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Outgrowing monday.com? Why Enterprises Are Making the Move to Jira

Written by Michael Roberts
Published on September 5, 2025

Monday.com has gained popularity as a versatile collaborative work management platform. It’s a great fit for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that need straightforward tools to manage projects and team collaboration. However, as organizations grow, they often discover that monday.com’s scalability and enterprise features don’t fully meet their needs. That’s why many enterprises are turning to Jira, Atlassian’s flagship solution that powers 75% of the Fortune 500. With unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and integrations, Jira is the go-to platform for organizations that need more than basic project tracking.

monday.com vs. Jira

While both tools work well for smaller organizations, Jira’s features allow enterprise teams to scale, customize, and collaborate easier.

Category
Scalability
Customization
Collaboration & Alignment
Reporting & Insights
Pricing
monday.com
Well-suited for smaller teams but struggles with enterprise-level scalability. Essential features are locked behind its expensive Enterprise edition, creating cost and complexity barriers for growing organizations.
Offers customizable boards and columns but often relies on paid marketplace apps for advanced features. This introduces additional costs and security risks.
Strong at team-level collaboration but limited when scaling to cross-functional enterprise initiatives.
Provides dashboards and charts, but requires higher-tier plans to unlock advanced analytics.
Free for up to 2 users. Basic at $9/seat/month; Standard at $12/seat/month; Pro at $19/seat/month; Enterprise requires a custom quote.
Jira
Grows with your business. Pricing scales down per user as teams grow, making enterprise adoption cost-effective. Supports multiple sites, centralized security controls, and robust compliance features for larger organizations.
Delivers unparalleled customization for workflows, issue types, permissions, and fields. With the right expertise, Jira can model complex enterprise processes across departments, without relying on third-party add-ons.
Enables true enterprise-wide alignment with roadmaps, dependencies, and linked tasks across teams and projects. When paired with Confluence and Loom, Jira connects strategy, documentation, and execution in one integrated platform.
Offers robust, real-time reporting out of the box. Custom dashboards, advanced roadmaps, and AI-powered insights allow leaders to monitor risks, progress, and performance across all teams.
Free for up to 10 users. Standard at $7.53/user/month; Premium at $13.53/user/month; Enterprise with custom pricing Jira’s sliding scale reduces per-user costs as teams grow, making it more cost-effective for large organizations.

Why Jira is Better for Enterprise Users

While monday.com is perfectly acceptable for SMBs, it becomes restrictive at scale due to feature gating, reliance on third-party apps, and limited enterprise alignment. Jira, on the other hand, was built for growth and complexity. Jira offers:

  • Enterprise Reliability: Used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies.
  • Future-Ready: Deep integrations with the Atlassian ecosystem, including Atlassian Intelligence, Confluence, and Loom.
  • Proven Scalability: Handles thousands of users and complex multi-site architectures.
  • End-to-End Alignment: Brings visibility across development, IT, and business teams.

For enterprises, Jira provides a platform for unified, scalable collaboration.

Migrate from monday.com to Jira

Migrating from monday.com to Jira can sound daunting. Data mapping, workflows, and integrations all need careful planning to avoid disruption.  That’s where our team at SPK and Associates excels.  Our Atlassian experts help enterprises assess, plan, execute, and optimize their workflows and ensure you get the most out of a migration from monday.com to Jira.  First, we evaluate which Jira tier is the right fit.  This includes options such as Standard, Premium or Enterprise.  Then, we tailor a migration path.  Next, we securely execute the migration, ensuring all compliance, infrastructure, and security needs are met. Once everything is migrated, we configure Jira workflows, dashboards, reports and automations to maximize efficiency.  With SPK, your teams focus on delivering business value while we handle the heavy lifting of migration and optimization.

Ready to Upgrade to Jira from monday.com?

While monday.com is a capable platform for SMBs, when it comes to enterprise-scale collaboration, Jira is the clear leader. Its robust customization, advanced reporting, scalability, and integrations make it the trusted choice for the world’s largest organizations. If your business has outgrown monday.com, now is the time to explore what Jira can offer. SPK and Associates has the expertise to ensure your migration is seamless, secure, and optimized for enterprise success.  Contact us today to learn more.

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