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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

    Planview AgilePlace

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AAgilePlace is a project management solution built around flexibility, data-driven analytics, and workflow automation. The software was acquired by Planview in December 2017 to expand that company's capabilities.

    $19

    per user, per month

    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraPlanview AgilePlace
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
    Teams
    $19
    per user, per month
    Scaled Teams
    $29
    per user, per month
    Custom
    Contact Sales for Quote
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraPlanview AgilePlace
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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.All editions include unlimited boards.
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    Community Pulse
    Atlassian JiraPlanview AgilePlace
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    They are completely different. Atlassian JIRA is more about control, and Kanban-based tools are more about visualization. Setting up LeanKit is much easier than Atlassian JIRA and Kanbanery is even easier.
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    Planview
    Chose Planview AgilePlace
    All these tools are different and have different uses. Depending upon SDLC your organization uses, you would use any of these tools. They all have their plusses and minuses.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AgilePlace
    I personally much prefer AgilePlace over Jira. It is much easier to organize your work and keep track of a wide variety of different types of work.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AgilePlace
    I use Trello a bit for personal use. It's much less powerful than LeanKit, but it's also a better design and simpler to use. ServiceNow has some kanban board stuff built-in, but I wasn't super impressed with it. JIRA seemed to be even more complex than LeanKit for the short …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AgilePlace
    LeanKit functionality and usability make it a perfect tool for agile project management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AgilePlace
    I have used Trello, which is not as robust for tracking and customizing workflows as
    LeanKit is. It does not scale well to big teams. JIRA is the standard project management software but does not support Kanban well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AgilePlace
    Being from QA I prefer SpiraTest and QC for the fact my team can do all our work in one program and it is linked. But the tech department as a whole prefers Leankit as it is the tool of choice based on ease of use and overall performance.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    138 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    121 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    136 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    91 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Atlassian JiraPlanview AgilePlace
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and Planview AgilePlace
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.8
    66 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Planview AgilePlace
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task Management8.765 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Resource Management7.963 Ratings9.921 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.149 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Scheduling7.858 Ratings9.919 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.861 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.564 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.765 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.950 Ratings4.014 Ratings
    Document Management6.954 Ratings6.57 Ratings
    Email integration7.855 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.044 Ratings2.114 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.744 Ratings6.44 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.149 Ratings7.29 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Jira and Planview AgilePlace
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    7.7
    40 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Planview AgilePlace
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates7.732 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing8.125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of Atlassian Jira and Planview AgilePlace
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    -
    Ratings
    Planview AgilePlace
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    DevOps Tool Integrations00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers00 Ratings9.68 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraPlanview AgilePlace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (254 ratings)
    10.0
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (37 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Atlassian JiraPlanview AgilePlace
    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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    Planview
    This tool enables the visual management needed in many offshore teams to easily and quickly see the pending work, work in progress and completed work.For teams that work with a waterfall methodology and do not have AGILE internalized, I believe there are other solutions from Planview or other providers.
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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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    Planview
    • Visual kanban board that is easy to customize as the team's needs change
    • Real time collaboration allowing teams working remotely to stay up to date on current status
    • Allows versatility for how a team needs to capture details on the work at hand by utilizing card icons, card types and custom data points
    • Card scoring is easy to setup and provides the team the ability to set values to better prioritize their backlog
    • Ability to add card automation to take out some of the repetitive manual actions
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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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    Planview
    • Ability to add more than 1 visual cue to the card. We use custom icons and sometimes more than 1 is appropriate but you have to choose which is most important since only 1 can be applied.
    • Better visibility to board access from the user administration screens. Currently have to run 1-2 reports to see this information. Would like to be able to click on a user within Configure Users and see what boards they have access to quickly.
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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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    Planview
    we are happy with the tool and the service and continuos improvement of the tool so there is no need yet to change to another one.
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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.
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    Planview
    LeanKit isn't the best designed Kanban system I've seen, but overall it's pretty usable. The boards I've used are pretty complex, so it can be difficult to find things. I found that searching and filtering for specific cards was somewhat of a challenge. Dragging a card from one lane to another is kind of a fun way to get things done though.
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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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    Planview
    Not experienced any outage
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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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    Planview
    Larger boards take longer to load
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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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    Planview
    Every time I have reached out to the AgilePlace support team I have received a timely response in addition to professional & personal feedback. Their consultants are knowledgeable and the management team is happy to jump in and help when needed.
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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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    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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    Planview
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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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    Planview
    Very easy.
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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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    Planview
    Originally, we had evaluated two other tools next to Planview LeanKit: Kanbantool and Kanbanflow. The latter was a close contestant for productive use, as it was also very customizable and a joy to work with and look at. It also had lower user fees and a mobile integration. In the end, we picked Planview LeanKit because of several reasons: Aesthetics: The look was much more clean and professional. Reporting: It was obvious from the start that we could use Planview LeanKit as a tool for improvement. API: We needed to integrate the Kanban into our central systems and Planview LeanKit API was (and still is) a way to do it. Card Headers: This sounds like a simple thing, but the headers above the titles fit our work perfectly and looked perfect, which helped the decision.
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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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    Planview
    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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    Planview
    Good use cases for small/large teams
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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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    Planview
    • LeanKit has made it easier for new employees to understand other employees' roles in the company by seeing their workload.
    • It makes it clear who is responsible for what project so that there is more accountability at our company.
    • It helps our project manager schedule new projects in a way that we all can see.
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    ScreenShots

    Planview AgilePlace Screenshots

    Screenshot of Real-Time Analytics: Utilize board health metrics involving bottlenecks, WIP, and throughput to guide the optimization of workflows, improve velocity, and better prioritize efforts for more predictable delivery. Lean and Agile metrics can be used to assess team performance and promote continuous improvement.Screenshot of PI Planning: Offers enterprise Kanban boards to visualize the work of teams regardless of the methodologies they apply or workflows they follow, and insights into progress and create opportunities for better alignment.Screenshot of Dependency Visualization and Management: Surfaces risks to plans resulting from cross-team dependency conflicts, blockers, and capacity constraints, and helps drive proactive measures to enable teams to deliver on time.Screenshot of Team Planning and Coordination: Boards can be used to breakdown work, build and manage plans, and execute against strategy to deliver more value to customers, faster.