Migrating from Jira to monday.com: Real experience and lessons learned
We're a 20-person software team considering migrating from Jira to monday.com. Our main concerns: - Can monday.com handle complex issue tracking? - How to migrate historical data? - Will our developers accept the change? - Any features we'll lose? Looking for real experiences, not marketing.
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We migrated 18 months ago. Here's the real truth: What works well: - Visual project management (monday wins) - Ease of use (developers adapted in 1 week) - Customer-facing project boards - Automations for workflow What doesn't work: - Complex issue tracking (Jira wins) - JQL equivalent is limited - No native test case management - Less granular permissions Migration approach: 1. Export Jira issues to CSV 2. Map fields: Summary → Item Name, Description → Description, Status → Status 3. Import via CSV to monday 4. Accept you'll lose some custom fields What we lost: Advanced filters, issue hierarchies, custom workflows. What we gained: Better team adoption, client visibility, faster board setup. Recommendation: Use monday for project management, keep Jira for issue tracking. Integration via API exists but requires maintenance.
We evaluated and stayed on Jira. The main reason: monday.com's issue tracking is not enterprise-ready. No epics/features/themes, no portfolio management, no advanced search. If you're doing serious software development, Jira is still the tool. monday.com is great for project management but not development tracking.