Compare Jira vs. Rally Software
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"It has an easy UI that can easily plug-in to every level." "This tool can be used anywhere and on any device." "The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the configuration, being able to configure it to suit your own needs." "The features that we find most valuable are the Workflow, Scrum workflow, and Dashboards." "The most valuable feature is the full integration between Work management, Source code management, and Test Automation." "The most valuable features are the customized Dashboard, Sprint Planning, and Automatic Notifications." "The most valuable feature is the Burndown Chart to see work that is outstanding." "This solution assists us with being able to quickly and easily start sprints and keep accurate track of them, including billing using a time-tracking add-on." | "I was able to create epics for our budgeting concerns and it helped me link everything together." "Reporting is much easier and faster than Micro Focus ALM, with CA AC built on web services... Also, the data is more granular when it comes to tasks, iterations, sprints, and releases." |
Cons | |
"The CACD solutions on JIRA has some plugins, but they are not easily understandable or workable." "The user interface and views on different devices should be improved." "The plugin management needs a lot of work." "It would be very useful to have drag and drop time tracking." "The hierarchy for Jira tickets is too flat." "This solution would be improved with the inclusion of integration with SVN, and auto-sync with the build release number." "The reporting needs to be improved." "The permissions can be challenging to get right." | "I think there is a missing link with the development activity. Some developers are pushing in new versions of the code, but you cannot make the link from the user story to a specific application version." "One problem I see is that if there is a dependent user story - for example, if my team is working on one thing and there is a dependent user story from another team - we can have a dependency created but we don't know if there is a change of status from the other team. That is something which is very important for Agile Central to look into so that if the other team makes any changes we will be notified as well." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"We feel that the product is a good value for the cost." "Licensing is on a monthly basis, and it is based on what you use." "To try this solution, use their cloud offering to get familiar. After that, it's in my view worth the money." "I don't feel that price is an issue." "It is not too expensive. It is just comparative to other tools like Microsoft Teams." "I am not sure if the client is using a commercial version. I think it is on a per-user basis, and it is around 15 Canadian dollars for a user, but I'm not sure. It also has a free version." "As a company, we get a subsidized price, and it's lower than what's quoted on their website." "We are using the enterprise license which is nice because it ensures that we always have the latest versions of Jira software." | "It is expensive and may not be worthwhile for a small company." |
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Views 69,667 Comparisons 60,798 Reviews 50 Average Words per Review 430 Rating 8.3 | Views 8,823 Comparisons 5,737 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 631 Rating 8.5 |
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Also Known As | |
| Jira Software | CA Agile Central, Rally Enterprise, CA Agile Training, CA Agile Coaching, CA Agile Academy, CA Agile Management , CA ALM |
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| Atlassian | Broadcom |
Overview | |
JIRA has multiple deployment options to provide the flexibility your organization needs. Cloud is a fully hosted service for customers who want to iterate quickly and have us take care of managing the infrastructure. For customers who need to run our applications behind their firewall, we have Server and Data Center options. Server delivers greater capacity for a larger user base and gives you more control, allowing you to remain compliant with your enterprise IT, security, IP and privacy policies. For our largest customers, Data Center provides all the capability of our Server option, along with high availability, instant scalability and performance at scale. Atlassian also offers premium support and strategic services for enterprise customers. Technical Account Managers are cross-functional technical advisors providing proactive planning and strategic guidance across your organization. Premier Support goes above and beyond our standard offerings to give you account-wide support from a team of senior support engineers. | With Rally Software, you can plan, prioritize, manage, track, and continuously improve your work so that you can deliver the value that your customers need with speed, quality, and efficiency. Our enterprise-class Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) SaaS platform provides visibility into progress, roadblocks, and dependencies across multiple teams, projects, and programs. This allows you to align to your strategic goals and create better business results, and to do it all in a single system of record. |
Offer | |
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Sample Customers | |
| Square, Nasa, eBay, Cisco, SalesForce, Adobe, BNP Paribas, BMW and LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi. | Physicians Mutual, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare, Editora Abril, Tata Communications, Level 3 Communications, Seagate, TomTom, Philips, Hiscox, Physicians Mutual, MYOB |
Top Industries | |
Computer Software Company14% Insurance Company13% Financial Services Firm13% Healthcare Company8% Computer Software Company32% Comms Service Provider15% Manufacturing Company6% Financial Services Firm6% | Financial Services Firm21% Healthcare Company16% Comms Service Provider15% Manufacturing Company10% Computer Software Company27% Comms Service Provider10% Manufacturing Company9% Healthcare Company9% |
Company Size | |
Small Business33% Midsize Enterprise19% Large Enterprise49% Small Business11% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise74% | Small Business9% Midsize Enterprise10% Large Enterprise81% |
Find out what your peers are saying about Jira vs. Rally Software and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
455,108 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 51 reviews while Rally Software is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 2 reviews. Jira is rated 8.2, while Rally Software is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Jira writes "Flexible and very easy to set up but can get quite complex". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rally Software writes "Built on web services which can be used to pull reports and metrics without SQL queries". Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, TFS, Micro Focus ALM Octane, IBM Rational DOORS and Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, whereas Rally Software is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, TFS, Digital.ai Agility, Micro Focus ALM Quality Center and Micro Focus ALM Octane. See our Jira vs. Rally Software report.
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