Jira vs Slack comparison

By starting price alone, Slack is $0.95 cheaper. But price is not everything, so check the highlighted rows in the table below.

Jira and Slack compared side by side in Design and collaboration tools.

CurrencyUSDKRWEUR

Jira

Atlassian's issue tracking and agile project management tool, treated as a standard for development teams

What is good

  • Strongest agile features such as sprints and backlogs
  • Integrates with development tools (GitHub, Bitbucket)

What could be better

  • Complex setup that is hard for non-development teams
  • Costs add up as headcount grows

Jira official site

Slack

Channel-based work messenger supporting a huge number of app integrations and huddles (voice calls)

What is good

  • Most app integrations
  • Clean channel and thread structure
  • Strong for collaboration with overseas partners

What could be better

  • Free plan hides messages older than 90 days
  • Costs get heavy as headcount grows

Slack official site

At a glance

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

ItemJiraVisit siteSlackVisit site
Starting price≈€8.65+ ($9.70)Official USD price≈€7.80+ ($8.75)Official USD price
Free tierFree plan availableFree plan available
Korean supportGoodGood
What you can do for freeUp to 10 users, 2GB file storage, Scrum and Kanban boards90-day message history, 10 app integrations, 1:1 huddles only, 1:1 messages only with outside organizations, basic AI features
Team size limitFree is up to 10 peopleNo limit on people
Good for
  • Software development teams
  • IT organizations that work in an agile way
  • Development teams
  • Startups
  • Teams working with overseas partners
TypeDesign and collaboration toolsDesign and collaboration tools
CategoryProject ManagementMessenger
CompanyAtlassian, AustraliaSalesforce, United States
Plans
  • Standard: $9.70 per user per month
  • User permissions
  • 250GB storage
  • Premium: $19.60 per user per month
  • Advanced planning
  • Sandboxes
  • Unlimited automation
  • Enterprise: Contact sales
  • Yearly billing only
  • (AI agents included in all paid plans)
  • Pro: monthly billing $8.75
  • yearly billing $7.25. Unlimited message history and integrations, group huddles, canvases, lists
  • Business+: $18
  • $15. Full AI features, workflow conditional branching, SAML SSO, SCIM, 24-hour support
  • Enterprise+: contact sales. Enterprise search, audit log, unlimited workspaces
Pros
  • Strongest agile features such as sprints and backlogs
  • Integrates with development tools (GitHub, Bitbucket)
  • Most app integrations
  • Clean channel and thread structure
  • Strong for collaboration with overseas partners
Cons
  • Complex setup that is hard for non-development teams
  • Costs add up as headcount grows
  • Free plan hides messages older than 90 days
  • Costs get heavy as headcount grows
  • Lacks features such as approvals and attendance that Korean business messengers have

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (2026-10-20). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.

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