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It's a Plan vs Jira
Short answer: Pick It's a Plan if you want issue tracking with AI agents; pick Jira if you want AI-augmented issue and project tracking. It's a Plan has a free plan, paid from $24/month; Jira has a free plan, paid from $13.08/month per user.
It's a PlanThe open source, self-hosted alternative to Linear and Jira.
JiraIssue and project tracking for software teamsWhich to pick
Pick It's a Plan if you want…
- Issue tracking with AI agents
- Open-source code (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
- Integrations with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (on It's a Plan's list, not Jira's)
Pick Jira if you want…
- AI-augmented issue and project tracking
- Large enterprise teams
- Integrations with Confluence, Loom or Rovo (on Jira's list, not It's a Plan's)
Side by side
- What it is
- It's a Plan:An open-source issue tracker you host yourself. Assign an issue to an AI agent the way you would to a teammate.
- Jira:Jira is an issue and project tracking platform that adds AI agents to plan, orchestrate, and execute work.
- Best for
- It's a Plan:Issue tracking with AI agents
- Jira:AI-augmented issue and project tracking
- Who it’s for
- It's a Plan:Software teams, solo founders, agencies and support desks
- Jira:Software teams and non-technical groups that need collaborative project management.
- Pricing
- It's a Plan:Freemium
- Jira:Freemium
- Starting price
- It's a Plan:$24/month (Pro monthly)
- Jira:$13.08/month per user (Standard)
- Free plan or trial
- It's a Plan:Free plan (Community)
- Jira:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Plans
- It's a Plan:Community $0 forever · Pro yearly $240 per year · Pro monthly $24 per month
- Jira:Free $0 · Standard $13.08 per user / month · Premium $28.08 per user / month
- Open source
- It's a Plan:Yes, 2,293 GitHub stars
- Jira:—
- Works with
- It's a Plan:Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
- Jira:Confluence, Loom, Rovo, Teamwork Graph, CLI, Atlassian Analytics, Data Lake
It's a Plan features
- Give issues to AI agents. Delegate an issue to an agent like you would to a teammate. It comments, moves the issue and hands it back for review.
- Board, table, timeline, calendar. Save any layout and filters as a view, for yourself or the whole team.
- Agents on a schedule. Run an agent every morning, every Friday, or when an issue changes state.
- Any model or your own CLI. Hosted agents use your API key. Local ones run Claude Code or Codex on your machine.
- Dashboards. 11 widgets, from burnup to agent health. The numbers update by themselves.
- Roles per project. Build a role by ticking what it can read, create, edit and delete.
- API, MCP and Git. REST API, an MCP server with 200+ tools, and pull requests from GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.
- Runs on your server. One click on Railway, or docker compose up -d on your own server. Coolify and Kubernetes work too. With Pro, Fast Deploy sets up a server on your Hetzner, Vultr or DigitalOcean acc
Jira features
- AI agents (Rovo). AI teammates research, draft, and act on tasks directly inside Jira.
- Teamwork Graph CLI. Provides terminal access for AI agents to move from context to action.
- AI Search. Enterprise search across Jira, Confluence and connected apps with direct answers.
- Cross-team planning. Plans allow tracking work across multiple teams, dependencies and capacity.
- Automation steps. Automate repetitive tasks with up to 7,500 steps per user per month on Enterprise.
- Whiteboards & video. Integrated Loom whiteboards and video recordings for async collaboration.
It's a Plan vs Jira FAQ
What is the difference between It's a Plan and Jira?+
Jira is now cloud-only and charges per seat. It's a Plan is simpler, runs on your server, and AI agents can take issues.
Should I use It's a Plan or Jira?+
Pick It's a Plan if you want issue tracking with AI agents, open-source code (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) or integrations with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (on It's a Plan's list, not Jira's). Pick Jira if you want AI-augmented issue and project tracking, large enterprise teams or integrations with Confluence, Loom or Rovo (on Jira's list, not It's a Plan's).
Is It's a Plan or Jira free?+
It's a Plan has a free plan (Community); paid plans start at $24/month (Pro monthly). Jira has a free plan; paid plans start at $13.08/month per user (Standard).
Which is cheaper, It's a Plan or Jira?+
It's a Plan starts at $24/month (Pro monthly) and Jira starts at $13.08/month per user (Standard); the plans are billed differently, so compare what's included.
Is It's a Plan or Jira open source?+
It's a Plan is open source (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Jira.
Do It's a Plan and Jira integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: It's a Plan lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub and 2 more; Jira lists Confluence, Loom, Rovo, Teamwork Graph and 3 more.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.