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Categories and Ranking

Basecamp
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (21st)
JIRA Portfolio
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (10th)
 

Featured Reviews

Abenazzer Tadesse - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operations Officer at BeOnline ICT
An easy-to-use project management solution with good stability and scalability
The recent update on the solution has made it a little bit complex. For example, to create a team and a project, there is a separate button that you need to click. Recently they updated it with only one button making it difficult for us to create teams or supply teams other than a project. Hence the solution could be more user-friendly. Additionally, some additional features need to be integrated so it'll be easy for other companies or project managers to manage software projects.
Neeraj Chaudhari - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Leader : Digital Productivity Studio at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Aligns with agile frameworks for streamlined project management
User experience should be more intuitive. Currently, it's not that intuitive. Additionally, a lot of querying and customization is needed for reporting. If there could be some templates out of the box, it would be helpful. Making the report creation process faster and easier with drag-and-drop features would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The app functionality and ease of seeing the different functionalities parsed equally on the screen with consistent menu access to shift between areas."
"The ease of use is valuable."
"The ability to network informally is great for communicating with colleagues."
"Jira's Structure, agile, and Kanban boards are helpful. I also like JQuery, which allows you to fetch the relevant set of data. We use JQuery, JQL, and the Structure board a lot. Kanban boards help us monitor daily tasks, and we review the progress using the burndown charts."
"The product's centralized database creates a single source of data for working groups so no data needs to be reconciled."
"The solution is simple to use."
"The best features of JIRA are its flexibility and configurability, allowing us to tailor it to our specific needs."
"The graphics and the resolution of the work are very good."
"The stability of JIRA Portfolio is very good."
"We have found the solution to be stable."
"With JIRA Portfolio, you can do your portfolio after projects and right away you are able to see all the tickets of your portfolio."
 

Cons

"Formalized area to store contact information indexed in a way that can pre-populate other areas would be helpful."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The product isn't easy to use. It's not very intuitive."
"With Jira, an issue that arises is the length of time it takes to show certain data."
"Learning JIRA is not so easy. There is a learning curve."
"Their interface is a little unique and I think that's partly because the core of the product has morphed into several sub-products, but the underlying architecture has stayed the same on all of them in that it was originally a help desk ticketing system. It's a very tech-focused product and that's fair given its origins, but if they really want to expand their community of users, then they're going to have to move beyond that a little bit and polish it up."
"Another thing could be to have an easy way to manage the Portfolio and have more ways to share and to show graphics and reports"
"We had to use assistance for the initial setup."
"We would love to be able to have direct contact with Atlassian."
"JIra is very poor at reporting."
"We would love to be able to have direct contact with Atlassian. Currently, they are not working directly with West African countries. We are considering using JIRA Align, but when we contact them, they say that as we are in West Africa, they don't directly work with West Africa."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I use the free version for personal use."
"This solution has a comparable pricing in comparison to other similar products on the market."
"The pricing continues to get higher."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a six."
"Portfolio is very expensive, costing on average $2000-3000 per user per month."
"There are free plugins available, but most of them are at an additional cost. Additionally, other services are an extra cost."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The product is really not very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Security Firm
8%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise33
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JIRA Portfolio?
I am part of the delivery team and am not exposed to the commercial information. However, from what I understand, JIRA is competitively priced. It is not considered expensive in the market.
What needs improvement with JIRA Portfolio?
The setup process for JIRA Portfolio is complex.
What is your primary use case for JIRA Portfolio?
We are using all the tools of Google, but not as a collaboration. We are using JIRA Portfolio for making the process of authorization in this process, for change control, and for software delivery....
 

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