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The Jira alternative your whole team can use

Jira was built for large engineering orgs, workflows, schemes, and permissions your designers, marketers, and clients will never learn. Rowsh gives software teams boards, tasks, and dependencies everyone understands, with chat, calls, calendar, and files in the same workspace.

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Kanban, list & timeline views without workflow schemes
One tool for engineers, designers, PMs & clients
Chat, calls, calendar & files in the same workspace
Current plan details published directly from Rowsh

Structure for real projects, not ticket bureaucracy

Rowsh covers what dev teams actually track, tasks with subtasks, dependencies, custom fields, and automations across Kanban, list, and timeline views. No workflow schemes, no screen configurations, no admin who spends Fridays maintaining the board.

Subtasks, dependencies & custom fields
Automations with sensible defaults
Boards ready on day one, no Jira admin needed

The standup, the ticket, and the discussion, one place

With Jira, the actual conversation happens in Slack and the context gets lost between tools. In Rowsh, chat, threads, and voice & video calls live next to the board, and any message becomes a task with its discussion attached.

Channels, threads & calls next to your boards
Turn bug reports in chat into tasks instantly
AI summaries of long threads and busy channels

Rowsh vs Jira at a glance

A current look at project delivery, communication, AI, and pricing across both products.

Feature	Rowsh	Jira
Kanban, list & timeline views	Included	Included
Subtasks & dependencies	Included	Included
Team chat included (channels & DMs)	Included	Not included
Voice & video calls	Included	Not included
Team calendar & booking links	Included	Calendar view, without native booking links
Whiteboards & notes	Included	Available through other Atlassian products and integrations
AI summaries & copilot	Included	Rovo included on paid plans
Cross functional workspace	Projects, chat, calendar and files	Jira work management views
Starting paid plan	Live pricing published by Rowsh	$7.91 USD per user monthly for Standard

Kanban, list & timeline views

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Included

Subtasks & dependencies

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Included

Team chat included (channels & DMs)

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Not included

Voice & video calls

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Not included

Team calendar & booking links

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Calendar view, without native booking links

Whiteboards & notes

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Available through other Atlassian products and integrations

AI summaries & copilot

Rowsh: Included
Jira: Rovo included on paid plans

Cross functional workspace

Rowsh: Projects, chat, calendar and files
Jira: Jira work management views

Starting paid plan

Rowsh: Live pricing published by Rowsh
Jira: $7.91 USD per user monthly for Standard

Reviewed 5 September 2026 using Atlassian's official Jira pricing page. Plans, prices, and availability can change.

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FAQ

Switching from Jira, common questions

Yes, for software teams and agencies. You get subtasks, dependencies, custom fields, automations, goals, and analytics across Kanban, list, and timeline views. What you drop is the workflow scheme bureaucracy built for thousand person orgs.

Rowsh presents project boards, chat, and calendar as direct modules for cross functional teams. Evaluate the interface with the people who will use it before rollout.

Describe the issue data, fields, files, users, and integrations involved. Any migration service, scope, timing, or fee will be confirmed in writing.

Rowsh publishes live billing options and plan limits on its pricing page. Jira Standard is listed at $7.91 USD per user each month as of the review date shown above.

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