Project Management

Build Your Own Jira Alternative

Issue tracking and agile project management for software teams. You're paying ~$978/year for a team of 10. What if you owned it?

Reap analyzes Jira, extracts every feature, finds competitors, and generates a phased build plan with AI-ready implementation prompts.

What Jira does

Every feature below can be part of your custom build. You decide what matters -- skip the rest.

Sprint planning and backlog management
Kanban and Scrum boards
Custom workflows and issue types
Roadmap planning
Time tracking and reporting
Automation rules
Third-party integrations
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Why teams look for Jira alternatives

These are the reasons people start searching for “Jira alternative” in the first place.

Overwhelming complexity — most teams use 10% of the features but pay for 100%

Sluggish performance that gets worse as projects grow

Configuration is so deep it requires a dedicated admin

The real cost of Jira

SaaS subscriptions compound. A custom build is a one-time investment that pays for itself.

Keep paying Jira

Per user/month$8.15
Team of 10/year$978
3-year total$2,934

Build your own

Estimated build cost~$782
Annual maintenance~$98
3-year total~$978

Save ~$1,956 over 3 years
Estimates based on a team of 10. Actual costs vary by scope and complexity.

How Reap works

Analyze

Reap scrapes the product, extracts features, pricing, and competitive landscape.

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Prioritize

Mark what you actually need — must-haves, nice-to-haves, and features to skip.

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Build

Get a phased blueprint with AI-ready prompts. Ship phase one in days, not months.

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Ready to stop paying for Jira?

Get a detailed blueprint with AI-ready prompts. Build exactly what your team needs -- nothing more.