Issues & boards
Per-user pricing punishes stakeholders who only need to read, and the UI feels heavy on every navigation.
What people actually say
✕The interface feels cluttered and complex for new users — heavy, clunky, and slow to load compared to lightweight alternatives.
Source: G2 — Jira pros and cons ↗✕Per-user pricing scales poorly at $5-$15/user above competitor pricing, and Marketplace apps often cost as much as the Jira license itself.
Source: TitanApps — Jira pricing 2026 ↗✕Long-time users describe Jira as still unbelievably slow even on properly configured instances, with page loads in the multi-second range.
Source: Hacker News — I fucking hate Jira ↗
A Postgres-backed issue store with Next.js boards and a Server-Component-rendered backlog that loads in under a second. Every employee gets a login — execs, PMs, support, finance — without a per-seat invoice each time someone wants to comment on a ticket.