What is this about?

Atlassian has given customers advance notice that their Server offering will be retired. You can read the detailed announcement timeline here.

But don't panic - we will create a curated list of alternatives. This site is currently work in progress. Feel free to send us a PR on Github.


Jira Software and Alternatives Comparison

EasyProject

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: GPL v2
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

EasyRedmine

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: GPL v2
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

Hansoft

  • Hosting: On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

Jira Software Cloud

  • Hosting: Cloud
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: Yes

Leantime

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: GPL v2
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

OpenProject

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: GPL v3
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes (Free CE)

Taiga

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises (on request)
  • Link: Website
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

Tiki Trackers

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: LGPLv2.1
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: No (Free)

YouTrack

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

ZenTao ALM

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: ZPL v1.2
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes


Jira Service Desk and Alternatives Comparison

Deskpro

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary + Visible Source
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: Yes

Freescout

  • Hosting: On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: AGPLv3
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: No

Helpy

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: MIT
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes (On Premises free)

Jira Service Desk Cloud

  • Hosting: Cloud
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: Yes

Tiki Trackers

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: LGPLv2.1
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: No (Free)

UVDesk

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: MIT
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: Yes (Free CE)

Zammad

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: AGPLv3
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes (For Support, Free CE)

ZenTao ALM

  • Hosting: Cloud, On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: ZPL v1.2
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes


Confluence and Alternatives Comparison

Bluespice (Mediawiki)

  • Hosting: On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: GPL v2 + 3
  • Marketplace: Yes (Extensions Catalog)
  • Subscription: Yes

Bookstack

  • Hosting: On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: MIT
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: No (Free)

Confluence Cloud

  • Hosting: Cloud
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: Yes

Documize

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes (Free CE)

Drupal Wiki

  • Hosting: SaaS / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: Proprietary
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes

Outline

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: BSL
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: Yes (Free CE)

Tiki's Wiki Engine

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: LGPLv2.1
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: No (Free)

WikiJS

  • Hosting: On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Marketplace: No
  • Subscription: No (Free)

XWiki

  • Hosting: Cloud / On Premises
  • Link: Website
  • License: LGPL
  • Marketplace: Yes
  • Subscription: Yes (Free CE)


Latest Blog Posts

Bye-Bye-Server - Q1 Update

A lot of things have happened since October - let's get you up to speed

Jira – Stay or Leave: Top 6 pros and cons

Since Atlassian has announced the end-of-life timeline for Jira Server, many of you are now to decide on what to do next. To make a good decision, read on and learn about the top three reasons to stay on Jira and the top three ones to leave.

Betting on Atlassian DataCenter?

With Atlassian Server products being retired, customers are tempted choose Atlassians Data Center offering instead. Let us explain why that might not be the greatest idea.

A first look at Youtrack

In this series, we want to highlight competing products to Atlassian Jira and we start with a familiar name in the software development world, Jetbrains.

Five reasons to look for alternatives

The community reaction to Atlassians announcement to stop selling server products was ... to put it mildly ... mixed. There was a lot of frustration on social media - and even though Atlassian Solution Partners are trying to clean up the mess, here are five reasons why it might be time to turn our backs on Atlassian products and move on

Five reasons to stick to Atlassian products

Lets assume your business was surprised yesterday by Atlassians announcement to completely discontinue the server version of its products by 2024. This has caused much frustration and lack of understanding in the community. But in this article we want to give you a few reasons to continue using Atlassian products.

What to do next?

Atlassian has announced the discontinuation of sales and support for its own server products. The announcement came as a shock to many existing server customers. Now there are many questions - but the most important one at this time is probably the following: What are the next steps? We try to find answers.