At Summit Barcelona last week I had the privilege of sharing our new "Bento" Issue experience in Jira Cloud during the Summit Keynote. We also announced that all users in Jira Cloud have the ability to create and configure projects and doing so is easier than ever before - all while preserving all of Jira's power and admin control.
The response from customers on the show floor was wonderful. Customers told me they really wanted the new Bento Issue experience and ability for all users to create and configure projects. For those customers who were on Jira Server, I had several of them asking whether they could move to Jira Cloud in order to get those experiences for their users. Of course the answer to that question is "it depends". It depends on the requirements your company has for the cloud services they use. One of the most common requirements we hear is the need for Jira to be highly available and performant. So the other good news was that we also announced that we're lifting our license tier from 2k to 5k because we've improved cloud performance and availability substantially over the last year.
So my discussion question for folks here in the community is how much weighting do you give usability improvements in your decision to go from Jira Server to Jira Cloud?
Thanks for your detailed and thoughtful comment @Steven F Behnke :)
There's lots more we're working on to make Atlassian cloud products more suitable for all our customers.