Task and project management comparison
Autessa Vision vs Jira
Jira is the standard for agile software teams, with deep workflows, the Forge app platform and Rovo AI. Autessa Vision gives a team the same boards, backlog and sprints in minutes, with AI that plans the whole queue into a sprint within capacity, and lets you change the app itself instead of configuring around it.
Side by side
Autessa Vision and Jira, compared
Planning, AI and the platform around it: what comes with Vision on Autessa.
| Capability | Autessa Vision | Jira |
|---|---|---|
| AI plans the whole queue into a sprint, within capacity | Included | Not listed |
| Per-person load before and after the plan | Included | Varies by plan |
| Meeting notes to up to 20 tasks, with owners and dates | Included | Rovo, varies by plan |
| AI project updates with an on track or at risk call | Included | Varies by plan |
| Pulse: stuck, unowned and overdue work with an AI digest | Included | Not listed |
| A working board, sprints and triage the moment you create a team | Included | Configurable workflows |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | Rovo MCP, read and write |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Forge apps and automation rules |
| Same platform as your HR, CRM and IT desk apps | Included | Separate products |
| Kanban boards with custom columns | ✓ | ✓ |
| Backlog, sprints, story points and velocity | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subtasks and task dependencies | ✓ | ✓ |
Based on publicly available information as of November 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
Where Autessa wins
Why teams choose Vision over Jira
The sprint plan drafts itself
Auto-triage proposes a sprint, owner, priority, points and labels for every queued task, keeps the plan within capacity, flags duplicates and waits for you to press Apply.
No workflow scheme to configure
Create a team and you have a board, sprints and triage in minutes. Columns, roles and sprint length are a click away, with no admin project first.
Agents that can plan, not only update
Rovo MCP is strong for reading and updating Jira work. Through the Autessa MCP, Claude or a coding agent can run the whole of Vision: triage the queue, plan the sprint or post the project update.
Change it without writing a Forge app
Forge rewards developers who build on it. With Autobot you ask for a new field, board rule or report in plain language, and Vision itself changes, code and all.
Getting started
Moving a team from Jira to Vision
Start with one team: create its board in Vision, set the columns to match your current workflow, and paste your open backlog into New with AI in notes mode to recreate the tasks. Then run Auto-triage to plan the first sprint.
FAQ
Vision and Jira: questions
Is Autessa Vision a Jira alternative?
Yes, for team agile work. Vision covers kanban boards, a backlog, sprints with velocity, subtasks and dependencies, with AI planning built in.
Does Vision support story points and velocity like Jira?
Yes. Tasks have estimates in points, sprints show progress by points with a pace check, and completed sprints record velocity, which becomes the default capacity for planning.
Can I bring my Jira backlog into Vision?
Yes. Paste your open backlog into New with AI, which turns the list into tasks on the board you choose, then run Auto-triage to plan the first sprint.
How do I customize Vision compared with Jira?
Vision can be changed down to its code. Ask Autobot for what you need, such as a new task field or a custom report, and it makes the change; your developers can work on the same code.
Does Vision work with Claude and coding agents?
Yes. The Autessa MCP gives Claude, ChatGPT and coding agents full headless access to Vision, so an agent can read the board, create tasks, plan sprints or write project updates.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa Vision fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
Start free and make it yours