[bingo_cannon]

Scaling is only half of it. There is a lot more to Jira than just CRUD over a few entities. It's trying to be issue tracking and project management rolled into one. For example:

- Workflows

- Access control over fields

- Custom fields

- Release management

- 3P plugins and integrations

- API access

I am far from being a fan of Jira but they do have a rather large set of features. Every time I evaluate the hottest new issue tracking and/or project management solution, there is something lacking as compared to Jira.

[sethhochberg]

I've often half-joked that the road to JIRA is paved with other project management tools and ticketing systems.

I don't think anybody really sets out with the intent of using the one reputedly cumbersome tool that can do anything - but after growth and pivots and new requirements and new teams and special workflows... you end up needing a combination of features that is literally impossible to get with any other tool, and who wants to fracture into multiple tools?

So you get JIRA. And it just does it all, and even if nobody is overjoyed, nobody feels like they lost, either. There's value in that.

[johnx123-up]

https://restya.com/core-jira-slack-alternative seems to have covered all these area. (I'm on their beta program)

[slater]

Got it, thanks.