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YouTrack vs Fronter: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 2nd, 2025
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Summary
Features in Product Roadmap
25
Best performer
30
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Commenting/Notes
3
30
  • Feedback Management
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews89
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.4
5.0
User reviews10
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.9
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
4.9
Price starts from
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Companies and teams from all other the world. Interface is translated to 10+ languages. Companies and teams from startups to 1000+, IT and non-IT. A range of industries and roles within companies.

Fronter helps you effortlessly collaborate with designers to turn mockups into the design experiences. Use it to collect feedback and communicate it. It allows you to extract and solve bugs

User reviews
pros & cons
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Managing Director
4.0

Speaker 1: My name is Andrew. I'm a CEO and I'm rating YouTrack four out five stars. And for more reviews like this, click below. Prior to using YouTrack we had used a number of different products, but also because we have a number of different requirements. YouTrack, like many others, has multiple applications. Trouble ticketing is, obviously, one of the things that were initially designed for, but also sprint tracking, agile and so forth is what they now also have out the box. So Jira is the industry standard. We'd use that and, actually, those sort of things don't sit well with us because our clients, if we're using it for trouble ticketing, find it a bit complicated and some less technically able members of staff tend to struggle with it as well. So, we were looking for something that was simpler, cleaner, more lightweight, and frankly cheaper as well. So, that was how we came across YouTrack. We chose YouTrack because we're familiar with other JetBrains products and they're quite high quality and for a good price, and they're also quite lean in terms of development. Again, as I mentioned previously, we found that Jira is a little bit bloated for the sort of things that we would do and complicated. YouTrack just gives us a nice simple interface. It also allows people to drive it quite quickly once they get their heads around it. And it's just very easy to integrate, very easy to install. We run it on premise. So, there were a lot of reasons why it was good for us and continues to be, actually. Getting YouTrack up and running was very straightforward. It's pretty much just kicking off a JAR file and then it does the rest itself. You need to have a database to connect it to, but then it, pretty much, just moves over. We didn't have any data to migrate over, but it does have tools that do allow you to import from other platforms like Jira or even spreadsheets or whatever. But for us, it was a pretty painless process, and it was not complicated at all. I think it's about people keeping an open mind because people tend to sleepwalk into industry standards, and again, not wanting to dis Atlassian, but Jira is, and I've been using it for more than 15 years. It's a very capable product and that sort of thing, but people just tend to make arbitrary choice and say, "We need trouble ticket." Or "We need the sprint management. Let's just go for Jira." But it's not the only horse in town. And so, I think people who just judge on its own merits, look at the user interface, the integration, and just general day-to-day working, I think they'd be pleasantly surprised by looking at some alternatives. And there are some open source systems as well, but again, they're a little bit clunky, so it's just making sure you know what you're looking for and not being afraid to go off piece, basically.

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YouTrack

Top Features
25/30
  • API
  • Calendar Management
  • Data Security
  • Feedback Management
  • Timeline Management
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Customizable Fields
  • Deadline Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Management
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Guest Access
  • Idea Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Prioritization
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Planning
  • Project Templates
  • Requirements Management
  • Resource Management
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visualization
  • Workflow Management
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YouTrack
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Fronter
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
YouTrack
  • By JetBrains
  • Located in Czechia
  • Founded in 2000
Fronter
  • By Appilot
  • Located in Spain
  • Founded in 1
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