# OpenProject, Redmine vs Jira Comparison

| | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 3.8 out of 5 | 4.0 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 25 | 257 | 7,817 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (62.5% of reviews) | Mid-Market (42.5% of reviews) | Mid-Market (43.7% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | Free | No pricing available | Free 10 Users Per Month | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### OpenProject

Pros:
- Customization (1 reviews)
- Data Visualization (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Difficult Navigation (1 reviews)
- Navigation Difficulty (1 reviews)

### Redmine

Pros:
- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Easy Tracking (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Beginner Difficulty (1 reviews)
- Email Integration (1 reviews)

### Jira

Pros:
- Ease of Use (1154 reviews)
- Project Management (855 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (680 reviews)
- Complexity (503 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 7.9 (21 reviews) | 8.3 (224 reviews) | 8.9 (6338 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.2 (21 reviews) | 7.8 (224 reviews) | 8.1 (6423 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.3 (11 reviews) | 7.0 (90 reviews) | 8.0 (2603 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 8.0 (85 reviews) | 7.7 (1728 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.1 (17 reviews) | 7.0 (134 reviews) | 8.3 (4977 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 7.7 (58 reviews) | 8.6 (1591 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 7.1 (20 reviews) | 6.5 (215 reviews) | 8.4 (6120 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### OpenProject

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Community

Price: Free

Description: The Community edition of OpenProject is free of charge and self-managed.


Key Features:
- Self-hosted
- Free and open source
- All Community features

[Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/openproject/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Redmine

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Jira

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: Free 10 Users Per Month

Description: Free forever for 10 users

Key Features:
- Unlimited goals, projects, tasks, and forms
- Backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar, and summary views
- Reports and dashboards

[Browse all 4 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/jira/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Project Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **OpenProject** | 7.6/10 | 7 |
| **Redmine** | 7.8/10 | 39 |
| **Jira** | 8.4/10 | 987 |

#### Tasks

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Creation & Assignment** | 9.5 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.0 (36 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.3 (699 reviews) | 
| **Due Dates** | 7.4 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.0 (35 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.0 (636 reviews) | 
| **Task Prioritization** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | 8.6 (35 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.1 (665 reviews) | 
| **To-Do Lists** | 8.3 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.3 (30 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.8 (611 reviews) | 
| **Dependencies** | 7.9 (7 reviews) | 7.8 (30 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.5 (575 reviews) | 
| **Mass Updates** | 6.4 (6 reviews) | 7.5 (29 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.2 (554 reviews) | 
| **Drag & Drop** | 7.4 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 7.1 (28 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.5 (584 reviews) | 
| **Recurring Tasks** | 5.8 (6 reviews) | 7.3 (30 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.4 (503 reviews) | 

#### Projects

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Planning** | 8.3 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.4 (31 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.0 (607 reviews) | 
| **Project Map** | 7.0 (5 reviews) | 8.1 (26 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.7 (548 reviews) | 
| **GANTT** | 8.6 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.0 (27 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.2 (523 reviews) | 
| **Calendar View** | 8.1 (6 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.1 (29 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.4 (531 reviews) | 
| **Views** | 8.6 (6 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.2 (29 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.6 (547 reviews) | 
| **Project Budgeting** | 6.9 (6 reviews) | 7.3 (20 reviews) ✓ Verified | 7.7 (465 reviews) | 
| **Issue Tracking** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Feature Not Available | 9.3 (608 reviews) | 
| **Templates** | 8.7 (5 reviews) ✓ Verified | 7.5 (23 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.3 (520 reviews) | 
| **Critical Path** | 5.3 (5 reviews) | 7.3 (20 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.0 (453 reviews) | 
| **Time & Expense** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 8.3 (26 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.1 (476 reviews) | 
| **Methodologies** | 9.0 (5 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.1 (24 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.6 (542 reviews) | 

#### Resource Management

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Resource Definiton** | Not enough data | 8.1 (26 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.3 (494 reviews) | 
| **Capacity** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 8.3 (519 reviews) | 
| **Scheduling** | 6.7 (6 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.3 (26 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.4 (508 reviews) | 

#### Project Monitoring

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Baselining / KPIs** | 6.7 (5 reviews) ✓ Verified | 7.3 (22 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.3 (493 reviews) | 
| **Resource Allocation** | 6.3 (5 reviews) | 7.7 (23 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.4 (505 reviews) | 
| **Dashboards** | 6.7 (6 reviews) ✓ Verified | 7.6 (29 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.8 (570 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | 4.7 (5 reviews) | 7.4 (432 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | 4.0 (5 reviews) | 7.5 (431 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Project Management

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (299 reviews) | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (298 reviews) | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.9 (329 reviews) | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (297 reviews) | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (301 reviews) | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (297 reviews) | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (309 reviews) | 

### Software Development Analytics Tools

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **OpenProject** | N/A | N/A |
| **Redmine** | N/A | N/A |
| **Jira** | N/A | N/A |

#### Functionality

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Repository Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Analytics and Trends** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Productivity Updates** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Management

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Historical Data Consolidation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Context** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Testing Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Bug Tracking

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **OpenProject** | N/A | N/A |
| **Redmine** | N/A | N/A |
| **Jira** | 8.4/10 | 2178 |

#### Bug Reporting

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **User Reports & Feedback** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (1776 reviews) | 
| **Tester Reports & Feedback** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (1728 reviews) | 
| **Team Reports & Comments** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (1821 reviews) | 

#### Bug Monitoring

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (1722 reviews) | 
| **Bug History** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (1843 reviews) | 
| **Data Retention** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (1700 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Bug Tracking

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (248 reviews) | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (251 reviews) | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (250 reviews) | 

### AI Agents For Business Operations

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **OpenProject** | N/A | N/A |
| **Redmine** | N/A | N/A |
| **Jira** | 9.3/10 | 74 |

#### Responses

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Personalization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.6 (35 reviews) | 
| **Route To Human** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (36 reviews) | 
| **Natural Language Understanding (NLU)** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (35 reviews) | 

#### Automation - AI Agents

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Sales Follow-Up** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (34 reviews) | 
| **Customer Interaction Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (33 reviews) | 
| **Lead Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (34 reviews) | 
| **Document Processing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (35 reviews) | 
| **Feedback Collection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (35 reviews) | 

#### Platform

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Conversation Editor** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (35 reviews) | 
| **Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.5 (40 reviews) | 
| **Human-In-The-Loop** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (36 reviews) | 

#### Autonomy -  AI Agents

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Independent Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (34 reviews) | 
| **Adaptive Responses** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (34 reviews) | 
| **Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (34 reviews) | 
| **Problem Solving** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (34 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (38 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (35 reviews) | 

### Product Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **OpenProject** | N/A | N/A |
| **Redmine** | N/A | N/A |
| **Jira** | 8.5/10 | 4246 |

#### Communication

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Wiki Documentation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (2680 reviews) | 
| **Community Forum** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (2528 reviews) | 
| **Customer Ideation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.1 (2431 reviews) | 

#### Planning

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Work Capacity** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (3162 reviews) | 
| **Task Ranking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (3280 reviews) | 
| **Kanban Board** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (3070 reviews) | 
| **Custom Workflows** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (3272 reviews) | 
| **Release Forecasting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (2655 reviews) | 

#### Workflow Management

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Time Tracking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (3025 reviews) | 
| **Progress Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (3537 reviews) | 
| **Budgeting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (2260 reviews) | 
| **Team Scorecard** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (2498 reviews) | 

### AI Agents

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **OpenProject** | N/A | N/A |
| **Redmine** | N/A | N/A |
| **Jira** | N/A | N/A |

#### Agentic AI - AI Agents

| Feature | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Project Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/project-management)

**Unique to OpenProject (1):** [Software Development Analytics Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/software-development-analytics-tools)


**Unique to Jira (3):** [Bug Tracking Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/bug-tracking), [Product Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/product-management-software), [AI Agents For Business Operations](https://www.g2.com/categories/ai-agents-for-business-operations)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | OpenProject | Redmine | Jira | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 62.5% | 38.2% | 23.5% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 33.3% | 42.5% | 43.7% | 
| **Enterprise** | 4.2% | 19.3% | 32.9% | 

### By Industry

#### OpenProject

- **Information Technology and Services:** 41.7%
- **Computer Software:** 12.5%
- **Wholesale:** 4.2%
- **Oil & Energy:** 4.2%
- **Media Production:** 4.2%
- **Management Consulting:** 4.2%
- **Internet:** 4.2%
- **Information Services:** 4.2%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.2%
- **Financial Services:** 4.2%
- **Other:** 12.5%

#### Redmine

- **Information Technology and Services:** 26.4%
- **Computer Software:** 18.9%
- **Internet:** 5.1%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.9%
- **Higher Education:** 3.1%
- **Automotive:** 2.8%
- **Government Administration:** 2.4%
- **Non-Profit Organization Management:** 2.0%
- **Financial Services:** 2.0%
- **Program Development:** 1.6%
- **Other:** 31.9%

#### Jira

- **Computer Software:** 23.6%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 23.6%
- **Financial Services:** 4.8%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 4.1%
- **Internet:** 4.0%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.3%
- **Retail:** 2.0%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 1.8%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 1.5%
- **Banking:** 1.4%
- **Other:** 30.9%

---
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---
## Top Discussions

### OpenProject

- Title: [Is OpenProject a opensource?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-openproject-a-opensource) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, OpenProject is an open source project management software. Find out more here https://www.openproject.org/ "
- Title: [What is OpenProject explain various features of OpenProject in detail?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-openproject-explain-various-features-of-openproject-in-detail) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "OpenProject is a project management software. You can run the free version on your own servers or buy the cloud version (subscription), which has additional..."
- Title: [What are the features of OpenProject software?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-features-of-openproject-software) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "OpenProject offers a broad spectrum of project management features, such as;
- Project templates, portfolios, dashboards, hierarchies and reports
- Work..."
- Title: [What is OpenProject used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-openproject-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "OpenProject can be used for classic, as well as scrum project management and software development. "

### Redmine

- Title: [What is Redmine used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-redmine-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Bug tracking and Bug management"
- Title: [What is the use of redmine tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-use-of-redmine-tool) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is mostly used to track bugs and can be used to track efforts of employees as well."
- Title: [Is Redmine provides tools for a flexible import from a simple CSV file?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-redmine-provides-tools-for-a-flexible-import-from-a-simple-csv-file) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Although there are a lot of export tools built in including CSV format, there isn't much in the way of import. You might want to look through the 3rd party..."

### Jira

- Title: [Is Jira a good tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-jira-a-good-tool) — 13 comments, 4 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, it is. It's good for having an area to house all tasks required for a scope of work. "
- Title: [How is Jira transforming project management practices in agile software development teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/jira-how-is-jira-transforming-project-management-practices-in-agile-software-development-teams) — 11 comments, 8 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "With jira we were able to streamline team collaboration by showing the actual status of all the team effort in jira timeline while we conduct Scrum..."
- Title: [What are the features of JIRA?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/jira-what-are-the-features-of-jira) — 11 comments, 2 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Allows you to setup your project as your team/company flows thru the agile process. You can see what is next in the sprint, where others are, enter your..."
- Title: [Is Jira free tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-jira-free-tool) — 7 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "JIRA is free up to 10 users, 2GB of storage. However, they do offer paid plans for more users and storage if need."
- Title: [How is Jira transforming project management practices in agile software development teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-is-jira-transforming-project-management-practices-in-agile-software-development-teams) — 6 comments, 4 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "It helps to planning to visualizing progress, managing, backlogs and bug tracking"

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