{"compare":false,"blog":false,"article":false,"page":{"title":"Jira alternatives for client work: six options and where PLYNTUM fits","lead":"Jira is a work-tracking tool that began with software teams and is free for up to 10 users. Agencies look for an alternative when they need timesheets, invoices, client balances and profit per project, which Jira’s pricing page does not list. ClickUp, monday.com and Asana replace it as task tools; Teamwork.com, Productive and PLYNTUM add time, invoices and profitability; Harvest adds time and invoices next to Jira.","sections":[{"heading":"Why service firms outgrow Jira for client work","html":"

Atlassian says Jira began in 2002 as a work-tracking tool for software teams and is now also used by marketing, IT, operations, design and product teams. It shows the same work as a backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar or summary, supports Scrum and Kanban boards, and connects to thousands of apps. Its pricing page lists a Free plan for up to 10 users; for 10 users, Standard is $950 a year and Premium $1,950 a year billed annually, or $9.70 and $19.60 per user a month billed monthly (checked 24 October 2026). For tracking work, that is hard to beat. Teams that sell their time to clients usually leave for one of these reasons.

If your team builds software and does not bill clients by the hour, Jira is probably still the right tool.

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  1. Do you build software? Keep Jira for the backlog and sprints, and add a tool for time and money next to it. Harvest puts a timer inside Jira issues; PLYNTUM runs alongside Jira with no integration today.
  2. Do you only need a simpler task tool? ClickUp, monday.com and Asana replace Jira’s boards and timelines. Invoices stay elsewhere.
  3. Do you bill for time? Then timesheets and invoices matter more than views. Teamwork.com (from Accelerate), Harvest and PLYNTUM include invoicing in the plans named below, and Productive lists invoicing among its finance features.
  4. Do you need to know what each client costs? That takes hours recorded against tasks and a cost for each person. Harvest reports profitability on Enterprise, Teamwork.com from Optimize, and PLYNTUM from Core.
  5. How big is the team? Jira is free up to 10 users. Past that, compare monthly totals, not per-user prices.
  6. What language does the team work in? Check the interface languages with each vendor before you commit.

Prices in this text are the vendors’ own, checked 24 October 2026 (monday.com on 25 September 2026), excluding tax and on annual billing unless stated; 10-person costs are arithmetic, not quotes. Nothing is ranked, and PLYNTUM, which we make, has its own section.

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ClickUp

ClickUp puts tasks, docs, chat, Kanban boards and sprint management in one app. There is a Free Forever plan; ClickUp Core is $9 and Business $17 per user a month billed yearly ($12 and $25 billed monthly). Time tracking appears in the Free Forever plan list, though the plan comparison marks it “Trial” on Free; it is included from Core. Timesheets come with Business, and timesheet approval with Enterprise (price on request) and Max ($100 per user a month billed yearly). The pricing page does not mention invoicing (checked 24 October 2026). PLYNTUM vs ClickUp · ClickUp alternatives

Best for: teams that want sprints and tasks in a broader all-in-one tool.

monday.com

monday.com Work Management runs projects and tasks on flexible boards. There is a free plan for up to 2 seats; Basic is $9, Standard $12 and Pro $19 per seat a month billed annually, with seats sold from 3 (US-dollar prices checked 25 September 2026). The pricing page states that the final price depends on the billing country. Time tracking is on Pro. The Work Management plans list no invoices; quotes and invoices appear in the separate monday CRM plans (checked 24 October 2026). PLYNTUM vs monday.com · monday.com alternatives

Best for: teams that like boards but want more views and automation.

Asana

Asana is a work and project management platform with a free Personal plan for up to 2 users. Starter is $10.99 and Advanced $24.99 per user a month billed annually ($13.49 and $30.49 billed monthly). Native time tracking is on Advanced; timesheets come with the Timesheets and Budgets add-on, available on Starter, Advanced and Enterprise and billed separately, with no price shown on the pricing page. The pricing page does not mention invoices (checked 24 October 2026). PLYNTUM vs Asana · Asana alternatives

Best for: non-software teams that want more structure than Jira, with billing kept elsewhere.

Teamwork.com

Teamwork.com is project software for client work. The Free plan covers up to 5 users; Basics is $9.99 (3-user minimum) and Accelerate $24.99 (5-user minimum) per user a month billed yearly. Client users can be invited into projects from Basics, timesheets and client invoices from logged time come with Accelerate, and timesheet approval and profitability insights are listed from Optimize, priced on request (checked 24 October 2026). PLYNTUM vs Teamwork.com · Teamwork.com alternatives

Best for: client-services teams that invoice from logged time.

Productive

Productive is agency software for resources, projects and finances. Essential is $10 and Professional $25 per user a month billed yearly ($12 and $29 billed monthly), with a 3-seat minimum. Essential includes time tracking, budgeting, resource planning and expense management; Professional adds billable time approvals, rate cards, and HRIS and invoicing integrations (checked 24 October 2026). PLYNTUM vs Productive · Productive alternatives

Best for: agencies that want resourcing, delivery and finance in one tool.

Harvest, next to Jira

Harvest is time tracking with invoicing, and its Jira integration adds a Harvest timer to every Jira issue. You can keep Jira for the work and use Harvest for hours and invoices. The Free plan has 1 seat and 2 projects. Teams starts at $9 per seat a month billed annually ($108 a year) and Enterprise at $14 ($168 a year), plus usage-based fees for additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks; timesheet approval and profitability reporting are on Enterprise (checked 24 October 2026). PLYNTUM vs Harvest · Harvest alternatives

Best for: keeping Jira and adding time tracking and invoicing.

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PLYNTUM is business management software for agencies and service companies: projects and tasks, clients, people, recorded time, invoices, expenses and receivables in one workspace.

Where it does not fit.

Core costs $150 a month for up to 10 members, or $120 a month billed annually. See pricing.

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There is no Jira importer in PLYNTUM, and its CSV import covers clients, employees and expenses only; projects and tasks are set up by hand. So move one client at a time.

  1. Decide what stays in Jira. Software teams keep tickets in Jira and create PLYNTUM tasks for the phases or features they priced.
  2. Keep a copy of your Jira data. Check Jira’s export options for your plan before you change anything.
  3. Start with one client. Create the client and the project in PLYNTUM and rebuild the open work as tasks.
  4. Record time from day one against those tasks, and raise the client’s next invoice from PLYNTUM.
  5. Compare after a month: hours, invoice and margin for that client. Then decide on the rest.

Start on Launch’s 7-day trial; timesheet approval, profitability and the client portal need Core. For help planning the move, write to us.

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Every price was checked on the vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown next to it. If something has changed, tell us at info@plyntum.com and we will correct it.

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