Backlog vs. YouTrack

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Backlog
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Backlog is a project management and bug tracking tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more. Backlog is designed to get everyone on track by organizing work, teammates, projects and tasks. The activity feed and watchlist are designed to help users keep an eye on relevant work and deadlines. Gantt charts and burndown charts are designed to help users visualize project…N/A
YouTrack
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
YouTrack is a project management tool for agile teams. YouTrack allows one to track projects and tasks, use agile boards, plan sprints and releases, keep a knowledge base, work with reports and dashboards, and create workflows that follow business processes.N/A
Pricing
BacklogYouTrack
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BacklogYouTrack
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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BacklogYouTrack
Features
BacklogYouTrack
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Backlog
7.0
3 Ratings
10% below category average
YouTrack
7.4
4 Ratings
5% below category average
Task Management10.03 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Scheduling10.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Team Collaboration10.03 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology5.03 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Document Management10.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Email integration3.03 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Mobile Access1.03 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Backlog
-
Ratings
YouTrack
8.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BacklogYouTrack
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BacklogYouTrack
Likelihood to Recommend
Nulab, Inc.
ticket management
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JetBrains
We use it for both support and project management alike. It's not as bloated or indeed as expensive as Jira, so unless you have particularly complex requirements, YouTrack fits the bill in pretty much the same use cases as Jira does.
The interface is also a good deal nicer on the eye and less clunky than a lot of the Open Source (eg. Redmine) and enterprise (eg. Remedy).
It does have a customisable workflow for things like ticket age alerts. We don't make a great deal of use of this and had found that it can take a little fiddling if you want something very bespoke but it is clearly quite powerful.
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Pros
Nulab, Inc.
  • Backlog is one of the best management and collaboration tools available in the market for better managing of resources at the workplace.
  • I have been using this platform for a very long time and it has been helping me a lot to manage the business processes, manage employees, managing leads on different projects, and coordinating with colleagues.
  • It has been helping me a lot to check the issue in the project completion.
  • It gives me real-time status on the project/gives right insights of the system.
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JetBrains
  • Customization of fields that helps us report on what's important to us
  • Notification options for issues followed so I never miss an update
  • Filtered views for focused work
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Cons
Nulab, Inc.
  • Price is very high for small teams and department of short term contracts.
  • GUI can be more intuitive.
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JetBrains
  • Displaying Data
  • Custonization
  • Organic
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Usability
Nulab, Inc.
nice to use in the night as well
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JetBrains
It is very intuitive. Its not hard to pick up learn. I learned it pretty quickly at the first startup I cofounded and love to use it when working on my other ideas.
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Support Rating
Nulab, Inc.
I would give 9 but one less because of the high price.
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JetBrains
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Alternatives Considered
Nulab, Inc.
Backlog has all of the top-notch features to increase productivity, visibility, and project tracking. Backlog is easy to use. I first just logged in to the platform and it was [ready] to go. I easily started working on it and it started giving me the bugs’ details on our project. Always available for queries. Listen to the queries very attentively and try to give a solution on the go if applicable. Otherwise, take some time and respond with the advanced workable solution in the limited time frame.
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JetBrains
YouTrack is more cost effective than all the commercial options. It's way more powerful and easier to use than the Open Source ones. It's a good middle ground and it does everything we need. Our software projects are of moderate complexity and YouTrack handles them well. Likewise, when it comes to external users, we've had good feedback from clients. Many of these clients are non-technical and have expressed their relief at not having to use something like Jira which is often quite impregnable for such users.
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Return on Investment
Nulab, Inc.
  • SLA should be given by single candle
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JetBrains
  • By documenting and prioritizing issues that impact our customers, we're able to deliver fixes that prevent customer churn.
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ScreenShots

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