Jira: Cloud vs. Data Center

Orchestrate, plan and track projects across teams

Find out what sets Cloud apart from Data Center

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Exclusive capabilities to unlock new experiences and advantages

Project management for every team

Flexible and collaborative work management that brings every team into one shared system to stay aligned on goals.

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Shared goals

Create Atlassian Goals to map daily work to higher objectives and track progress.

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Flexible project views

Personalize a view that fits how you plan and track work, including List, Calendar, and Timeline.

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Fit your team's style

Customize what terminology you use to better reflect your team's workflows and processes.

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Templates for all

Start with tailored templates so new Jira spaces feel instantly familiar.

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Build your human-AI super team

Let Rovo, Atlassian's AI offering, do the heavy lifting by automating routine handoffs, helping you find what you need fast, and powering agents to take on real tasks so you can work smarter and faster.

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Spend less time searching

Type what you're looking for in natural language, no JQL or filters required.

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Automate task flow

Create rules to move tasks to the next step, nudge partners, collect reviews and approvals.

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Bring agents to the team

Assign and @ agents like teammates, to move projects forward without losing oversight.

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Stay in control

Jira keeps teams firmly in charge with permissions, approvals, and audit trails.

Team autonomy and cross-functional visibility

Empower every team to tailor projects to their needs—while giving leaders a real-time, unified view across teams and work streams. No more manual rollups or rigid, one-size-fits-all setups.

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Team-managed spaces

Self-serve project configuration in controlled workspaces without needing to involve a Jira admin.

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Custom space templates

Move quickly with templated boards, workflows, and fields.

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Cross-functional visibility

Coordinate and manage work across multiple teams, projects, and dependencies.

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Live views across apps

Embed live plans in Confluence so all teams can get quick context and stay up to date.

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Critical Jira product capabilities that make your job easier on cloud

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Project management for software teams

Plan, track, and release from a single source of truth, with Rovo Dev and third-party agents like GitHub built-in, ready to help you build what's next.

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Project command center

Manage your toolchain from Jira, with cloud-native automations and embedded AI agents.

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Intent-aware search

Source issues faster with Rovo-powered, natural language search instead of JQL syntax.

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No-code automation

Build intricate automation rules for repetitive tasks in just a few keystrokes.

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Instant context

Let Rovo write your project summaries and release notes so you can focus on what's next.

Centralized vulnerability management

Centralize vulnerability tracking and improve response by connecting security tools natively, surfacing real-time context, and automating triage, instead of mapping issues across disconnected systems.

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A unified view

Connect your security tools and view containers to identify, prioritize, and triage vulnerabilities.

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Informed prioritization

Pre-populate issues with security details to help devs stay focused and minimize ad hoc interruptions.

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Immediate response

Use Rovo insights to prioritize and triage vulnerabilities, accelerating response and reducing risk.

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Data visualization

Native reports and dashboards offer critical insights into your work, so you don’t need to develop and maintain expensive integrations.

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All in one place

Visualize collective data from your entire toolchain for holistic insights without leaving Jira.

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Iterative improvement

Access scrum metrics in various views like sprint progress, sprint burndown, and issues for attention.

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No set up required

Have sprint insights at the ready to adapt processes, drive outcomes, and plan with confidence.

Jira Cloud differentiation

The leading features and functionality utilized by Jira users. Contact our sales team for a full, comprehensive list of features that appear on Cloud and Data Center.

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Customizable screens, workflows, issue types, fields, and transitions
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Custom roles
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No-code automation
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Advanced planning (Plans)
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Summary, list, timeline, and calendar views
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Goals in Jira
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Approvals
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Rovo and AI Agents
Rovo search in Jira
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Generative AI in editor
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Build and manage workflows
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Jira mobile app
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Curious about what’s coming soon?

Check out the features we’re working on in the Jira Cloud Roadmap.

Jira Cloud plans and pricing options

Browse all Jira Cloud plans to see which option is the right fit for your team.

FAQs

  • What is the cost difference between Jira Cloud and Jira Software Data Center?

  • How does the Cloud migration trial work?

  • What's next for Jira Cloud?

  • Where can I learn more about Jira Cloud?

  • Where can I learn more about migrating my Data Center products to Cloud?

  • What is the Jira Cloud Migration Assessment (JMCA) and how can it help me plan my migration?

  • How does Atlassian ensure data security and compliance in Cloud?

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