Shaire vs Jira + Confluence
Jira and Confluence are free together for ten people, and Atlassian connects them well. Shaire puts tasks and docs in one product, with one price as the team grows.
Is Shaire a good alternative to Jira and Confluence?
Jira and Confluence are two connected products, each free for up to ten users and billed per user after that. Shaire puts tasks and docs in one product, with one search box and one member list, for €20 a month up to ten people and €59 up to twenty-five. Atlassian is free at ten and offers more configuration, such as an automation engine, JQL and page permissions, while Shaire gives you one product at one flat price.
What ten people cost
Shaire
€20 a month
for the whole workspace, up to 10 people
Free tier: up to 2 people, every feature, no card
Jira
free
free up to 10 users; Standard is priced per user by Atlassian's own calculator
Free tier: up to 10 users and 2 GB of storage
Confluence
free
free up to 10 users; Standard is priced per user by Atlassian's own calculator
Free tier: up to 10 users and 2 GB of storage, with no custom permissions
Jira + Confluence together at ten people: free
At ten people the Atlassian pair costs nothing and Shaire costs €20 a month. The free plans have limits worth reading: 2 GB of storage in each product, and no custom permissions in Confluence Free, where everyone who can log in can view and edit all content. From the eleventh person, each product bills per user on its own subscription.
Feature by feature
What each product offers today, row by row.
| Feature | Shaire | Jira + Confluence |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking work | ||
| List and board views | Yes | Yes |
| Timeline, roadmap and calendar views | Partly | Yes |
| Sprints with capacity | Yes | Yes |
| Custom fields and custom work types | Partly | Yes |
| Automation rules | Partly | Yes |
| A query language | Partly | Yes |
| Writing and linking | ||
| Pages with sub-pages, templates and version history | Yes | Yes |
| Realtime collaborative editing | Yes | Yes |
| A live list of tasks inside a page | Yes | Yes |
| Create a task from text in a page | Yes | Yes |
| Permissions on individual pages | No | Yes |
| Share a page publicly | No | Yes |
| One product or two | ||
| Tasks and docs in the same product | Yes | No |
| One subscription for tasks and docs | Yes | No |
| Priced per workspace rather than per user | Yes | No |
| Free for a team of ten | No | Yes |
| Platform | ||
| GitHub and GitLab branch and pull-request linking | Yes | Yes |
| Public API and webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | Yes |
| Third-party app marketplace | No | Yes |
| Email notifications | Partly | Yes |
| Import from another tool | No | Yes |
| Export your data | No | Yes |
| AI features | No | Yes |
What Jira + Confluence does well
Both are free for ten people
Jira Free and Confluence Free each take up to ten users. A team of ten can track work and write docs without paying anything.
The two products are well connected
A Confluence page can list Jira work items from a query, and you can highlight text in a page to create a work item.
Depth for larger organisations
Jira has an automation engine, JQL and custom work types. Confluence has space and page permissions on paid plans. Both have mobile apps and a large marketplace of apps.
What Shaire does well
One product instead of two
Tasks and docs share one workspace, one search box and one member list. There is one product to learn, one to set up and one subscription to manage.
One price for the whole team
Shaire is €20 a month for up to ten people and €59 for up to twenty-five, for the whole workspace. Adding a person does not add a line to two separate bills.
Milestones that carry their brief
A milestone spans lists, rolls up its tasks and holds the written brief that explains it, so the goal and the work sit on the same page.
Two connected products
Jira and Confluence are the default stack for many software teams. Jira tracks work in depth, Confluence holds the writing, and Atlassian connects the two. A Confluence page can list Jira work items from a query, and highlighted text can become a work item without leaving the page. For a team of ten, both products are free.
Each product has its own plan, its own storage and its own settings. A spec lives in Confluence, and the work it describes lives in Jira, joined by a macro or a link.
One workspace for the work and the writing
Shaire puts tasks and docs in one product. A page and the tasks it describes sit in the same workspace, share one search box and one member list, and link to each other both ways. A task list block in a page shows live tasks from a list, a milestone or an assignee. A checklist line becomes a task in one click. A milestone carries its brief next to the tasks that deliver it.
The price, at ten people and beyond
At ten people, Atlassian costs nothing and Shaire costs €20 a month. The free plans include 2 GB of storage in each product. Confluence Free has no custom permissions, so everyone who can log in can edit every page.
Past ten people, Jira and Confluence each move to per-user billing on their own subscription, and Atlassian’s calculator gives the price. Shaire is €59 a month for the whole workspace up to twenty-five people, whoever you invite. The details are on the pricing page.
What Shaire does not include
Shaire has no automation engine, no query language like JQL and no marketplace of apps. Recurring tasks and workflow rules handle repeat work. Every member can read and edit every page, and guests see no pages. There are no public pages, no mobile app, no SSO, no importer and no export.
Closing a workspace
An owner can close the workspace from its settings. The subscription stops that day, and the data is deleted thirty days later. Until then, the workspace can be recovered.
How to choose
Choose Jira + Confluence if
- Your team is ten people or fewer and you want to pay nothing for tools.
- You need an automation engine, a query language like JQL or apps from a large marketplace.
- You need permissions on individual pages, public pages or native mobile apps.
Choose Shaire if
- You want tasks and docs in one product, with one search box and one member list.
- Your team is growing past ten and you would rather pay one flat price than two per-user bills.
- You want sprints, a timeline and a wiki that work on the first day without setting up two tools.
Common questions
Are Jira and Confluence really free for ten people?
Yes. Jira Free and Confluence Free each allow up to ten users, with 2 GB of storage in each product. Confluence Free has no custom permissions, so everyone who can log in can view and edit all content, and public links need a paid plan.
Can Confluence show Jira work items in a page?
Yes. The Jira work items macro lists work items from a query inside a Confluence page, and you can create a work item from highlighted text. Shaire does the same inside one product: a task list block in a page, and a checklist line that becomes a task.
What does it cost when the team grows past ten?
Jira and Confluence each move to a paid plan billed per user, so the team pays for two per-user subscriptions. Atlassian quotes those prices with its own calculator. Shaire is €59 a month for the whole workspace up to twenty-five people.
How is Shaire different from Jira and Confluence?
Shaire is one product where Atlassian offers two. Tasks, docs, sprints, a timeline and a calendar share one workspace, one search box, one member list and one subscription. Jira and Confluence offer more configuration, including an automation engine, JQL, page permissions and a marketplace of apps.
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