheduling
- Issue Tracking
- Iteration Management
- KPI Monitoring
- Kanban Board
- Lifecycle Management
- Log Collection
- Marketing Automation
- Marketing Calendar
- Media Planning
- Messaging
- Milestone Tracking
- Mobile Access
- Mobile App
- Mobile Development
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Language Scanning
- Multiple Projects
- Online Time Clock
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Performance Metrics
- Personalization
- Planning Tools
- Portfolio Management
- Predictive Analytics
- Prioritization
- Private Dashboards
- Problem Management
- 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 Templates
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Project Workflow
- Projections
- Public Dashboards
- 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 & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Repository Management
- Requirements Review
- Resource Allocation
- Resource Management
- Resource Scheduling
- Risk Management
- Roadmapping
- Rules-Based Workflow
- Scheduling
- Screen Sharing
- Search/Filter
- Security Testing
- Single Page View
- Software Development
- Source Control
- Source-Code Scanning
- Spend Management
- Sprint Planning
- Stakeholder Defined Attributes
- Status Tracking
- Sub-Task Management
- Supports Scrum
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Task Editing
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Task Tagging
- Team Collaboration
- Team Management
- Template Management
- Templates
- Testing Management
- Third-Party Integrations
- Ticket Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Time Tracking
- Timeline Management
- Timesheet Management
- To-Do List
- Traceability
- Traditional Methodologies
- Version Control
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Web-based Deployment
- Wiki
- Workflow Management
Integrations
- Total integrations44
- Asana
- Assembla
- Azure DevOps Server
- Balsamiq
- Bamboo
- Beyond Identity
- BigPicture
- Bitbucket
- Bugzilla
- Buildkite
- Checklist for Jira
- Checkmarx
- Clockify
- Confluence
- ConnectWise PSA
- Datadog
- Didit
- Discord
- Dovico
- Figma
- GitGuardian
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Gliffy
- Google Workspace
- Harvest
- Hubstaff
- JIRA Service Management
- Jenkins
- Jira
- Jscrambler
- Lucidchart
- Mattermost
- Mend
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft OneNote
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Power BI Connector for Jira
- Microsoft Teams
- Miro
- OKR Board for Jira & Confluence
- OpenText Application Security Aviator
- OpsGenie
- Pivotal Tracker
- Pumble
- Redmine
- Rovo
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- ScriptRunner for Jira
- Slack
- Structure PPM
- Telegram
- Tempo Loop
- Tenable Vulnerability Management
- TestRail
- Trello
- ValueOps
- Venafi Trust Protection Platform
- Veracode
- Visual Studio Code
- Weekdone
- Xray
- YouTrack
- ZenTao
- Zendesk Suite
- Zephyr Enterprise
- Zephyr Scale
- draw.io
- monday AI Work Platform
- Total integrations30
- Asana
- Assembla
- Azure DevOps Server
- Balsamiq
- Bamboo
- Beyond Identity
- BigPicture
- Bitbucket
- Bugzilla
- Buildkite
- Checklist for Jira
- Checkmarx
- Clockify
- Confluence
- ConnectWise PSA
- Datadog
- Didit
- Discord
- Dovico
- Figma
- GitGuardian
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Gliffy
- Google Workspace
- Harvest
- Hubstaff
- JIRA Service Management
- Jenkins
- Jira
- Jscrambler
- Lucidchart
- Mattermost
- Mend
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft OneNote
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Power BI Connector for Jira
- Microsoft Teams
- Miro
- OKR Board for Jira & Confluence
- OpenText Application Security Aviator
- OpsGenie
- Pivotal Tracker
- Pumble
- Redmine
- Rovo
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- ScriptRunner for Jira
- Slack
- Structure PPM
- Telegram
- Tempo Loop
- Tenable Vulnerability Management
- TestRail
- Trello
- ValueOps
- Venafi Trust Protection Platform
- Veracode
- Visual Studio Code
- Weekdone
- Xray
- YouTrack
- ZenTao
- Zendesk Suite
- Zephyr Enterprise
- Zephyr Scale
- draw.io
- monday AI Work Platform
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