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Hive vs Jira comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Hive
Ranking in Project Management Software
35th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jira
Ranking in Project Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
284
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Application Requirements Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Hive is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jira is 4.1%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jira4.1%
Hive0.6%
Other95.3%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

SS
Sr Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Provides efficiency in metadata storage and implementation
Many applications perform similarly to Hive, offering metadata implementations. I'm looking into their advancements, such as aggregated joins and MBT joins. Hive's virtual implementations are evolving, and tools like Snowflake offer specific use case advancements. In future releases, the Bloomfilter function should be a part of Hive. Windowing functions should also be there. I would also like to see AI implementation.
RituRaj - PeerSpot reviewer
SDE 2 at Virtusa
Centralized sprint boards have transformed our planning and now improve cross‑team visibility
While Jira is very powerful, there are definitely areas it could be improved, especially for usability and simplicity. One common challenge is that Jira can feel overwhelming for new users. The number of features, configurations, workflows, and settings is huge. Onboarding non-technical teams or new employees sometimes takes longer than expected. A simple default experience for a beginner would help a lot. Another issue is performance. In large organizations with heavy customizations, large backlogs, or complex dashboards, Jira can occasionally feel slow, especially when loading filters, reports, or larger boards. Pricing can also become expensive as an organization scales and multiple Atlassian products and plugins are added. Some smaller teams sometimes feel the ecosystem becomes costly over time. The mobile experience would be smoother for project managers or leadership users who mainly want quick update approvals or dashboard views on the go. Overall, Jira's biggest strength is flexibility, but that flexibility can also create complexity if not managed carefully. Improving simplicity, performance, and ease of adoption would make the platform even stronger. An additional improvement I would mention for Jira is around balancing flexibility with simplicity. Jira gives organizations a huge amount of customization power, which is great. But over time, many teams end up creating overly complicated processes. After a few years, some Jira environments become difficult to maintain because there are many workflows, custom fields, permissions, and automations layered on top of each other. It would help if Jira would provide a strong built-in recommendation or health check for keeping a project clean or efficient. For example, identifying unused custom fields, suggesting workflow simplicity improvements, flagging redundant automations, or recommending dashboard optimization.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is a good solution for us when it comes to metadata implementation. It's beneficial to have metadata stored in Hive."
"It excels in handling diverse data formats and is particularly beneficial for constructing a data lake for companies with mixed data types, such as videos and structured data."
"The solution has been very stable overall."
"The solution helps a lot with scrums, is great for development, and the documentation is quite good."
"As long as a company has the money for storage, it's scalable to any size."
"​One of the valuable features is traceability from requirements to test cases."
"It is a good solution and a very popular one, as well, so I would recommend it if you are going for agile methodology."
"I recommend JIRA Agile to anyone looking for a mature, easy to use and customizable issue tracking system, especially in the context of large, geographically distributed teams."
"I have trained several non-it people in its usage and they all say it's really easy software to use."
"The timeline management is great and the dashboard allows me to see the performance of everyone working for the company."
 

Cons

"In future releases, I would also like to see AI implementation."
"For smaller datasets, it may not be as suitable, and its performance might not be optimal."
"Jira is raising their prices for the license, which is like a trap because many other providers offer services like Jira but for much cheaper."
"I want the tool to integrate connectors."
"Jira could be more, for example, like Micro Focus, which is what I mostly work with currently."
"Generally, customization, granted that it is done only at system productions state, is hard and time consuming."
"The help desk and services management features are in need of improvement."
"One common challenge is that Jira can feel overwhelming for new users."
"We spend hours and sometimes days looking through completed stories in order to determine how to manage a defect in our existing system."
"When creating Epic, Story, and Task, there is no provision to set estimated time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source solution."
"We are a regional research and education institute. We're using the free license provided for educational institutes."
"It is subscription-based, and we probably pay yearly. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of price."
"There is a monthly license required for this solution and it is expensive."
"The basic price of Jira is reasonable, but for each plugin, we have to keep paying more. When you add it all up, it can be expensive. The main problem we face is we are forced to purchases plugin licenses for users who are not going to use them. For example, we have Jira licenses for approximately 450 people but if we only want a purchase a plugin for few people it is mandatory to buy the license for the 450 people who have Jira licensees. This is a problem because sometimes we need plugins for the product manager or for people in charge of the report, not everyone. For us, it can be very expensive in the end, they should alter this policy to allow plugins for only a set number of licenses."
"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."
"I think the starter pack of three users, up to five users, is free. So you can try it out."
"JIRA's pricing is very economical. I would say that JIRA is a great deal more economical than Microsoft."
"Jira and its solution off the shelf are cheap. It is cheap for startups."
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Top Industries

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University
16%
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
9%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business108
Midsize Enterprise60
Large Enterprise155
 

Questions from the Community

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Is Jira better or would you go with Micro Focus ALM Octane?
Hi Netanya, Basically , it all depends on the use cases for your environment and the business needs. Hope the below data may be relevant to you for identifying your needs and deciding on the approp...
Which is better - Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps?
Jira is a great centralized tool for just about everything, from local team management to keeping track of products and work logs. It is easy to implement and navigate, and it is stable and scalabl...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jira?
Jira is a good tool and it is not that expensive. The setup cost is pretty straightforward and the onboarding is smooth.
 

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