Jira alternative for AI agents

Done vs Jira

Jira runs software teams, now with agents. Done is for the work that doesn't need a Jira.

Jira is the issue tracker of record for a huge share of software teams: sprints, backlogs, workflows and reporting, configurable to almost any process. It has moved fast on agents. You can assign a work item to a Rovo agent, a partner agent like the GitHub Copilot coding agent, or an external agent over MCP, and the agent's output stays private to you until you publish or share it. Atlassian also runs an official MCP server for Jira and Confluence. Done is a different size of tool: a task list for individuals and small teams, where any MCP agent can take a task, ask you questions, and wait for your approval.

Feature	Done	Jira
Assign a task to an AI agent that does the work	Yes	Assign work items to Rovo and partner agents (Rovo credits)
Agent work waits for your approval before it counts as done	Yes	Agent output stays private until you publish or share it
An agent can stop and ask you a question, then carry on	Yes	Not documented
Several named agents, each with its own queue	Yes	Yes
Official MCP server for your AI agents	Yes	Official Atlassian Rovo MCP server
Agents read your connected apps for context (Drive, Gmail, Notion, GitHub…)	Yes	Rovo reads your Atlassian sites
Natural-language quick capture	Yes	Not its focus
Auto-decompose a task into subtasks	Yes	Child work items
Recurring tasks	Yes	Through automation rules
Task dependencies (blocked-by)	Yes	Yes
Goals that show whether you're on pace	Yes	Timelines and plans
Time-blocks your day around your real meetings, and re-plans when one moves	Yes	Not a day planner
Describe a filtered view in a sentence	Yes	JQL filters
Daily digest of overdue / due-today / stalled	Yes	Notifications and dashboards
Price	Free (100 agent calls/mo); Pro $5/mo	Free (10 users); Standard about $8.48, Premium $15.56/user/mo

Weighted scorecard

Each product gets a score from 0 to 5 on eight criteria, with a one-line reason. The weights say how much each criterion counts, and the total is the weighted average, out of 5.

The default weights reflect a buyer handing work to AI agents, the person Done is built for, so they favour Done. Pick another buyer and the weights change: for a team running sprints, or for a personal list without AI, other apps often come out ahead.

Weights for

For someone who delegates tasks to Claude, ChatGPT or other agents and wants to approve what comes back.

Criterion	Done	Jira
Hand a task to any AI agent (MCP, OAuth)Weight 25%
Hand a task to any AI agent (MCP, OAuth)Weight 25%	86 MCP tools over OAuth or a per-account token; any task can be assigned to an agent	Assign work items to Rovo, partner or external MCP agents; official Rovo MCP server
Human approval before agent work counts as doneWeight 20%
Human approval before agent work counts as doneWeight 20%	Agent-finished work waits for your approval by default; nothing closes without you	Agent output stays private until you publish or share it
Agent questions, decisions and several named agentsWeight 15%
Agent questions, decisions and several named agentsWeight 15%	Agents park questions for you, and named agent lanes hand work to each other	Several agents, @mentions and workflow-triggered agents; agent questions not documented
Planning against your calendarWeight 5%
Planning against your calendarWeight 5%	Plan my day time-blocks tasks around Google Calendar and re-plans; no team scheduling	Timeline and calendar views of work; no personal planning
Team projects and sprintsWeight 5%
Team projects and sprintsWeight 5%	Shared workspaces and per-project sharing on Teams; no sprints, timelines or workload views	Sprints, backlogs, workflows and reporting at any scale
Personal list: capture, recurring tasks, remindersWeight 10%
Personal list: capture, recurring tasks, remindersWeight 10%	Natural-language capture, recurring tasks, dependencies and a daily digest	Not a personal to-do list
Apps on phone and desktopWeight 10%
Apps on phone and desktopWeight 10%	Web, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Apple silicon Macs via the iPad app; no Windows app	Web, iOS and Android
Price for one personWeight 10%
Price for one personWeight 10%	Free with 100 agent calls a month; Pro $5/mo, Teams $20/mo	Free for up to 10 users; Standard about $8.48/user/mo
Weighted total
Weighted total	4.6 /5	3.3 /5

Scores are our judgment from each vendor's public docs and pricing, checked on the date at the foot of this page. Anything a vendor doesn't document scores 0.

Who Jira is for

Jira is for software and IT teams that need sprints, backlogs, custom workflows, permissions and reporting at scale, and want agents working inside that same process.

Why people choose Done

Built for tasks that aren't tickets: research, writing, admin, ops, with any MCP agent
An approval gate on every agent-finished task, not just private output you choose to share
Agents can park a question for you and keep working on something else
Ready in a minute, free to start, with no workflow to configure

Where Jira shines

Jira is the most configurable work tracker there is, with sprints, backlogs, workflows, permissions and reports that scale from one team to thousands. Agents in Jira make an agent a real participant: pick one from the work item, @mention it, or trigger it from a workflow transition, and review its output before the team sees it. Atlassian's MCP server lets outside tools reach Jira and Confluence too.

Frequently asked questions

Should my engineering team use Done instead of Jira?

Probably not. If you run sprints, backlogs and release workflows, Jira (or Linear) is purpose-built for that. Done is for individuals and small teams whose work isn't a ticket queue, and for the personal and business tasks around engineering.

Can I assign Jira work to AI agents?

Yes. Agents in Jira let you add a Rovo agent, a partner agent such as the GitHub Copilot coding agent, or an external MCP agent to a work item, and each invocation uses Rovo credits. In Done you assign a task to any MCP agent you connect, and its finished work waits for your approval.

How do the prices compare?

Jira is free for up to 10 users; Atlassian's pricing page lists Standard at about $8.48 and Premium at about $15.56 per user a month, and agent use draws on Rovo credits. Done is free to start with 100 agent calls a month, and Pro is $5 a month.

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Comparison based on publicly available information last verified in October 2026. Jira and other names are trademarks of their respective owners; features change — check their site for the latest.