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Campfire Interactive vs JIRA Portfolio comparison

 

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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

Campfire Interactive
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (17th), Opportunity Management (7th)
JIRA Portfolio
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

Tom Beach - PeerSpot reviewer
Works very well for opportunity management and sales forecasting for the automotive industry
I've had recent discussions with the leadership team at Campfire Interactive about several issues. They're fully aware of my displeasure with certain things. Some concerns are not related to the tool itself, although there are some aspects that could be better with the tool. The issues are more related to technical service, specifically when we have an issue or problem with the tool, the communication gap, and the follow-through on issues that need improvement. They're fully aware of that concern, and they're doing things to address it. From a technical standpoint, there are some limitations within the tool that are somewhat out of Campfire Interactive's control because it's a complicated industry to try and have one solution that fits all vendors. There are times when we go to execute reports from their system, and the data does not generate as expected. When that happens, we have to inform the Campfire Interactive IT or Support group what the failure is. They have to research and come back to us. In the meantime, we have 2, 4, 6, maybe 12 hours of downtime where people around the world are trying to use the system. Though it affects less than 50 people, these instances are frustrating.
Neeraj Chaudhari - PeerSpot reviewer
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 feature I appreciate the most about Campfire Interactive is probably the forecasting module, the way it links to IHS for the IHS forecast."
"When it comes to opportunity management and sales forecasting, I have recommended Campfire Interactive to at least 10 companies over my career, including some of the largest Tier 1 automotive customer suppliers in the world. Different companies have adopted different aspects of Campfire Interactive and have been happy with the solution."
"The feature I appreciate the most about Campfire Interactive is probably the forecasting module, the way it links to IHS for the IHS forecast."
"I appreciate the dashboard features and widget features of Campfire Interactive because it has the ability to consolidate data in bar graphs or pie charts, making it very easy to visualize the situation with new opportunities."
"I have recommended Campfire Interactive to at least 10 companies over my career, including some of the largest Tier 1 automotive customer suppliers in the world."
"Campfire Interactive is much better in terms of the dashboard and reporting."
"The combination Campfire uses for the automotive sector, particularly the IHS forecast, offers unique predictive capabilities."
"I appreciate that Campfire Interactive has deep integration with SAP, which helps a lot."
"The most valuable features of Jira are the dashboards where we see all the features lined up with the release dates in the portfolio view, it is very good."
"The stability of JIRA Portfolio is very good."
"In general, the valuable features of the tool are its capabilities concerning dependency reports and task status."
"Has many functionalities including good supervision and workflows."
"The solution helps you organize projects"
"With JIRA, you can do amazing things by developing connectors, embedding features, and adding new fields to create new things."
"Portfolio helps us increase the visibility of projects' status and management with remote workers who make up most of the company."
"The tool helps us achieve more within the stipulated timeline and budget."
 

Cons

"I can complete in Excel in an hour what might take me six hours in Campfire Interactive."
"Because we use a multitude of modules, some of the interactions from one module to the other are not as seamless or fluid. I would like to see some more fluidness from one module to the other."
"From a technical standpoint, there are some limitations within the tool that are somewhat out of Campfire Interactive's control because it's a complicated industry to try and have one solution that fits all vendors. There are times when we go to execute reports from their system, and the data does not generate as expected."
"They occasionally became overwhelmed, leading to slowdowns due to the busy workforce."
"We just went through that last month, where we had reported data to our board of directors and then came to find out that some parts of the data were incorrect, which is really frustrating."
"There are times when we go to execute reports from their system, and the data does not generate as expected."
"The areas of improvement for Campfire Interactive are in cycle plan management, forward model and backlog planning, user interface and usability, records management, price bump chart flexibility, and creation and facilitation of reports management."
"Regarding BI Reporting, the standard reporting module within Campfire Interactive primarily gives you an Excel data dump, and while there are some visualizations for creating dashboards, I found those limited for my needs. We started presenting the data to Microsoft Power BI, which is much better for generating the reports I want."
"When using a scrum board, it only shows the current or open sprint. However, we also need to see past and future sprints, which is important for planning the next sprint. To solve this, we tried using a Kanban board instead, but since we follow the Scrum methodology, it's not the ideal solution."
"Requires some effort to insert functionalities and that could be simplified."
"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."
"We are based in India; I would like the product to integrate local pricing. We earn in rupees but spend in dollars. Its pricing could also be lowered."
"If I get a feature but there is not a user story, and I want to know which epic it belongs to, it is really hard to figure out."
"The workflow needs improvement."
"This solution is not able to be integrated with other solutions because you have to upgrade it and pay for more licensing."
"JIRA Portfolio could improve new implementation because if I want integration for the complete wide frame tools it cannot provide any wide frame tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to everything else I have seen, it is very fair."
"I don't know the full scope of our subscriptions for all the modules, but from what I've seen before, it seems fairly expensive. The high cost may drive some potential clients to consider developing a homegrown solution internally if they have a competent finance group."
"It's fairly priced."
"Campfire Interactive is on the expensive side, with approximately $100,000 to $120,000 in expenses."
"We had a negotiation with them back in March of this year to extend our contract for 1 year. They were willing to work with us to negotiate different terms and a different cost of production. They were asking for a certain percentage increase, and we said that was not acceptable. They were willing to settle on a different number."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The price could be improved."
"The pricing continues to get higher."
"The pricing of the solution is expensive."
"The product is really not very expensive."
"Portfolio is well-priced - a license for ten users costs $100 or $150 a month."
"We have a license to use JIRA Portfolio, we are not using the free version."
"The solution is offered at a high cost"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
27%
Computer Software Company
25%
Insurance Company
11%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Campfire Interactive?
I don't get too involved in the overall scope of the pricing. I know what it costs generally, though I'm not an IT system or cost evaluator to say that's good or bad. We had a negotiation with them...
What needs improvement with Campfire Interactive?
I've had recent discussions with the leadership team at Campfire Interactive about several issues. They're fully aware of my displeasure with certain things. Some concerns are not related to the to...
What is your primary use case for Campfire Interactive?
The primary use case for Campfire Interactive is for tracking and sales forecasting for the automotive industry, specifically for all the products that our company sells to that market. When I look...
What do you like most about JIRA Portfolio?
The solution's tracking capabilities helped ensure we had full visibility into planned work and scheduled work.
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?
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 ...
 

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Portfolio for JIRA
 

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Rosetta Stone, Sprint, UBS, Workday, Expedia, J.P. Morgan
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