JIRA – Licensing and Pricing

License Categories

JIRA licensing falls into a number of broad categories:

• License Purchases - for customers buying a JIRA license
• License Upgrades - for those looking to upgrade their license
• Software Maintenance - for those looking to renew their software maintenance (support and updates)
• Non-Profit & Open Source Licenses - free licensing for the community

Licensing Notes

We believe the JIRA licensing scheme is simple, upfront and equitable. All licensing fees are per server, not per CPU, per project or per user. Please read the relevant End User License Agreement (EULA) for more details.

License Purchases

Commercial License

A JIRA commercial license entitles you to:

• Deploy a single instance of JIRA in a commercial environment on 1 server
• Unlimited projects, users and issues
• Perpetual JIRA use
• Free software maintenance for 12 months - including free updates and free email support (9am-6pm weekdays, Australian Eastern Standard Time)
• Full source code (under a developer source license which allows for broad customisation)

Purchase today, or contact us if you have any licensing questions.

Academic / Educational License

Academic licenses are aimed at universities and schools who would otherwise not be able to afford our software.

A JIRA academic license entitles you to:

• Deploy a single instance of JIRA in an school or university environment on 1 server
• Unlimited projects, users and issues
• Perpetual JIRA use
• Free software maintenance for 12 months - including free updates and free email support (9am-6pm weekdays, Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Purchase today, or contact us if you have any licensing questions.

License Upgrades

You will be pleased to know that you can upgrade JIRA at any time. The upgrade process is very simple, and all your data is preserved. Upgrades include 12 months of software maintenance.

If you organisation has started with the Standard or Professional edition of JIRA, perhaps you might want to upgrade as your needs grow. The different features can be found in the feature comparison.

Software Maintenance (Support & Updates)

All non-free licenses include 12 months of software maintenance (support and product updates). Beyond this initial 12 month period, you may renew your software maintenance for another 12 months at our discounted renewal prices.

To understand the value that active software maintenance provides, please see: 'Why Renew JIRA Software Maintenance?'

Non-Profit & Open Source Licenses

Non-Profit

JIRA is free for use by official non-profit organisations and charities (proof of non-profit status is required). There are certain organisations whose purpose is to make the world a better place, and we believe in helping them achieve that.

Non-Profit licenses are designed for organisations which are:

• non-profit,
• non-government,
• non-academic and
• non-commercial

in nature, that would not otherwise be able to afford JIRA. If your organisation is philanthropic in nature then you probably qualify.

Apply for a Non-Profit License online

Open Source

Atlassian supports and believes in the Open Source movement - JIRA utilises a number of good Open Source components, and Atlassian developers are committers on a large number of Open Source projects.

To give back to the community (and hopefully improve the quality of those projects!), JIRA is free for any Open Source project to use.

There are a few requirements for an Open Source license, the main ones being:

• Established code base
• Publicly available project website
• Using an approved open source license

Apply for an Open Source Project License online

Still got questions? Please consult our licensing FAQ or contact us.