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Jira

Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10
Category
Jira
8.9 /10

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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

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
4% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Collaboration

88

Workflow Management

86

Planning and Scheduling

85

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

84

Hierarchical Task Management

83

Document Management

83

Reporting

83

Resource Management

83

Retainer Management

82

Time & Expense Tracking

82

Calendar Integration

80

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

85

Breadth of Features

84

Quality of Features

84

Ease of Implementation

83

Ease of Data Integration

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Ease of Customization

81

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

80

Vendor Support

79

Jira Reviews

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

Is Jira the right tool for your team?

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Unique Features

Kayode F.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Media
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

A powerhouse for managing big tasks and projects

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira specifically stands out because of the workflow automation and detail tracking. Based on my experience so far, I can actually say "No tool tracks work quite like Jira." Every task has: • A unique ID • A full change history • Custom fields (you can add “Platform,” “Post Type,” “Approval Status”) • And status changes that trigger automations

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I fell in love with the fact that Jira holds everyone accountable. As a Social Media Manager in a tech-focused team, Jira helped me keep track of who’s blocking what. For example, I’d know that a designer hadn’t finished the carousel graphics or that a blog post was stuck waiting for an SEO review.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sadly, Jira is way too much for simple projects. For those working solo or just planning basic weekly content, Jira can feel like using a spaceship to deliver pizza. There’s a learning curve, a ton of settings, and setup can take more time than the actual work.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Straightforward: • Use it if you’re working with developers or product teams. They probably already live in Jira. • Don’t go in without a workflow strategy... take 1 hour to map it before setup. • Great for long-term planning (think: campaign launches, client retainers, content roadmaps) • Use labels and custom fields to personalize it to your workflow

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Daniel O.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Task management is easier and reliable enough

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Has the AI integrated into the JIRA tool which makes it simpler to use the solution with AI automations

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Task and product templates can be customised and has the AI that makes it easy to rephrase project details in either formal or friendly tone at no additional cost

What do you dislike most about this product?

The solution is priced per seat per month which makes the tool so expensive to use for smaller enterprises

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend the solution for both task and project management since it is quite faair

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Saves Time

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