Atlassian Jira vs. SoftExpert Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Atlassian Jira
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Atlassian 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
SoftExpert Suite
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
SoftExpert Suite is a solution to collaboratively solve critical business excellence challenges into an integrated multi-application environment.N/A
Pricing
Atlassian JiraSoftExpert Suite
Editions & Modules
Standard
$9
per month per user
Premium
$17
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Atlassian JiraSoftExpert Suite
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.
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Community Pulse
Atlassian JiraSoftExpert Suite
Features
Atlassian JiraSoftExpert Suite
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Atlassian Jira
7.8
66 Ratings
2% above category average
SoftExpert Suite
7.5
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Task Management8.765 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Resource Management7.963 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.149 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Scheduling7.858 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.861 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.564 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.765 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.950 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management6.954 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Email integration7.855 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Access7.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.149 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.136 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Atlassian Jira
7.7
40 Ratings
0% above category average
SoftExpert Suite
6.0
1 Ratings
25% below category average
Quotes/estimates7.732 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing8.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting7.436 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Integration with accounting software7.427 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Atlassian JiraSoftExpert Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(254 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(37 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(79 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Atlassian JiraSoftExpert Suite
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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SoftExpert
It is well-suited for paperwork management and other scenarios where compliance, traceability, and workflow orchestration are the primary goals. On the other hand, the LMS is a very weak feature; it is very manual, you cannot have traceability of completion, it is hard to keep databases updated, and the reporting tool is bad.
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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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SoftExpert
  • Information storage.
  • Availability and security for all parts involved.
  • Single source of truth.
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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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SoftExpert
  • The LMS feature is not good.
  • Some databases should be uploaded manually.
  • Is hard to link to other systems.
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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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SoftExpert
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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SoftExpert
Its usability is good in relation to process traceability, but the user experience is not very strong. Learning how to use the platform is very time-consuming because it is not very user-friendly; that's why we are subtilizing all its features. Also, the reporting tool is not very good, and it's hard to personalize.
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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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SoftExpert
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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SoftExpert
No answers on this topic
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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SoftExpert
No answers on this topic
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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SoftExpert
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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SoftExpert
No answers on this topic
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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SoftExpert
No answers on this topic
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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SoftExpert
Price.
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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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SoftExpert
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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SoftExpert
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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SoftExpert
  • It has improved the time for managing new joiners' documentation.
  • We were able to store all our contractual documentation with updated versions.
  • This tool was cheaper compared with other vendors.
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