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Jira vs Zoho Projects comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Jira
Ranking in Project Management Software
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
267
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Application Requirements Management (2nd)
Zoho Projects
Ranking in Project Management Software
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Jira is 8.3%, down from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Projects is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Saroj Ekka - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2024
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.
Jacob Shetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2023
A cost-effective project management tool that can be deployed in a very less time-frame
I have been using it for the last eight years overall, the applications, and they've come a long way now. It's really good and intuitive at this stage. However, I still feel that they could do a little bit more in terms of application integrations, like the third-party ones. That could be useful. There are a bunch of its integrations with third parties, but probably a little more would be better. The telephone support provided by the support team should become better. Regarding adding features or functions to Zoho projects, I think I would add more reporting tools to the solution. Some of the default reports in Zoho Projects are obviously useful, but I would like to add some more analytics based on all the activities taking place in Zoho Projects. I would prefer to build my own custom report and all those sorts of things.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is easy to use and user-friendly."
"Offers a common language set so we can bring people into projects and get them up and running almost immediately."
"We love the bulk edit feature. Jira also integrates well with Bitbucket."
"The board has been a very valuable feature because it can be very simple for teams that are not technical. It can also be highly technical and have lots of data for teams that are technical. So we use it for both instances."
"What I really like about Jira is that it ticks off all the boxes for any agile project. It's easy to set up, easy to use, and it has excellent notification features. Jira is the top choice for anyone working on agile projects like ours."
"The user story map is excellent. The features can be composed into stories and they can be allocated to each of the sprints in a program increment. It allows you to see all that in the user story map, and you have various dashboards to see the stories in various views. You can see them as a backlog view, for example, or you can see as an actual sprint view."
"Perfect for keeping track of large amounts of bugs, tasks queries and releases for fixes."
"The most valuable feature of Jira is the integration with all the different Atlassian tools. They all integrate very easily."
"The solution's most valuable features are automation and integration with different products and third-party applications."
"We can integrate Zoho Projects with Zoho CRM."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It's easy for a user with a technical background to set up Zoho Projects on their own."
"We use the tool for our core business project. If we have a new site coming up, there are many milestones that need to be checked. The solution helps to ensure consistency."
"We were able to track each department's work and what they were doing inside the actual department. Gantt charts are useful to track departmental progress and operation, or we are that item stuff."
"The timeline features are excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Projects is all integrated into one. We don't have to start using multiple tools, such as Projects, CRM, Marketing, Automation, Finance, and setting up Meetings. It's all in one solution. I don't have to go to multiple different platforms to have all the features I need."
 

Cons

"Improvements in Jira for the next release could include adding AI tools for dashboarding, making it easier to report insights, and enhancing business intelligence capabilities. It should also improve on-prem support. As far as I know, Jira's on-premise support is being discontinued. From last year onward, they stopped providing on-premise licenses and now only offer cloud support. This shift happened gradually, and I believe they now only offer cloud licenses."
"Of course, the price could always be cheaper."
"Some of the interfaces, especially on the administrator side and for permissions, are not so clear. They aren't very user-friendly."
"We'd like to use it with non-Agile projects in the future, however, right now, it is a very Agile-focused product."
"It should be connected to ServiceNow."
"I would like to see more integration available with more tools."
"There is a difficulty viewing all the attachments because they are shown in one place. I would like attachments to be shown at the comment level."
"Although it covers the overall requirements and measurements, it'll help if they had their own test execution feature."
"It is not easy to drag and drop a task from one person to the other. I think the resolution for the issue is work in progress. The product's stability can be improved."
"Zoho Meeting definitely needs an improvement, because the quality is not as good as Zoom or Microsoft Teams, which I've used in the past."
"The solution’s interface should be improved."
"Its template management feature could be easier to use."
"The only room for improvement over here is a feature related to the trend, like AI-related things that we can expect need to be introduced."
"The tool should add live chat, live call, and live meeting features where clients can communicate."
"The telephone support provided by the support team should become better."
"Zoho Projects' time log addition part can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. The product offers flexibility in pricing since it depends on the memory bits you have used."
"We are a regional research and education institute. We're using the free license provided for educational institutes."
"There are no additional costs to the standard licensing."
"If I compare Jira's licensing model with that of other products, I think that the other products have a much better licensing model."
"It is subscription-based, and we probably pay yearly. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of price."
"The price of the solution could be lower."
"The pricing is much higher than other similar solutions available in the market, and as such, the vendor should think about a price reduction to make this product more affordable."
"One of my customers told me that they were receiving better pricing for a similar tool from Microsoft."
"The solution is cheap."
"Zoho Projects is cost-effective."
"The price for Zoho Projects is seven GBP per user per month."
"Zoho Projects' costs are yearly and affordable."
"The product is fairly priced."
"The Enterprise version costs INR 630 per user per month."
"The product has different pricing models for different regions."
"The solution is not very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
50%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Educational Organization
81%
Computer Software Company
2%
Manufacturing Company
2%
Insurance Company
1%
 

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?
The product is quite expensive. It costs approximately 1.2 million rand per year. It's a fixed price, depending on the modules that you get. You have specific tools, that's what you pay for. I rate...
What do you like most about Zoho Projects?
While integrating a voice solution with Zoho Projects, the focus was on creating a unified interface for voice and customer engagement across various platforms like Facebook, social media, and emai...
What needs improvement with Zoho Projects?
The tool should include more reports because we need to integrate Zoho Analytics with the report section. The basic reports could be improved in Zoho Projects.
What is your primary use case for Zoho Projects?
We are Zoho partners, and we specialize in sales and technical matters. We implement Zoho Projects based on the client's requirements.
 

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