Pros and Cons of JIRA Server vs. Cloud

Question

When considering implementing JIRA Software Cloud vs Server what are the pros and cons of each when considering performance,maintenance, resources, budget and all other things that would impact the instance?

Stian Bentsen Sveen · Answer

Hi, I dont like to "resurrect" old threads, but this was the most relevant one I found and thought I might just add here instead of asking a new question.

I am now facing the same thing in my company. We've used on prem ever since we started using JIRA back in 2013 or something and now the company wants to move to cloud and have started an investigation with an external party to map all our on prem custom functionalities and addons and see what we need to do before going to cloud (or if its recommended).

I've hardly used cloud, just had a trial and at least from an admin point of view it did seem a bit more clunky and the experience as a whole seems like almost another system.

Are the things mentioned here previously still relevant?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

As an update,

Cloud now has a "premium" option which does give you SLAs (on top of the "don't have to think about running my own computers"), and there's a Chrome plugin that Atlassian are using to demo an overhaul of the UI - a lot of it going back to the server layout which is so much better than Cloud.

Prasad Salunkhe · Answer

I used Jira Enterprise in my last work for more than 3 years and now I am on Jira cloud. Its a different experience all together. Different layout.

Its a pain to move around.

Even confluence cloud has a different look and not user friendly.