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Jira vs SwiftKanban comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 12, 2025

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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 Project Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
276
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (1st), Application Requirements Management (1st)
SwiftKanban
Ranking in Project Management Software
37th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Jira is 5.1%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SwiftKanban is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Jira5.1%
SwiftKanban0.8%
Other94.1%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Nathan Akimoff - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at 2Help
Has customized workflows to fit internal processes and improved overall team organization
I don't have a particular customization or integration that's been especially valuable for my team, but I experienced integrating Jira and QuickBooks, which was very challenging, but it really impacted the efficiency of the whole company. I have been working with Jira for over 12 years, and I've seen it grow every year. It's a powerful product, but lately, I think Atlassian has been adding too many simplified features that look nice but don't offer the same level of flexibility, and made some fields not available through the API, which is kind of frustrating. If I could make one suggestion, it would be to focus more on improving API integration and automation tools, not just the design.
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

"We have not encountered difficulties with the scalability."
"The most valuable features of Jira are the dashboards and user interface. The processes within Jira to monitor, maintain and release are beneficial. It is a continuous development solution."
"Jira is a pretty capable product, and a lot of features are valuable. We value being able to set up separate projects and configure teams in them, set up sprints, and manage our sprints with its history tracking. These are all very useful features. It has been a very popular product for our work."
"The most valuable features of Jira are all the integrations with other systems. It's not the best in any specific area but it has lots of plug-ins and integrations."
"The most valuable feature of Jira is the reporting feature, which allows us to track our team's tasks."
"The solution is very scalable and flexible."
"The dynamic communication and the ability to customize it the way we want are the most valuable features."
"Kanban board: The board is easy to use and visually impressive to non-IT users, who found it easy to relate to."
"The reporting part is very good."
 

Cons

"I would like to have a future-proof idea of the cost and the roadmap for my class."
"There's been the odd amount of JIRA downtime (not self hosted) and sometimes tickets that can't be accessed."
"In Jira Cloud, integration with Excel is missing. Previously, I could import our Excel files into Jira, and I could also download a big Jira report in the Excel format, but now, it needs to be manipulated after that, which is not good. It looks like they've done that on purpose, but I don't understand the reason for it."
"We haven't seen Jira's progressive area so far, and we are not sure what it might do in the future."
"Sometimes the solution doesn't communicate well with other platforms. It's quite difficult to integrate things and make the data flow from A to B, to Jira, and then back to other areas."
"The solution lacks integration with visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau, which would be beneficial for better insights."
"Tracking is important but the built-in features don't meet our needs."
"We'd like to use it with non-Agile projects in the future, however, right now, it is a very Agile-focused product."
"Some of the reports could be automated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive."
"It is not too expensive. It is just comparative to other tools like Microsoft Teams."
"We have a corporate license, and it is probably based on the number of people."
"The basic price of Jira is reasonable, but for each plugin, we have to keep paying more. When you add it all up, it can be expensive. The main problem we face is we are forced to purchases plugin licenses for users who are not going to use them. For example, we have Jira licenses for approximately 450 people but if we only want a purchase a plugin for few people it is mandatory to buy the license for the 450 people who have Jira licensees. This is a problem because sometimes we need plugins for the product manager or for people in charge of the report, not everyone. For us, it can be very expensive in the end, they should alter this policy to allow plugins for only a set number of licenses."
"The price seems reasonable to me. It's very similar to Splunk."
"It is an affordable tool."
"The price is quite competitive."
"We are a regional research and education institute. We're using the free license provided for educational institutes."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business105
Midsize Enterprise56
Large Enterprise149
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