December, 2022
Jira Software vs. Redmine
Jira Software is built for every member of your software team to plan, track, release, and support great software with confidence. See how it stacks up against Redmine.
Jira Software is the #1 project management tool used by agile teams
Redmine is an open-source issue tracking tool. Jira Software has been the market leader in agile project management for 20+ years and continues to build tools that serve the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Manage your work with powerful agile boards
Jira Software is designed with agile best practices in mind
With dozens of templates, reports, and best practices, Jira Software makes it easy for agile teams to be successful within our products and beyond. Out-of-the-box scrum and kanban templates give your team full visibility into what’s next so you can continuously deliver maximum output in minimal cycle time.
“Engineers appreciated how Jira Software and Confluence simplified the product development lifecycle all the way from planning and design through engineering, testing, and customer support.”
GARY CHAN
Head of IT Infrastructure and Employee Services, Zoom
Give your developers the best of the best
Jira Software is the backbone of your Open DevOps workflow
With over 170+ DevOps add ons and 3rd party integrations, teams can unlock the extensibility of an open, diverse toolchain while keeping the ease and coordination of an all-in-one tool.
“Atlassian has changed the way [our] teams work and evolve. The products have especially helped the teams that are still growing their technical maturity. Departments that were struggling with technology and continuous improvement don’t now.”
CORNÉ DEN HOLLANDER
Product Owner, Air France-KLM
Keep your teams and organization in sync
Plan work and track progress in a single view with roadmaps in Jira Software
Built-in roadmaps allow your team to create a timeline of your plans, update your priorities as they change, and communicate the status of work to your stakeholders. Try roadmaps for free in all versions.
“Jira has allowed a great deal of transparency across business and development teams – contributing to a product that's truly a collaborative effort every step of the way.”
JEANNICE ANGELA
Product Manager, Rent the Runway
Map your team’s unique way of working
Workflows in Jira Software power effective teamwork
Every team has its own definition of ‘Done’ and how to get there. Build custom workflows that better reflect real-life processes, while reducing friction and enabling faster delivery.
“Once leaders and engineers saw how they could use Jira Software to create custom workflows and share them across teams, along with Confluence for documentation and collaboration, they were confident Atlassian would meet their needs.”
Evan Lerer
Director of Engineering, Redfin
Why choose Jira Software over Redmine?
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Marketplace with apps and integrationsOur Marketplace includes thousands of apps and integrations so you can customize Jira for your exact way of working | Atlassian
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Products tailored for a specific use caseWe offer versions of Jira for software, business and IT teams | Atlassian
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Comprehensive agile reportingJira Software comes with over a dozen agile reports out of the box | Atlassian
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Flexible permissionsPick and mix between standardized ways of working across your org and giving teams the autonomy to design their own workflows | Atlassian
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Smart filtering and searchJira Software’s filtering and search is backed by machine learning and JQL (Jira Query Language) | Atlassian
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Best practices playbookAtlassian has 45+ plays to help inspire your teams with agile best practices inside our products and beyond | Atlassian
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Top-down visibilityLadder up work across multiple teams into common goals | Atlassian
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Smart dev tool integrationsSee the status of work in your dev tools right where your teams plan and track work | Atlassian
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Delegated administrationEmpower teams you choose to administer their own projects so they can operate faster | Atlassian
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Enterprise admin capabilitiesEnsure a great end-user experience with enterprise admin capabilities like a sandbox environment and controlled releases | Atlassian
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Mobile appsJira Software comes with mobile iOS and Android apps | Atlassian
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Board and backlogEnable teams to plan and track, and visualize their work on a board and backlog | Atlassian
| Redmine Requires 3rd party plug-in |
Custom workflowsIn Jira Software you can create workflows inspired by scrum, kanban, or anything in between | Atlassian
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Native roadmapsEvery team in Jira Software gets a roadmap to help plan the big picture | Atlassian
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Unlimited levels of hierarchyRoll work into bigger picture goals with unlimited levels of hierarchy inside Jira Software | Atlassian
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