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Project Management Comparison

Jira vs. ProjectManager

At a glance

At a glance

Jira

Best for

Best for software development teams running agile workflows.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

ProjectManager

Best for

Best for delivery teams that need one plan in several views and, a tier up, the resourcing and timesheets to report on it.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Jira ProjectManager
Starting price Free; Standard from ~$7.91 / user / month Premium ~$15.25 per user and month, Enterprise on request. The free tier covers up to 10 users. From $15 / user / month Team tier billed annually, $18 billed monthly. Business is $28 annually or $32 monthly and is where resourcing, timesheets and AI insights begin.
Free trial Free tier 30-day trial, no credit card and no user minimum
Users Not stated Team is capped at 10 users with unlimited read-only guest licences; Business and Enterprise remove the cap
API Not stated Yes, a documented API with code samples, plus connectors for Jira, Azure DevOps, Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Excel and Trello
Made in Australia Not stated
Task planning Yes, agile boards for Scrum and Kanban, with sprints, backlogs and roadmaps Yes, unlimited tasks and subtasks across Gantt, list, sheet, board and calendar views, with dependencies, milestones, baselines, critical path and version control
Resource planning Limited natively, capacity planning via Premium Advanced Roadmaps or marketplace apps Yes, workload balancing with defined working days, labour rates and availability, from the Business tier
Time tracking Yes, native worklogs Yes, time logged on tasks and secure timesheets that populate from those hours, from the Business tier
Reporting and controlling Yes Yes, portfolio dashboards and shareable project reports including status, timesheet and workload reports, with advanced reporting from the Business tier
Integrations and API Yes, deep developer-tool integration Yes, an API with documentation and code samples, plus two-way sync with Jira and Azure DevOps and connectors for Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Excel and Trello
AI features Yes Yes
Deployment more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Not stated Email helpdesk
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars, Guided onboarding, Personal consulting
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Confluence, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Tempo more entries Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Microsoft Excel, Trello

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Jira Free; Standard from ~$7.91 / user / month ProjectManager From $15 / user / month
  • Free trial Jira Free tier ProjectManager 30-day trial, no credit card and no user minimum
  • Deployment Jira Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise ProjectManager Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
  • Task planning Jira Yes, agile boards for Scrum and Kanban, with sprints, backlogs and roadmaps ProjectManager Yes, unlimited tasks and subtasks across Gantt, list, sheet, board and calendar views, with dependencies, milestones, baselines, critical path and version control
  • Resource planning Jira Limited natively, capacity planning via Premium Advanced Roadmaps or marketplace apps ProjectManager Yes, workload balancing with defined working days, labour rates and availability, from the Business tier

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Jira

Strengths

  • The standard for agile software teams
  • Deep developer-tool integration
  • On-premise option via Data Center

Limitations

  • Overkill and complex for non-software teams
  • Configuration can get heavy

ProjectManager

Strengths

  • Unlimited read-only guest licences on every paid tier, so stakeholders can follow a plan without buying a seat
  • Two-way sync with Jira and Azure DevOps rather than a one-off import
  • A 30-day trial with no card and no user minimum, longer than most tools in this category

Limitations

  • Resource management, timesheets, budgeting and AI insights all sit behind the Business tier
  • The Team tier stops at 10 users, 20 projects and 5 GB of file storage
  • Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira two-way sync, Azure DevOps two-way sync and Power BI come as a $5 per user per month integration bundle unless the account is on Enterprise

Plans

Pricing

Jira

  • Free $0 Up to 10 users.
  • Standard ~$7.91 Per user and month.
  • Premium ~$15.25 Per user and month.
  • Enterprise Custom On request.
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ProjectManager

  • Team $15 / user / month Billed annually, $18 billed monthly. Up to 10 users, 20 projects, 5 GB file storage, API access and unlimited guest licences.
  • Business $28 / user / month Billed annually, $32 billed monthly. No user limit, up to 100 projects, 25 GB storage, resource management, timesheets, budgeting, AI Project Insights and portfolio dashboards.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom quote with volume-based pricing. SAML single sign-on, native Power BI and Excel integrations, audit logs, custom permissions, unlimited projects and storage, onboarding assistance and a dedicated account manager.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Jira

Ease of use
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ProjectManager

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Jira https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira · no check date recorded yet

ProjectManager https://www.projectmanager.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.