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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 Task Management category

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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

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Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

85 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
3% Neutral
96% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Task Assignment

90

List Tasks

89

Task Status

88

Task Categorization

88

Task Prioritization

88

Add Attachments

86

Task Reporting

85

Notifications

85

Drag and Drop Prioritization

85

Add Notes

85

Due Dates

85

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

86

Quality of Features

85

Breadth of Features

85

Ease of Implementation

83

Ease of IT Administration

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Ease of Data Integration

82

Ease of Customization

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Availability and Quality of Training

80

Vendor Support

79

Jira Reviews

Piyush S.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Excellently packaged lifecycle management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Its easier to work. Has better UI and it easier to train. It is great in terms of reports and analytics. Fit for Devops, Dev and QA. Great tool for Documentation, Ticketing, application management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

features, costing, usability, availability, can be used for a wide variety of tasks. Fit for IT management and documentation purposes. Very low to nil down time.

What do you dislike most about this product?

couple of more features like Zephyr squad and other premium features should be made available free of cost instead of charging. Glitch faced during images upload and loss of large sized data during upload.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Suggest to have better QA features like HP ALM. and integrate more features as in platform benefits.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

Kunal T.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Powerful but expensive

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira differs primarily from other tools in that it serves professional purposes for which none else is appropriate.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Time-saving automated tools for chores sprint monitoring keeps teams on target.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The expenses quickly mount for larger teams.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Agile methods are worth the money if you really want them.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Fair
  • Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

  • Vendor Friendly Policies
  • Under Delivered

Chad R.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Juggling It All? Let Jira Take the Load.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

When you’re part of an IT team supporting a marketing agency, managing tasks, issues, and project timelines can feel like herding cats. That’s where Jira shines. It doesn’t just help organize work—it gives you a structured yet flexible framework to handle everything from troubleshooting urgent system issues to planning long-term IT upgrades, all while syncing with the fast-paced needs of creative teams.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One standout element is how customizable it is. Setting up workflows to match the unique approval process in our agency was a breeze. For IT-specific tasks, we’ve added custom fields for things like system impact, priority levels, and estimated downtime. And the integrations? Plugging Jira into Slack and Confluence has streamlined communication so much that we no longer waste time hunting for updates in email chains.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Jira can feel overwhelming at times.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Jira has significantly reduced the time we spend on redundant status meetings. Everything is documented, tracked, and easily accessible. It’s also helped us build a stronger relationship with marketing teams by providing them with transparency into IT timelines and roadblocks. That level of visibility keeps everyone aligned and lowers the tension when deadlines loom.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

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