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Jira alternatives: project trackers for small teams that do not want to pay per seat
Zohaib KhalidPrices checked between and
A team outgrows Jira’s free tier at ten users and lands on a per-user price that rises with every hire, plus a product that assumes a Jira administrator. A Jira alternative for a small team needs boards and sprints, issues with sub-tasks and custom fields, comments with mentions and reports — and should not need configuring for a week. Below are the options that fit, with published prices, and what Jira still does that they do not.
Why teams look past Jira
Usually pricing and packaging, not the product
Jira is atlassian's issue and project tracker: backlogs, boards, sprints, workflows and reporting for software and business teams. The reasons a team shops around are almost always about how it is sold.
- The free tier stops at ten users; Standard is billed per user.
- Workflows, schemes and permissions need an administrator to keep tidy.
- Cross-project plans and advanced roadmaps are Premium features.
- The tracker knows nothing about who is on which client or what the hours cost.
The shortlist
5 options, including Jira and Orbiz
Published prices from each vendor's page. Orbiz is one row, not the answer — the last column says when each one is the better pick.
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| Product | Small-team price | Free tier | Why it is on the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orbiz CadenceProject tracking · one of ten tools on the platform | No per-user price. One flat fee per organisation for all ten tools and unlimited members, from $99 a month billed annually. | No free plan; a working organisation to evaluate before any commitment. | Scrum or kanban per project, sprints and custom fields with no per-seat price, and issues that know which client project they belong to. |
| JiraPer user per month with a falling unit price as seats rise; annual billing in user tiers; four plans. | Standard: $9.05 per user a month billed monthly for up to 100 users; flat annual tiers from $900 a year for 1–10 users. | Free: up to 10 users, 2 GB storage, community support, limited automation runs. | The incumbent. Best for: Engineering organisations whose process depends on Marketplace add-ons and automation rules. |
| LinearPer user per month, billed yearly; a free tier with unlimited members; Enterprise by quote, annual only. | Basic: $10 per user a month billed yearly. Business $16. Monthly-billing figures are not in the page text. | Free: unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, 10 MB uploads, the agent platform and Linear Agent. | The nearest thing to Jira for engineers who want speed over configuration; free up to 250 issues. |
| ClickUpPer user per month, billed yearly or monthly; Free Forever tier; AI as a paid add-on; Enterprise by quote. | Unlimited: $7 per user a month billed yearly, $10 monthly. Business $12 / $19. AI add-ons: Brain AI $9, Everything AI $28 per user. | Free Forever: unlimited tasks and members, 60 MB storage, 5 Spaces. | For teams who want docs, whiteboards and goals in the tracker as well as issues. |
| AsanaPer user per month; a free Personal tier for two users; AI requests metered beyond a monthly allowance; Enterprise by quote. | Starter: $10.99 per user a month billed annually, $13.49 monthly. Advanced $24.99 / $30.49. | Personal: 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views, 100 MB per file. | If the work moving off Jira is cross-functional — launches, approvals, goals — rather than engineering tickets. |
Vendor prices are US list prices in USD as published on each vendor's own pricing page between and , annual billing where the vendor offers it, without first-year promotions. Each product name links to that page. Vendors change prices; if a figure here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it. Orbiz prices are on the pricing page, one flat figure per organisation by headcount band.
Orbiz Cadence
What Cadence covers — and what Jira does that it does not
What Orbiz Cadence does for a team leaving Jira, and the two things Jira does that it does not. Keep both in view when you decide.
Included in Cadence
- Scrum or kanban chosen per project, with a backlog and sprints
- Issues with sub-tasks, custom fields, bulk actions, attachments, and comments with mentions
- CSV issue import, global search and boards that update live
- Delivery reports, with sprints and bug counts feeding Trackline milestones
Where Jira is ahead
- The Atlassian Marketplace and deep integration with Confluence, Bitbucket and Jira Service Management
- Enterprise governance: multi-site management, unlimited automation, a 99.95% SLA and 24/7 support
If either of those is the reason you use Jira, keep it. The case for Orbiz is the platform around the tool, not a longer feature list.
FAQ
Questions about leaving Jira
Can Orbiz Cadence replace Jira for a software team?
Can we import our Jira issues?
How does Cadence connect to time and cost?
Leaving Jira? Price the whole stack instead.
Tell us your team size and the tools you pay for today. You get one flat figure that covers all nine Orbiz tools, and a working organisation to try.