QlearView vs Jira: the alternative for small teams.
Jira is built for software development. Sprints, tickets, backlogs. For developers it is perfect. But your project manager, your account manager and your designer don't enjoy working in it.
QlearView is for the whole team. Simple enough for everyone, powerful enough for complex projects.
- Built in Belgium
- EU hosting (Paris)
- GDPR compliant
Comparison
| Feature | QlearView | Jira |
|---|---|---|
| Suitable for non technical teams | Yes | Limited |
| Learning curve | Low | High |
| Teamleader integration | Two way sync | Not available |
| Exact Online integration | Two way sync | Not available |
| Built in time tracking | Yes | Via plugins |
| Price for whole team | Free on Starter | Paid per seat |
| Data in EU | Yes | Depends on configuration |
| Built for mixed teams | Yes | No |
| Onboarding for a new colleague | Under an hour | Days to weeks |
Who QlearView is a better fit for
Agencies and consultancies where developers, project managers, account managers and designers need to follow the same project. Jira is optimal for pure software teams, but pinches as soon as a non technical colleague has to file a task or update a status. QlearView is deliberately designed for mixed teams where everyone contributes.
Companies who inherited Jira but were never really happy with it. Licences keep running, setup stays complex, plugins need updating. For non developer projects you can dodge that overhead with QlearView Starter. Leave Jira for the dev backlog if needed and connect via Zapier.
Teams under twenty people where the Jira learning curve is an organisational obstacle. New colleagues still asking a week in "why epics, stories AND tasks?" experience Jira as a barrier. QlearView starts with kanban and workflows that read intuitively, without four layers of hierarchy.
What you don't actually miss
Advanced Roadmaps, custom JQL and the many agile scrum ceremonies. If your organisation truly leans on those, stay on Jira; QlearView does not try to replace it for dedicated software teams. What you do get is a project layer that runs alongside Jira for client work, planning and non developers.
Marketplace apps like Tempo Timesheets or Structure. They are powerful but expensive (sometimes
0 per user per month extra). QlearView has time tracking and portfolio views built in as standard, no separate purchases.
Migration in practice
- Decide which Jira projects are dev only and which contain client or team projects that don't really belong in Jira.
- For client or team projects: create matching projects in QlearView and move open issues as tasks or subtasks. Use Jira as a reference, no bulk import.
- Keep the hierarchy simple: task plus subtask. That is usually enough for non-dev teams.
- Leave Jira running for the pure dev backlog. Invite everyone else into QlearView; Jira licences drop along with the move.
Lead time for a team of fifteen: two to four work days, including rethinking the project structure.
"Our developers love Jira. The rest of the agency hated it. Now dev stays in Jira and everyone else works in QlearView. Meetings got shorter."