Hive vs Jira

Pricing & Plans

Feature
Hive
Jira
Free Plan Available
Starting Price
$5/user/month (Starter plan)
$7.91/user/month (Standard, billed monthly)
Free Plan Limits
Free forever plan with up to 10 workspace members, 200MB storage, unlimited tasks and collaborative notes, multiple core views, email in Hive, and native chat; advanced views, time tracking, resourcing, and automations require paid plans.
Free cloud plan for up to 10 users with unlimited projects and issues, backlog / list / board / timeline / calendar / summary views, basic reports, 100 automation rule runs/month, and 2 GB storage.

Core Project Views

Feature
Hive
Jira
List View
Kanban Board View
Gantt Chart View
Calendar View
Timeline View

Task Management

Feature
Hive
Jira
Subtasks
Task Dependencies
Custom Fields
Task Automations

Team & Resource

Feature
Hive
Jira
Native Time Tracking
Reporting Dashboards
Resource Management
Guest Access / Permissions

AI Features

Feature
Hive
Jira
AI Assistant
AI Task Generation
AI Task Summarization
AI Content Generation
AI Reporting / Analytics
AI Automation Suggestions

Ecosystem & Qualitative

Feature
Hive
Jira
Mobile App Available
Public API
Ease of Use
medium
steep
Best For
Marketing, creative, operations, and agency teams that need multi-view project management with native time tracking, resourcing, email, and embedded AI.
Agile software development teams and technical organizations that need flexible issue tracking, sprint management, and advanced planning with dependencies and capacity.