Deactivating and cancelling App subscription

[Asier Vadillo]

Hi everyone!

When I manage the subscription of an app in Jira I get the Deactivate option (Which in reality it means cancel subscription). Also to note that this option is not in every app to which we are subscribed: 

After cancelling the subscription I get :

And when I go to the app details, in the top right corner of the screen I see the option to unsubscribe:

After I dumped you all with this context, what are my doubts?

- What does it mean to "deactivate" an app in the manage subscription screen and what is the difference with the unsubscribe in the app details screen?

- Is there any way to deactivate an app? Without cancelling subscription? We want to deactivate an app for a short period of time where we could activate in any moment without loosing data.

- Unrelated but maybe someone knows: I as an app-admin (not org admin), can no longer see the full billing details.

Thanks beforehand!

[Hari Krishna]

Hi @Asier Vadillo ,

1) Deactivate vs Unsubscribe

Deactivate = it actually cancels the subscription at the end of the billing cycle. It does not just pause the app.

Unsubscribe = same thing. It also cancels the subscription.
Both mean the same in practice  but the wording is different, action is the same.

2) temporarily deactivate an app without cancelling

No. Jira Cloud does not support pausing or temporarily disabling an app.

If you cancel and later re-subscribe, the app may lose access to data (depends on the app vendor).

3) Why can’t you see full billing details as app admin?

Only Org Admins / Billing Admins can see full billing and payment details.

App admins have limited visibility by design.

[Asier Vadillo]

Hi @Hari Krishna ! Thanks for the answer

1 - I understand that deactivate and Unsubscribe do the same thing. But why once deactivated I can still unsubscribe and why the option to Deactivate is not in every app?

2- That's nice to know

3- My permissions have not changed and last friday I was able to see all the billing details, today I can see the plan and each app but now how much is going to cost.