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."The product has good visualization capabilities and helps to see the different dimensions of a plan."
"The most valuable features are the ability to customize the entries and to update them quickly. Since the new version they released, we started utilizing the customization features to create specific codes and symbols for our teams that were not available before. For example, in team A each person had their own symbols and we had our own demarcation. When our project or task was completed, we had a code that we could enter online that let the main project managers know that it was time to remove it."
"I like the way the UI functions."
"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 technical support services are excellent."
"In our workflow, we utilize a dashboard. Our product development backbone relies on two-week sprints. At the beginning of each sprint, we conduct a planning meeting to discuss and challenge the backlogs. Throughout the sprint, we conduct daily sessions to review code, ensure alignment with coding standards, and address any issues. Once all tasks are completed, we proceed with the deployment process."
"I found Confluence most valuable."
"Jira Align is an easy-to-use and user-friendly solution."
"Having an option to view dependencies between projects and teams is great."
"Portfolio's most valuable features are that it's user-friendly and customer-centric."
"The documentation is very well done."
"Jira Portfolio is useful for tracking time and hours. It's easy to manage, create tickets, and change the status of delivery reports. It's not complicated."
"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 integration is very good. We've more or less integrated with everything including reporting and registering."
"The product's centralized database creates a single source of data for working groups so no data needs to be reconciled."
"Has good analysis integration capabilities."
"The framework could be better."
"There are fewer customization options in Jira Align due to how it was designed."
"The synchronization between Jira and Jira Align takes too long."
"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."
"There is no linkage between the Jira records and the overarching schedule. We maintain the overarching schedule in Microsoft Project, and there is no linkage back and forth with the Jira tasks. They are independent of each other."
"Lacks sufficient reporting capabilities."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its pricing. It also needs to provide an integrated view of how other tasks are to be tracked. It would be also useful to see the integration of Confluence, Teams, and Slack into the product. I want to be able to communicate directly with others while using the product. I am also not sure if the integration of third-party alternate workflow tools like SAP would be possible."
"n the next version I would like to see better reporting and safer plugins, as well as easier scalability."
"The query features should improve in JIRA Portfolio. For example, if I would have to create my own queries for looking into something such as what business features we have released last month, or the last three months, I don't know if I can do it. The solution requires a certain level of expertise."
"We had to use assistance for the initial setup."
"I think the solution can improve in graphs and the analysis part."
"The reporting and dashboard capabilities have room for improvement."
"The automation in JIRA Portfolio could improve, it takes some time. We have to do some other tactics to have the same integration. Manually integrating something will take more work than if it was automated, but the automation scripting in the solution is not simple."
"The solution's look and feel could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly."
"JIra is very poor at reporting."
Jira Align is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 35 reviews while JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 46 reviews. Jira Align is rated 8.0, while JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.0. 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 "Powerful, flexible solution with a bit of a learning curve". Jira Align is most compared with OpenText ValueEdge, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planview AgilePlace, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Rally Software, whereas JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Adobe Workfront, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Azure DevOps and Broadcom Clarity . See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Jira Align report.
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