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Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management vs Jira comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Alfabet IT Planning & Portf...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (14th)
Jira
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
281
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Application Requirements Management (2nd), Project Management Software (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

MS
Head of Business Agility and Development at Aqarat Real Estate Development Company
Helps us to implement and understand the status of our projects
The initial setup is straightforward. The solution's deployment takes around two months time. We have to set up the solution. We have to put in the data to ensure that the solution is working. We need to fill out our process, our tools, and our data. Two developers were involved in the deployment process. It is a self-maintained solution that requires updates from time to time. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I would recommend trying planningIT"
"The dashboard is the most valuable feature."
"My personal experience with the product was good, primarily because of the support team's responsiveness."
"ERP approach to IT (edit architecture elements as data using forms, easier for many people compared to drawing / modeling) Hundreds of predefined reports (not only for analysis but also for displaying profiles for single elements like an application including dynamically generated diagrams based on edited data) Very sophisticated meta model (dozens of man years of experience condensed in it) Enterprise collaboration features Web client for the enterprise, either on-site installation or running in a private cloud."
"The most valuable feature is the feature of assigning, because whenever I have an issue, Jira doesn't stop at just letting me describe the issue; I can also assign the issue to a developer who gets notified about it, updates the status after working on it, and reverts back to me through the same platform, which really avoids a lot of communication over email and phone."
"I found it super useful, as it is customizable for different teams and users."
"When combining Jira with Bitbucket, you have the possibility to ensure continuous integration and other functions which is highly appreciated by our software development team."
"I have found Jira to be scalable."
"Jira has impacted the productivity and cost efficiency for me and my development team, though I have faced some challenges with Jira during this time."
"I like that all of the team members on an agile team can use it. No one is in a separate application."
"Once you learn how to configure the system, it is extremely powerful."
"The customization and tailoring of the workflows have proven to be very useful."
 

Cons

"Only few predefined integrations with other tools exist, most integrations are implemented via an integration module based on XML typically needing vendor expertise."
"The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved."
"The tool is clearly not very intuitive."
"There are some features and reports we need that are not there. For example, if I have to find out the capacity of the current sprint by user and compare it with the previous sprint, that visibility isn't there."
"Although it covers the overall requirements and measurements, it'll help if they had their own test execution feature."
"The solution needs more integrations with Azure DevOps OnPrem."
"Integration with some of the automation tools could be improved."
"It is not user-friendly."
"Having more seamless integration with Confluence would really help us track our product management activity and other product details in one place."
"There are a limited number of gadgets accessible in Jira; thus, additional ones should be supported."
"The biggest drawback that Jira has is that they don't have a separate chart to show metrics for lead time, cycle time, and throughput."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license."
"I am not sure about the pricing, but I know its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"The price is quite competitive."
"I am not sure if the client is using a commercial version. I think it is on a per-user basis, and it is around 15 Canadian dollars for a user, but I'm not sure. It also has a free version."
"It depends on the type of license. In terms of subscription, it is cheap, and it works pretty well."
"The ballpark figure is about $100 a month."
"We used to be on a perpetual license provided by our clients."
"It is certainly a long-term solution for our company and for previous companies that I have worked for. They have these long-term term licenses, but I'm not sure if they really pay on a yearly basis. They are certainly using it for a really long period and for a lot of users."
"It is very cheap if you forego the local instance and stick to the cloud."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
 

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Small Business108
Midsize Enterprise58
Large Enterprise151
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jira?
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...
 

Also Known As

planningIT, alfabet planningIT, Alfabet IT Planning and Portfolio Management
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Sample Customers

FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern
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