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IT bp at KDR Corp
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Jan 2, 2024
A reasonably stable solution with an easy setup phase
Pros and Cons
  • "The integration between Confluence and Jira, along with Jira's ticketing system, is a valuable feature the product offers its users."
  • "I have noticed a problem with Jira in the Philippines. In the Philippines, there are only a few companies that offer local support, which is alarming."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution in my company as an ITSM tool. Our company's service desk and those working with the engineering team use the tool.

What is most valuable?

The integration between Confluence and Jira, along with Jira's ticketing system, is a valuable feature the product offers its users.

What needs improvement?

I opted for Jira since it was offering ITIL V4, and there seems to be a compatibility between ITIL V3 and ITIL V4.

From an improvement perspective, it would be better if Jira could offer more in the area of data analytics similar to what Power BI and Qlik offer to users. The tool currently lacks in the area of data analytics.

Jira needs to consider lowering its prices considering the competition in the market.

I have noticed a problem with Jira in the Philippines. In the Philippines, there are only a few companies that offer local support, which is alarming. In my previous company, when we requested support, basic support was not provided, and we had to schedule and deal with everything on our own.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for around two years. I am a user of the solution.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a pretty much scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is good. I rate the support a nine out of ten.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have experience with ManageEngine and ServiceNow. If I need to deal with a project involving retail business, then Jira would be a poor choice because dealing with a retail business requires a tool to have an approach different from what Jira offers. Compared to ServiceNow, Jira is a bit better.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

The solution can be configured within a week or so. If there are changes to be made in the solution, then it requires more time to configure it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If I compare Jira's licensing model with that of other products, I think that the other products have a much better licensing model. Considering what is happening in the market presently, and as people are moving away from Jira and ServiceNow, more and more people have started embracing cheaper products in the market. I rate the product's price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

It is important to know that my company uses the free version of the solution since we are not a big organization. My company is currently looking into the configurations and other areas before going for the paid version of the solution.

What other advice do I have?

Performance-wise, Jira is a good solution, but the problem lies in the part of its licensing area.

I rate the product's price an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Radek Zajicek - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a printing company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Apr 2, 2022
I can easily define and customize the search queries, and I haven't seen any outages in the last five years
Pros and Cons
  • "The way we can define and customize the search queries for the tickets in Jira is most valuable."
  • "The way to configure it can definitely be improved. It is very difficult and complex to configure. Its configuration should be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for software development tracking, bug tracking, feature tracking, and so on. 

We are using the cloud version from Atlassian, and we have its latest version.

What is most valuable?

The way we can define and customize the search queries for the tickets in Jira is most valuable.

What needs improvement?

The way to configure it can definitely be improved. It is very difficult and complex to configure. Its configuration should be simplified.

I don't have any requirements for new features. It is a standard system, and we use just a part of the functionality.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for five to ten years. I use it on a daily basis.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Its stability is good. In the last five years, I haven't seen any outages. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are a very small team, and we don't have any requirements for scalability.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted their technical support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup and the out-of-box features and functions are very straightforward. I would rate it a five out of five in terms of ease. You can just create an account and start to use it. 

It is a cloud solution offered by Atlassian. There is no on-premises setup, and it doesn't require any maintenance from our side.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is subscription-based, and we probably pay yearly. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of price.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Jira an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Gabrielle-Renée TCHUENBOU - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
MSP
Apr 1, 2022
Confusing terminology, difficult to use, but simple user interface
Pros and Cons
  • "The design of the interface is clean and not too busy visually."
  • "I'm really new to Jira and I haven't used all of the features. However, it is quite difficult to use and manipulate. It was a little complicated for me and I don't know if it's difficult globally for others, but I had a difficult time understanding it at first. I used it for issues, epics, stories, tasks, and sub-tasks. For first-time users, Jira could be made better to help them understand."

What is most valuable?

The design of the interface is clean and not too busy visually.

What needs improvement?

I'm really new to Jira and I haven't used all of the features. However, it is quite difficult to use and manipulate. It was a little complicated for me and I don't know if it's difficult globally for others, but I had a difficult time understanding it at first. I used it for issues,  epics, stories, tasks, and sub-tasks. For first-time users, Jira could be made better to help them understand.

When you want to create something in Jira, whether it's a story or an epic on a task, you have to create a thing called an issue, and inside the issue, you have to put what type of issue it is. Either it's an epic or a story. The fact that it's called an "issue" was a little confusing for me because I didn't know where to search when I wanted to look for tasks and stories. I didn't know that I needed to search for issues and not only tasks or topics.  

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for approximately one month.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Jira has been a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have found Jira to be scalable.

We have 20 people in my company using Jira.

How was the initial setup?

The setup of Jira was simple.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not compare Jira to other solutions.

What other advice do I have?

I have not had a lot of time to explore the solution. My rating might be higher if I had used it more.

I rate Jira a three out of five.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Tech Lead DevOps (Manager) at Logiq Worlds
Real User
Mar 30, 2022
Beneficial integration, simple implementation, and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Jira is the integration with all the different Atlassian tools. They all integrate very easily."
  • "Atlassian has multiple tools and it becomes difficult for a customer to process everything differently. Atlassian should combine them and form a single solution for DevOps by including the Jira Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, and others. This would be much easier for customers by purchasing a package, rather than purchasing bits and pieces. With Azure DevOps and other companies, it becomes easier to go with one company having multiple areas that they can cater to, but in Atlassian, the problem is that you have to select different solutions to have a full package. For example, to have document management customers have to purchase Confluence and for Git repository management they have to purchase Bitbucket, et cetera. There is always another add-on that you need to attach to have a complete solution in Jira."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Jira for the internal project and issue management or tracking.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Jira is the integration with all the different Atlassian tools. They all integrate very easily.

What needs improvement?

Atlassian has multiple tools and it becomes difficult for a customer to process everything differently. Atlassian should combine them and form a single solution for DevOps by including the Jira Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, and others. This would be much easier for customers by purchasing a package, rather than purchasing bits and pieces. With Azure DevOps and other companies, it becomes easier to go with one company having multiple areas that they can cater to, but in Atlassian, the problem is that you have to select different solutions to have a full package. For example, to have document management customers have to purchase Confluence and for Git repository management they have to purchase Bitbucket, et cetera. There is always another add-on that you need to attach to have a complete solution in Jira.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have found Jira to be stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Jira is a scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

I did not have any issue with the use of technical support from Jira.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others that Jira is a good solution and I would recommend it.

I rate Jira a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1784052 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Technical Project Management at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Mar 21, 2022
Highly customizable and helpful for dynamic communication
Pros and Cons
  • "The dynamic communication and the ability to customize it the way we want are the most valuable features."
  • "Its ability to perform true executive-level status reporting could be improved. There are a lot of benefits there, but there are also a lot of things they can and should expand upon."

What is our primary use case?

Its use case just depends on the company I've been with at the time. I have used it for defect management, development processes, and status. At one point, we ran our entire risk platform out of it as well.

What is most valuable?

The dynamic communication and the ability to customize it the way we want are the most valuable features.

What needs improvement?

Its ability to perform true executive-level status reporting could be improved. There are a lot of benefits there, but there are also a lot of things they can and should expand upon.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for about eight years.

How are customer service and support?

I have not interacted with them. I've struggled with getting Atlassian resources, but that could partially be my fault.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It depends on the type of license. In terms of subscription, it is cheap, and it works pretty well.

What other advice do I have?

You need to investigate and understand dynamically what it is that you're looking to do. Don't just dive in and start creating. Before going into it, you should really organize your formatting or direction of the cause. There are other tools that are like cookie-cutters. Jira is so customizable that you really need to define what you're going to do with it.

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1292544 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of QA Testing Services at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Mar 9, 2022
Reliable, scalable, but installation could improve
Pros and Cons
  • "I have found Jira to be stable."
  • "The integration could be better in Jira."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Jira for our test management. We're using it to record our inspecting results and to regulate the evidence in the report. 

What needs improvement?

The integration could be better in Jira.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for approximately 15 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have found Jira to be stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Jira has been scalable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is an annual subscription to use Jira.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend the solution to others. I have been happy with Jira.

I rate Jira a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Cemil Uzun - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at WTECHIN
Real User
Mar 5, 2022
Useful design, simple implementation, and plenty of support information online
Pros and Cons
  • "We use Jira mostly for task coordination and assignment. Additionally, scrum methodologies defined work items and bug issues. If we create any bugs all of them are fixed."
  • "Jira can improve by making methodologies better, such as scrum and agile. Additionally, improvements in Kanban boards are needed."

What is most valuable?

We use Jira mostly for task coordination and assignment. Additionally, scrum methodologies defined work items and bug issues. If we create any bugs all of them are fixed.

What needs improvement?

Jira can improve by making methodologies better, such as scrum and agile. Additionally, improvements in Kanban boards are needed.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jira for approximately five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of Jira is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Jira is scalable, this is in part because in our company we use it on the cloud.

How are customer service and support?

We have not needed to use the support from Jira. It is easy to find information on Google or any other search platform. If we encounter an issue we can find the solution online.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Jira was simple.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The standard package of Jira is for 100 users. They should offer more packages for other increments, such as 500 or 2,000. In my previous company, there was a free package that provided a minimal number of users.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Jira an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Filipe Carlos - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager / Owner at Wintrust Financial
Real User
Feb 25, 2022
Reliable and flexible work management tool with responsive support
Pros and Cons
  • "Work management software that has the flexibility to be configured for any company. It's stable, scalable, and offers responsive support."
  • "An area for improvement in Jira is that it's not designed for test management. To use it for test management, you need an add-on or several add-ons, e.g. Xray or Zephyr."

What is most valuable?

What I like most about Jira is that it's flexible. It has the flexibility to be configured for any company.

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement in Jira is that it's not designed for test management. To use it for test management, you need an add-on or several add-ons, e.g. the most popular is Xray, or you can add Zephyr.

An additional feature I'd like to see included in the next release of the solution is the check in and check out feature for the test assets.

For how long have I used the solution?

My team and I are currently dealing with Jira.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Jira is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I find Jira scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The solution is very reliable, so support is not contacted often, but they are responsive.

How was the initial setup?

Deployment of Jira can be completed within a few days. The number of people you use for its deployment still depends on the company size, but on average, you can use from one to two people for deployment, per week.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I was able to evaluate Micro Focus ALM.

What other advice do I have?

I'm at a professional service company, and I'm the manager, so I don't work with any solution, e.g. my team works with the solutions. My team works with Jira plus Xray, then Azure DevOps, and Micro Focus ALM.

Micro Focus ALM is a very powerful solution, because you can link from the requirements to the test plan and the test lab. In the test lab, you can aggregate the test cases that you want to execute, including defect management. You can incorporate all these into a release, and inside this release, you can have several execution cycles. I'm referring to the functions of all the assets, e.g. functional testing. Jira doesn't have versioning, compared to Micro Focus ALM, so you can have different and fresh versions of the same asset. You can do that using different names, but Jira is not as well-designed as ALM.

I'm rating Jira an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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