Jira Software Cloud vs. Azure DevOps (Formerly VSTS)
Jira Software Cloud helps all teams plan, track, and release great work. See how Jira stacks up against Microsoft's Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS).
Jira Software Cloud vs. Azure DevOps (Formerly VSTS)
Azure DevOps is a set of development tools for software teams whereas Jira Software Cloud helps teams of all types manage work, in whatever flavor of agile works best.
Roadmaps
Agile boards
Workflow engine
DevOps metrics


Why choose Jira Software Cloud over Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS)?
See what makes Jira Software the #1 software development tool used by agile teams.
Feature Comparison | Jira Software | Azure DevOps |
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Simply powerful project configurationTeams can easily customize their project workflow, issue types, and fields for the board they want and need. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Built-in roadmapsTrack progress of how projects are progressing so you can get a clear overview of your teams work and plans. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Customizable dashboardCustom dashboards are a one-stop shop for all of the information you need to organize projects, and achievements in a single view. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Comprehensive agile reportingTeams have access to more than a dozen reports with real-time, actionable insights into how their team is performing sprint over sprint. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Powerful searchJira Software comes with advanced search capabilities powered by Jira Query Language that offers teams detailed views into their work. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Native mobile supportWith Jira Software for iPhone and Android, your single source of truth is always in your pocket. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Marketplace with 1,000+ plug-and-play add-onsOver 1,000 plug-and-play add-ons from the Atlassian Marketplace extend Jira Software to fit any use case or development process. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Enterprise-readyJira Software provides high availability, performance at scale and advanced security features like encryption at rest. | Jira Software
| Azure DevOps
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Information effective July 24 2019
“Jira embraces the real agile philosophy by giving you a simple platform that is also highly customizable so that you can implement the process and elements that work best for your case/project and with a rich out-of-the-box feature set that represents elements of multiple agile project management techniques.”
Jorge S.
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