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reviewer1539909 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief information technology officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Stable and can be used to manage resources and IT projects
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a stable solution, and we have had no issues with stability."
  • "For our company, we're thinking about not only project management solutions but also collaboration solutions, and maybe if Jira had a chart or quick commenting option, it would be great."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for IT project management. We manage the timelines and resources, mainly people resources.

What is most valuable?

It is a stable solution, and we have had no issues with stability.

What needs improvement?

For our company, we're thinking about not only project management solutions but also collaboration solutions, and maybe if Jira had a chart or quick commenting option, it would be great.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with it for two years. It is a cloud-based solution.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no issues with stability.

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

We currently have ten users, and it is free for ten users. However, we hope to increase usage.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Jira at eight on a scale from one to ten.

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reviewer1613481 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Has a good, uncomplicated UI but needs improvement in dropdown options
Pros and Cons
  • "The UI is good. It's simple and not very complicated. It's very good for tracking."
  • "The thing I don't like is that it is hard to decide which dropdown options should be selected. When we try and submit it, it will state that there are certain mandates in place. It won't allow us to submit the form unless we fill out all the details."

What is our primary use case?

We use it mainly for logging defects and tracking them.

What is most valuable?

The UI is good. It's simple and not very complicated.

It's very good for tracking.

What needs improvement?

The thing I don't like is that it is hard to decide which dropdown options should be selected. When we try and submit it, it will state that there are certain mandates in place. It won't allow us to submit the form unless we fill out all the details.

I don't think Jira has a copy/paste option for emails. I know that you can attach emails, but I don't think there is a copy/paste option.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with JIRA for the past 10 years.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Jira because it helps from a functional point of view and also with tracking defects. It is similar to Quality Center and is good.

I would rate it at seven on a scale from one to ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Integrator
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reviewer1479657 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microfocus Solutions Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Easy to use with good pricing but we focus on other products
Pros and Cons
  • "The pricing of the product is very good. It's not too expensive"
  • "Jira could be more, for example, like Micro Focus, which is what I mostly work with currently."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for bug tracking. It's for customer support purposes.

What is most valuable?

The solution is quite easy to use. It's very user-friendly. The product is very easy to understand.

The solution offers very good tools for Agile teams.

The pricing of the product is very good. It's not too expensive.

What needs improvement?

We're more focused on other solutions. Jira could be more, for example, like Micro Focus, which is what I mostly work with currently.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about seven months at this point.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I'm not sure if the product is stable or not. I don't have any insights into that aspect of the product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I don't know if the solution is scalable or not. It's not an aspect of the solution I'm responsible for.

I'm not sure how many users are on the solution currently. I'm not sure if there is a plan to increase usage just yet. That might be a question for our company in the next year or so.

How are customer service and technical support?

We tend to handle technical support internally for the most part. I can't really speak to the actual technical support from Jira as I haven't dealt with them for the most part.

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

We are also using Micro Focus.

How was the initial setup?

I'm more on the customer support side of the product. I didn't really handle the setup process. Other members of my team handled the implementation.

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

We've found the pricing to be quite good. It's not overly expensive. It's very reasonable and affordable for companies to implement.

What other advice do I have?

We're just customers and end-users. We don't have a specific business relationship with Jira.

I'm not sure of which version of the solution we're using currently. It's my understanding that it is the latest version. I'm not sure if we are using the cloud or the on-premises deployment version.

Currently, I'm more focused on the Micro Focus product as opposed to Jira. That's more where my expertise is at the moment.

That said, it's pretty easy to use and I would recommend Jira to other organizations for that reason.

Overall, I would rate it at a seven out of ten.

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reviewer1253193 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technial Lead at a transportation company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Easy to customize but it's not very stable
Pros and Cons
  • "It's an open-sourced product that is easy to customize."
  • "Stability is an area of concern and it needs improvement, otherwise, it's a good product."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Jira for tracking and management.

What is most valuable?

It's an open-sourced product that is easy to customize.

What needs improvement?

Stability is an area of concern and it needs improvement, otherwise, it's a good product.

In the next release, it should be more stable and have more APIs to integrate more plugins with it.

For how long have I used the solution?

The first time that I used Jira was in 2011. 

I am using the older version that was released in 2019.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's not a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The number of users is in the hundreds.

We will not likely continue using this product. Our customers are evaluating other solutions that are more stable and scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have not contacted technical support.

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

Previously, we did not use another product.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The migration took a week to complete.

What other advice do I have?

Depending on the use cases, I would either recommend Jira or not.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Technical QA Lead in HPE NGA Synchronizer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Boards, backlog, and filters are useful in QA and Git integration makes finding specific fixes easier
Pros and Cons
  • "For QA, the most interesting for me are boards, backlog, and filters."
  • "Grid: It is really strange that there is no possibility to edit an item in the grid. You need to go inside, and even then, not all items are editable, so you need to switch to edit mode. That's too many clicks and switches."

What is most valuable?

For QA, the most interesting for me are boards, backlog, and filters.

How has it helped my organization?

We finally started to use Git integration, so it is easy now to find a fix of a specific issue.

What needs improvement?

Filters: I never use a simple filter because it is not enough. When I have a complex filter and switch to simple, the switch is impossible. Also, even with complex filters, not all searches are possible.

Grid: It is really strange that there is no possibility to edit an item in the grid. You need to go inside, and even then, not all items are editable, so you need to switch to edit mode. That's too many clicks and switches.

Make the product more user-friendly. It should be easy even for a person on his first day: to edit items, to select several items, to copy items. The product should be for people.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Not yet.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Not yet.

How are customer service and technical support?

Haven't used it.

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

Yes, I've used HPE Agile Manager. I switched because I switched the company I work for, and the new one works with JIRA.

How was the initial setup?

I didn't install it, I only use the web interface.

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

Not my area of responsibility.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Not my area of responsibility.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Director of IT at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Features great, extensibility not bad, the price good. If you are looking for an issue/bug tracking tool, and want a little more than the open-source alternatives, Jira is a great choice.

Valuable Features:

- Jira is used for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management. - Jira has a powerful API, which means you can easily import or mash up your data with another system if need be – you haven’t locked yourself in! - Jira has been designed with a focus on task achievement, is instantly usable, and is flexible to work with. -you can create individual issue level security schemes, and specify the visibility of comments and work logs.

Room for Improvement:

-At first, the documentation is typically light on needed information, is buggy, or is a little old. In general I found that I needed to do a bit of searching between the Jira documentation, issue tracking system, and the forums in order to get the information I needed, and it still didn't answer all of my questions. For the rest, I took a look at existing plug-ins to see how they had solved the problems. -I have found that Jira's customization can be very confusing in terms of configs and work flows, issue types, custom fields, etc. One should be confident and willing to do a lot of homework when taking on the implementation of anything other than the out-of-the-box functionality.

Other Advice:

Jira is a bug and issue tracker primarily intended for software development. We use Jira internally to track all engagements within our team; as well as track bugs and issues for the web apps we develop. Jira is a very customizable product. It has a built in field builder that essentially lets you choose what fields you want to capture for your project. You can configure Jira’s custom fields at a system-wide, project specific and/or issue type level. Jira’s reporting component (or ‘filters’) make it easy to extract the information you want out of the system in several formats. Finally, Jira’s workflow features make it easy to define screens, based on business processes you might have.
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reviewer1108320 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Testing Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Simple installation, integrates well, and plenty of tools
Pros and Cons
  • "Jira is easy to use and there are a lot of tools that are integrated with it."
  • "The solution can improve by including test management functionality in a native bundle without plugins."

What is our primary use case?

We use Jira strategic management and overall best practices management.

What is most valuable?

Jira is easy to use and there are a lot of tools that are integrated with it.

What needs improvement?

The solution can improve by including test management functionality in a native bundle without plugins.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for several years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have found Jira to be stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Jira is scalable.

We have approximately 50 users using this solution in my organization.

How are customer service and support?

I have not used technical support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is simple.

What about the implementation team?

We had our internal IT team that did the implementation and we do not require maintenance.

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

We are on an annual license to use Jira.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I evaluated other options. I choose Jira to work with because it is a popular solution and many of our customers use it.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Jira an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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UX Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
With another tool, it can create a robust project and product management process

What is our primary use case?

JIRA is an issue tracking application, it in global development projects. JIRA helps teams to track and accomplish the items that need to be The great feature about JIRA is you can store the activity happening around an asset in one placeJIRA is useful in project management. It can reduce the rework in enterprise projects. You can also use JIRA Core for Project management, Task management, Process management, HR, Marketing, Legal and Finance projects. JIRA Core can be as per business projects need.

How has it helped my organization?

JIRA is very efficient. It helps us to create benchmark times to solve each ticket's severity. Burn down charts show your effort against the estimated time.

What is most valuable?

Active sprints. It is like a Kanban Board drag and drop backlog to assign, to do, and finish the task.

What needs improvement?

When creating Epic, Story, and Task, there is no provision to set estimated time. The estimated time can only be set once the ticket is created.

For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Excellent.

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

We have In-house project management tool. The report generation, burn chart are not so good. We Started to use Jira to  between different projects across geographic location

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

In House

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

Its very nominal  prices per the features available.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No

What other advice do I have?

JIRA is very good. With another tool, like Confluence, HipChat, Trello, Bitbucket, Bamboo, and FishEye. It creates a robust project and product management process.

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