We performed a comparison between Jira and Microsoft Project Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides very good visibility and traceability. You can clearly see each and every part of a process. It is also user-friendly and robust. It is working well, and there are a lot of add-ons or plug-ins out there that you can use."
"Issue linking has enabled teams to trace issues."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"The ability to design your own workflows is a great feature."
"The workflows are very easy to handle as far as scalability goes."
"We love the bulk edit feature. Jira also integrates well with Bitbucket."
"This tool can be used anywhere and on any device."
"I have found the most valuable features of Jira to be ticketing, life cycle workflow, definition, and creation. Many of the features are useful."
"SharePoint site integration"
"It's fine to navigate for a layperson."
"Capacity management and task baselining are the most valuable features of Microsoft Project Server."
"A single place for all our organisation's project records."
"The most valuable feature of the Microsoft Project Server is the level of detail with which I can break down a task and check the dependencies."
"Technical support is very responsive - particularly on critical tickets."
"I like being able to manage the capacity in terms of the resources. I also like being able to share documents and information between teams. It's the best solution for collaboration."
"We are able to know what we are doing, how much we have spent, how much time we've taken, and it tells us how much money is left for the project. It also tells us whether we are below or above our expenditures, whether we are below or above our budget."
"The pricing is quite high."
"In Jira, sometimes developers are not getting alerts when Jira is moving out of the SLA to the product development team."
"A lot of features, such as time tracking, are only available through the marketplace. If multiple users are working on a user story, we aren't able to pull out the reports. So, there are many things that they aren't offering. They are available only through the marketplace. That's not good for a product."
"The reporting part is a little bit difficult for me. It is not so easy. There should be a simpler way to track the efforts of our team. For example, in an Excel sheet, there is a feature for filtering. It would be much better if we can use something like that. Currently, for a complex query, we need to use Jira Query Language. Using Jira Query Language every time is not efficient for me."
"The tool lacks support for testing aspects, which means we often rely on integrations with other tools for testing purposes. If Jira could incorporate testing modules within its platform, it would eliminate the need for external integrations."
"Something I do not like about the new version is that there is a need to browse all the way back to the beginning, should a person click on a task that is specifically for his group and wish to go back and look at the other portfolios or people."
"We'd like to use it with non-Agile projects in the future, however, right now, it is a very Agile-focused product."
"The release of a MailServer feature within Jira would be beneficial."
"We sometimes need support from the IT department for installing and deploying the Microsoft Project Server. It is not user-friendly, and users cannot install it themselves."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"The cost could be lower."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"The initial setup was complex."
"It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization."
"It would be useful if the solution allowed us to share files or project schedules. You may get that with the cloud version. However, it's not available on the on-premises versions."
"It would be better if the solution had some more training or resources available for a person who is new to Microsoft Project Server."
Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 266 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews. Jira is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and Polarion ALM, whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and SAP Portfolio and Project Management. See our Jira vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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