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Cortex vs JIRA Service Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

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

Cortex
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JIRA Service Management
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of Cortex is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JIRA Service Management is 9.5%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

NikhilSharma1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides comprehensive network visibility and helps us identify threats efficiently
The product could be improved in several areas. The complexity and confusion regarding product variants, such as XDR, Forexiant, and Forexon, must be addressed. There is also a need for clearer differentiation between features and capabilities within Cortex's suite, as the overlap between XDR and XIM can be confusing. Improvements in the user interface and more intuitive KQL query handling could also enhance usability. Additionally, better support for various deployment scenarios and cost management options would be beneficial.
Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's stability is generally good."
"It was easy to integrate Cortex with existing infrastructure and other tech tools."
"The solution's most valuable feature is writing playbooks."
"Automation capabilities allow for automatic ticket creation using monitoring tools."
"Developing processes is easy and user-friendly."
"The automation feature in JIRA Service Management is beneficial, and that's yet to be available in ServiceNow. ServiceNow doesn't have the flexibility to automate processes."
"The query language and the ability to create views of the data are very useful."
"The SLA, speed, the comments from agents' side, and the dashboard for agents are the most valuable features."
"A good organizational tool."
"Transparency of the system helps both internal and external persons involved."
"Service Management is great if you're an Atlassian shop already using JIRA for the development team and you want another tool for help desk ticketing. When it's all under the same umbrella, I can easily take a ticket from the help desk and move it to the development team. You can't beat that integration between two products."
 

Cons

"It's quite lagging and not very fast."
"The complexity and confusion regarding product variants, such as XDR, Forexiant, and Forexon, must be addressed."
"It would be more beneficial to integrate threat intelligence in Cortex."
"Currently lacks an asset management module that can affect deployment."
"The pricing could be better."
"Include a split configuration in a layer part to allow cloud services to have almost full admin rights in SaaS."
"During the updates, when another version gets released, whatever I am tracking at that time gets lost and I have to type it all over again."
"An AI feature that enables automation and alerts for users can be an improvement."
"Jira Service Management could improve by offering more control similar to Monday.com, such as easier automations, file addition, and sharing with different people."
"Usability needs improvement. To configure it, you need to be well versed in Jira administration. It's not very intuitive."
"The search function could be improved. We have to search a certain way. There is no generic search; it is more object-oriented search."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to its competitors."
"Cortex is an expensive solution."
"Cortex XDR is a costly solution."
"This is pricey solution. Should we move to using all cloud solutions in our business, we may move to different tools that have multiple functionality versus having a solution for each area. This would be too pricey and we would need to replace Jira with a different solution that also offers other features."
"The price of the solution is becoming expensive and it should be reduced."
"JSM's pricing is one of the best, starting at around $10 per user, per month, with volume discounts available."
"The pricing is free for us because we are an associate partner for the product."
"On a scale of one to five, with one being really high and five being good, I would rate the price of this solution as a four."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price. It's competitively priced."
"Jira Service Management has affordable license fees. It's $12 a month per person."
"The pricing is very competitive and I think that it is okay."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cortex?
It would be more beneficial to integrate threat intelligence in Cortex.
What is your primary use case for Cortex?
With Cortex, we can automate the analysis of all the alerts. We use it to automate any kind of activity.
 

Also Known As

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JIRA Service Desk
 

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Sample Customers

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mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
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