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What are some good Jira alternatives? We use Trello, but it's limited and plugins are needed for everything.

cglong 7y ago
I've been pretty happy using Azure DevOps for larger software projects. Disclaimer: Microsoft employee, but not affiliated with Azure DevOps
masonhensley 7y ago
Answer really depends on the size & culture of the organization. Clubhouse.io, Asana & PivotalTracker are nice, but a little opinionated (can be a good or bad thing depending on who you are :) ). I think where Jira really rubs people the wrong way is it's speed, particularly after someone customized it with a byzantine workflow or with dozens of views/reports and no primary source of truth for the team to use. Imagine a PM looking at one report and the dev's thinking another is "the one." A fresh Jira (Cloud verion on corp-name.atlassian.net) with out of the box Kanban board should work for most. There are some industry vertical plays out there that focus on Agency or Freelancing work.
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  > but a little opinionated That’s exactly the problem with Jira (and honestly Bugzilla in the same way a decade ago), it tries to please everyone and thus succeeds with no one. Trying to do everything typically ends up in bloat/complication/slowness, which seems to happen disproportionately for bug tracking and cms systems.
endgame 7y ago
Trello's the one that rolls random people's personal accounts into the account of the business they work for, right? And refuses to give them back when asked?
- hanniabu 7y ago
  I don't think I've experienced this issue.
  - JimDabell 7y ago
    This is what endgame is referring to: > Trello handed over my personal account to my previous company — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22873578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22873578
kull 7y ago
Youtrack
Aperocky 7y ago
> it's limited Isn't that the point? Businesses and people are way more obssessed about Jira than they should ever be. Jira is supposed to help organize, not become someones job.
Bombthecat 7y ago
Maybe taiga.io?

I've been pretty happy using Azure DevOps for larger software projects. Disclaimer: Microsoft employee, but not affiliated with Azure DevOps

masonhensley 7y ago

Answer really depends on the size & culture of the organization. Clubhouse.io, Asana & PivotalTracker are nice, but a little opinionated (can be a good or bad thing depending on who you are :) ). I think where Jira really rubs people the wrong way is it's speed, particularly after someone customized it with a byzantine workflow or with dozens of views/reports and no primary source of truth for the team to use. Imagine a PM looking at one report and the dev's thinking another is "the one." A fresh Jira (Cloud verion on corp-name.atlassian.net) with out of the box Kanban board should work for most. There are some industry vertical plays out there that focus on Agency or Freelancing work.

jsjohnst 7y ago
> but a little opinionated That’s exactly the problem with Jira (and honestly Bugzilla in the same way a decade ago), it tries to please everyone and thus succeeds with no one. Trying to do everything typically ends up in bloat/complication/slowness, which seems to happen disproportionately for bug tracking and cms systems.

endgame 7y ago

Trello's the one that rolls random people's personal accounts into the account of the business they work for, right? And refuses to give them back when asked?

hanniabu 7y ago
I don't think I've experienced this issue.
- JimDabell 7y ago
  This is what endgame is referring to: > Trello handed over my personal account to my previous company — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22873578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22873578

kull 7y ago

Youtrack

Aperocky 7y ago

> it's limited Isn't that the point? Businesses and people are way more obssessed about Jira than they should ever be. Jira is supposed to help organize, not become someones job.

Bombthecat 7y ago

Maybe taiga.io?