Alternatives to Jira native reports
Compare reporting and analytics options, plus Jira-native visual planning with Easy Agile that helps stakeholders understand progress without report wrangling.
TL;DR
- Jira native reports are helpful basics, but they often fall short for cross team reporting and stakeholder friendly views.
- Choose alternatives that use Jira as the underlying data source, so you do not create a parallel reporting system.
- Easy Agile complements Jira reporting with roadmap, dependency, and story mapping views that make progress and intent easier to communicate.
Where Jira native reports usually fall short
Teams commonly outgrow Jira reports when they need:
- Cross project views (multiple boards, portfolios, programs)
- Better forecasting and scenario planning
- Stakeholder communication that focuses on outcomes and milestones
- More flexible dashboards and custom metrics
Common alternatives, and when to use them
- Dashboard builders and Jira add ons: for teams that want charts and custom metrics without exporting data.
- BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker): for organisations that want to combine Jira data with other systems.
- Portfolio and planning tools: for communicating roadmaps, releases, dependencies, and planning intent.
A useful rule: use BI when you need analytics across systems. Use planning views when you need alignment and decision making.
Planning visibility that reads well as a “report”
Many stakeholder reporting requests are actually requests for clarity: what are we doing, what is changing, what is at risk, and what is next.
Easy Agile supports this with Jira connected visual planning:
- Easy Agile Programs for programme-level visibility, iteration planning and dependency reporting through a Programme Board.
- Easy Agile Roadmaps for timeline-based reporting that stakeholders can read quickly.
- Easy Agile TeamRhythm for story-map reporting that connects work to customer journeys.
- Review by Easy Agile (free) for qualitative reporting on learning and actions from retrospectives and debriefs.
Because these views are powered by Jira issues, they stay current without manual reporting work.
How to pick the right alternative
Choose based on your primary reporting need:
- Operational delivery: keep using Jira boards and core reports.
- Cross team coordination: prioritise program and dependency visibility.
- Product alignment: prioritise roadmaps that connect outcomes to epics.
- Leadership reporting: start with roadmap and risk views, then add BI only if needed.
Explore options across the Easy Agile product suite.