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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

    Atlassian Service Collection

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Atlassian Service Collection, including the no longer available standalone Jira Service Management, is an integrated suite of service management applications built on Atlassian's unified Jira platform architecture. Designed to bring development, operations, internal IT, and external support teams onto a single workflow engine, the Service Collection consolidates support infrastructures to deliver service at high velocity.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraAtlassian Service Collection
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Standard
    $20
    per agent/per month
    Premium
    $40
    per agent/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraAtlassian Service Collection
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    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 JiraAtlassian Service Collection
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    No answer on this topic
    Atlassian
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    JSM is more purpose-built for internal support tickets and processes. It also provides a structure to support users, unlike generalist tools like Notion. We found that there isn't really an 'all-in-one' tool that can correctly handle internal and external requests. This isn't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    We selected Jira Service Desk because we were already Jira users, and the price point was easy to absorb. Our experience as Jira administrators made it easy to customize Jira Service Desk to our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    Compared to other products I have used, like, Fresh Desk Service or Manage Engine it has more features included per user and technician (others may require a license for each type). Portal setup can be integrated to the Confluence Portal for easy access to Jira for service …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    Jira Service Desk has similar or equivalent features to heavyweight competitors as HP Service Manager, for a better price. The highlight of Jira Service Desk, in my opinion, is that you can customize a series of visual boards that are tremendously useful for an agile and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    There are other systems that perform well, but we always came back to JIRA. One of the reasons is that it has companion systems like Confluence that can integrate and be used with it. Another reason is JIRA can be molded to be many things, not just project management. For us, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    ServiceNow has many of the same features of JIRA. Teams within the organization use both ServiceNow and JIRA, but we primarily use JIRA. We chose JIRA because it seemed easier to set up the linking of related tasks and projects together, but other teams have said the same thing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    JIRA stacks up very well in particular with Microsoft Team Foundation Server which I used extensively for 7 years. The transition I had to do to JIRA was seamless and they both compliment each other well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    Zendesk is a similar ticketing system that our organization used before JIRA Service Desk. The main drawback of Zendesk was that it can only be used as a cloud service. This means that our company data would be living on the internet at the hands of their security team. Another …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    When I evaluated Spiceworks, it was not going to be replacing any ticketing systems. However, I did evaluate it and was not extremely impressed by the short demo I did.
    JIRA was selected because a branch of our company was already using it, so it made sense to consolidate into …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    Sure there are other great service management products in the market. Since we use JIRA and Confluence heavily, Service Desk fits perfectly in the suite. As a brief example, after the customer creates a case, we can create an associated issue at JIRA for development team, after …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    JIRA Service Desk is comparable to Zendesk but in my opinion Zendesk is more user friendly
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    JIRA is much easier to setup and use in comparison to VersionOne
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    I think JIRA is best suited for IT tickets and service requests. Comparison is hard, but I use JIRA on a daily basis and I cannot think of a better alternative for the task we are using it for.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    We used a MS product called SCSM which was very old and hard to use. The UI was rough and we had to find a lot of workarounds to make it work like we wanted it to. Service Desk was the main product we looked at since we already had JIRA and Confluence.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    I think JSD is better than all of the similar ones I have used because it allows for greater customization. It is also really geared to submitting bugs and enhancements, where the other products are more about the software development workflow and project management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    I used to work using Mantis, and RedMine but I found in JIRA a minimalist, modern an easy to use user interface
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    I do not have experience with similar products
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    It's out of the box the best option I could imagine and by-far better than any custom-made tools I've otherwise seen. Also thru its modular setup, it can be extended and upgraded as you go so the system adapts to your changing business requirements. Only downside is - without Co…
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    At the time we chose JIRA Service Desk, we had been using GitHub to track project issues and features. We were looking for something that would add more project planning features and allow us to put more project information together in one place. JIRA succeeded somewhat in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    Decent out-of-the-box functionality compared to others
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    When we completed our merger with another company, they were already using Jira so it made sense for us to use a common solution. Their experience and investment with the package was a major factor in choosing it over our current tools and those we were researching for future …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    We evaluated Remedy's ServiceNow as well as a few homegrown solutions (in SharePoint and in JIRA Software), and found that Service Desk's integration into the rest of the Atlassian suite of products was the best selling point. We already were licensing a number of Atlassian …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    I've tried many other systems and used them extensively in the past including GLPI with integrated software and computer inventory systems. Used OTRS for customer related ticketing (in comparison to using Service Desk for internal ticketing) and found the system not geared …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Service Collection
    JIRA is far more advanced than some of its competitors with its advanced agile functionality and customizable workflows.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    138 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    121 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    136 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    91 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    Features
    Atlassian JiraAtlassian Service Collection
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.8
    66 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.765 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.963 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.858 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.861 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.564 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.765 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.950 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.855 Ratings00 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 Atlassian Jira and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.7
    40 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates7.732 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Atlassian Jira and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    -
    Ratings
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    9.0
    86 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.385 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.472 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.573 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Atlassian Jira and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    -
    Ratings
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Atlassian Jira and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    -
    Ratings
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    7.9
    80 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings8.873 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings8.578 Ratings
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    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraAtlassian Service Collection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (254 ratings)
    8.3
    (87 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (37 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Atlassian JiraAtlassian Service Collection
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Atlassian
    I think using a ticketing system is very easy to use and allows multiple teams to create help desks in the same portal. In terms of internal usage, I think this is a great option. However, suppose you're trying to keep internal items and external helpdesks in the same instance. In that case, this is not ideal, as there is no effective way to separate the two instances to protect internal data better.
    Incentivized
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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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    Atlassian
    • Integration with many of the most common tools companies are using (Slack, MS Teams, Salesforce, ... etc)
    • Natural workflow with Jira (as product development / project management tool) which makes the full fix and follow up of the tickets / issues very easy to follow
    • Allow multiple different entry points and work flows for as many different needs your teams / company have
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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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    Atlassian
    • Navigating through issues outside of a kan ban board can be confusing and task heavy.
    • It's easy to clutter up the tool. It could use some easy clean up capabilities.
    • User interface is decent, but could use work to make it more intuitive.
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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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    Atlassian
    Pricing is attractive
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Atlassian
    If you're used to other tools in the Atlassian ecosystem, you'll feel right at home with JSM. It's also a platform that technical folk can easily pick up. However, I wouldn't recommend using JSM as a company's first jumping off point into Atlassian. There are a lot of other 'newer' tools that provide sleeker ITSM systems at a similar cost.
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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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    Atlassian
    Product is stable and it improved the availability
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    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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    Atlassian
    Accessing Jira Service Management is easy and fast.
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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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    Atlassian
    I gave JIRA a 9 rating since for me JIRA works according to its purpose. Since there is a customer portal, our clients can leave a comment or communicate with us using the PR ticket that way it is easier for us to also request any additional information we need for our investigation.
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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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    Atlassian
    Online Training from Atlassian was really Good to effectively deploy, manage, and utilize Jira Service Management. It really improved the overall Operational Efficiency and productivity of end users in the organization. Training gives the confidence to use Jira Service Management for all of the Product engineering, Application support, and Infrastructure engineering support team members.
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    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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    Atlassian
    Online Training was good and informative for new users adopting Jira Service Management. The Training helped to understand the product features, customization capabilities, and integration options with various tools in an enterprise organization, so the overall productivity and efficiency are improved at Blue Yonder. It also helps to timely address the incident tickets, user stories, and track and close them in a timely manner.
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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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    Atlassian
    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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    Atlassian
    Zendesk is a similar ticketing system that our organization used before JIRA Service Desk. The main drawback of Zendesk was that it can only be used as a cloud service. This means that our company data would be living on the internet at the hands of their security team. Another drawback of this is the price is significantly more expensive rather than hosting it yourself. Zendesk does have some additional features such as commenting on multiple tickets at once that JSD does lack. However, switching to JSD was significantly more cost effective because we have the ability and the infrastructure to host our own ticketing system, something that Zendesk could not provide. Ultimatley switching to JSD saved us money and allows the ability for integration with all of the other Atlassian Suite products that we use on a day to day basis.
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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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    Atlassian
    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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    Atlassian
    In Blue Yonder, we have deployed across multiple departments and geographical sites as needed.
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    Professional Services
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Professional Service support was Awesome during Cloud Migration.
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    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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    Atlassian
    • It is definitely cheaper than Salesforce
    • It allows the IT service desk to be more organized and respond more quickly to tickets, which can save time for both agent and requester.
    • Some things are "not quite there" developmentally, so this means that internal IT will need to spend more time developing and testing the product.
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    ScreenShots

    Atlassian Service Collection Screenshots

    Screenshot of Drive IT best practices with ITIL-ready templates. Get everything your IT teams need out of the box for service request, incident, problem, and change management.Screenshot of Get an ITIL certified service desk. Everything your IT teams need out-of-the-box for service request, incident, problem, and change management. Jira Service Desk is PinkVERIFY™ certified.Screenshot of Deliver a better service experience. Customers or employees can submit requests with an easy-to-use help center and add Confluence to Jira Service Desk to get an integrated knowledge base. Machine learning intelligently recommends the right service and learns from every interaction, so answers are easy to find.Screenshot of Stay in the loop with developers. y linking Jira Service Desk with Jira Software, IT and developer teams can collaborate on one platform to fix incidents faster and push changes with confidence.Screenshot of Deliver on SLA's. Nail your Service Level Agreements, every time. Your agents get a simple queue so they get the important things done first. Configure and get going in minutes.Screenshot of Automate those repetitive tasks. Is your team stuck in gear with repetitive tasks or missing priority requests? Setup automations so your agents can focus on solving the important stuff and help lighten the workload.