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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atlassian Jira

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAtlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.

    $9

    per month per user

    Buddy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABuddy (formerly Springloops) is a SVN/Git source code management tool focused on web development teams. It allows users to code in parallel and share code safely concentrating on results, not on lost changes or overwritten files. With quick deployments, users get rapid collaboration in protected space.

    $75

    per month

    CircleCI

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ACircleCI is a software delivery engine from the company of the same name in San Francisco, that helps teams ship software faster, offering their platform for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). Ultimately, the solution helps to map every source of change for software teams, so they can accelerate innovation and growth.

    $0

    for up to 6,000 build minutes and up to 5 active users per month

    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
    Free (for freelancers)
    $0
    per month
    On-premises (for teams)
    $35
    per month per user
    Pro (for teams)
    $75
    per month
    Hyper (for teams)
    $200
    per month
    Server
    Contact Sales
    Performance
    starting at $15
    per month
    Scale
    starting at $2000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.——
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    Community Pulse
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Considered Multiple Products
    Atlassian
    No answer on this topic
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
    Chose CircleCI
    While the UI on CircleCI is not my favorite, it's leagues better than Travis CI. I really like Heroku CI much better, but the functionality is much more limited there. If Heroku CI had the same functionality as CircleCI, I probably wouldn't use CircleCI.
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    Chose CircleCI
    I think these three tools are just as good as the other except that Travis CI supports mobile a lot better but price wise, CircleCI is the best that I have found and is supports the need for a startup. For a long while, CircleCI had Docker support before Codeship but now, Codesh…
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    Chose CircleCI
    We looked at various others, but the clincher for us was really iOS build support and CircleCi was one of the few that had it.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    138 Answers
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    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    121 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    136 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    91 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and Buddy and CircleCI
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.8
    66 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Buddy
    -
    Ratings
    CircleCI
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.765 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.963 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.149 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.858 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.861 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.564 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.765 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.950 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.954 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.855 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.044 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.744 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.149 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.136 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Jira and Buddy and CircleCI
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.7
    40 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Buddy
    -
    Ratings
    CircleCI
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates7.732 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.125 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.436 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.427 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Azure DevOps
    Score8.1 out of 10
    AWS CodePipeline
    Score6.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Azure DevOps Server
    Score8.5 out of 10
    AWS CodePipeline
    Score6.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (254 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (37 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Atlassian JiraBuddyCircleCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atlassian
    Jira facilitates software development, bug tracking, and sprints. It's ideal for structured workflows, issue management, and customer communication. However, more straightforward tools might be more efficient for highly creative, unstructured tasks or tiny, agile teams with quick visual overviews. Jira's complexity can be overkill for basic task lists.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Springloops is the best tool for deployment to any environment. Especially, the auto-deployment feature on development servers is essential for the early stages of development. The built-in source control mechanisms are a perfect combination of ease of use and a rich feature set that allows the development team to have an easier and more complete view of each part of the project. A section that is lacking is time tracking - but then this is not the main usage of the service.
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    CircleCI
    Based on our experience, CircleCI is well-suited for automating mobile app release cycles. For example, to release an iOS app, you would need to build, sign, and upload it to TestFlight, which requires a dedicated Mac in the office. But with CircleCI, you can have macOS executors, so you don't have to manage a physical build machine. Another benefit is that CircleCI's certified AWS Orbs abstract away complex authentication and deployment logic, allowing us to build, push, and deploy Docker containers to Amazon ECS with minimal configuration and high reliability. CircleCI is less suited for smaller projects where the development and deployment are not that extensive, for example, a static site. Once you have built a static site, you probably won't make any further changes, so there's no point in paying for it.
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    Pros
    Atlassian
    • Integration of tools like Bitbucket, Github, etc., has made it easier to track the code changes, pull requests, and branches linked to the respective ticket.
    • The detailed tracking system in JIRA has helped the teams prioritize and understand the project tasks and issues.
    • JIRA's project tracking board helps you keep track of the project, its flow, and expectations in a structured format.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    • Easy of use - clear user interface
    • Fast deployment to all environments
    • Great combination of source control and project management
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    CircleCI
    • Automated builds! This is really why you get CircleCI, to automate the build process. This makes building your application far more reliable and repeatable. It can also run tests and verify your application is working as expected.
    • Simple. Unlike Jenkins, Teamcity, or other platforms, CircleCI doesn't need a lot of setup. It's completely hosted, so there's no infrastructure to set up. The config file does take a bit to understand, but if you follow their example and start with something small and add to it, you can get it up and going quicker than it first looks.
    • Scales easily. Again, since it's all cloud-based, you don't have to manage or scale infrastructure. Simply subscribe to the number of containers you want, and scaling up just means buying more containers.
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    Cons
    Atlassian
    • The interface is not intuitive to learn for new users
    • JQL is similarly challenging for newbies
    • It's possible to accidentally move issues from one sprint to another without realizing your mistake
    • Certain issue attributes aren't available in certain view (e.g. story points from the epic overview)
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    • We would love to have a more flexible management for resources (users, storage)
    • More advanced web hooks would be a plus
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    CircleCI
    • While configuration is easy, the config files can get very very long.
    • Price compared to some alternatives that are cheaper / free. Especially so if you are running multiple containers in parallel.
    • Have experienced numerous outages (3-5) in the last few months where CircleCI has been down.
    • Web documentation and tutorials haven't been as good as some of the competitors.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atlassian
    This is because Jira Software generates a huge profit for an affordable price. Having a tool that makes team management transparent and effective is very valuable.
    In addition, the renewal of Jira Software and all Atlassian tools is predictable and clear, as the prices are published on the Atlassian website and there is no pyramid of intermediaries.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Apart from being a great versioning control system Springloops offers the options to automatically deploy code to multiple systems. This feature alone is a determining factor to renew Springloops over and over again. Another important factor is that it offers a full set of tools that help the team during the development cycle. No switching between time-tracking to project management. This is a real time-saver.
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    CircleCI
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Atlassian
    The interface is simple and easy to use if you have some experience with it. Configuration is also logical most of the time. However, less experienced users tend to find themselves lost in some tasks - usually complex project configuration- but sometimes simple things, such as seeing why a user can't move issues in a workflow. Jira configuration requires a good amount of experience - and even experienced users often resort to documentation. It's a tool that's easy to use if you know what you're doing and where to find the proper documentation, but novice users tend to find it challenging.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Easy to use, automatic deployments, comments on projects are only a few factors. Multiple servers per project is another must-have feature. User permissions and rights offer granular control on access to the system
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    CircleCI
    The reliability & speed, it just works. The ability to spin up macOS runners and Docker containers on demand without managing hardware is a huge win. The Orbs system makes integrating with AWS and Slack incredibly easy, saving us weeks of custom scripting and providing real-time updates in our Slack channel. This makes it easy for us to track and ensures that everyone involved knows the status. Of course, it has drawbacks related to configuration complexity and, in some cases, cost transparency, but overall, it is an industry-standard, robust tool that solves our core infrastructure problems well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atlassian
    Did not face any issues and whenever they plan maintanance they update all of us very well in advance also so in that view we are good with the product stability.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Atlassian
    Performance is really good though it holds lot of data it loads quickly especially search operation also get the results very quickly as needed hence its good
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
    It's pretty snappy, even with using workflows with multiple steps and different docker images. I've seen builds take a long time if it's really involved, but from what I can tell, it's still at least on par if not faster than other build tools.
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    Support Rating
    Atlassian
    I have not had a chance to contact JIRA's customer support. It does offer extensive documentation, although it often feels too technical for me. There is also a JIRA training app that lets you take little lessons and quizzes on different areas (e.g., JIRA basics, agile). I did find it a helpful way to teach myself.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    I rarely use it but when I need it the team is there. During the initial steps of Springloops, I had close contact with one of the founders. He provided support to me over Skype! He didn't have to but he did. We had a couple of long talks about some issues I was facing. He has there regardless of time. It was a great experience
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    CircleCI
    Unless you have a reasonably large account, you're going to be mainly stuck reading their documentation. Which has improved somewhat over the years but is still extremely limited compared to a platform like Digital Ocean who invested in the documentation and a community to ensure it's kept up to date. If you can't find your answer there, you can be stuck.
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    In-Person Training
    Atlassian
    Had received training from our own internal user so it was good and also very easy to understand topics and many tasks in the UI are self explanatory and we can do by our own
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Atlassian
    One of their strong points i stheir documentation. Almost all of the basic set up needed within JIRA is available online through atlassian and its easy to find and very precise. The more critical issues need to be addressed as well and hence the rating of 8 instead of a 9.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
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    Implementation Rating
    Atlassian
    Take your time implementing Jira. Make sure you understand how you want to handle your projects and workflows. Investing more time in the implementation can pay off in a long run. It basically took us 5 days to define and implement correctly, but that meant smooth sailing later on.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atlassian
    monday.com cannot be integrated with CI/CD tools, whereas Atlassian Jira integrates with CI/CD tools seamlessly. Atlassian Jira has strong Agile and Scrum support. Coming to monday.com, it has basic agile functionality. But Atlassian Jira has a complex UI, and monday.com has an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface. Overall, Atlassian Jira provides features like Agile project management, DevOps integration, and customizable workflows.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Springloops has a built-in feature that is lacking from Bitbucket (at least on the out-of-the-box functionality). Deployment of projects to various servers/development stages. The process is so easy and painless that even remote servers can act as local environments. This is a feature that differentiates Springloops from other solutions that require other tools to perform the same task.
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    CircleCI
    Jenkins is usually self-hosted, Travis CI's infrastructure is largely unreliable (lots of tests time out for no discernable reason), and Semaphore encourages you to configure your CI/CD from a web UI. We like CircleCI because its hosted, our tests run largely as expected on their infrastructure, and we can configure it from a config file that we track in GitHub.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atlassian
    Product is rellay good but pricing part I am not aware
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Atlassian
    Atlassian Jira is highly stable and good with its performance and its has all the required scalability features as business needs
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    CircleCI
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Atlassian
    • For our marketing team, Jira Work Management caused us to lose valuable work time due to manual updates that could have been automated.
    • Due to lack of creative review tools within Jira Work Management, our team had to pursue other tools that do not integrate with Jira Work Management, thus creating additional OpEx.
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    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    • A total time saver - just commit changes and Springloops can handle the deployments
    • Total control of source code and commits - you never have to think about those things again
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    CircleCI
    • We pay over $5K/ month and we have high expectations for service. Sometimes I feel that we don't get the value, but only sometimes.
    • We have had to build our own application to keep state and broker releases and deployments. We call our app deployer. I feel that CircleCI could do more to understand our needs and possibly build additional features that would enable us to invest less in build and deployment infrastructure and justify paying more for Circle.
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