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incident.io vs Jira Service Management

Compare incident.io and Jira Service Management on features, pricing, and buyer fit using the same researched criteria.

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incident.io

7.8/10

Incident response — Basic Free; Team $15/user/mo annual ($19 monthly); Pro $25/user; on-call add-on +$10–$20/user. Does not outrank PagerDuty 8.0.

Best for

• Teams that want incident command in Slack more than a paging-first ops cloud
• Buyers who will add on-call only if needed
• Product-led incident response versus PagerDuty Professional seats

Starting from $15.00/user/mo

Free plan available

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Our verdict

No universal winner

No universal winner. Choose based on which criteria matter most for your team.

incident.io is better for

✓ Starting pricing

Jira Service Management is better for

✓ Integrations
✓ Security & admin

Tie

• Free plan

Choose incident.io if: Teams that want incident command in Slack more than a paging-first ops cloud

Choose Jira Service Management if: Teams already on Jira Cloud who need a service desk

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Jira Service Management

8/10

Atlassian ITSM on Jira Cloud — Free ≤3 agents; Standard from $20/agent/mo; Premium ~$51.42/agent/mo; Enterprise contact.

Best for

• Teams already on Jira Cloud who need a service desk
• IT/HR/ops request management next to engineering issues
• Buyers who want a published agent SKU under ServiceNow TCO

Starting from $20.00/user/mo

Free plan available

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Comparison scorecard

Criterion-by-criterion results for incident.io and Jira Service Management. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.

Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
incident.io
incident.io publishes a lower researched starting floor ($15/mo vs $20/mo for Jira Service Management). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
incident.ioStronger
Jira Service ManagementWeaker
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Tie
incident.io researches a free plan; Jira Service Management researches a free plan.
incident.ioTie
Jira Service ManagementTie
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Depends
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for incident.io and Jira Service Management on current vendor packaging.
incident.ioDepends
Jira Service ManagementDepends
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Jira Service Management
Jira Service Management leads on integrations (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
incident.io8/10
Jira Service Management9/10
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Jira Service Management
Jira Service Management leads on security admin (7/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
incident.ioWeaker
Jira Service ManagementStronger

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