How much does Jira cost in 2026?

Quick Answer: Jira Cloud: Free for 10 users, Standard $8.15/user/mo (500 automation runs), Premium $16/user/mo (1,000 runs + advanced roadmaps). Data Center self-hosted from $42K/year (500 users). 50-user Standard team costs $408/month. Full Atlassian stack adds Confluence + Bitbucket.

Jira Pricing (as of April 2026)

Jira Cloud Plans

Plan Price Users Automation Rules Key Features
Free $0 Up to 10 100 runs/month Scrum + Kanban boards, backlog, 2 GB storage
Standard $8.15/user/month Up to 50,000 500 runs/user/month Advanced permissions, audit logs, 250 GB storage
Premium $16/user/month Up to 50,000 1,000 runs/user/month Advanced roadmaps, sandbox, IP allowlisting, unlimited storage
Enterprise Custom Unlimited Unlimited Cross-site analytics, Atlassian Access, 99.95% SLA

Jira Data Center (Self-Hosted)

Users Annual License
500 $42,000/year
1,000 $72,000/year
2,000 $120,000/year
10,000 $300,000/year

Data Center is for organizations requiring self-hosted deployment for compliance, data residency, or infrastructure control. Includes all Premium features plus full infrastructure ownership.

Cost at Scale (Cloud)

Team Size Free Standard Premium Annual Standard Annual Premium
10 users $0 $82/mo $160/mo $978/yr $1,920/yr
25 users N/A $204/mo $400/mo $2,445/yr $4,800/yr
50 users N/A $408/mo $800/mo $4,890/yr $9,600/yr
100 users N/A $815/mo $1,600/mo $9,780/yr $19,200/yr
250 users N/A $2,038/mo $4,000/mo $24,450/yr $48,000/yr

Atlassian Ecosystem Add-Ons

Product Starting Price Common Pairing
Confluence Free (10 users), $6.05/user/mo Documentation alongside Jira issues
Jira Service Management Free (3 agents), $22.05/agent/mo ITSM + customer-facing help desk
Bitbucket Free (5 users), $3/user/mo Git hosting with Jira issue linking
Trello Free, $5/user/mo Simple kanban for non-dev teams
Atlassian Access $4/user/mo SSO/SAML, org-wide security policies

A full Atlassian stack for a 50-person team (Jira Standard + Confluence Standard + Bitbucket Standard) costs approximately $862/month ($10,350/year).

Cost Comparison

Tool 25-User Team Automation Key Difference
Jira Standard $204/mo 500/user/mo Dev-focused, deep Atlassian ecosystem
Monday.com Standard $300/mo 250/mo total Visual, non-technical friendly
Asana Premium $275/mo Basic Rules PM-focused, multiple views
ClickUp Unlimited $175/mo Unlimited Most features, lowest price
Linear $200/mo Built-in Modern dev tool, fast UI

Editor''s Note: We configured Jira Standard for a 90-developer engineering organization. Cost: $733/month ($8.15 x 90). Added Confluence Standard ($545/mo) and Bitbucket Standard ($270/mo) for a total Atlassian stack of $1,548/month ($18,576/year). We evaluated ClickUp at $630/month (90 users x $7) as a cheaper alternative — $918/month savings. The team chose Jira for the Bitbucket integration (auto-linking PRs to issues) and JQL query language, which their existing dashboards depended on.

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