Jira alternatives
Project Management · www.atlassian.com
Jira is Atlassian's project and issue tracking tool for agile software teams, with boards, backlogs, timelines, forms, and automation.
Switching to Plane saves $949.20 / year and covers 67% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Jira alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 6 cheaper options (3 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Jira Standard at $79.10/mo for 10 seats ($7.91/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Jira’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Jira costs $79.10/mo on the Standard plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities. Jira's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: Workflow automations, Sprints & agile boards, Gantt & timeline views, AI assistant work management — adjacent | 33% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $649.20 / year 68% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Plane Pro plan | 100% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $229.20 / year 24% cheaper | |
GoodDay Professional plan · missing: Guest access, AI assistant work management — adjacent | 67% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $229.20 / year 24% cheaper | |
Trello Standard plan · missing: Dashboards & reporting, Sprints & agile boards, Gantt & timeline views work management — adjacent | 50% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $229.20 / year 24% cheaper |
Which Jira alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 67%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 67%
- Need workflow automations?
- GoodDay — from $60/mo (Professional plan)
- Need dashboards & reporting?
- Basecamp — from $25/mo (Freelancer plan)
- Need sprints & agile boards, gantt & timeline views, guest access or AI assistant?
- Plane — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Jira has that the top alternatives lack.
- Workflow automations — Automate repetitive workflow steps.Missing from Plane, Linear, Miro, Basecamp.
- Dashboards & reporting — View dashboards and reports on project progress.Missing from Plane, Linear, Miro.
- Sprints & agile boards — Plan and run work in sprints on an agile board.Missing from Miro, Basecamp.
- Gantt & timeline views — View project timelines as Gantt or timeline charts.Missing from Linear, Basecamp.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from Linear, Miro.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from Basecamp.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Jira vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Jira | Plane | Linear | Miro | Basecamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow automations from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dashboards & reporting from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sprints & agile boards from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gantt & timeline views from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Guest access from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI assistant from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $79.10/mo Standard | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $25/mo Freelancer |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Jira covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Workflow automations — from Free
- ✓ Dashboards & reporting — from Free
- ✓ Sprints & agile boards — from Free
- ✓ Gantt & timeline views — from Free
- ✓ Guest access — from Standard
- ✓ AI assistant — from Standard
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Jira cost?
Jira's Standard plan costs $79.10/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Jira alternative?
Yes. Plane has a free plan that covers 67% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Jira.
What is the cheapest Jira alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Plane is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Jira alternative with Workflow automations?
GoodDay covers Workflow automations and costs $60/mo (Professional plan) in our scenario.
Does Jira have a free plan?
Yes. Jira's free plan is limited to 10 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.