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Jira vs Bitbucket: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 24th, 2025
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Data Security
NA
Code Development
NA
Code Editing
NA
Continuous Deployment
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Continuous Integration
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% Fit
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Feature ratings
Data Security
NA
Code Development
NA
Code Editing
NA
Continuous Deployment
4.5
Continuous Integration
4.3
User satisfaction
4.4
User reviews15,037
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.2
4.6
User reviews1,340
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
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jake d
CEO
4.0

Jake D.: My name is Jake, my company is Uni. We are one to 10 people, and my score for Jira was a four. Before we were using Trello and we didn't like it as much as Jira, because it really only was good for task management, but the tickets and organizing complex projects weren't as strong on it. We also really liked the documentation and the ability to do other things in Jira that Trello didn't offer. So in general just as we grew and had more engineers to manage and more complex software projects to manage, Jira became a better fit for our company. I chose Jira first and foremost, because the devs at my company really liked it and had experience working on it. It also allowed us to manage a front-end and backend team more easily and collaborate with ease compared to the other products we were looking at. It was affordable for startups and also supported us scaling all the way up if we were to grow our org to be much larger. As I had used it in previous companies that were bigger enterprises and saw it used for everything from documentation to ticket management to product management and development, so it just made the most sense for our org as we grew and was very affordable. Getting started with Jira was pretty easy, it took us about a week. We had a designated project manager who went about kind of setting up every user and getting the board set up the way we needed. We had engineering leads trained in how to do ticketing and how to move tickets from beginning to end pretty quickly. I think a lot of people use Jira and have experience with it coming out of school or bootcamp, so it was a pretty easy switch for us. Coming over from Trello, we found it was pretty fast to recreate the tickets and our processes from that. I think my biggest recommendation is just making sure that the engineers really want it. I think that project managers, it really caters to and has a great amount of tools for documenting, doing product recs, doing task management, QA, all of that. But I think if the devs aren't comfortable using it for pointing, using it for work management, it kind of gets out of line or doesn't get set up in a proper way. So, asking your developers to make sure that that's the tool they want and making sure it's set up in a way that's optimal for them I think makes it a much smoother transition, and easier for the business leads and product leads to engage with as well.

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Renato C
CTO
4.0

Renato: Hello, I'm Renato and I'm head of engineering. I give Bitbucket a rating of four stars out of five. For more information, click on the link below. Other tools, depending on the environment, let's say. So GitHub for open source products and a Microsoft tool for working with dot net projects. Bitbucket, feature set is pretty much on par with GitHub's, but the pricing model is much more favorable for small and medium team sizes. You can just register an account with an email. You confirm your email and you are ready to go. You can create a company or you can just use your personal handle to upload or create and upload repositories. It's just as simple as that. It's free for teams of up to 10 people. So there's nothing to lose. You create your account, you invite your teammates, you can upload your report and start working with them. You can use Sourcetree or any other client you want to use, even the common line. You upload your code, you create your branches, your PRs, and you work with your team. If you like it, there are more feature on the pro version, or you can just invite more people from your team, if it's made of more than 10 people, and get the base subscription. But it's super easy to get started, and again, if you are up to 10 people, you can use it for free.

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Bitbucket
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
Jira
  • By Atlassian
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
Bitbucket
  • By Atlassian
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
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