Is Ondule a replacement for Jira?

For many product teams, yes. Ondule has a backlog, epics and sprints, plus the roadmap, docs and planning that usually sit in Confluence and Miro. Teams with heavy custom workflows may prefer to keep Jira.

Can engineers still run sprints in Ondule?

Yes. Ondule has a backlog, epics, sprints with story points, and an active sprint view.

How much does Ondule cost compared with Jira?

Ondule is free for the first 3 members, then $20 per member per month with every feature. Jira Standard is about $7.91 per user per month but covers issue tracking only.

Can I try Ondule before moving anything?

Yes. The Meridian Labs demo opens a complete workspace with fictional data, and the first 3 members are free.

COMPARISON

Ondule vs Jira: the whole product, not just the tickets

Jira is where engineering work gets tracked. But the reason for that work lives in a Confluence page, the plan lives on a Miro board, and the status lives in Monday's slides. Here's how Ondule compares when product managers and engineers need one place to work.

Updated 29 September 2026

The short answer

Jira is excellent at tracking engineering work. Ondule covers the whole product: objectives, roadmaps, releases, docs, a planning canvas and sprints, all on one connected record. Choose Jira if issue tracking is all you need. Choose Ondule if you also run Confluence, Miro and a weekly status deck to explain that work.

See it in Ondule

The backlog, with Sprint 7 active and every issue under an epic.

The product overview: owner, health and delivery in one place.

Milestones with progress that rolls up from the work.

Where Jira stops

Jira answers "what are we building this sprint?" very well. It is weaker at "why are we building it, and is it working?" In most teams those answers live somewhere else: objectives in a slide, the product brief in Confluence, the quarter plan on a whiteboard. Every week, someone copies status from all of them into an update.

Ondule puts those things on the same record. An epic links to the milestone it delivers, the milestone links to the objective it serves, and the objective carries its measures. When the sprint moves, the roadmap and the update move with it.

How it connects

Feature comparison

How the two compare, feature by feature.

Feature	Ondule	Jira
Backlog, epics and sprints	Yes, built in	Yes, highly configurable
Objectives and KPIs linked to delivery	Yes, built in	Not in Jira itself; Atlassian sells Jira Product Discovery and Jira Align for this
Product and portfolio roadmaps	Yes, built from the same records	Timeline view; cross-project plans on Premium
Docs with live product context	Yes, built in	Separate product (Confluence)
Planning canvas	Yes, built in	Separate product (Confluence whiteboards or Miro)
PI planning	Yes, built in	Separate product (Jira Align) or Marketplace apps
Risks, issues, dependencies and decisions	Built-in record types	Issue links, custom issue types or apps
Human-owned status on objectives and milestones	Yes	No
Workflow customisation and Marketplace	Focused and opinionated	Very deep: custom workflows, JQL, automation, thousands of apps
Pricing	Free for the first 3 members, then $20 per member per month, every feature included	Free up to 10 users; Standard about $7.91 per user per month (August 2026)

What changes for engineers

Engineers keep a backlog, epics and sprints, so the daily workflow feels familiar. The difference is context: each ticket sits under the milestone and objective it serves, so nobody has to ask why it matters. And because status is read straight from the work, there are fewer "quick update?" messages.

What changes for product managers

Product managers stop maintaining four versions of the truth. Objectives, the roadmap, release dates, risks and decisions sit in the same place as the sprint. The product overview shows delivery progress, open risks and upcoming releases without anyone rebuilding a deck.

Pricing, worked out for a team of 12

Ondule: the first 3 members are free, then 9 members at $20 = $180 per month, with docs, canvas, planning and delivery included.

The Atlassian and Miro stack at published prices: Jira Standard about $95, Confluence Standard about $65, and Miro Starter $120 billed monthly, roughly $280 per month in total.

Ondule costs more than Jira on its own. It costs less than Jira, Confluence and Miro together. Atlassian prices vary by seat tier and billing cycle, so check their calculator for your exact number.

Choose Ondule if

Ondule is the better fit when:

You run Jira plus Confluence plus a whiteboard
Product managers rebuild status updates every week
You want objectives, roadmaps and sprints connected
You want PMs and engineers in one tool

Choose Jira if

Jira is the better fit when:

You only need issue tracking
You rely on complex custom workflows or specific Marketplace apps
You're a team of 10 or fewer happy on Jira's free plan

How to try it without moving your team

Open the Meridian Labs demo to see a full product workspace with fictional data. Then run one product in Ondule for a single sprint alongside your current setup, and compare how long your weekly update takes.

Questions

Is Ondule a replacement for Jira?: For many product teams, yes. Ondule has a backlog, epics and sprints, plus the roadmap, docs and planning that usually sit in Confluence and Miro. Teams with heavy custom workflows may prefer to keep Jira.
Can engineers still run sprints in Ondule?: Yes. Ondule has a backlog, epics, sprints with story points, and an active sprint view.
How much does Ondule cost compared with Jira?: Ondule is free for the first 3 members, then $20 per member per month with every feature. Jira Standard is about $7.91 per user per month but covers issue tracking only.
Can I try Ondule before moving anything?: Yes. The Meridian Labs demo opens a complete workspace with fictional data, and the first 3 members are free.