Jira vs Plane Community

Fit:

Migration notes

Tasks, cycles and modules overlap; validate Jira custom workflows/apps and paid work-management feature requirements.

Sources: github.com, plane.so · checked 2026-10-21

JiraPaid incumbent

Entry priceUSD 9.70 / seat / month

Pricing modelper-seat, billed monthly

OwnerAtlassian Corporation

Standard USD9.70 per user/month for first 100 users, progressive seat pricing effective October 13, 2026. Annual billing uses user tiers; free plan also exists. Source

Jira plans reviewed
Standard	entry	Not established
Premium	business	Not established
Enterprise	enterprise	Not established

Plane CommunityOpen-source alternative

Fit for Jira

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

Paid-feature tier C

Self-host

Paid-feature limits5 noted

Plane Community plans reviewed
Community	free self-hosted core	Free
Business	vendor commercial cloud	Not established
Enterprise Grid	vendor commercial cloud	Quote only

What you may give up

Work item types
Native time tracking
Advanced workflows
Project templates
Commercial SSO

Tier C: AGPL Community is distinct from closed-source Commercial Edition. Official edition documentation states Free-tier parity; commercial edition adds ordinary work-management features. Community has unlimited users/projects/work items. License source

What running it takes

RabbitMQ
API, frontend, live, worker, beat-worker and proxy services

Hover or focus an icon for its name. Dashed means not established; struck through means no; grouped icons are alternatives.

Community Edition manual setup.sh/Compose path verified separately from default commercial installer. Commercial Coolify guide is manual Compose import, not one-click. RabbitMQ and Valkey are part of CE stack. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.