Self-hosted Jira alternative for agencies

For 15 staff and 20 clients, Jira Standard costs $1,450 a year and Eddyline Team costs $490 a year, because Jira prices each of the 15 staff while Eddyline Team is one flat yearly price for up to 15 team members. If Jira is too expensive for a small agency, Eddyline is a self-hosted Jira alternative for agencies. See who counts as a team member.

The figures use Jira Standard at $1,450 a year, annual billing, the listed tier for 11 to 15 users, for 15 staff. Jira lists guests at no extra cost and without a paid seat on Standard, so your clients add nothing to the Jira total. See their pricing page.

The facts side by side

Eddyline and Jira compared for an agency
Fact	Eddyline	Jira, Standard plan
Pricing model	Priced per edition, not per client. Team covers 15 team members.	Priced per user. A free plan is listed for up to 10 users.
Client or guest access	Clients are free and unlimited on every edition and never count as team members.	Guests from outside your organization at no extra cost and without a paid seat, on Standard and above. Anonymous access is also listed.
Hosting	Self-hosted on your own Linux server with one install line.	Atlassian cloud. Self-managed Data Center is listed, with end of sale on March 30, 2026 and end of life on March 28, 2029.
Where your data lives	On your server. The only call Eddyline makes on its own is the daily update check, which you can turn off.	Data residency choice on Standard and above.
Single sign-on	Google and any OpenID Connect provider, on every edition.	Needs a separate Atlassian Guard Standard subscription on Free, Standard and Premium. Included on Enterprise.
Export	Time reports as CSV, and nightly database backups.	Varies, see source
Yearly price, 15 staff and 20 clients	$490 a year	$1,450 a year

Source: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing, checked on 2026-10-23. Where the page did not state a fact clearly, the table says so. Prices are in US dollars.

Where Jira is the better choice

Scale. Jira's plans run to very large sites, and its admin, audit and governance tools go well past what a small agency needs today.
Ecosystem. Apps and integrations built for Jira cover most tools a larger delivery team already uses.
Planning across teams. Premium lists advanced planning, dependency management and capacity management, which Eddyline does not offer.
Nothing to run. Atlassian hosts Jira cloud, so nobody on your side installs, backs up or updates a server.

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