The top alternatives to Jira are Linear, Zephyr Scale and Zephyr, ranked by Staquest on relevance, shared use cases, and pricing. Linear is the strongest free option.
Staquest ranks Linear as the top alternative to Jira — Issue tracking and project management for modern software teams. The full ranked list above compares 10 options.
Linear offers a free tier and is the highest-ranked free alternative to Jira in Staquest's analysis.
Staquest identifies 10 tools similar to Jira using graph relationships, embedding similarity, and shared categories. The closest are Linear, Zephyr Scale, Zephyr.
GitLab is an open-source alternative to Jira listed in this ranking.
Alternatives are ranked by verified relationships, semantic similarity, and category overlap.
