Jira vs Redmine

From $8 per user/month (Standard, indicative)

Free and open source

The base price is reasonable; the cost comes from Marketplace apps, which frequently exceed the Jira licence itself.

Free software. You pay for hosting, upgrades and the plugin maintenance that comes with them.

Free for up to 10 users with core features.

Everything, self-hosted

Category standard

Atlassian · since 2002

Established

OSS community · since 2006

• Configurable enough to model almost any process, including regulated workflows.
• The largest integration ecosystem in the category by a wide margin.
• Universal familiarity — new hires already know it.

• No licence cost at any user count.
• Full data control, which matters for defence, public sector and regulated work.
• Very stable and well understood.

• Configurability reliably degrades into slow, over-customised instances nobody wants to own.
• Performance on large instances is a recurring complaint.
• Marketplace app costs compound quickly.

• Dated interface that new team members find unpleasant.
• Plugin quality varies and upgrades frequently break them.
• You own hosting, backups, security patching and upgrades.

Organisations that need process flexibility and integration breadth above all else.

Organisations that must self-host and cannot spend on licences.