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JIRA Portfolio vs SwiftKanban comparison

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Categories and Ranking

JIRA Portfolio
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
59
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Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (11th)
SwiftKanban
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (30th)
 

Featured Reviews

Neeraj Chaudhari - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Leader : Digital Productivity Studio at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
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.
Venu Vashistha - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Good reporting, quick configurations, and helpful support
It's a cloud-based setup, so there's no challenge in getting everything up and running. The downtime should be minimal. I'd rate the process nine out of ten in terms of ease of deployment. There is a three-month implementation exercise that we control. We have five people who were part of the implementation and maintenance process. They are admins and web developers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The number one feature is that the product makes it easier to collaborate."
"The product's centralized database creates a single source of data for working groups so no data needs to be reconciled."
"Jira's Structure, agile, and Kanban boards are helpful. I also like JQuery, which allows you to fetch the relevant set of data. We use JQuery, JQL, and the Structure board a lot. Kanban boards help us monitor daily tasks, and we review the progress using the burndown charts."
"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."
"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."
"It is a good scalable solution that I have used for small projects and reasonably large projects."
"The best features of JIRA are its flexibility and configurability, allowing us to tailor it to our specific needs."
"The reporting part is very good."
 

Cons

"It would be really nice if the solution provided a heads-up every time they enhance something or add new features."
"Their interface is a little unique and I think that's partly because the core of the product has morphed into several sub-products, but the underlying architecture has stayed the same on all of them in that it was originally a help desk ticketing system. It's a very tech-focused product and that's fair given its origins, but if they really want to expand their community of users, then they're going to have to move beyond that a little bit and polish it up."
"The product could do with more flexible reporting."
"Learning JIRA is not so easy. There is a learning curve."
"The solution's look and feel could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly."
"The data query language needs improvement."
"Converting a task into an epic is very troublesome."
"The initial setup could use improvement."
"Some of the reports could be automated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is offered at a high cost"
"The price could be improved."
"The pricing continues to get higher."
"I do not believe that the product provides value for money since I feel that it is quite expensive."
"We only have nine people using it so we have a standard cost of $150 dollar per year. There are only additional costs if you exceed the limit of users, then you start paying by user. The cost is significantly higher."
"I use the free version for personal use."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The price is reasonable"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
35%
Comms Service Provider
20%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise33
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Questions from the Community

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?
The setup process for JIRA Portfolio is complex.
What is your primary use case for JIRA Portfolio?
We are using all the tools of Google, but not as a collaboration. We are using JIRA Portfolio for making the process of authorization in this process, for change control, and for software delivery....
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Portfolio for JIRA
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