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Agiloft Service Desk Suite vs JIRA Service Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 5, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Agiloft Service Desk Suite
Ranking in Help Desk Software
45th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JIRA Service Management
Ranking in Help Desk Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of Agiloft Service Desk Suite is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JIRA Service Management is 6.0%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
JIRA Service Management6.0%
Agiloft Service Desk Suite0.7%
Other93.3%
Help Desk Software
 

Featured Reviews

MG
Project Executive at GT Services LLC
Our customer service and productivity have increased in quality and quantity since using this product
Agiloft has a great support team to help the process along. They are affordable, friendly, and knowledgeable. The tech support team acts like walking encyclopedias. They know databases and programming. After all these years, we hardly need to speak to Agiloft anymore. However, they have great customer support. Every time we need something from them, they make our small troubles go away quickly.
Sohaib Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Service Delivery at quixel
Comprehensive workflows and data views have supported complex teams but still need cost improvements
JIRA Service Management is costly. The pricing structure needs improvement. When I add some plugins, I have to pay the cost for every user whether they are using it or not. For smaller companies, the detailed workflow editing and the kind of details that JIRA Service Management provides would be complex. For startups and smaller companies, JIRA Service Management would be complex. The cloud offering is easier because I don't have to manage the infrastructure. There are two templates of the project: company-managed and team-managed. Team-managed is a newer feature, which is good for startup-kind companies where they don't need control over data from multiple projects displaying in one dashboard. For startups, JIRA Service Management is somewhat complex with its schemes and everything. Capacity management should be improved in terms of additional features in the next release of JIRA Service Management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Our customer service and productivity have increased in quality and quantity since using this product."
"This product paid for itself within the first six months of use, and after about six months, we started making a return on our investment at more than 300%."
"Because this product is infinitely customizable and easily developed, we are using it for other applications."
"For anyone considering JIRA Service Management, I would advise that it is an excellent project management tool suitable for product management across small to large scales."
"I think it's very easy to develop any process inside Jira Service Management, you can build any software with it."
"Jira gets the basics right in terms of the product backlog and a scrum board teams can use to manage sprint backlogs."
"What I really like about this solution is how it manages the queues, the tickets, and the routing."
"The price of Jira is very good."
"The most valuable feature of JIRA Service Management is a plugin we are using for the front end for simple user forms."
"The initial setup is easy and straightforward."
"The stability of JIRA Service Management is good."
 

Cons

"We have found the documentation a bit confusing at times. This area could use some improvement."
"We have found the documentation a bit confusing at times. This area could use some improvement."
"I feel that Atlassian isn't really interested in fixing everything because if they did, the partners that are developing the fixes and features would not have a place in the market."
"I am not familiar if there's an integration with Visual Studio from Jira."
"It would be beneficial if we could turn comments into subtasks or other JIRA tickets directly."
"We have tried exporting some of the test cases into Jira from Excel. The interface for that isn't very user-friendly."
"The product could be improved by integrating better with mobile numbers. For example, creating a WhatsApp platform would extend the solution and make it more useful."
"I think there are other IT ticketing tools that are better in terms of routing or workflows than Jira Service Desk."
"There could be more optimization, and the pricing could be better too."
"With Jira, we were unable to implement time-based automation in its ticketing system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"After about six months, we started making a return on our investment at more than 300%."
"Agiloft has by far the best entry point for both cost and learning curve."
"Jira Service Management has affordable license fees. It's $12 a month per person."
"We may upgrade the license that we have. The license that we currently have is good for 500 agents, and it's not full yet."
"The price of JIRA Service Management could be reduced."
"Licensing can become quite expensive."
"We have an annual license with JIRA Service Management, but it is billed monthly."
"I am using the free version, but my clients are paying for it. When they start, they evaluate it for 30 days, and after seeing the value, they move to its paid version."
"JSM's pricing is one of the best, starting at around $10 per user, per month, with volume discounts available."
"Costs are about $50 per user per year. JIRA is sold in user tiers of 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 2000, 10,000, and unlimited users. It is bad when you have 51 users then the price is based on that 100 user tier. Users at 100 will be the most cost effective."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JIRA Service Management?
While licensing is costly, setting up JIRA Service Management is overall good because the vendor helped me, and I also received support from JIRA support, making it a positive experience.
What needs improvement with JIRA Service Management?
I feel JIRA Service Management could be better if the APIs from the sponsoring team provided more support and flexibility in API endpoints. Regarding JIRA Service Management's API and support, the ...
 

Also Known As

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JIRA Service Desk, Atlassian Jira Service Management
 

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Sample Customers

EMC, ArcaTech Systems, Idera Pharmaceuticals, RBC, Affinity Service Group, Atrenta, DCG systems, ENKI, Hopkins County Board of Education, MVTS Technologies
mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
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