by AtlassianIssue tracking and project management
Issue tracking free for up to 10 users, with data residency, a self-serve HIPAA BAA and site audit logs from Standard.
Issue tracking with data residency, a self-serve HIPAA BAA and site audit logs on its entry paid plan, at $204.17 a month for 25 people billed annually.
Jira’s Standard plan carries controls that the other two tools here keep for enterprise contracts: a HIPAA BAA an admin can sign in Atlassian Administration, a choice of 11 data residency locations including the EU, and audit logs of site changes. For 25 people it costs $2,450 a year, the lowest listed figure in this comparison, and guests join free. The Free plan covers teams of up to 10.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Issue tracking and project management: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Jira | ClickUp | Asana | Linear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Compliance includedIssue tracking with data residency, a self-serve HIPAA BAA and site audit logs on its entry paid plan, at $204.17 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Worth the priceTasks, docs, chat and sprints in one workspace, free for unlimited members and $175 a month for 25 people on Unlimited, billed yearly. | Worth the priceUnlimited automation rules, free guests and timelines on the entry paid plan, at $274.75 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Worth the priceAn issue tracker built for software teams, free for any number of members up to 250 issues, with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and EU hosting. |
| Overall score | 8.7Best | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | No card needed | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $9.70/user/mo | $7/user/mo | $10.99/user/mo | $10/user/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Free plan | Up to 10 users, unlimited work items | Unlimited members and tasks, 60 MB storage | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects | Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues |
| 25 people, billed annually | $204.17/mo (Standard, $2,450 a year) | $175/mo (Unlimited, 25 × $7) | $274.75/mo (Starter, 25 × $10.99) | $250/mo (Basic, 25 × $10) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $242.50/mo (25 × $9.70) | $250/mo (25 × $10) | $337.25/mo (25 × $13.49) | Not listed on the pricing page |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | 400 steps per user a month | 500 active rules, 1,000 automation executions | Unlimited rules | Triage rules from Business |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Free, no paid seat | Guest seats included (5, plus 2 per paid user); read-only guests unlimited | Unlimited, free | From Business ($16) |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both | Both | Both | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Self-serve on Standard and Premium | Enterprise (contact sales) | Enterprise+ (opt-in) | On request; HIPAA listed on Enterprise |
| Data residency | Standard and up, 11 locations incl. EU | Enterprise (US, EU, Singapore or Australia), no extra charge | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ (Europe, Australia, Japan) | EU or US, chosen at workspace creation |
| SAML SSO | Atlassian Guard Standard ($1,100 a year for 16–25 users) or Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Audit log | Site changes on Standard; user activity on Enterprise | Enterprise (60 days of history) | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ | Enterprise (last 3 months of events) |
| Data export | Site backup with attachments | Task data as CSV with attachment links | CSV and PDF; full JSON export on Enterprise+ | CSV (no attachment files) and API |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Jira gives the most here on its entry paid plan: compliance controls, free guests and the lowest listed price for 25 people. Budget for Atlassian Guard if you need SAML SSO. | From its public pages, ClickUp lists the lowest price for 25 people here and the most open free plan, with guests on Unlimited. Security and admin controls sit on Enterprise, which keeps its team-control score lower. | From its public pages, Asana’s Starter plan includes the most for day-to-day work: unlimited rules, free guests and timelines. Security controls, data residency and HIPAA start on Enterprise or Enterprise+. | From its public pages, Linear has the most open free plan here and the simplest seat billing. Its lower score reflects guests, automation rules and team controls that start on Business or Enterprise. |
Evidence: Jira: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; ClickUp: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Asana: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Linear: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Jira's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 15, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Jira's pricing page, Atlassian Guard's pricing page, and Atlassian's trust, HIPAA, data residency and export docs on Oct 15, 2026; we did not sign up for this review. The pricing page has a calculator: you enter a team size and choose monthly or annual billing. For 25 users billed monthly, Standard shows $9.70 per user a month and Premium $19.60. Switched to annual, the calculator shows a price per user tier instead: $2,450 a year for 16–25 users on Standard and $4,900 on Premium. Enterprise is annual only and the page prices it from 801 users.
The plan table is detailed. Standard adds free guests, user roles and permissions, data residency, site audit logs and 400 automation steps per user a month. The SSO row reads "Requires Atlassian Guard Standard subscription" on Free, Standard and Premium, and "Included" on Enterprise. Guard's own calculator shows $1,100 a year for 16–25 users. The BAA docs say an organization admin signs the BAA in Atlassian Administration on Standard or Premium; the trust pages list a SOC 2 Type 2 report for Atlassian Cloud products and ISO/IEC 27001.
Two vendor-status notes: the pricing FAQ says Data Center (self-managed) licences stopped being sold on March 30, 2026, with end of life on March 28, 2029. And the FAQ says Enterprise has unlimited automation, while the plan table lists 1,000 steps per user a month.
Standard lists data residency and site audit logs, and the BAA docs allow a self-serve BAA on Standard.
vs Linear: Linear lists HIPAA compliance and its audit log on Enterprise; Asana lists HIPAA on Enterprise+ and data residency as an Enterprise add-on.
$204.17 a month on Standard, billed annually.
vs Linear: Linear Basic comes to $250 and Asana Starter to $274.75 for 25 people on annual rates.
Up to 10 users with unlimited work items and 150 automation steps a month.
vs Linear: Asana’s free Personal plan is for 2 users; Linear’s free plan stops at 250 issues.
The Backup manager exports the site with attachments, avatars and logos.
vs Linear: Linear’s workspace CSV export leaves out attachment files.
On Free, Standard and Premium, SSO and SCIM need Atlassian Guard Standard; for 16–25 users that is $1,100 a year on top of the Jira price.
Workaround: Enterprise includes Guard Standard.
Annual prices cover a user tier: 25 users cost $2,450 a year, 26 users fall into the 26–50 tier at $4,850.
Workaround: Monthly billing charges the exact number of users.
Standard includes 400 automation steps per user a month; the Free plan has 150 steps for the whole subscription.
Standard and Premium trials run 7 days, with no payment information required.
Jira is priced per user. Billed monthly, the calculator shows $9.70 per user on Standard and $19.60 on Premium for 25 users ($8.48 and $15.56 at 300 users). Billed annually, it charges for the user tier that matches your count: Standard $950 a year for 1–10 users, $1,450 for 11–15, $2,450 for 16–25 and $4,850 for 26–50.
For 25 people on Standard that is $2,450 a year, or $204.17 a month; billed monthly it is 25 × $9.70 = $242.50. SAML SSO, SCIM and the organization audit log need Atlassian Guard Standard, $1,100 a year for 16–25 users (about $91.67 a month), which brings Standard with SSO to about $295.83 a month (our arithmetic). Guard’s FAQ notes that free-product users on a domain it governs count as billable. Rovo AI is included on paid plans with 25 credits per user a month on Standard; the FAQ says usage beyond that is not charged today.
The export docs describe a Backup manager that creates a site backup with attachments, avatars and logos; with attachments, backups need 48 hours between them. Automation flows and third-party app data are not included and are exported separately or not at all.
From its public pages, Jira gives the most here on its entry paid plan: compliance controls, free guests and the lowest listed price for 25 people. Budget for Atlassian Guard if you need SAML SSO.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| How seats are sold | Monthly: per user. Annual: by user tier (16–25, 26–50, …) |
| Free plan | Up to 10 users, unlimited work items |
| 25 people, billed annually | $204.17/mo (Standard, $2,450 a year) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $242.50/mo (25 × $9.70) |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | 400 steps per user a month |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Free, no paid seat |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Self-serve on Standard and Premium |
| Data residency | Standard and up, 11 locations incl. EU |
| SAML SSO | Atlassian Guard Standard ($1,100 a year for 16–25 users) or Enterprise |
| Audit log | Site changes on Standard; user activity on Enterprise |
| Data export | Site backup with attachments |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 15, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Jira yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 15, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Jira yet.
Jira lists 4 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Standard (billed monthly), costs $9.70/user/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-15.
Source: atlassian.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, security and docs pages of three issue tracking and project management tools on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. How each one sells seats, what 25 people cost, and who should pick which.
