Cloud on the Rise - How to Cut Costs While Migrating?

It seems like migration to Cloud is inevitable. All of the signs are there - the intense push directly from Atlassian, reduction of support for Server and Data Center, promotion of add-ons and novel functionalities available only on this platform. Undoubtedly, this change is not just a whim, as it should be viewed as a long term improvement and a step towards the future. Security at the highest level, constant growth and more user-friendly UI - these arguments are just a beginning of Jira Cloud benefits. 

Those who made their decision to migrate, quickly realized that it is not a simple, one-afternoon task. Just like any move, it is a whole operation that, depending on the size, requires entire teams, lots of resources, including the financial ones, and a ton of planning. The materials, tips and checklists shared by Atlassian, let the users truly understand the scope of this transformation and, most importantly, avoid major mistakes. 

Migration: a Perfect Clean-up Time 

One of the biggest migration steps is the assessment of users’ instances and apps. After all there’s no better time to clean up and organize than a move. Usually issues arise in the app department, when it turns out that migrating the app data from Data Center to Cloud is not a piece of cake. In some cases, the Cloud version of the add-on is just not available, or even if the same app is available on two hostings, the vendors do not always offer a migration tool. All of this puts the user in a tough spot and raises the costs of the already expensive operation.  

The Essentials of Jira: Templates

And if you are going through your apps, one by one, there is a big chance that in that list you will find a templating app. It is not a surprise, as these type of add-ons are a significant part of Atlassian Marketplace and Jira users daily worklife, allowing them to save time and reduce repetitive tasks. But if we look at two of the biggest apps offered by the vendors, Deviniti and AppLiger, it can be noted that both of them do not offer a possibility of data migration from one hosting platform to another for their apps. 

Switch Add-ons and Save Budget?

What seems to be a substantial obstacle, could actually become an opportunity to cut the costs of migration and an app improvement. How? By choosing a different app, which is the more cost-efficient option, providing a refined solution to the area of Jira templates. Let’s analyze annual costs of Cloud version add-ons of Deviniti and Appliger in comparison to our Issue Templates Agent. 

In the table above, we have gathered the prices of aforementioned apps for three groups with different team sizes (100, 1000 and 5000 users). What is expected is the increase of cost for all of the apps along with the increase of the team size. However, once we begin the comparison across the apps within each group, what can be noted is the difference in prices in favour of our Issue Templates Agent. When compared to Deviniti’s Issue Templates for Jira, the price gap is significant, ranging from 20% up to 45% cheaper, depending on the amount of users. If we take a closer look at the prices of Appliger’s Easy Issue Templates for Jira, a similar conclusion can be reached. Perhaps the contrast is not as striking, however it is still present. Our Issue Templates Agent turns out to be a cheaper solution, especially with bigger teams (6% cost difference for 1000 users and 19% for 5000 users). Below, we also provide a graph showing the correlation between rising costs of apps and amount of users for compared add-ons. Issue Templates Agent (pink line) proves to be the most economical and affordable option among others. 

Graph portraying the correlation between the team size and the price increase. Additionally, we have visualized the cost comparison for each templating app.

Lower pricing = lower quality?

By no means. We understand that migration is already a complex process, so the last thing we would want for you to do is sacrifice the quality of an app. Although the add-on switch may seem like a radical change, we want to make it as smooth as possible. One of the biggest advantages of Issue Templates Agent is the full integration with Jira and a native outlook. In such a case, the users don’t have to worry about spending time re-learning using the templating app. The configuration of the app itself is intuitive, but if any problems arise, we as a Marketplace Partner will give you a helping hand and take you through each step. We can also help you import your previous templates, without any additional costs. 

Issue Templates Agent is an app that we are constantly developing, making it even more practical for our users. However, we understand that there may be features from the Data Center extensions dear to your heart and work, which are not available in our add-on. In this situation, we will swiftly include the new functionality to our app on your request. 

Security and Support are our Staples

Along with Issue Templates Agent and its features, the users are getting our Support Team, always locked and loaded, ready to help you with any type of issue. This is what our loyal customer, Mikhail, had to say about the app and
the service:

On the last note we have to highlight that our templating app is built fully in Forge, which allows us to implement novel features and keep the highest standard of security that is currently available in Atlassian Ecosystem. Issue Templates Agent also takes part in the newly launching Runs on Atlassian program, which emphasizes no data egress and data residency-enabled storage. Security has always been a number one priority for us and we keep making efforts towards the highest level. 

Are you officially interested? Visit our Marketplace and check out Issue Templates Agent for yourself with a button below.

If you have already decided to switch apps, contact us at support@appsvio.com to inquire about the discount, which will decrease the migration costs further. Good luck in your Cloud endeavours!