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Jira

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Jira?

JIRA Software is built for every member of your software team to plan, track, and release great software.

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Awards & Recognition

Jira won the following awards in the Project Management - Enterprise category

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1 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

0 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2025

Product Impact

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

Jira Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Jira?

1% Negative

5% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Collaboration

Workflow Management

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Document Management

Reporting

Resource Management

Retainer Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Project Invoicing and Accounting Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Jira Reviews

Chiru Kumar R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Smart task handling tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira boasts a large user community and comprehensive documentation making it easier to troubleshoot and learn best practices. It also offers professional support for users. Jira is one of the Atlassian products so it can easily integrate with other Atlassian products such as Trello and Bitbucket. Additionally, Jira provides extensive customization options like tailoring workflows, issue types, etc.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With the support of methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban, Jira offers versatility to meet a wide range of project management requirements. Users utilize Jira to plan, track, and manage agile software development projects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Jira throws too many notifications, and it is overwhelming. This leads to missing important updates. Jira incurs high costs for advanced features and add-ons. New users face challenges and quite complexity at the initial stage of using the tool.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Organizations that want to track bugs, tasks, and issues while developing applications can consider this product.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Eddy L.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Very Useful tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira stands out with its highly customizable workflows and deep integration with developer tools like GitHub and CI/CD pipelines, making it ideal for software teams. It also offers robust issue-tracking features and built-in Agile project management support for Scrum and Kanban

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspect of Jira is its customizable workflows, which allow teams to design tailored processes for task and issue management. The ability to create custom statuses, transitions, and automation for various task types is just awesome.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Jira is its complexity and steep learning curve, especially for new users or smaller teams. And performance slowdown on larger projects.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend starting with a basic setup and gradually introducing Jira's advanced features to avoid overwhelming your team. Focus on customizing workflows that align with your specific project processes, and take advantage of Jira’s Agile tools if you use Scrum or Kanban

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Saves Time
Helps Innovate

Gaurav G.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Good product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

JIra has lot of functionalities for different types of software/agile methodologies.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of applying any methodology to our work fit.

What do you dislike most about this product?

More resources for new features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a fantastic software for projects end to end lifecycle management.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

Jira Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Jira?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

Dependency and Milestone Tracking Ability to define project development stages and task dependencies while setting milestones to mark specific points in a project

Hierarchical Task Management Ability to create both templates and unique projects and support tasks that can be divided into sub-tasks and delegated

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create reports easily. Able to easily modify and build dashboards for real-time updates on KPI's and timelines.

Resource Management Includes resource allocation, expense tracking, and resource planning.

Retainer Management Manage the ongoing and recurring work you do for clients, including tasks and billing.

Time & Expense Tracking Ability to track time for planning and estimating

Project Invoicing and Accounting Integration Create invoice that automatically syncs into accounting software to simplify the billing and invoicing process.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Also Featured in...

Task Management

Product Management

Application Lifecycle & Release Management

Jira Reviews

Chiru Kumar R.

Smart task handling tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Eddy L.

Very Useful tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gaurav G.

Good product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Collaboration

Workflow Management

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Document Management

Reporting

Resource Management

Retainer Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Project Invoicing and Accounting Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support