A nice tool for big companies but it's better to find an alternative for small businesses.
March 30, 2017

A nice tool for big companies but it's better to find an alternative for small businesses.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with JIRA Software

I use it only with website developers in order to describe what bugs need to be fixed, implement new features on current projects or to start new projects.
  • Inform people by email that they have a new task or replies to their comments.
  • Clear interface.
  • Nice tool to update information, modify or add [info]. You can also attach files up to 5 MB or more according to your settings.
  • You can use the self-hosted version or use it on your own server.
  • It's hard to create new workflow schemes and apply them to some projects (not intuitive).
  • If you want to hide tickets from people who are not concerned (add view restrictions), it's a pain. I had to contact support to set it up correctly.
  • Pages loading are slow on the self-hosted version. It may due to sharing of resources across all customers.
  • Saving me time instead of sending and reading emails, to manage projects creation, updates and improvements.
  • I lost some time to make the right setup for my personal needs.
  • In one look, you can manage several tickets.
I think Jira is an important tool for a big company that has several departments. If you are a small company, you can spend a lot of time to set it up correctly for your personal needs.