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Cloud Global Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A good integrated platform that is stable and reasonably priced
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has been very stable overall."
  • "It would be ideal if the solution could be available as a mobile application."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for customer service and managed services, and for all the workflows for the services. It's also a bit of a CRM. We use it largely for technical support.

What is most valuable?

The solution provides an integrated platform for customer service. It's good at organizing our technical support for clients.

The solution has been very stable overall. We haven't had any issues with performance.

The pricing is reasonable. It's not too expensive.

What needs improvement?

The UX and UI could be better. It's something they need to improve upon. It needs to be updated and made more modern.

It would be ideal if the solution could be available as a mobile application.

We would like the solution to be a little less costly, although, overall, the price isn't bad.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for five years or so. We've been using it for a while at this point.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I've found the stability to be very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance has been good.

How are customer service and support?

We've never reached out to technical support for help in the past. I wouldn't be able to speak to the level of service they provide.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not previously use another solution. We do not want to switch to something new at this time either.

How was the initial setup?

Unfortunately, I was not a part of the company when it was originally set up. I have no idea how the implementation went. I wouldn't be able to comment on if it was easy or difficult and/or how long it took to deploy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

While, of course, in general, we always want the pricing to be lower, it's pretty reasonable. The costs aren't too bad.

What other advice do I have?

We are just a JIRA customer and an end-user.

We are using the latest version of the solution. I'm not exactly sure of the version number.

We do not plan to switch to another solution. We're quite happy with this product overall.

I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Test Analyst at a maritime company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
We can keep stories, bugs, and documentation in one application, and create swim lanes for organizing work.

What is most valuable?

The ability to keep stories, bugs and documentation in one application is a valuable feature, as is the ability to easily create swim lanes for organizing work.

How has it helped my organization?

As everything is within one application, it is easy to write end-of-sprint reports.

What needs improvement?

It worked fine for my requirements.

Stability: we encountered occasional timeouts.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this product on and off for about seven years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

I did not encounter any deployment issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We encountered occasional timeouts.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

I did not need to contact customer service.

Technical Support:

I did not need to contact technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used any other solution, before this product.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We have implemented this product in-house.

What other advice do I have?

This product is easy to set-up. There are many add-on applications to assist you further to manage all requirements such as Confluence for document control, Capture for testing, etc.

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Agile Software Architect at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Stable with good documentation and needs very little maintenance
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a very complete product overall."
  • "It would be ideal if Jira had future functionalities to integrate more easily with various aspects of code reviews."

What is our primary use case?

I am the software developer manager and I use Jira to manage team performance. We're also starting to use Jira for our drives. I used Jira before, for creating user stories from boards, to discuss issues, and many other tasks. Today we use Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket in our work. We practice scrum in our organization.

How has it helped my organization?

It improved with many exiting features to manage user stories, planning and retrospective meetings very productive.

What is most valuable?

The documentation is very good.

The solution is stable.

You can scale the solution easily.

It's comparable to Azure DevOps.

It's a very complete product overall.

What needs improvement?

It would be ideal if Jira had future functionalities to integrate more easily with various aspects of code reviews.

It would be nice if, in the future, Jira worked a bit more like Azure DevOps in order to be able to manage work in progress and have the task measurements in strategies for the stories.

In the future, I would like to have traceability features. For example, when you create a task or a sub-task that's related to code. In this task, if we could create a method for retrieve customer information, that would be helpful. In that case, I would want to train with the source code later.

For how long have I used the solution?

I'm new to the company. Although I've worked with Jira before, I've only been at this company for one week.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Atlassian solutions for me are very good solutions. They are very interesting and very productive. As a user, it is necessary to have a unique portal to make traceability between sub-tasks related to code or programming. You can create and screen or implement a function or a class, related for example to the code that you are pushing in the repository or commit in the repository. If I open the sub-task, I will see the code related to the sub-task. It's very similar like Azure DevOps. Azure DevOps, however, has this functionality for traceability. This functionality will be amazing that Jira would implement something similar.

I prefer to use Azure DevOps instead of Jira for stability or the frequency of use. In my case, for example, I feel that more users, more companies don't think Azure DevOps makes a good choice due to the fact that the cost is higher than Jira.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good if you're carrying a lot of projects here, and if the company needs to have a lot of people to PEA development centers in Mexico. Our technicians can easily test the tool and scale it in order to develop projects.

We do plan to increase usage. We're already training more users. We're increasing quickly so that our teams will be ready for upcoming projects.

How are customer service and support?

We have manuals, technical support, and also technical specialists in the company. I haven't had the opportunity to use directly call the technical support from Atlassian, however, the technical documentation that I have reviewed is excellent. We're satisfied with the level of service we have access to.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also use Azure DevOps. They are both very similar. The main difference is Azure offers traceability.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is easy to implement. We have the cloud version of Jira in the company, and we don't worry about maintenance, it's automatic.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost of Jira is okay. It's better than Azure DevOps. We don't have any licensing fees that I know of.

What other advice do I have?

While I'm new to the company, it's my understanding that it is a partner of Atlassian.

We use the latest version of the solution, as we use the cloud, which updates automatically.

Our company has both Azure DevOps and Jira. I use Jira, and Azure DevOps is used for other purposes. Most projects, all projects that are using Azure DevOps are legacy projects. The new projects and new solutions are using Jira.

On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate Jira at a ten. It's a very good product.

Both tools, Azure DevOps and Jira are at the same level. In terms of preference, I typically choose Azure DevOps for familiarity but not for features. For features, both are the same. For example, Jira has amazing features that Azure DevOps doesn't have, and also Azure DevOps has the flexibility that I like very much. Both tools have different interesting aspects. However, if Atlassian would implement traceability, I would prefer to use Atlassian. For me, it's more complete and allows for smaller teams than Azure DevOps.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Quality Control Engineer at Link Development
Vendor
Good at connecting things together but the process should be easier to customize
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable aspect of this solution is its ability to connect everything together."
  • "I have to go through a lot of processes to consider it done. I have to log in then change the logins and make it interesting. It's not so good for testing."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for JIRA is for entering user stories into the login books.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect of this solution is its ability to connect everything together. 

It also has good stability. 

What needs improvement?

I have to go through a lot of processes to consider it done. I have to log in then change the logins and make it interesting. There shouldn't be the need to go through this. The process should be improved. 

It's not so good for testing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using JIRA for ten years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has good stability until now. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

You can scale with it. 

We have around 35 users. 

How are customer service and technical support?

I haven't needed their support. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously worked with TFS.

There are a lot of similarities between the two. Especially in terms of working in the same field, tracking issues, and tracking bugs.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend JIRA to somebody considering it. I love working with it. 

I would rate it a seven out of ten. In the next release, they should make the process easier to be customized.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Digital Test Lead at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
Real User
A user-friendly solution that needs improvement with some plugins
Pros and Cons
  • "It has an easy UI that can easily plug-in to every level."
  • "The CACD solutions on JIRA has some plugins, but they are not easily understandable or workable."

What is our primary use case?

It is easy to assign books, story styles, move across platforms and to different stakeholders while using this platform.

What is most valuable?

It has an easy UI that can easily plug-in to every level.

What needs improvement?

The CACD solutions on JIRA has some plugins, but they are not easily understandable or workable. 

For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is definitely a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is fine.  

How is customer service and technical support?

Tech support is good. 

How was the initial setup?

We had a JIRA administrator help us with the setup, as well as an administration team. It took a bit of time to integrate the JIRA to our system.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

In comparison to other solutions on the market, it is cost-effective. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at Micro Focus ALM vs JIRA, but it was quite expensive in comparison.

What other advice do I have?

It is a user-friendly solution that is simple to use. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1595568 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Content Writer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Very user friendly and relieves the burden on our QA team
Pros and Cons
  • "This is a user friendly solution."
  • "Could be more stable with more integrations."

What is our primary use case?

Our testers and QA teams use this tool. 

What is most valuable?

This solution is easy to use and takes a lot of burden off the QA team.

What needs improvement?

I'd like to see a more stable product with more integrations, as new products are coming on the market daily.

For how long have I used the solution?

.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support could be better, a little more customer friendly and knowledgeable.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was quite straightforward. We had our technical team deal with it. We currently have around 25 people using the product. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay an annual licensing fee. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1434366 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager/Product Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Versatile solution
Pros and Cons
  • "Internally we use Jira for our own implementations and capturing requirements and our customers are using the whole tool for the whole software development life cycle. They're using it for the full life cycle of the product."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We use one version of Jira internally and we also have another version of Jira that we use externally for our customer. We've been using it for both.

Internally we use Jira for our own implementations and capturing requirements and our customers are using the whole tool for the whole software development life cycle. They're using it for the full life cycle of the product.

What needs improvement?

The Defect section could be improved. When you're trying to keep track of the requirements and the Defect section, this setup could be done better.

I was struggling to set it up. 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.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Jira over the last 12 months or more.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Jira a seven.

To be a ten, there should be more options where you just click and drag. That would be nice. It's hard to copy and paste requirements. You lose your formatting and everything. So just simple navigation stuff should be improved.

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it_user809520 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Automation at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Allows us to rewrite and change tasks, add columns and change components
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to change and rewrite tasks is valuable. You can add a lot of columns, change the owners and the change the components."
  • "I would like to see it connecting to Git. That could be useful. We use it for Stash, but I think there is one for Git also. I don't know if it's a plug-in that exists already, but that could be nice."

What is our primary use case?

We use JIRA for maintaining tasks and bugs. Overall, we love using JIRA because it performs very well with a lot of tasks and a lot of dashboards.

How has it helped my organization?

Having a tool to manage all your tasks and all your bugs is very useful for any company. We use it a lot to keep track, to see how our development is going and how automation is going.

What is most valuable?

We use a lot of dashboards and a lot of queries to search for specific bugs related to specific versions. Also, we can provide it to all of our users throughout the company.

The ability to change and rewrite tasks is valuable. You can add a lot of columns, change the owners and the change the components. It gives you a lot of flexibility between the teams.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see it connecting to Git. That could be useful. We use it for Stash, but I think there is one for Git also. I don't know if it's a plug-in that exists already, but that could be nice.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no problems with stability. We're doing maintenance upgrades, but it has working well all the time.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We're not dealing with the scalability because we're not IT, but I don't think there is a problem with scalability.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Bugzilla but its UI was not as user-friendly. The end-user experience was very basic because it's a free tool. It's important to us that QA be able to track the issues and, of course, for the developers to be able to track all the tasks. So we're looking for the balance between performance of the user interface and the UI for the other workers in the company.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it at nine out of 10 because there is always room for improvement, but we love this tool and we use it a lot.

I would recommend JIRA. Compare all the tools for bug and task management. After that, you'll see that JIRA is by far the best.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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