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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atlassian Jira

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAtlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.

    $9

    per month per user

    Jama Connect

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Jama Connect® is a Requirements Management software and Requirements Traceability solution. Jama Software enables teams to manage product requirements and enable Live Traceability™ across the development process, in order to reduce cycle times and improve product quality.N/A
    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraJama Connect
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraJama Connect
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.
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    Community Pulse
    Atlassian JiraJama Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Each application comes with their advantages. Jira Software is one for the tools famous among our Post Market Surveillance and Engineering teams due to its simple application structure. Provide easy tracking and navigation through the tool which helps with monitoring more …
    Incentivized
    Jama Software
    Chose Jama Connect
    It’s easier to use, easier to trace requirements and verification and has a better UI

    These other tools feel more like glorified excel sheets whereas Jama actually feels intentional with being an ALM tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Focused on Requirements Engineering.
    Intuitive
    User Interface
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    easier to use with better UI and versioning etc.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Jama Connect was the perfect balance between cost, usability and scalability that our company desired. Helix was definitely cheaper but didn't offer the usability or scalability perks. Codebeamer missed the mark on cost and was designed more for a software centric requirement …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Cannot give an answer as since I have taken over this application and I don't know how we did it before.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Functionlity is there and ease of use
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Jama Connect is more straightforward than these systems but not quite as versatile or comprehensive. I would choose those other systems if I were at a very large company working on very complex systems (which I am not).
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Better online access, risk traceability, and impact analysis
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    I really liked Cradle as it seemed to be very full-featured. BUT, my liking for it was predicated on my being a daily user of the tool; it took me a while to get familiar with the tool. What was certainly true of Cradle in my experience was that it was VERY challenging to get …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
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    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Polarion did not have the outside sales support that Jama Connect has. Polarion seems better suited for an Agile development lifecycle rather than an evergreen repository of requirements, design features, and verifications.

    Excel is the low-cost/low-feature requirements …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    From a technical point of view, DOORS is much more customizable than Jama Connect, and this is more useful when talking about SW related requirements; when talking about system related requirements, Jama Connect is well suited with respect to DOORS, in the sense that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Jama brings requirements engineering to the 21st century and sets up the bar to measure other tools. DOORS and DNG never managed to make this jump and stayed in the past.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    We originally looked at Connect (Contour) and Doors as we wanted to move away from Word documents. Contour was much easier to use and had a better collaboration environment. The was many years ago; I haven't done any comparison in the last 5+ years.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    I haven't used the other tools in some time, but I know I prefer Jama over Jira and MS Project. Again, this is skewed based on the fact that I haven't used the other 2 tools in years. Jama is used more by clients whom I work with so it seems to be more of a market leader than …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Ease of access. I've used so many test management tools.
    So far the user friendliness with Jama was top notch. Anyone can easily understand the flow of the application. It's best in tracking the status and checking the version of the final test case. Currently I'm using Q test …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Alternatives to Jama for us is Google Sheets. I have spent significant amount of time getting the team away from sheets as a source of truth. The added features of Jama has helped the team transition to Jama for the source of truth for requirements.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    We tried to do with Requirements management with Confluence and other Atlassian marketplace tools. The Jama traceability is still the overriding decider for staying with Jama. FYI, we paid for Jama/tasktop for several years without doing the integration - you would think that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Jama does the requirements management piece better than anyone else, which is why we chose it. The cost was hard to swallow, given the limitations of the other areas of the product (test management, risk management). Products like Helix are better for testing, but are pretty …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Jama Connect suites better our needs for System of Systems management. The user interface is more friendly and easy to understand.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    I have mostly worked with ALM and JIRA Software. they are good enough to gather the requirements but not much like Jama software. JIRA doesn't provide approval mechanism and ALM doesn't provide traceability and reuse or reviews functionalities so in all of them Jama is better …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    JIRA is way more costly than Jama. Plus, Jama is more user friendly
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    It is better suited for our uses.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Atlassian JiraJama Connect
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and Jama Connect
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    Jama Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Jira and Jama Connect
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    9.9
    2 Ratings
    Jama Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraJama Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (190 ratings)
    8.8
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (35 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (31 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    5.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)