Jira vs Polarion Requirements comparison

Atlassian and Siemens are both solutions in the Application Requirements Management category. Atlassian is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.5, while Siemens is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.8. Atlassian holds a 11.8% mindshare in ARM, compared to Siemens’s 16.3% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Atlassian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Siemens users who would recommend it.

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Polarion Requirements and Jira are project management and requirement tracking tools. While Polarion shines in structured requirement management, Jira is preferred for its flexible, agile project management features, giving it an edge due to its extensive integrations.

Features: Polarion emphasizes traceability, customizable workflows, and linked work items, making it suitable for regulated industries. Key features include link tracing, sequence training, and book entry. Jira excels with agile boards, third-party integrations, and customizable dashboards. Key features include issue and bug tracking, powerful API integrations, and agile boards.

Room for Improvement: Polarion could improve its integration ease with third-party tools and enhance its user interface for more intuitive navigation. It could also benefit from a wider range of pre-configured templates. Jira could improve in handling large datasets without performance issues and enhance support for complex project setups. It lacks automatic capacity planning and advanced workload forecasting.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Polarion offers an on-premises deployment option with dedicated customer support, ideal for controlled environments. Jira is cloud-based, backed by extensive online resources and community support, aligning well with teams needing scalable access.

Pricing and ROI: Polarion involves a higher initial setup cost, justified by its depth in requirements management. Jira's subscription model is cost-effective, allowing quick deployment and ROI, making it appealing to startups and agile teams.

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Categories and Ranking

Jira

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

278

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Project Management Software (1st)

Polarion Requirements

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

4th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of Jira is 11.8%, down from 15.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Polarion Requirements is 16.3%, up from 15.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Requirements Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Jira	11.8%
Polarion Requirements	16.3%
Other	71.9%

Application Requirements Management

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Akhil Viswam

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.

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reviewer2798628

Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Comprehensive traceability has supported regulated projects but review workflows still need improvement

The ability to manage requirements through the whole project life is somewhat unclear. We are not using the ability to track all requirements through the whole project life for analytics very much. We have a way to easily find all the requirements of a complex product, even if they are spread over different Polarion Requirements projects. We do not have any issues in that area, but we are not really using the analytics part of Polarion Requirements. I am satisfied with the integration capabilities for Polarion Requirements, but it depends. We encountered a lot of issues with the integration with Enterprise Architect. We were in contact with Lemon Tree company, which provides support for that integration, but we eventually decided to develop our own plugins for Polarion Requirements. That is unfortunate, but we are not really happy with their implementation. There are things that are going really well, but alongside this, there are also things that are not yet implemented, which is quite annoying for us. The main point for improvement or lack of functions that I would like to address in Polarion Requirements is really about the review process, which is a bit too limited. When we are developing complex products, we have to review big life documents or a set of work items, but there are a lot of issues with that. For example, very simple things: if you select a word and not a space in the document, you are not able to add comments, and it is not user-friendly. If you know that you have to put the cursor and not select the word, that is something people can live with, but for newcomers, it is frustrating. They will ask questions such as 'I cannot add a comment about this word' or for a selection of text. That is something annoying. You can do that in a simple Word document, but not in Polarion Requirements. Also, the ability to review a table or generated dynamic content is not possible in Polarion Requirements. For example, if you generate automatically a list of tests, you cannot click on the second one; you can only click at the beginning of the generated sections. I am somewhat satisfied with Polarion Requirements' functionality, but I feel a lack of certain functions regarding the review, which is a bit too limited. The review process is the main pain point for me, especially since we are in a highly regulated environment where reviews are crucial for us.

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

Pros

"I've never had a bug or a bug message that I needed to open a ticket for."

"It helps me to use virtual Scrum boards across four locations, three time zones, and to plan my work. It fully supports the Scrum approach, and the Agile way of working, and it has Agile thinking behind it.."

"We have not encountered difficulties with the scalability."

"Jira queries can be used for different types of deployment automation processes."

"It is a stable solution, and we have had no issues with stability."

"I have found the tracking, project and task management most valuable in this solution."

"Great for tracking my development team's productivity."

"We can query the tickets and create dashboards based on these queries."

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"We worked with the web interface."

"The biggest improvement would be in the transparency we have now. We have very complex products. We make whole systems with difficult and diverse areas such as hardware, software, mechanical and printing, etc. To get the overview of all the requirements into a system, at that sizing, is the main advantage we have in the organization now."

"Polarion Requirements' most valuable features are link tracing, book entry, and sequence training features."

"Its flexibility and APIs are the most valuable."

"A valuable feature from my side would be the comparison corporization."

"I would say there is value in how powerful, configurable, and user-friendly it is."

"The solution is especially great for organizing folders effectively."

"The most beneficial features of Polarion Requirements for traceability include the traceability function and also the historical and matchmaking or cross-referencing, which was very good."

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Cons

"It is not capturing the number of hours for which each person has worked on certain things. We use many add-ons to let resources enter the time in the user story itself. We use an add-on called Tempo, but it is kind of a lousy add-on. It is not straightforward. Rather than helping us, it creates a lot of confusion. So, instead of looking out for the additional add-on, I would prefer to have the timesheet entered as a part of Jira itself. They are anyways capturing every information they could for each user story, and then we are able to break down all the task lists. For each task, we're also assigning a resource. So, while we're doing it, why can't they allow the users to enter the time that can be created as a report? Right now, we need to acquire the add-on, and the add-on is not great. It is not helping. The add-on is also not free."

"If Jira would be interested in offering a SharePoint version, it would be beneficial."

"Sometimes the solution doesn't communicate well with other platforms. It's quite difficult to integrate things and make the data flow from A to B, to Jira, and then back to other areas."

"I'd like to see better notetaking capabilities so every user can get notes when someone provides comments on a Jira ticket. So if they don't want to provide the comments on the Jira ticket, they can get the personal notes in a Jira tool for every profile."

"I would like to have a future-proof idea of the cost and the roadmap for my class."

"A more organized hierarchy is important. Reporting and JQL create issues for me. They do not completely cover the reporting part that I need to report in terms of my capacity to plan. In the same token, there is no record at this very moment to provide me with one export with epics story points, tasks, or issues and their sub-tasks at the same time."

"Based on the feedback from my admin, it is sometimes difficult to find some of the features. It is not a big deal, but its configuration interface can be improved to make it easy to find things."

"Jira could improve by making the user interface easier to use and the functionality could be better. While we are managing multiple sprints and other elements of the projects, it's very difficult to manage the labels and other aspects."

More Jira cons

"It is stable enough but if you would like to work with more requirement objects, then you will get timeouts."

"It is not a stable solution, as we had issues with shared licenses."

"The usability of the solution should also be improved."

"Its user interface could be more user friendly. In addition, a lot of features are missing for test management. It should have the test case ordering feature."

"If we have more than one thousand work items in one live-book then it becomes almost unusable."

"The platform's review process for the documents could be better."

"The areas of Polarion Requirements that have room for improvement include usability, and the user interface, which was a little bit poor."

"I am somewhat satisfied with Polarion Requirements' functionality, but I feel a lack of certain functions regarding the review, which is a bit too limited."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution could be lower."

"The ballpark figure is about $100 a month."

"The licensing model is annoying. They nickel and dime you."

"The pricing for Jira is reasonable, although I think they can bring it down because the plugins cost extra."

"There are other solutions that are free making this solution seem expensive in comparison."

"We are on an annual license to use Jira."

"It is very cheap if you forego the local instance and stick to the cloud."

"The cost is about $10 per user, per month."

More Jira pricing and cost advice

"The product's price is high."

"The pricing model is flexible. You don't have to pay for the full functionalities. And it's a one-time investment for the licenses. You purchase what you need and then can work with that."

"Polarion Requirements is a little pricey."

"It is expensive but not for what it is. It is just the right price for what it is. Its price is also similar to other solutions."

"I believe the cost is subjective. It seems a bit pricey, but it depends on your perspective. To provide some context, I compared the prices with GitLab and Jira. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Jira's prices. However, GitLab costs around 40 euros, and DeepLab, which I recently discovered, also falls in a similar price range. I'm not sure about DeepLab's features or interface improvements, as they might have been implementing requirements management over the past six months. In contrast, Polarion costs around 50 to 60 euros based on the 2021 prices I have. While it may seem a bit expensive, it's worth considering whether the additional investment, perhaps around 68 euros per user, is justified. It might appear costly at first glance, but it's essential to acknowledge that it can greatly streamline your work processes."

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

29%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Transportation Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	106
Midsize Enterprise	56
Large Enterprise	150

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

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Jira itself is fairly priced for the features it provides, but pricing is a bit higher than some alternatives, mostly because many plugins and add-ons are paid and licensed per user. So even if onl...

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What do you like most about Polarion Requirements?

In my opinion, Polarion Requirements' most beneficial feature is the ability to manage specifications within a work-like document that functions as a work item. Its collaboration features have work...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Polarion Requirements?

I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Polarion Requirements?

The areas of Polarion Requirements that have room for improvement include usability, and the user interface, which was a little bit poor. The user configuration had some issues; you need to know al...

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Overview

Jira is a powerful cloud- and subscription-based application lifecycle and issue management solution. It is designed to aid users both in project management and in resolving any issues that arise at any point in the software development process. It is especially concerned with easing the ability of developers to collaborate.

Jira Benefits

Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by choosing to deploy Jira include:

DevOps lifecycle visibility and planning. Jira provides application developers with tools that enable them to track and visualize where they are in the development process. This means that a DevOps team can measure their progress at all times. Jira’s roadmapping feature also enables a DevOps team to work more efficiently by setting goals for their projects, keeping them on track. Additionally, they are able to track whether they are meeting the goals that they set for their projects.

Regular product updates. Atlassian is constantly updating Jira so that it is continuously evolving into an ever more powerful and user-friendly solution. Users can be sure that the product that they are using is always being tweaked so as to provide them with the best possible project management solution.

Flexibility. Jira enables users to customize their workflows and dashboard so that the solution is operating in a way that best matches their needs. Jira can also integrate with more than 3,000 other applications and integrations. Organizations can use it to expand their project management and DevOps capabilities in many different ways.

Jira Features

Security capabilities. Jira is equipped with a number of useful security features. It gives administrators the ability to restrict access to certain tools so that only users who are authorized to complete certain tasks have access to the tools related to the completion of that task. Users can also set default permissions so that only particular users can work on new projects or particular projects.

Real-time notification feature. Users can set Jira so that it offers them notifications that contain critical information in real time. It can send users email notifications when pressing issues have been updated. They can also set it to notify them about tasks that may be due, or other similar events.
Activity log. Jira has the ability to track any and all changes that are taking place within the software framework. Users can keep a close eye on everything that is going on. This promotes a high level of visibility and can be leveraged to aid developers in their collaboration efforts.

Reviews from Real Users

Jira is a powerful solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Two major advantages it offers are its workflow engine and its highly customizable dashboard.

Bharath R., the tool implementation and project management lead at a financial services firm, writes, “I feel the strongest feature of Jira is its workflow engine. It empowers us to automate our workflows within our organization. It's the one characteristic of Jira which I think can help any organization, be it in any domain.”

Uday J., a staff engineer at a computer company, says, “Another thing that I like a lot about Jira is that in the dashboard, you can plug the modules that you want. You can enable certain sections. For example, you can show trend history, open Jira tickets, etc. Some of the managers have created a dashboard for each engineer.”

Atlassian

Polarion REQUIREMENTS is designed from the ground for highly effective, transparent and secure collaboration, while teams have the option to work in their familiar environments.

Siemens

Sample Customers

Square, Nasa, eBay, Cisco, SalesForce, Adobe, BNP Paribas, BMW and LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.

NetSuite, Ottobock, Zumtobel Group, Kªster Automotive GmbH, Sirona Dental Systems, LifeWatch, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), PHOENIX CONTACT Electronics GmbH, Metso Corporation

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