Compare JIRA vs. Rally Software
JIRA is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 30 reviews while Rally Software is ranked 6th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 5 reviews. JIRA is rated 8.4, while Rally Software is rated 8.8. 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 "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 and Micro Focus ALM Octane, whereas Rally Software is most compared with JIRA, TFS and Microsoft Azure DevOps. See our JIRA vs. Rally Software report.
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The most valuable features in Jira are the dashboard, reports, and boards that help us to control the advancement of the project. Issue linking has enabled teams to trace issues. 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. | 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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We would like to see the integration of a lite-version of Confluence, just to manage some of the templates and documents. The only thing that JIRA doesn't for us is release management in a way that I can create a list of versions easily. 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. | 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. |
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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. |
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Views 68,415 Comparisons 59,304 Reviews 32 Average Words per Review 294 Avg. Rating 8.3 | Views 9,862 Comparisons 5,680 Reviews 7 Average Words per Review 424 Avg. Rating 8.9 |
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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. |
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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 | |
Manufacturing Company15% Insurance Company15% Financial Services Firm15% Software R&D Company12% Software R&D Company32% Comms Service Provider11% Manufacturing Company9% Financial Services Firm7% | Financial Services Firm21% Healthcare Company16% Comms Service Provider15% Manufacturing Company10% Software R&D Company33% Manufacturing Company10% Insurance Company9% Financial Services Firm8% |
Company Size | |
Small Business31% Midsize Enterprise20% Large Enterprise50% Small Business13% Midsize Enterprise18% Large Enterprise69% | Small Business9% Midsize Enterprise10% Large Enterprise81% |
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