We performed a comparison between Atlassian ALM and Jira based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the Scrum board."
"The main power of this tool is the integration between the different products of the Atlassian suite. We have good integration with work management with Java. This is the major strength from this provider."
"This solution fits very well into our agile product management environment."
"You no longer need to email people. You can mention them right in Jira and have conversations there."
"Kanban boards are most valuable"
"The links between tickets are very valuable and the boards I found to be configurable and usable. The boards allow some level of extended configuration and they can be customized according to our project needs. Additionally, it is easy to use."
"I like the test cases in Jira. The orange dash items view was great, and I like the features and layout of the data. It's quite different, and people are now getting their items so quickly."
"It is very flexible, so we can do pretty much what we want with it."
"It's a very complete product overall."
"The pricing of the product is very good. It's not too expensive"
"I can use Jira Query Language (JQL) to write queries to see the stories that are there for the current sprint. I can also sort them by assignment. I also use Jira is for burndown charts, which give an indication of how efficiently the squad is performing. I also use the Active Sprints function and a feature called Planning Poker."
"The reports are not really customizable, which is something that they should improve on."
"The automation for scheduling software and doing software tests should be simplified because it's complex and too rigid."
"There is room for improvement in the high-level project management."
"I have noticed a problem with Jira in the Philippines. In the Philippines, there are only a few companies that offer local support, which is alarming."
"There could be some improvements in the project management and portfolio level features."
"Sometimes the solution doesn't communicate well with other platforms. It's quite difficult to integrate things and make the data flow from A to B, to Jira, and then back to other areas."
"The CACD solutions on JIRA has some plugins, but they are not easily understandable or workable."
"Jira should allow you to create and develop pipelines easily. In India, we have to purchase them separately or integrate other data tools. All these tools should be in Jira."
"I want the tool to integrate connectors."
"There needs to be easier integration with third-parties — personally, this is the biggest issue for me."
"I find the dashboard to be Jira's most problematic feature."
Atlassian ALM is ranked 16th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 6 reviews while Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 265 reviews. Atlassian ALM is rated 7.6, while Jira is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Atlassian ALM writes "Scrum board feature is highly valuable and handles different user volumes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". Atlassian ALM is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, TFS, IBM Rational ALM, Polarion ALM and Rally Software, whereas Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and Polarion ALM. See our Atlassian ALM vs. Jira report.
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