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Jira

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

1019 Reviews Write a Review

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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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

Up 1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 94%
Negotiation and Contract:: 90%
Conflict Resolution:: 93%
Strategy & Innovation:: 91%
Service Experience:: 93%

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

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Collaboration

Workflow Management

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Retainer Management

Document Management

Email Synchronization & Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Reporting

Resource Management

Calendar Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Jira Reviews

Tayo A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Jira Has Been an Excellent Product For Us

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

It has highly customizable workflows, and it seems built specifically for software teams to manage agile workflows (Scrum, Kanban, mixed). Moreover, it has strong support for epics, sprints, backlogs, user stories, and bugs, including rich features for version/release management.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Jira is its highly-customizable workflows.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It has a steep learning curve and could be overly complex for simple projects.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Jira shines in software development and agile project management processes, but may be overkill for simple task tracking or non-technical teams. Therefore, identify your core requirements (workflow complexity, reporting, integrations) before committing.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Deepansh Y.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Amazing product,features capabilities of managemen

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Feasibility, features and all the task report are properly main so resource management and costing is easy to calculate.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Features, performance and management with sprint reports.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some reports are complicated to understand.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best product for resource and project management.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

ananya g.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Good and comfortable

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Features and cost

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SLA management

What do you dislike most about this product?

Little drawbacks

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good to go

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies

How We Deliver

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What is Jira?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

Jira Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Jira?

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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

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

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

Email Synchronization & Tracking Syncs emails within the integrated email service, which captures the communication within the work object.

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

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

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

Calendar Integration Syncs calendar objects within the integrated email service, which captures the time within the work object.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Jira Reviews

Tayo A.

Jira Has Been an Excellent Product For Us

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Deepansh Y.

Amazing product,features capabilities of managemen

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

ananya g.

Good and comfortable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Collaboration

Workflow Management

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Retainer Management

Document Management

Email Synchronization & Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Reporting

Resource Management

Calendar Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support