Compare Jira and Workfront

At a Glance
Jira
Jira
Star Rating
(7,607)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.8% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users Per Month
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Workfront
Workfront
Star Rating
(1,147)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • G2 reviewers report that Jira excels in task organization and workflow customization, with users praising its ability to manage tasks, bugs, and sprints effectively. One user highlighted how Jira allows for easy tracking of bugs through various stages, making it a strong choice for teams focused on agile methodologies.
  • Users say Workfront provides excellent visibility across projects, which is particularly beneficial for teams managing multiple tasks and deadlines. Reviewers appreciate how it consolidates project information, making it easier to track tasks, owners, and approvals, thus enhancing collaboration among team members.
  • According to verified reviews, Jira's implementation process is often described as quick and intuitive, with users noting the helpful onboarding features that facilitate a smoother transition. This contrasts with Workfront, where some users have mentioned challenges in setup, indicating a steeper learning curve for new users.
  • Reviewers mention that while Jira scores higher in overall user satisfaction, Workfront shines in its project management capabilities, particularly in collaborative features and data analytics. Users have found Workfront's tools for managing approvals and sorting files to be particularly effective in streamlining workflows.
  • G2 reviewers highlight that Jira's ease of use is a significant advantage, with many users appreciating its straightforward interface for moving tasks through different stages. In contrast, some Workfront users have expressed that while it offers robust features, the interface can feel overwhelming at times, impacting day-to-day usability.
  • Users report that Jira's strong focus on bug tracking and issue management makes it a preferred choice for software development teams, while Workfront is often favored by enterprise-level organizations for its comprehensive project management capabilities. This distinction can help buyers align their choice with their specific organizational needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Jira
Free
Free
10 Users Per Month
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Workfront
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Free Trial
Jira
Free Trial is available
Workfront
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
6,197
8.4
920
Ease of Use
8.1
6,281
7.8
961
Ease of Setup
8.0
2,478
7.1
403
Ease of Admin
7.6
1,585
7.9
341
Quality of Support
8.3
4,872
8.2
779
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
1,446
8.4
320
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
6,014
8.1
914
Features by Category
8.4
927
8.1
272
Tasks
9.3
674
8.8
215
|
Verified
9.0
628
8.9
217
|
Verified
9.1
650
8.8
215
|
Verified
8.8
615
8.5
206
|
Verified
8.5
580
8.4
204
|
Verified
8.2
575
8.3
197
|
Verified
8.5
596
8.4
197
|
Verified
8.4
522
8.5
194
|
Verified
Projects
8.9
611
8.9
203
|
Verified
8.7
559
8.6
196
|
Verified
8.2
540
8.2
181
|
Verified
8.4
550
8.4
197
|
Verified
8.6
564
8.4
195
|
Verified
7.8
484
8.3
178
|
Verified
9.2
603
8.5
191
|
Verified
8.3
539
8.6
194
|
Verified
8.1
472
8.3
177
|
Verified
8.1
493
8.5
185
|
Verified
8.6
555
8.3
176
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.3
515
8.3
180
|
Verified
8.3
539
8.5
186
|
Verified
8.5
522
8.4
190
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.4
514
8.4
174
|
Verified
8.4
523
8.6
182
|
Verified
8.8
576
8.6
190
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.4
450
6.0
63
7.5
448
6.1
63
Agentic AI - Project Management
7.4
315
5.7
27
7.7
314
6.1
28
7.9
342
6.1
28
7.6
313
5.3
27
7.6
317
5.4
27
7.4
313
5.8
27
7.9
325
6.0
27
Not enough data
6.9
49
Setup
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
7.9
32
Not enough data
8.2
31
Not enough data
7.8
32
Management
Not enough data
7.4
32
Not enough data
8.4
32
Not enough data
7.7
31
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.9
29
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
5.7
18
Not enough data
5.8
17
Not enough data
5.8
18
Not enough data
6.2
18
Not enough data
5.5
18
Not enough data
6.0
18
Not enough data
6.1
18
Not enough data
7.8
21
Planning
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
14
Optimization
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
6.7
13
8.4
2,163
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
8.8
1798
Not enough data
8.8
1752
Not enough data
8.9
1839
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
8.6
1745
Not enough data
8.9
1858
Not enough data
8.8
1724
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
7.7
262
Not enough data
7.8
263
Not enough data
7.6
263
Not enough data
Strategic Planning and ExecutionHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
Not enough data
8.4
27
Prepare
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.0
18
Plan
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
8.5
18
Optimize
Not enough data
8.8
19
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
7.9
18
Execute
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.5
19
Kanban Project ManagementHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
Not enough data
9.1
10
Tasks
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Planning
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
7.8
46
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
9.0
32
Not enough data
8.0
32
Not enough data
7.7
32
Task Management
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
8.2
31
Not enough data
7.9
31
Not enough data
7.7
31
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.6
29
Not enough data
6.0
30
Not enough data
8.1
170
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.7
138
Not enough data
8.5
133
Administration
Not enough data
8.5
135
Not enough data
8.7
130
Not enough data
9.0
134
Project management
Not enough data
8.9
140
Not enough data
8.7
134
Not enough data
9.0
134
Not enough data
8.7
133
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.6
124
Not enough data
8.8
134
Workload
Not enough data
8.8
128
Not enough data
8.8
131
Not enough data
8.6
127
Not enough data
8.6
127
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
137
Not enough data
8.9
140
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
8.7
128
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Integration
Not enough data
8.7
116
Not enough data
8.6
115
Not enough data
8.7
115
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
23
Not enough data
6.5
28
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
5.0
10
Not enough data
5.5
10
Not enough data
5.0
10
Not enough data
5.0
10
Not enough data
7.6
50
Communication
Not enough data
7.1
32
Not enough data
7.7
32
Not enough data
7.1
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.6
32
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
8.6
32
Not enough data
7.7
32
Not enough data
8.6
32
Controls
Not enough data
8.2
32
Not enough data
8.1
32
Not enough data
8.4
32
Not enough data
7.7
32
Not enough data
7.3
31
Project Management
Not enough data
9.0
31
Not enough data
8.8
32
Not enough data
8.3
32
Not enough data
7.9
32
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
7.9
32
Not enough data
8.0
32
Not enough data
7.6
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.6
31
Not enough data
5.8
30
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
5.8
14
Not enough data
6.0
14
AI Agents For Business OperationsHide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
9.3
65
Not enough data
Responses
9.5
39
Not enough data
9.4
39
Not enough data
9.4
39
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
9.0
38
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
9.4
38
Not enough data
9.4
38
Not enough data
Platform
9.4
39
Not enough data
9.5
43
Not enough data
9.3
40
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
9.0
38
Not enough data
9.2
38
Not enough data
9.3
38
Not enough data
9.1
38
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.2
42
Not enough data
9.2
39
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.7
9
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.0
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.4
6
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.8
6
8.5
4,098
Not enough data
Communication
8.4
2704
Not enough data
8.2
2556
Not enough data
8.2
2461
Not enough data
Planning
8.7
3186
Not enough data
8.8
3295
Not enough data
8.8
3063
Not enough data
8.7
3238
Not enough data
8.3
2686
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.6
3052
Not enough data
8.9
3469
Not enough data
7.9
2295
Not enough data
8.4
2528
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Jira
Jira
Workfront
Workfront
Jira and Workfront are categorized as Bug Tracking and Project Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Jira
Jira
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
43.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
32.8%
Workfront
Workfront
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
14.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
50.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Jira
Jira
Information Technology and Services
23.8%
Computer Software
23.7%
Financial Services
4.6%
Marketing and Advertising
4.1%
Internet
4.1%
Other
39.6%
Workfront
Workfront
Marketing and Advertising
14.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.2%
Computer Software
6.6%
Financial Services
6.2%
Hospital & Health Care
4.3%
Other
60.4%
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Discussions
Jira
Jira Discussions
Is Jira a good tool?
12 Comments
Mercedes N.
MN
Yes, it is. It's good for having an area to house all tasks required for a scope of work. Read more
What are the features of JIRA?
11 Comments
Cindy S.
CS
Allows you to setup your project as your team/company flows thru the agile process. You can see what is next in the sprint, where others are, enter your...Read more
How is Jira transforming project management practices in agile software development teams?
9 Comments
Santiago N.
SN
With jira we were able to streamline team collaboration by showing the actual status of all the team effort in jira timeline while we conduct Scrum...Read more
Workfront
Workfront Discussions
Are there any built-in training articles/videos or anything?
8 Comments
Stephen J.
SJ
Yes there is built in help with in the Workfront app. There are also online user group for specific regions and numerous communities that address different...Read more
How Important Is Diversity To You, And What Value Does It Bring?
2 Comments
AE
To me diversity is a mixture of different people with different backgrounds, ethnicities and customs working together to achieve a common goal.Read more
What is Workfront used for?
1 Comment
JF
Project management at it's finest. Lots of bell and whistles.Read more