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Jira vs Jira Align comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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 Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
274
Ranking in other categories
Application Requirements Management (2nd), Project Management Software (3rd)
Jira Align
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (3rd), Value Stream Management Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of Jira is 22.6%, down from 23.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jira Align is 1.4%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
 

Q&A Highlights

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 02, 2019
 

Featured Reviews

Saroj Ekka - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good repository integration, sprint board and easy to set up
There are some features and reports we need that are not there. For example, if I have to find out the capacity of the current sprint by user and compare it with the previous sprint, that visibility isn't there. We can know the capacity and what happened with the whole sprint, but not for an individual person to see where it's falling and how it's tracking. Report and analytics capabilities are important for a product manager. That visibility is important, so we use Jira. Some of the features are there, and I use my own Excels or other data things to compensate for that.
ShyiamaKishun - PeerSpot reviewer
Has a straightforward setup process and efficient project management features .
Jira Align supports program increment planning by facilitating the planning aspect, including team setup, dependency management, and defining the layout for each step or stage in a project. The platform aids in breaking down targets into parts, aligning with Agile principles, and ensuring a structured layout. The most impactful feature of Jira Align for project management lies in its capabilities related to planning and setting up projects. The platform visually understands targets, offering a clear and detailed layout. We can determine when to speed up the process or access the project. We can address the issues related to planning and development efficiently. It is a great product to use, aiding in project planning and alignment. I recommend it to others and rate it a ten out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The links between tickets are very valuable and the boards I found to be configurable and usable. The boards allow some level of extended configuration and they can be customized according to our project needs. Additionally, it is easy to use."
"It gave us control over all test artifacts in one place, along with easy traceability, mapping between stories, bugs, test cases, and test cycles."
"One of the most valuable features is querying because the jQuery function is very good. Additionally, we can create good designs very easily."
"A stable solution with no unplanned downtime."
"The timeline management is great."
"We can cope with processes easily without adapting the tool, but adapting the tool to processes."
"Jira can track projects, time management of assignments, and keep everything on schedule. The performance of the solution is good."
"The most valuable feature is working with sprints and having the ability to create sprints."
"The technical support team responds quickly and resolves issues effectively."
"The deployment phase of Jira Align wasn't difficult."
"Jira Align is an intuitive tool that features a roadmap view...The initial setup was straightforward...Jira Align is definitely worth the money."
"Defect tracking and dashboards are the most valuable features of Jira Align."
"I like the way the UI functions."
"Velocity and reporting provide good visibility, burndown charts, and particularly velocity measurement."
"The tool helps us with better tracking across various departments. Jira Align is highly valuable for organizations due to its flexibility. With my experience as an administrator, I can attest that it can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of any organization. It helps to eliminate the mess created by Excel spreadsheets."
"Jira Align has been quite a helpful tool for us because, without it, we would be juggling with all our story points or our backlog items, which would be difficult to manage."
 

Cons

"Its UI can be improved a little bit. I know this a business tool and not a commercial tool, but it could be a little bit more interactive like the HP ALM/Quality Center, which provides you the results of graphs and gives you a lot of visual representations. I feel Jira lacks a little bit in this aspect."
"Pretty much 70% - 80% of the Next-Gen Projects features are still to be developed."
"I don't know whether there is a Jira problem or a test risk problem, however, sometimes, we face issues on fetching the reports."
"There is a difference between their cloud and their server versions. The next-gen project, which is an advanced feature that allows you to visualize the road map of your delivery over multiple products and over time, is not available yet for the sever version. It appears there in the list, but it's still not right. I've tried to use it many times and I am watching the device show their tracker, but it seems they intentionally want this to increase the utilization of the cloud instead of the server. It is really a nice feature and it's a shame that we don't have it."
"Once a story is closed, all the records, versions, and documentation associated with it are gone. We lose the traceability of what was done."
"The hierarchy for Jira tickets is too flat."
"Jira can improve by making user management better. It is not easy to have visibility of who has the right to do what. Only the administrator has this visibility but there should be the option for other users too."
"There needs to be easier integration with third-parties — personally, this is the biggest issue for me."
"There is no linkage between the Jira records and the overarching schedule. We maintain the overarching schedule in Microsoft Project, and there is no linkage back and forth with the Jira tasks. They are independent of each other."
"Jira Align should reduce the many information fields we need to provide while closing defects."
"Jira Align's setup process could be more straightforward, and they could make training and educational documentation more accessible."
"I would like to see Jira Align merge and integrate better with Jira as a whole. A lot of the time, the data from Jira won't map very well into Jira Align."
"The workflows are scalable from portfolio to individual level but can sometimes be complex to navigate."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"The solution needs to improve its pricing. It also needs to provide an integrated view of how other tasks are to be tracked. It would be also useful to see the integration of Confluence, Teams, and Slack into the product. I want to be able to communicate directly with others while using the product. I am also not sure if the integration of third-party alternate workflow tools like SAP would be possible."
"Jira Align can improve the visibility of executive teams."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our client handles the licensing aspect. They have not yet purchased the premium version."
"To try this solution, use their cloud offering to get familiar. After that, it's in my view worth the money."
"It is subscription-based, and we probably pay yearly. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of price."
"The pricing for Jira is reasonable, although I think they can bring it down because the plugins cost extra."
"The price seems reasonable to me. It's very similar to Splunk."
"The price of Jira is reasonable."
"If you are using just Jira, it is cheap, but if you start to use it and you feel you need some more services or more functions, then you have to buy add-ons, which can make it expensive."
"Compared to the value Jira provides, it’s not that expensive. It has an yearly licensing cost."
"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The price of the solution depends on the number of people using it and the projects you are working on."
"Jira Align has price packages for different purposes."
"My company pays approximately 399 USD per month for the solution."
"The license for Jira Align is priced fairly."
"Jira Align is an expensive solution."
"At our company, we were concerned about the cost of Jira Align, which is expensive"
"Jira Align's pricing is reasonable."
"The pricing and licensing costs are rated lower, around six mainly due to significant increases in licensing costs that were not well-received by users."
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Answers from the Community

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
Some of the fundamental difference between AgileCraft & Jira are 1) Jira was originally a bug tracking tool that has been modified to try and support Agile projects. AgileCraft was developed out of the box with Agile in mind. 2) Jira data structure is flat which means creating a hierarchy for rolled up reporting is problematic even with the 3rd party plugins. 3) AgileCraft was designed...
2 out of 6 answers
MS
Apr 1, 2019
From: Nick Regan from IT Central Station Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 11:09 AM To: Sternberger, Mark Subject: Seeking expertise in AgileCraft Hi Mark, Can you help out a colleague with the following question about AgileCraft: ----- What Is The Biggest Difference Between AgileCraft And JIRA? One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is AgileCraft vs JIRA. People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between AgileCraft and JIRA? Which of these two solutions would you recommend to a colleague evaluating application lifecycle management suites and why? Thanks for helping your peers make the best decision! ----- Please reply to this email with your response or post your answer here. You've been a member of IT Central Station since March 2019. In a market full of vendor hype, we provide free connections between real users of AgileCraft to share advice and make better buying decisions. Thanks for being part of the community. Nick Regan Community Director, IT Central Station IT Central Station 244 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 (646) 328-1944 um-nqn 342024 To change notifications, please visit your subscription page or unsubscribe completely. gitbdelWHFUOFUyYk1sbkN2bzRLUUQyV1pibk1IeHJQRnRwUEFVSm5DYmFvVG0rNTdnQmE0YjY5T1NBS2tlQlNGa3A5SS0tdzNKeGVNUUsxK1JWdVRjblo0b1RQQT09--acfde43e76e9c3b13be36f6090940095bb440d60gitbdel Disclaimer: This email and any attachments are sent in strictest confidence for the sole use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged, confidential, and proprietary data. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise the sender by replying promptly to this email and then delete and destroy this email and any attachments without any further use, copying or forwarding.
KF
Apr 1, 2019
Hi Nick. Considering the two are now the same company, I would defer any answer to the team at Atlassian. https://investors.atlassian.com/financials-and-filings/news/news-details/2019/Atlassian-to-Acquire-AgileCraft-to-Help-Executives-Align-Strategy-to-Execution/default.aspx
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
53%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Insurance Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Is Jira better or would you go with Micro Focus ALM Octane?
Hi Netanya, Basically , it all depends on the use cases for your environment and the business needs. Hope the below data may be relevant to you for identifying your needs and deciding on the approp...
Which is better - Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps?
Jira is a great centralized tool for just about everything, from local team management to keeping track of products and work logs. It is easy to implement and navigate, and it is stable and scalabl...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jira?
We operate under a nonlimited license with Jira, allowing a number of users to access it with a single enterprise license.
What do you like most about Jira Align?
I joined the company because they had a large project, and as a startup company, they needed to scale up efficiently. My task was to review the current baseline, assess the team's capabilities, and...
What needs improvement with Jira Align?
The platform's communication features could be more robust for better team integration.
What is your primary use case for Jira Align?
We use Jira Align for business strategies, collaboration, and reporting. The solution allows us to manage the various products and features delivered on that platform.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Jira Software
AgileCraft
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Square, Nasa, eBay, Cisco, SalesForce, Adobe, BNP Paribas, BMW and LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
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