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Jira vs OpenText AccuRev comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Jira
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
275
Ranking in other categories
Application Requirements Management (1st), Project Management Software (1st)
OpenText AccuRev
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
23rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of Jira is 17.4%, down from 23.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText AccuRev is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Jira17.4%
OpenText AccuRev0.4%
Other82.2%
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
 

Featured Reviews

AmitUbale - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient project management that's comprehensive and and helps with time efficiency
We use Jira primarily for project management within the organization. It helps us manage tasks, bug management, and tracking tickets effectively. We assign tickets to individual team members and track them easily For project management, Jira has helped facilitate efficient task segregation and…
Sameh-Hablas - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us with our compliance goals, native quality management systems and with the legacy systems in our organization
To improve the product, it needs some enhancement to the application's interface to be more user-friendly. The product has all the features that we need and we can depend upon it. My issue with the product is that it is not easy to use without a guide or a proper manual. That is my point. It is not very friendly to use. For example, we may need the application to be more friendly in other sorts of ways. If we have an integrated module that allows access to the features we want through one click, you do not need to make it two or three clicks on the screen. The interface can be better designed to easily provide access to the features you need. The feature I would like to see in the next release is just for it to be more friendly to use and to be like a smart application that intuits your movement through the application. It needs to be something that works smoothly and intelligent without any complicated navigation of screens.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the feature of assigning. Whenever I have an issue, Jira doesn't stop at just letting me describe the issue. I can also assign the issue to a developer, and the developer gets notified about it. After he is able to work on it, he can update the status and revert back to me through the same platform. It really avoids a lot of communication over email and phone. This the feature that I really like about Jira. I always use Jira with my team."
"Internally we use Jira for our own implementations and capturing requirements and our customers are using the whole tool for the whole software development life cycle. They're using it for the full life cycle of the product."
"It's a Scrum tool, so it's very easy to use."
"I have found the most valuable features of Jira to be ticketing, life cycle workflow, definition, and creation. Many of the features are useful."
"Perfect for keeping track of large amounts of bugs, tasks queries and releases for fixes."
"It is very flexible, so we can do pretty much what we want with it."
"It improved communication, as it was a popular tool, and most people enjoyed using it."
"Jira has a good reporting system. It also has an API, so we can do all sorts of reporting."
"The solution is 100% scalable. It's much more scalable than the customer's capacity for implementing it. We do plan to increase usage ourselves."
"The most valuable feature is the Business Process Testing feature, BPT, because it brings in the most revenue."
"The product has all the features that we for application managementat a lower cost."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is taking snapshots while doing the execution of the test cases."
 

Cons

"Of course, the price could always be cheaper."
"It would be very useful to have drag and drop time tracking."
"The solution lacks integration with visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau, which would be beneficial for better insights."
"The initial setup was a bit problematic in terms of getting access to Jira. That goes for a few users, including me."
"I want Jira to have more plug-ins, which will allow for more free plug-ins that help with the area of reporting."
"Tracking is important but the built-in features don't meet our needs."
"The user interface and views on different devices should be improved."
"Once a story is closed, all the records, versions, and documentation associated with it are gone. We lose the traceability of what was done."
"In the next release, I would like to have a repository for the code which is embedded. Apart from that, it has everything I need."
"What I'm missing from the solution is a repository for the code. Something like Git, for example. Some sort of depository for the code that is embedded."
"The pricing should be more competitive."
"It is difficult to gain experience with the product because resources and documentation for learning are not available."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"We are using the enterprise license which is nice because it ensures that we always have the latest versions of Jira software."
"We have a corporate license, and it is probably based on the number of people."
"I am not sure about the pricing, but I know its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"There is a monthly license required for this solution and it is expensive."
"To try this solution, use their cloud offering to get familiar. After that, it's in my view worth the money."
"Jira and its solution off the shelf are cheap. It is cheap for startups."
"Licensing is on a monthly basis, and it is based on what you use."
"It is a lower cost than other top competetors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business103
Midsize Enterprise56
Large Enterprise149
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jira?
We operate under a nonlimited license with Jira, allowing a number of users to access it with a single enterprise license.
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Also Known As

Jira Software
Micro Focus AccuRev, AccuRev
 

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