Jira Server and Data Center feature comparison
The Azure Resource Manager template and the AWS Quick Start template are no longer supported by Atlassian. You can still use these templates, but we won't maintain or update them.
We recommend deploying your Data Center products on a Kubernetes cluster using our Helm charts for a more efficient and robust infrastructure and operational setup. Learn more about deploying on Kubernetes.
AWS now recommends switching launch configurations, which our AWS Quick Start template uses, to launch templates. We won’t do this switch, however, as we've ended our support for the AWS Quick Start template. This means you're no longer able to create launch configurations using this template.
If you manage your own Jira Software or Jira Service Management site (it's not hosted by Atlassian), you'll have either a Server or Data Center license.
Your Jira license determines which features and infrastructure choices are available. We want all teams to get the most out of Jira Software and Jira Service Management, so all the core features in each application are available for everyone, including creating projects and issues, and determining workflows and permission schemes.
Feature comparison
Here's a summary of what you get with each license.
We've indicated where a feature is only available in a particular Jira application (Jira Software or Jira Service Management).
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Additional language support for Advanced Roadmaps Customize Advanced Roadmaps by using any of the 22 newly added languages that are now supported in the app. Learn more |  |
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Optimized behavior of Activity tabs Sort any events by oldest or newest first, get more control over the number of events you want to load for a tab, and enjoy performance improvements in issue view with sped-up issue loading time. Learn more | |
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Comments reactions Express interest, provide feedback, or speed up the approval process in the issue by adding reactions to comments posted in issues. Learn more | |
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Automation for Jira Focus on high-value work and automate tedious and repetitive tasks with Automation for Jira being included in Jira Data Center as native functionality. Learn more | |
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| Create projects and issues Create projects to track issues, bugs, stories, and more. |
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| Create workflows Customize the steps an issue moves through to suit your project or business. Learn more |
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| Scrum and Kanban boards (Jira Software) Use Scrum and Kanban boards to view, manage and report on work in progress in agile teams. Learn more |
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| Mobile app (Jira Core and Jira Software) Use the iOS or Android app for Server and Data Center. Learn more |
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| Advanced Roadmaps (Jira Software) Plan and track work strategically across multiple teams and projects. Plan based on capacity, track dependencies, manage competing priorities, and explore alternative scenarios. Learn more | |
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| Customer portal (Jira Service Management) Let customers submit requests via an easy-to-use portal. Learn more |
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| Create Automation rules (Jira Service Management) Auto-approve, transition, and close issues, or create your own custom rules. Learn more |
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| Service Level Agreements (SLAs) (Jira Service Management) Keep your teams on track by setting response goals for requests. Learn more |
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| External user directories Store users in Active Directory, Crowd, Jira or, another LDAP directory. Learn more |
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Just-in-time provisioning |
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Single sign-on |
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| Multiple identity providers Use more than one IdP, and disable login methods you don't want to use (such as basic authentication). Learn more | |
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| High availability and performance at scale | ||
Improved login performance Speed up the authentication process for your Jira users with performance improvements for the login process at scale. Learn more |
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Node scalability Improve the node scalability and reliability, particularly for larger more complex instances. Learn more |
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Safeguards for Index Limit the number of issue-related entities that will be indexed to ensure scale and stability. Learn more |
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Data cleanup Old projects, closed issues, a gazillion of custom fields, unused workflows - all these affect Jira and its indexing time. Keep them under control and you see the improvement. Learn more |
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Clustering |
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Stale node configuration |
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| Content Delivery Network (CDN) support Improve geo-performance for distributed teams. Learn more |
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Secure Network Connectivity between Cloud and Data Center Securely connect your Atlassian self-managed products with Atlassian Cloud products to ensure smooth collaboration between teams using different deployments. Learn more |
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Atlassian Data Center on Kubernetes Use your organization's infrastructure more efficiently by deploying your Jira environments on Kubernetes clusters. Learn more |
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OAuth 2.0 Outgoing mail (SMTP) Set up a seamless integration with Gmail and Microsoft Exchange Online with OAuth 2.0 authorization for Outgoing Email (SMTP) servers. Learn more |
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Zero-downtime upgrades |
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| Archive projects and issues Archive projects and issues once they're no longer needed. Learn more |
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Custom field optimizer |
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Custom field indexing times |
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| Bulk delete custom fields See how many issues are using custom fields, and delete unwanted fields in bulk. Learn more | |
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Cluster monitoring |
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Rate limiting |
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| OAuth 2.0 Configure Jira as an OAuth 2.0 provider, allowing external applications to access Jira. Learn more |
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| Business intelligence and monitoring | ||
Excluding events from the audit log Decide which activities you want to track in your Jira applications by adding or excluding events from the audit log. Learn more |
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Java Flight Recorder Collect performance and diagnostics information through natively built-in Java Flight Recorder to enable self-diagnosis capabilities. Learn more |
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Advanced auditing |
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| Data pipeline Export all Confluence data for analysis in your preferred business intelligence platform. Learn more | |
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| Your own hardware Run Jira applications on your own physical servers, virtualized servers, or in the data center of your choice. |
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