We performed a comparison between Jira and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Jira is the integration with all the different Atlassian tools. They all integrate very easily."
"The way we can define and customize the search queries for the tickets in Jira is most valuable."
"The level of stability is quite good."
"The integration is nice. We can integrate with TeamViewer and many more solutions. We need to go into Jira to complete the secure software delivery."
"It is a complete solution. It has more features as compared to other tools, especially the open-source one that we use. It is also easy to administer."
"We can cope with processes easily without adapting the tool, but adapting the tool to processes."
"In terms of product management, Jira increases productivity and visibility into the product. Those are the top benefits this tool provides to the team. Also, it's accessible to the executives and whoever wants to sign on to Jira to see what's going on."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The work item feature is most valuable. It allows us to store all product requirements. We can also link the test cases to those requirements so that we know which feature has already been tested, and which one is waiting for testing. We can also couple the code reviews, unit tests, and automated tests into these requirements. It is reliable. It has all the features and good performance. It also has reporting tools or analysis tools."
"The biggest value-add is the solution integrates well with most Microsoft products."
"The most valuable feature is simplicity."
"It's user friendly. We haven't had any issues so far. It's flexible. If we need something, we can always contact the owner in our headquarters to make a configuration."
"The solution's iteration board is good because you can track all your work with it."
"The most valuable features of TFS are the test plans. We can reproduce reusable test plans in test automation. We have a lot of queries and this feature is very useful."
"The interface is good with TFS."
"Microsoft's technical team is supportive."
"There should be a way to integrate the mobile application or in some way, make it more clear because at first instance, I didn't understand how to use it."
"Nowadays, many organizations are moving toward the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework, and this is something that Jira should be able to accommodate."
"The help desk and services management features are in need of improvement."
"The solution lacks integration with visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau, which would be beneficial for better insights."
"If Jira would be interested in offering a SharePoint version, it would be beneficial."
"I'm really new to Jira and I haven't used all of the features. However, it is quite difficult to use and manipulate. It was a little complicated for me and I don't know if it's difficult globally for others, but I had a difficult time understanding it at first. I used it for issues, epics, stories, tasks, and sub-tasks. For first-time users, Jira could be made better to help them understand."
"In terms of improvement, I think Jira (Jira Agile, specifically) can be made more user-friendly. Most of the time, when people are somewhat used to the process, they find it easy to work with. But the thing is, if I want to create a sprint, I'd like the ability for it to come out like a kind of board or something like that. For example, they could offer something like a wizard for users who want to quickly create a sprint on the spot with a few clicks. I think that could be useful."
"Jira has recently updated their UI, but more can be done to make it even better."
"The dashboard and the customization of dashboards is an area they have to work on."
"TFS isn't a great tool if you're on the cloud."
"It would be better if we could bring it out on the cloud."
"I'd like to see some kind of visualization tool for TFS that would make life much easier."
"The dashboard needs more enhancements."
"More options could be provided from the perspective of requirements management, which would help product owners to use the tool effectively."
"TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online."
"The interface can be improved and made more user-friendly."
Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 266 reviews while TFS is ranked 3rd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 93 reviews. Jira is rated 8.2, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Rally Software, TestRail, OpenText ALM / Quality Center and Visual Studio Test Professional. See our Jira vs. TFS report.
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