Is it features, price or perhaps a vendor’s reputation? How to select the best Gantt chart for Jira for your organization? Don’t fall into the trap of choosing a cheap plugin. To navigate to the best Gantt chart, look at features, but also prospects of an Atlassian vendor.
I cannot stress enough how important regular releases are. No matter how pretty a Gantt chart looks, plugins that don’t get updated a few times per year should be approached with caution. Consider this: what if a vendor has a pretty refined app, but they have switched to the harvest mode now? Once Atlassian upgrades Jira, or you need a custom-made feature for your Gantt plugin, you could get trapped.
BigGantt |
BigPicture Gantt chart + Scope + Roadmaps + Board + Risks + Reports |
Gantt Cloud | GanttChart Project Jira Enterprise | GanttPRO | Polscheit’s Gantt-chart |
Structure .Gantt extension for Structure |
Timesheet and Gantt Chart for Jira | WBS Gantt-chart for Jira | |
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Vendor | SoftwarePlant | SoftwarePlant | WISOFT | Soyatec | GanttPRO | Frank Polscheit | ALM Works | i4ware Software | Ricksoft, Inc. |
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# of active instances | 7423 | 9417 | 2072 | 885 | 1352 | 2250 | 23 | 4041 | |
Marketplace rating /# of reviews |
3.1 /140 |
3.3 /226 |
2.1 /114 |
1.9 /156 |
3.9 /27 |
2.8 /121 |
3.5 /13 |
2.3 /3 |
2.8 /79 |
# of releases (I – III 2020) ~how actively an app is developed |
8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Launched | 2015 | 2014 | 2011 | 2010 | 2018 | 2012 | 2013 | ||
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Price Cloud 100 users user/month | $1.25 | $2.8 | $0.45 | $6 $1.5 – Professional Edition |
$8.9 or less | $0.5 | $1.25 | ||
Price Server 100 users annually | $1250 | $2000 | $8400 $1000 – Professional Edition. You can request a free license for Jira Server |
$750 | $2000 + $1000 | $2200 | $1000 | ||
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What-if scenarios before you commit changes to a schedule |
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Issue links (end to start, etc.) these ‘regular’ arrows have the power to influence the schedule |
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Soft dependency links an arrow between two tasks is evident, but it won’t interfere with the schedule |
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An effort was made to gather accurate data, but these apps are sometimes incomparable. Data current at the time of writing. Help improve the table – e-mail marketing (a) softwareplant.com.
Subtle signs that indicate good Gantt addons
How to detect a decent Gantt chart plugin? Actively developed add-ons exhibit these subtle signs:
- Slides on Atlassian Marketplace show late Jira interface
- A plugin has been on the market for a relatively short period, but it is packed with features
- Keep a sharp eye on how fresh the user interface is
- Look for settled, multi-employee vendors
What does a model Gantt chart look like?
Pictured is what we consider the best, at least mature, Gantt chart for Jira. This interface is available starting BigGantt ver. 5 and BigPicture 8. This new Gantt chart (we call it Gantt 2.0 internally) has a sleek design, excellent user experience, and long-demanded new features:
- what-if scenarios – test before you commit changes to the schedule
- soft dependencies (issue links) – “soft” arrows are there, but they are not in power to reschedule anything
- and the hideable right-side panel sheds more light on a task

New Gantt chart in BigGantt ver. 5 and BigPicture ver. 8 has what-if scenarios, soft dependencies (they don’t affect the schedule), and the collapsible ‘See the context of a task’ panel.
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