Compare JIRA vs. Rally Software
JIRA is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 32 reviews while Rally Software is ranked 3rd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 25 reviews. JIRA is rated 8.2, while Rally Software is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of JIRA writes "Helps us work in Agile and Scrum formats across multiple locations and time zones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rally Software writes "Streamlines defining user stories and tracking sprints, but dependency flagging should be easier". JIRA is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, TFS and AgileCraft, whereas Rally Software is most compared with JIRA, TFS and Micro Focus ALM Octane. See our JIRA vs. Rally Software report.
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Transparency of development projects, as well as approval processes for some business projects, has improved massively. The most valuable feature of this solution is the source linking on the commit level to git. 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. The most valuable feature is the Burndown Chart to see work that is outstanding. The most valuable features are the customized Dashboard, Sprint Planning, and Automatic Notifications. The most valuable feature is the full integration between Work management, Source code management, and Test Automation. The features that we find most valuable are the Workflow, Scrum workflow, and Dashboards. The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the configuration, being able to configure it to suit your own needs. | 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. I was able to create epics for our budgeting concerns and it helped me link everything together. Having that view into features and roadmap from product to delivery teams, and where they are going, then execute on. Its ability to scale. Tech support is very responsive, helpful, and available. It helps with getting the alignment between strategy and execution for the product teams, all the way down to the delivery teams. CA Agile Central provides visibility into how teams are meeting business objectives. CA Agile Central helps the entire organization run like one powerful team. |
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My main concern is the administration of projects, especially user groups, and this requires root access rights but there is no concept of layered admin rights. Backlog pruning and visualization are poor. The permissions can be challenging to get right. The reporting needs to be improved. This solution would be improved with the inclusion of integration with SVN, and auto-sync with the build release number. The hierarchy for Jira tickets is too flat. It would be very useful to have drag and drop time tracking. The plugin management needs a lot of work. | 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. 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. A lot of the features that we would be looking to add, I am learning may not be within Agile Central, but part of another CA tool set. CA Agile Central does not have a workflow tool included. I think there needs to be some simplification. The team-level side can be challenging and complicated. It could improve by being self-organizing: user stories, different hierarchies, and different perspectives. Not just as a single hierarchical structure, but something that can be multidimensional. I would like to see more Kanban support. As it stands, it doesn't seem to have the features or the layouts that the teams really need to be able to execute their tasks. It almost tries to force you into more of a Scrum style. More customization capabilities would be helpful. Providing a little bit more structure around how the system should be set up in terms of the hierarchy structure might be helpful as well. |
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To try this solution, use their cloud offering to get familiar. After that, it's in my view worth the money. Licensing is on a monthly basis, and it is based on what you use. We feel that the product is a good value for the cost. I understand JIRA is quite expensive. It does not cost that much. Almost everybody uses JIRA nowadays because it is the most cost-effective solution. | It is expensive and may not be worthwhile for a small company. From a price point, it's a cost effective solution for our needs. |
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Views 64,510 Comparisons 55,853 Reviews 32 Average Words per Review 296 Avg. Rating 8.3 | Views 10,206 Comparisons 5,539 Reviews 25 Average Words per Review 584 Avg. Rating 8.3 |
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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 | CA (A Broadcom Company) |
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. |
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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 | |
Financial Services Firm16% Software R&D Company14% Insurance Company11% Healthcare Company11% Software R&D Company24% Financial Services Firm11% Manufacturing Company11% Comms Service Provider11% | Financial Services Firm21% Healthcare Company16% Comms Service Provider15% Manufacturing Company10% Software R&D Company27% Manufacturing Company12% Insurance Company11% Financial Services Firm9% |
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Small Business32% Midsize Enterprise20% Large Enterprise49% Small Business10% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise75% | Small Business9% Midsize Enterprise10% Large Enterprise81% Small Business4% Midsize Enterprise2% Large Enterprise95% |
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