Alternatives to
9 Best Jira Alternatives in 2026
The best Jira alternatives depend on whether you prioritize cost, control, or a different workflow.
- Reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Open source
- 3
- Self-hosted
- 3
What you are leaving
Jira at a glance
- Pricing model
- Free for up to 10 users; paid plans billed per user per month
- Deployment
- Atlassian cloud; Data Center for self-hosting with enterprise pricing
- Licensing
- Proprietary; Data Center support ends 28 March 2029
- Issue tracking
- Issue types, custom workflows, backlogs, sprints and boards
- Automation
- 150 automation steps per month on free, scaling per user on paid tiers
- Views
- Backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar and summary
- Main gripe
- Configuration complexity, admin overhead and steep per-seat pricing
- Best for
- Software teams that need deep workflow customisation and Atlassian integrations
Compare at a glance
Jira alternatives compared
Short facts side by side. Filter by what matters to your team, then open any row for the full decision brief.
| # | Product | Overlap | Substitutability | Free? | Starting price | Self-host | Open source | Migration | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Plane | Issues, cycles, projects and team planning | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 02 | OpenProject | Project planning, agile boards and issue tracking | Mostly replaces | Yes | $7.25/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 03 | Taiga | Agile planning, backlogs and Kanban boards | Partial replacement | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 04 | Linear | Issues, sprints, projects and roadmaps | Mostly replaces | Yes | $10/user/mo | No | No | Moderate | |
| 05 | ClickUp | Sprints, issues, docs and reporting | Mostly replaces | Yes | $7/user/mo | No | No | Moderate | |
| 06 | Wrike | Project planning, workload and reporting | Partial replacement | Yes | $10/user/mo | No | No | Moderate | |
| 07 | Asana | Projects, tasks and team planning | Partial replacement | Yes | — | No | No | Moderate | |
| 08 | monday.com | Boards, automations and dashboards | Partial replacement | Yes | — | No | No | Moderate | |
| 09 | Trello | Kanban boards and task tracking | Narrow overlap | Yes | $5/user/mo | No | No | Moderate |
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Frequently asked
Jira alternatives FAQ
- What is the best free open source alternative to Jira?
- Plane is the closest open source match for modern product and engineering teams, with cycles, modules, a wiki and AI agents, and it can run self-hosted or air-gapped. OpenProject is the stronger choice for classic and hybrid project management with Gantt charts and on-premises deployment.
- Which Jira alternative is best for software teams?
- Linear is the closest modern replacement for software teams, with issues, projects, cycles, initiatives, triage and a free plan for unlimited members. It is faster and more opinionated than Jira, but far less configurable.
- Can I self-host a Jira alternative?
- Yes. Plane, OpenProject and Taiga are all open source and can be installed on your own infrastructure. Jira itself only offers Data Center for self-hosting, which is enterprise-priced and reaches end of support on 28 March 2029.
- What is the cheapest alternative to Jira?
- Plane, OpenProject Community, Taiga and ClickUp all have free options. Plane's free tier covers up to 12 users, OpenProject Community has no minimum user count, and ClickUp Free Forever has unlimited free plan members. Jira's own free plan stops at 10 users.
- Which Jira alternative is best for non-technical teams?
- Asana, monday.com and Wrike are better suited to non-technical teams, with visual boards, dashboards and workload planning instead of issue types and sprints. ClickUp sits in between, offering software-style sprints alongside docs and whiteboards.
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