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The Free Plan included in the Atlassian Software Suite Cloud Trial includes all essential features for migration for up to 10 users. Some convenience functions are only available in the Premium version, but the most important functions for everyday use are included. And here they are, the top features of the Free Plan.
Atlassian Cloud: Top features of the free plan
- Kanban boards
- Scrum boards
- Task prioritization (visually in boards or in tables/lists)
- Reporting (numerous diagrams and statistics for the status of your projects)
- Dashboards (for essential reporting "at a glance")
- Connection to continuous integration systems
- Customizable workflows for the automation of processes
- Programmatic search function (similar to SQL and very powerful!)
- Comprehensive filter functions (for better categorization of issues)
- customizable via add-ons/plugins
- Roadmaps (timelines for issues)
You can download the apps from the Atlassian Marketplace or even develop them yourself using the Forge function and integrate them into Free Plan. But what are the disadvantages?
Atlassian Cloud: These features are subject to a charge
- Advanced roadmaps
- Global and cross-project automation
- Extended authorizations
These features are not available in the free plan. The extended authorizations in particular will be severely lacking in regular operation, as all users have access to all data in the free plan. For a comprehensive test of the essential features of Jira and Confluence, however, this is negligible. Global and cross-project automation is also not a major issue for the trial, as the scope of the test is limited and no other projects are usually run in parallel. The advanced roadmaps are therefore also manageable, as the number of issues in the standard roadmap remains manageable.
My conclusion: Is the Free Plan any good?
Absolutely! If you don't want to jump straight in at the deep end and invest cash, the Free Plan offers you the option of a "productive trial". This means that you not only test the software with all the important features, but can also use it productively in your business processes. The migration of small teams of up to 10 members to the cloud is the perfect free trial. If you are impressed by the scope of the Atlassian Software Suite, you can upgrade to one of the paid versions (Standard, Premium or Enterprise) and migrate the rest of your company.
