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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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0 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2025

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2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

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4 Top Rated Features

2023

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6 Top Rated Features

2022

Jira Ratings

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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

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

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
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Collaboration

Workflow Management

Planning and Scheduling

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Document Management

Retainer Management

Reporting

Resource Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Quote to Project Conversion

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 Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Jira Reviews

Ashish S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

A fairly robust ticketing system

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira Software is considered perfect when it comes to handling a software team that might need advanced agile functionality as well as structured workflow.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Offers a variety of ways to create dashboards to view projects, boards, tickets, etc based on any number of personal preferences. Can easily receive notifications regarding a project's progress when the ticket is updated by being a watcher on the ticket

What do you dislike most about this product?

To create projects with multiple steps, the use of Epics can become clunky, and integrating dependencies into the process is not easily done

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I think it's great for tracking bugs, support tickets, and other clearly-defined tasks, especially when the time to complete is short or also very defined. It tends to be less useful as a project management tool or for planning, especially for longer-term projects with multiple tasks and a large number of collaborators.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Caring

Aniket B.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2026

Good Project management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Jira stands out from similar tools due to its highly customizable workflows, allowing teams to adapt it to different business and project requirements. It offers strong integration capabilities with development tools like Git and CI/CD systems, making it ideal for technical teams. Jira is specifically designed for Agile, Scrum, and DevOps environments, providing powerful issue and project tracking features. It is also highly scalable, supporting both small teams and large enterprises, and has an extensive marketplace with numerous plugins for additional functionality.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Jira is its flexibility in customizing workflows and processes. It allows teams to tailor the tool exactly to their needs, whether for Agile project management, bug tracking, or general task management, making it highly adaptable across different use cases.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Jira is highly powerful, some aspects can be seen as areas for improvement. Its extensive features and customization options may require a learning curve for new users, but this also reflects its flexibility. The setup and configuration can take time initially, which ensures that workflows are well-structured and tailored. In larger projects, the system may feel heavy at times, though this is often due to the wide range of functionalities and integrations it supports.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are considering Jira, start with simple workflows, avoid over-customization, and gradually adapt it to your team’s needs. Provide basic training and use automation to improve efficiency.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Harsh K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2026

Best software for task management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Jira from other similar products?

Helps to manage and monitor tasks. Calculating efforts

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

calculating efforts on tickets and all other relevant info at single place

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing yet, that I don't like about this product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

for faster development and training tasks without any conflicts

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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.

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

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.

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

Quote to Project Conversion Converts won quotes into pre-planned projects using project templates.

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 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.

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.

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Jira Reviews

Ashish S.

A fairly robust ticketing system

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Aniket B.

Good Project management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Harsh K.

Best software for task management

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

Retainer Management

Reporting

Resource Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Quote to Project Conversion

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 Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support