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Compare Jira Software Cloud and Data Center

Explore how Jira Software Cloud and Data Center features compare as you assess your team’s needs.

Get more with Jira Software Cloud

Accelerate your team’s delivery with the Jira Software you know and love reimagined in the Cloud.

Automate with a few clicks

Automate repetitive processes, save time, and keep Jira up to date with a built-in, no-code rule builder.

Connect your work and tools

Jira automation works across the tools you love like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Bitbucket, GitHub, and more.

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Focus on continuous improvement

Access data at the right time so teams can work smarter, monitor performance, and continuously improve.

Become even more Agile

With sprint commitment, progress, and burndown insights, you can help make Agile your teams’ number-one priority.

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Track the big picture

Ladder your work up to the epic level to see your team’s progress in real-time.

Get ahead of dependencies

Visualize dependencies within your team so you’re able to account for them when you’re making plans.

Jira roadmaps

Compare features side by side

Get a high-level comparison for your deployment options, and find out how features vary across Jira Software Cloud and Data Center.

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Cloud Recommended

Atlassian is all-in on a Cloud-first future to help you plan, track, and release great software.

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Win back valuable time for teams with no-code automation and tighter integrations across your toolchain

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Reallocate infrastructure costs and IT resources to strategic business priorities

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Get built-in security, privacy, compliance, and reliability

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Data Center

Data Center is for customers who must maintain a self-managed, behind the firewall environment.

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Continued investment in the areas of performance & scale, security & compliance, and infrastructure & operations

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Flexible deployment options including on-premise, infrastructure as a service, and Kubernetes 

Jira Software Cloud Demo: Top 10 differences in Cloud

Feature

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Productivity

Primary navigation search

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Project issue navigator

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Issue view

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Built-in automation

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Screens, workflows, issue types, fields, and transitions experience

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Limited functionality

Centralized dashboard in “Your work”

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Limited functionality

Team-managed projects

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New Atlassian editor

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Predictive smarts

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In-product help

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Toggle project features

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Dark mode

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Agile for everyone

Agile reporting

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Capacity planning

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Scrum and Kanban boards

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Customizable boards

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Advanced Planning

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Roadmaps

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Dependency management

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Deployment and administration

Project archiving

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Admin insights

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Limited functionality

Custom roles

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Quick setup user management

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Project trash

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IP allowlisting

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Sandbox

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Release tracks

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Security and data management

Mobile device management

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Data residency

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Audit logs

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Advanced permissions

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Password policies

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Mobile application management

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Business continuity & disaster recovery

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Apps, integrations and customization

Atlassian Marketplace apps

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Built-in integrations

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Jira Mobile app

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Scale, performance and availability

Guaranteed uptime SLA

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Project auto re-indexing

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You can also view Jira Software plans and pricing or check out features we’re working on in the Jira Software Cloud Roadmap.

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Try Standard and Premium Cloud features for up to 12 months free with your Cloud migration trial.


Frequently asked questions

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To stay supported, choose to migrate to Jira Software Cloud or Data Center. Learn what this means for you.

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To calculate and compare your costs, use our personalized calculator. You can also learn more about the differences between Jira Software's Cloud plans and pricing here.

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The Cloud migration trial is fully functional, so you can use it just as you’d use any Cloud site to explore features and test your migration. Unlike our standard 7-day trials, your Cloud migration trial matches the remaining duration of your Server maintenance or Data Center subscription.

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We offer the Cloud migration trial to Jira Software Server or Data Center customers with a Commercial or Academic license and 11+ users. If your remaining Server maintenance or Data Center subscription is less than 60 days or has already expired, you can still enjoy your free trial for 60 days.

Jump-start your Cloud migration

Try Standard and Premium Cloud features for up to 12 months free with your Cloud migration trial.