Everybody is, but we are all going that way I guess. Read the blog here https://confluence.atlassian.com/migration/jira-7/cloud_jira+agile_product-changes
If you have the Agile add-on, nothing - JIRA Software is effectively (not quite, but close) to JIRA + Agile.
If you don't have the Agile add-on, nothing, just continue to use JIRA Core.
The problem I am seeing is that if I want to Upgrade JIRA, it is only giving me option to upgrade to JIRA Software and not JIRA core more users and also bumping up the price.
Again, JIRA Software is JIRA + Agile. JIRA Core is just plain JIRA without Agile. So if you want to upgrade to just JIRA Core, you'll lose the Agile functions (Again, it's a bit more complex than that, the lines are a little blurred) The price has gone up a bit on a flat conversion, but the price of JIRA hasn't gone up much, if at all, over several releases. One option you now have on pricing is to reduce the number of users too - with JIRA + Agile, you needed the licence numbers to match. Now you can have 100 Core users and 25 Software(Agile) users, which could reduce the costs.
The problem is that I dont use JIRA agile on this instance at all. I am using it for Issue tracking. At some point, it is going to become expensive and it will become as expensive as Rational Clearquest and I will have to find something else.
Hi Bill,
As Nic said, if you're not using JIRA Agile today, you can upgrade from JIRA to JIRA Core using your existing JIRA license. Just follow all the same upgrade proceedures but use the JIRA Core installer instead of the JIRA Software installer. Your existing JIRA license will be treated as a JIRA Software license, but users will be able to log in and use all JIRA Core functionality as if you had a JIRA Core license. When it comes time to renew your license, contact us and we will give you a one-time discount on a new JIRA Core license so it costs the same price as it would to renew your JIRA license.
Alternatively, if you are using JIRA Agile right now, just follow the instructions to upgrade to JIRA Software. It will look and feel pretty much the same.
Dave
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