Is there an alternative to Tempo?

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Where do your organization’s time and resources go? Tempo tools excel at answering these questions. Timesheets by Tempo – Jira Time Tracking is a leading time-tracking app that provides users with customized reports and actionable insights into productivity. When combined with other solutions for resource planning, cost tracking, and budgeting, Tempo essentially creates its own ecosystem within Jira.

For example, Cost Tracker by Tempo helps with project budgeting, but it relies on data from Timesheets by Tempo. So, what if you use another time-tracking tool and still want to track your project costs?

Our SaaSJet team released Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud, enabling you to monitor your project’s costs regardless of the time-tracking tool you use (Clockwork, Worklogs, or Jira’s built-in tracker). Recently, we also added the ability to import Tempo worklogs into Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud, allowing you to generate comprehensive cost reports. Let’s take a closer look at both apps and their capabilities to help you manage costs effectively in Jira.

Cost Tracker by Tempo vs Cost Tracker by SaaSJet

Project cost tracking looks quite important as 57% of projects finish over budget, according to the Wellingtone report. Cost tracking provides many advantages, including limiting overspending through careful resource allocation and estimation, minimising risk, making the best use of available resources, and enhancing forecasting for future budgeting and estimating that is more precise.

Cost Tracker by Tempo and Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud by SaaSJet are both available on Atlassian Marketplace with free trials. Of course, it is not very correct to compare a market giant and an application that is dynamically and actively developing. But not inspecting them is also wrong. Jira customers have different needs, and it's always good to have options.

We have compiled a small comparison table for your convenience with key features and pricing.

App Name	Cost Tracker by Tempo	Cost Tracker by SaaSJet
Key Features
Manage accesses	✅	✅
Ability to use JQL filters	✅	✅
Global rates by roles	✅	❌
Hourly rates	✅	✅
History of rates	✅	✅
Billing rates	✅	✅
Project revenue	✅	✅
Expense management	✅	✅
Cost reports	✅	✅
Issue widget	❌	✅
API Integration:	✅	✅
- reports
- issue cost	❌	✅
Pricing (Monthly per user)
1 - 10 users	Flat fee - 10$	Free
11 - 100 users	2.75$	1.50$
101 - 250 users	1.65$	1$
251 - 1000 users	0.97$	0.48$

At first glance, the applications are quite similar, and users will usually look at a more reputable player on the market, ignoring other applications. Yeah, it’s not always easy to spot the advantages of new players, but it can be worth it. So, let’s look at why it’s important to dig deeper.

Why Cost Tracker by SaaSJet is worth your attention

There are several reasons why you should consider Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud by SaaSJet. 

• Integration with any other time-tracking application – Clockwork, Worklogs, native Jira tracker, etc. + new option to import Tempo Timesheet worklogs. You can monitor costs based on data from any Jira time-tracking tool you use.
• An informative task widget that allows you to track the cost of a separate task in a short period of time. More info
  

• Easy API integration with a common token for one Jira instance. 
• Loyal pricing policy. It is a good option for small teams and startups because the cost is quite low for the market. Investing in applications of this type is always a good and profitable idea, as it will help control the flow of expenses in real time and provide insights on how to improve resource allocation.
• The opportunity to book a free demo call with a personal manager who will help you understand all the functionality of the add-on.
• Friendly support team, which takes into account user requests in the shortest possible time.

Takeaway

Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud by SaaSJet is a relatively new but rapidly developing app. It’s beneficial for anyone who wants to keep their project finances in order. While Cost Tracker by Tempo is a market leader, it’s worth exploring alternatives like Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud by SaaSJet. It works with any time-tracking tool you use, and its pricing is very reasonable.

Start your free trial to discover all the benefits of Cost Tracker for Jira Cloud.