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Jira vs SwiftKanban comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 12, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Jira
Ranking in Project Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
276
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Application Requirements Management (1st)
SwiftKanban
Ranking in Project Management Software
44th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Jira is 6.3%, down from 8.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SwiftKanban is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Jira6.3%
SwiftKanban0.6%
Other93.1%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Nathan Akimoff - PeerSpot reviewer
Has customized workflows to fit internal processes and improved overall team organization
I don't have a particular customization or integration that's been especially valuable for my team, but I experienced integrating Jira and QuickBooks, which was very challenging, but it really impacted the efficiency of the whole company. I have been working with Jira for over 12 years, and I've seen it grow every year. It's a powerful product, but lately, I think Atlassian has been adding too many simplified features that look nice but don't offer the same level of flexibility, and made some fields not available through the API, which is kind of frustrating. If I could make one suggestion, it would be to focus more on improving API integration and automation tools, not just the design.
Venu Vashistha - PeerSpot reviewer
Good reporting, quick configurations, and helpful support
It's a cloud-based setup, so there's no challenge in getting everything up and running. The downtime should be minimal. I'd rate the process nine out of ten in terms of ease of deployment. There is a three-month implementation exercise that we control. We have five people who were part of the implementation and maintenance process. They are admins and web developers.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"A most valuable feature involves the ability to customize the entries and to update them quickly."
"Work management software that has the flexibility to be configured for any company. It's stable, scalable, and offers responsive support."
"It was easy to use. The consultants that we had on board were familiar with it. So, obviously, having a community that had used it before or was familiar with it was a positive thing."
"It has an easy UI that can easily plug-in to every level."
"A very comprehensive product; easy to set up and is very user-friendly."
"We can cope with processes easily without adapting the tool, but adapting the tool to processes."
"For QA, the most interesting for me are boards, backlog, and filters."
"Offers a common language set so we can bring people into projects and get them up and running almost immediately."
"The reporting part is very good."
 

Cons

"Jira's collaboration and integration with other apps and tools could be improved."
"I wish the whole workflow process was easier to set up. You put the requirements in and then you send it to the developer. They get a notification. Then they go into Jira."
"Pretty much 70% - 80% of the Next-Gen Projects features are still to be developed."
"Users can be confused about how to use this tool as it's very complex."
"I have noticed a problem with Jira in the Philippines. In the Philippines, there are only a few companies that offer local support, which is alarming."
"I manage the progress of the stories in an Excel chart with dates on work progress or thing to do. I don't like the progress or the stage changing from the stories in Jira."
"The way to configure it can definitely be improved. It is very difficult and complex to configure. Its configuration should be simplified."
"It should be less expensive."
"Some of the reports could be automated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As a company, we get a subsidized price, and it's lower than what's quoted on their website."
"There is an annual subscription to use Jira."
"The pricing for Jira is reasonable, although I think they can bring it down because the plugins cost extra."
"The cost is about $10 per user, per month."
"I understand JIRA is quite expensive."
"The price seems reasonable to me. It's very similar to Splunk."
"We are a regional research and education institute. We're using the free license provided for educational institutes."
"To try this solution, use their cloud offering to get familiar. After that, it's in my view worth the money."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business104
Midsize Enterprise56
Large Enterprise149
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Questions from the Community

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