We performed a comparison between Jira Align and Rally Software 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."Some of the most valuable features are the configurations and dashboards."
"The most valuable feature is that engineers can access the Jira database and just search for the tasks that are assigned to them. They can then update the status on their own in those records that are assigned to them."
"The reporting structure is great."
"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."
"Align enables the capture of all capabilities."
"It's easy to set up."
"Jira Align's most valuable features are the roadmap, the program board, and the reports."
"The most valuable feature of Jira Align is the overall team vision."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Kanban board."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The product has excellent customizable reports."
"We use the roadmap features, and we're getting better at using dates to use the roadmap so that we can see if we're on target for work."
"The most valuable features of Rally Software are the executive dashboards, ease of use, and many other features. They have encapsulated everything that a GI can do, such as monitoring, maintaining, and then releasing. It's continuous integration and development."
"Jira Align's setup process could be more straightforward, and they could make training and educational documentation more accessible."
"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."
"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."
"The framework could be better."
"The workflows are scalable from portfolio to individual level but can sometimes be complex to navigate."
"There are fewer customization options in Jira Align due to how it was designed."
"The synchronization between Jira and Jira Align takes too long."
"Jira Align can improve the visibility of executive teams."
"We'd like better dashboards to make visibility better."
"What I don't like about it is that it is really hard to find old work to reference information and use the reporting section of the application in terms of trying to analyze trends. If I am trying to find out which interfaces took this long and I want to compare and measure improvement from one quarter to another quarter, the reporting mechanism within Rally is very troublesome. They have an Excel plugin that you're supposed to use, but you literally have to pull the raw data out before you can do the analysis. You can't do it within Rally, and if you can, it is a secret, and I don't know how to do it. It should have better, easier, and user-friendly reporting without having to use the Excel add-in. It is very clunky. There is a lot of data in there, but it is not organized in such a way that makes it intuitive. You really have to kind of look for where do you put your documentation or dates. Some customization is available, but it is not plug-and-play like Jira. When I switched from TFS to Jira, I just went and started using Jira, whereas with Rally, you kind of have to really get in and figure out what you need to do before you set stuff up, or you're going to get yourself stuck. You can just start using Jira and be successful."
"The product needs to have more integration capabilities."
"We want Rally to generate OKRs, to allow teams to record the OKRs, and then the OKRs can be mapped to the epics and there is organizational alignment."
Jira Align is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 15 reviews while Rally Software is ranked 9th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 5 reviews. Jira Align is rated 8.4, while Rally Software 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 Rally Software writes "Useful for seeing if we are on target for work, but it is not intuitive and should have easier and user-friendly reporting without having to use the Excel add-in". Jira Align is most compared with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Planview AgilePlace, JIRA Portfolio and Targetprocess, whereas Rally Software is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, TFS, Micro Focus ALM Quality Center and Atlassian ALM. See our Jira Align vs. Rally Software report.
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