We performed a comparison between Jira Align and JIRA Portfolio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Defect tracking and dashboards are the most valuable features of Jira Align."
"The product has good visualization capabilities and helps to see the different dimensions of a plan."
"The reporting structure is great."
"I've had no issues with Align's stability."
"The OKR experience is great."
"Align enables the capture of all capabilities."
"Velocity and reporting provide good visibility, burndown charts, and particularly velocity measurement."
"The tool helps us to stick with the timeline and budget of our projects. It also helps me to identify dependencies and red flags and intervene wherever possible. I have found the key metrics tab also useful."
"The most valuable feature of JIRA Portfolio is the visuals it provides rather than Kanban boarded tickets."
"Managing product development and managing inter-team communications are also valuable features."
"Has many functionalities including good supervision and workflows."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable feature of the JIRA Portfolio is for managing teams of 10 or more. It can track the program level and portfolio. There are plenty of beneficial features, such as the hierarchy-level view, customization, and structure plugin."
"The most valuable feature of the JIRA Portfolio is the many features it provides, such as code integration, documentation, roadmap, and Eclipse. The solution is useful for product managers."
"The most valuable feature for me is the visualization and organizing of the tasks. We can have a pick, and then we can stick the multiple issues under that, and then we can again have a sort of hierarchical installation, and that's very useful."
"In general, the valuable features of the tool are its capabilities concerning dependency reports and task status."
"Jira Align should reduce the many information fields we need to provide while closing defects."
"There are fewer customization options in Jira Align due to how it was designed."
"Deployment was very complex."
"Jira Align's setup process could be more straightforward, and they could make training and educational documentation more accessible."
"Other companies that are competitors of Jira and Confluence, they are able to create their active directories for the vendors that don't come in internally."
"Lacks sufficient reporting capabilities."
"The synchronization between Jira and Jira Align takes too long."
"The tool's corporate pricing is expensive."
"There should be an integration of efforts between the cloud service providers' side and JIRA Portfolio."
"If you want to generate a report for individual usage, it's difficult."
"It's got kind of a steep learning curve."
"The HR aspect of the solution could be improved."
"The solution's look and feel could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly."
"Currently lacks AWS integration."
"The kanban board could also use some more filters. We just had a project where the deployment for Jira didn't have any ETA, and it's a requirement for the client. We accommodate a lot of issues on the board, so the workaround was to create boards by project, not client."
"The interface JIRA Portfolio could improve."
Jira Align is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 20 reviews while JIRA Portfolio is ranked 5th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 30 reviews. Jira Align is rated 8.0, while JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Jira Align writes "Creates visibility, has lots of reports, and removes silos". On the other hand, the top reviewer of JIRA Portfolio writes "Great roadmapping, reasonably priced, and good support services". Jira Align is most compared with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planview AgilePlace, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Targetprocess and Rally Software, whereas JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Smartsheet, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Adobe Workfront, Microsoft Project Server and Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management. See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Jira Align report.
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