Jira vs Superthread

Jira

• Software teams tracking bugs and development work
• Teams of up to 10 that can stay on the Free plan
• Organizations that already use other Atlassian tools
• Nonprofits and open source projects that qualify for free licenses

Superthread

• Small teams that want tasks and docs in one app at a price they set
• Agencies tracking client work and billable time
• Teams moving from Jira, Trello or Shortcut, which have built-in importers

Jira

• New list prices take effect October 13, 2026: Standard rises to $9.70 and Premium to $19.60 per user / month on monthly billing.
• The Free plan stops at 10 users and 2 GB of file storage.
• Annual billing is sold in fixed user tiers such as 10, 15, 25, 50 and 100 users rather than per individual seat.
• Sandbox, release tracks, advanced planning and an uptime SLA are only on Premium and Enterprise.

Superthread

• The Free plan stops at 200 cards, 4 boards and 2 spaces, and limits file uploads to 5MB.
• Pay what you want covers up to 50 members; Business starts at $6,000 a year and Enterprise at $85,000 a year.
• AI meeting transcription and the service desk portal need Business or Enterprise, and SAML and SCIM need Enterprise.
• Downloads are listed for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android; no Linux app is listed.

Jira

Boards, lists, timeline and calendar

Projects are broken down into work items that can be tracked on boards, in lists, on a timeline or on a calendar.

Customizable workflows

Each team can define its own workflow of statuses and steps and connect it to the other tools in its stack.

Bug and issue tracking

Teams log bugs as work items and follow them through to resolution, with connections to code hosts such as Bitbucket and GitHub.

Automation

Rule-based automation is metered in steps: 150 per subscription on Free, 400 per user a month on Standard and 750 on Premium.

Plans and goals

Plans connect work across several teams, and goals tie work items to wider priorities. Advanced planning is part of Premium and Enterprise.

Rovo AI and Marketplace apps

Rovo AI helps with reporting, automations and routine project work. The Atlassian Marketplace lists more than 3,000 integrations.

Superthread

Cards and boards

Cards hold tasks, issues or tickets, and boards show them as kanban, list, timeline or calendar layouts, with swimlanes, child cards and blocking relationships.

Projects and sprints

Cards roll up into larger projects tracked on a dedicated projects board, and sprints give a team time-boxed cycles for a set of work.

Pages and wiki

Collaborative documents with sub-pages, inline comments, templates and real-time editing. Pages can be shared by link with people outside the workspace.

AI agents

Agents work across tasks, pages, projects and meetings with configurable triggers and access, and are included on every plan, with usage limits that vary by plan.

Forms and time tracking

Forms collect structured requests and route them to boards. Time tracking logs hours on tasks, with timesheets, billable rates and workspace reports.

AI note-taker

Plain meeting notes are unlimited on every plan. AI meeting transcription and AI note templates are limited to the Business and Enterprise plans.

Jira

• Free$0

  Up to 10 users, 2 GB of file storage, 150 automation steps per subscription and community support.

• Standard$9.05

  per user / month, billed monthly (1 to 100 users)

  250 GB of file storage, 400 automation steps per user a month and support during local business hours.

• Premium$18.30

  per user / month, billed monthly (1 to 100 users)

  Unlimited storage, advanced planning, sandbox and release tracks, 750 automation steps per user a month and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

• Enterprise$166,000

  per year for 1,000 users, annual contract only

  Up to 150 sites, a 99.95% uptime SLA, Atlassian Guard Standard included and 24/7 Enterprise support.

Superthread

• Free$0

  200 cards, 4 boards, 2 spaces, unlimited pages and members, with AI agents, forms and time tracking. 7-day version history and 5MB uploads.

• Pay what you want$3 to $67

  per user / month, billed monthly; the buyer picks the amount

  Unlimited cards, boards, spaces and pages for up to 50 members, with 30-day version history and 100MB uploads. The page's price slider is preset to $18.

• Business (50+ seats)From $6,000

  per year, billed annually

  Up to 200 members, adding the service desk portal, AI meeting transcription, 90-day version history and in-app live chat support.

• Enterprise (200+ seats)From $85,000

  per year, custom billing

  Unlimited members, SAML and SCIM, unlimited version history, a bring-your-own-cloud option, and expert onboarding and support.

Jira

• Annual discount

  About 17% less on annual billing

  Standard is listed at $900 a year for 10 users, against $9.05 per user / month on monthly billing. Annual plans are sold in fixed user tiers.

• Nonprofit

  Free Jira for nonprofits with up to 25 users

  Atlassian's nonprofit page offers eligible nonprofits 100% off Jira, Confluence and Loom for up to 25 users, and 50-100% off its apps more broadly.

• Education

  50% off for academic institutions

  Atlassian's licensing page lists academic licenses at 50% off Jira Standard, Premium and Enterprise, and classroom licenses for students and teachers at 75% off Standard and Premium.

• Other savings

  Free Standard plan for open source projects

  Atlassian's licensing page lists Jira Standard at 100% off for qualifying open source projects.

Superthread

• Other savings

  Pay-what-you-want pricing from $3 per user

  On the Pay What You Want plan a team chooses its own monthly price per user, from $3 up to $67, with no long commitment. The page lists one feature set for the plan.