Your search for a Jira Data Center alternative ends here
You need an alternative to Jira Data Center, and you need it soon? No problem, OpenProject has got you covered!
With Atlassian’s recent announcement that Jira Data Center will reach the end of its life on March 28, 2029, organizations are already looking for a stable, secure, and powerful replacement.
After March 28, 2029, Jira Data Center licenses and apps will expire and become read-only, leaving cloud hosting as the only supported way to stay with Jira. But for many organizations, cloud hosting is not an option. On top of that, Atlassian recently burdened its customers with significant price increases for Jira Service Management (JSM) Cloud products.
The challenge: Finding a new self-hosted project management software within a short period of time, migrating existing data and onboarding the users so that your teams can switch over as effortlessly as possible.
Looking for: A feature-rich and affordable project management tool that also offers long-term on-premises solution. A solution where you have full ownership and control of your data within your own infrastructure.
Break free from Jira’s vendor lock-in and choose freedom with OpenProject
OpenProject offers exactly what many (still) Jira customers are looking for: a secure, powerful, and, above all, reliable solution for their projects, at attractive pricing models, or even completely free of charge in our Community version.
Start your free trial today and see for yourself how OpenProject will be your Jira alternative for 2026 and all the years that follow.
Next steps for your migration from Jira Data Center to OpenProject
If your organization depends on Jira Data Center, you have to act now.
- Start your free OpenProject trial to get to know our product hands-on.
- Map your use cases with OpenProjects features or ask us for help to understand your possibilities with OpenProject.
- Choose a self-managed, long-term solution.
- We will help you plan a migration path and the onboarding plan.
OpenProject is a powerful open source alternative to Jira
OpenProject is a highly developed, fully featured best-in-class project management software that offers a long-term on-premise solution. It supports both self-hosted and managed hosting options and gives you full control over your infrastructure without locking you into a specific vendor.
With advanced work package tracking – comparable to Jira issues – and comprehensive modules for agile boards, Gantt charts, and time and cost tracking, OpenProject covers a wide range of project requirements.
The software is available as a cost-free Community Edition, while the Enterprise Edition includes powerful add-ons for authentication, integrations, and custom workflows at fair prices.
OpenProject has been continuously developed for over ten years by a growing German company. It is based on a strong commitment to transparency, data sovereignty, and long-term reliability. We continuously develop the product based on our users’ needs.
Importante
OpenProject will continue offering its on-premises solution — including new features and security updates — beyond 2029. You choose where to run your data.
Benefit from the open source alliance
Perhaps you’ve considered switching to open source before, but the timing never seemed right? Now is the perfect moment. Security and reliability is just one of at least 8 reasons to choose open source software whenever possible. It’s user-centric, offers fast developments and a high level of customization. And, of course, without vendor lock-in that Atlassian customers currently face.
OpenProject is part of a strong open source ecosystem that builds secure, sovereign alternatives to proprietary software — and actively works to improve interoperability. One example is our partnership with XWiki and CryptPad, officially launched in July 2025. So if you are looking for a Confluence alternative we can recommend checking out XWiki, which is optimized for shared use with OpenProject.
Nice to know: OpenProject and XWiki are also part of openDesk, offering a fully sovereign workspace for the public sector in Europe. Stronger together is more than just a slogan for us.
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Another advantage of transparent source code: the members of our open source Community share the same values, and some of them are very competent and proactive. This led to the creation of the OpenProject Jira Importer – a tool written and hosted by a Community member and available as open source as well.
No strings attached: Start your free trial now
Your next step doesn’t need to be complicated. Start a free OpenProject trial today or get in touch to discuss migration paths from Jira Data Center. Because at OpenProject, we are on our user’s side and let you decide where and how to host your data.
