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Jira vs Zenkit: What are the differences?
What is Jira? The #1 software development tool used by agile teams to plan, track, and release great software. Jira's secret sauce is the way it simplifies the complexities of software development into manageable units of work Jira comes out-of-the-box with everything agile teams need to ship value to customers faster..
What is Zenkit? Project management made easy. Different tools suit different tasks, just like different people feel comfortable with different tools. Whether you're scheduling meetings, tracking your project's progress, brainstorming new design ideas, or crunching numbers, there's a view for you.
Jira belongs to "Issue Tracking" category of the tech stack, while Zenkit can be primarily classified under "Project Management".
"Powerful" is the top reason why over 294 developers like Jira, while over 2 developers mention "Free" as the leading cause for choosing Zenkit.
YouTrack feels much more lightweight than Jira and additionally have all of features that Jira have, of course lacks at some analytics features, but it's more powerful at permission management and agile workflow. Additionally YouTrack have awesome integration with other JetBrains products such as incoming JetBrains Space and all other IDEs such as GoLand.
Pros of Jira
- Powerful310
- Flexible254
- Easy separation of projects149
- Run in the cloud113
- Code integration105
- Easy to use58
- Run on your own53
- Great customization39
- Easy Workflow Configuration39
- REST API27
- Great Agile Management tool12
- Integrates with virtually everything7
- Confluence6
- Complicated6
- Sentry Issues Integration3
- It's awesome2
Pros of Zenkit
- Free4
- Easy to use4
- Great for collaboration4
- Clean interface4
- Quick and simple task creation3
- Desktop App1
- Great MindMap view1
- IOs and Android Apps1
- Highly Cross-compatible1
- Following, commenting and mention (@) on tasks1
- Flexible1
- One click to switch 5 views1
- Calendar Sync1
- The 'Favorites' option1
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Cons of Jira
- Rather expensive8
- Large memory requirement5
- Slow2
- Cloud or Datacenter only1
Cons of Zenkit
- Difficult to simplify1