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Jira vs Planview ProjectPlace comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Jira offers increased productivity, efficiency, and task management, with flexibility and cost-effectiveness, despite some initial plugin support challenges.
Sentiment score
5.6
Planview ProjectPlace enhances ROI through streamlined tracking, resource assessment, and improved visibility, though ROI varies with feature exploration.
A return on investment has been seen with Jira, as a lot of time has been saved in arranging tasks, converting software features into epics, tasks, and milestones, making it easy to track progress and plan future roadmaps.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It's always hard to measure ROI precisely, but overall, the development time usually pays off within a year through efficiency gains.
CEO at 2Help
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
Jira's customer service is appreciated for its documentation and forums, though support response can vary in effectiveness.
Sentiment score
6.5
Users have mixed experiences with Planview ProjectPlace support, praising resources but citing issues with service quality and response times.
Jira's customer support is one of the best I have ever dealt with because they respond quickly.
CEO at 2Help
I did not face any issues with stability or upgrades.
Senior Director, Head of Information Systems Division at Israel Innovation Authority
Whenever there are issues, the internal Jira enterprise team is contacted directly.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Jira is praised for effective scalability and adaptability, though some face challenges with licenses, customization, and integration.
Sentiment score
7.0
Planview ProjectPlace scales efficiently, accommodating increased users and projects, offering a collaborative space despite minor technical constraints.
Scalability for Jira is great, and it handles growth easily from 100 to thousands.
CEO at 2Help
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Jira is stable and reliable, with rare issues often tied to server capacity, customization, or network challenges.
Sentiment score
7.7
Planview ProjectPlace is generally stable, though Indian users report occasional crashes; newer versions address some issues.
In my experience, Jira is stable, with around 99% uptime.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Jira needs improved customization, user interface, performance, integration, reporting, administration, and reduces dependency on third-party plugins.
Planview ProjectPlace needs improved reporting, UI updates, better integration, and enhanced performance for competitive functionality and user experience.
Focus more on improving API integration and automation tools, not just the design.
CEO at 2Help
Fine-grained control over notifications should also be available to help users avoid alert fatigue.
Product Analyst at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
It would be appreciated to have more reporting capabilities in Jira, such as easily exporting capabilities to show how tasks are in progress and how the team is performing well or poorly.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Jira's pricing is reasonable for features but costly for larger enterprises due to tiered licensing and mandatory plugin fees.
Planview ProjectPlace offers moderate costs and functionalities but requires staffing, with confusing licensing models and potential unexpected expenses.
Even if only five people from your team use a financial plugin, you still pay for all 100 seats.
CEO at 2Help
 

Valuable Features

Jira offers customizable project management with Agile support, integrations, and dashboards, enhancing collaboration, scalability, and productivity.
Planview ProjectPlace boosts collaboration with real-time updates, flexible workspaces, and seamless integration, enhancing project visibility and resource management.
You can build your own workflows and make it work exactly the way your team needs and integrate it with almost every third-party software.
CEO at 2Help
Defects leakage reduced because bugs are logged, linked, and tracked earlier, resulting in fewer issues escaping to production.
Product Analyst at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
For modern Agile practices, Jira is the most adapted tool in the industry.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Jira
Ranking in Project Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
278
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Application Requirements Management (2nd)
Planview ProjectPlace
Ranking in Project Management Software
21st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Jira is 3.8%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Planview ProjectPlace is 1.4%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Jira3.8%
Planview ProjectPlace1.4%
Other94.8%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Akhil Viswam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Agile workflows have streamlined sprint planning and tracking for faster feature delivery
Jira has a very good interface and it is very easy to manage sprints, tasks, and epics. The main feature is the hierarchy, as features can be converted into epics and topics, allowing bigger tasks to be partitioned into smaller ones. The hierarchy feature in Jira helps the team significantly compared to other tools that have been used, such as Trello, which is mainly useful only for a waterfall model. For modern Agile practices, Jira is the most adapted tool in the industry. Another valuable feature is that Jira APIs have been used for data science projects to analyze tasks and get insights. This has also been very helpful in the project.
Eduardo Maya - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO at Hoteles City Express
A complete and useful solution, but it should be easy to use, and they should provide fast support
Their support team should provide the answers fast because it impacts our daily operations. We use the app every day. We have about 70 projects managed in the app, but their responses are too slow. They can take three or four days to analyze a problem. We have a connection-related problem, which is impacting our daily operations, but we have had the same status for the last two months. It is not easy. The deployment of the application and its functionalities are not easy. It is a complex process to create accounts, names, and catalogs. There should be more operational reports. They have a set of internal reports, but they can't be customized. You don't have the permissions to configure your own reports, which is a very big issue. Currently, you have to ask for permission in order to configure simple filters. You have to ask a third party to configure it. It is expensive, and it also takes a lot of time.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business106
Midsize Enterprise56
Large Enterprise150
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

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Also Known As

Jira Software
Projectplace
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Square, Nasa, eBay, Cisco, SalesForce, Adobe, BNP Paribas, BMW and LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Florida Virtual Campus, Amazing.com, 2degrees NZ, Kendrick Content & Consulting
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