Monday.com’s Jira Cloud integration syncs issues into monday.com, but it is not retroactive and moves roughly 100–150 issues every 5 minutes. For a full move, export Jira to CSV and import into monday.com, or follow monday.com’s Jira-to-monday dev guide.
Quick verdict: Move to Monday.com when most of the people using the tool are not engineers and a visual board they will actually update matters more than sprints and custom workflows.
Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.
Estimate assumes: 1 hour of data-mapping/cleaning labor per 2,000 records, a blended $75/hr ops rate, tiered migration & cleaning tooling fees, and 4 hours of retraining per seat at a $45/hr fully-loaded rate.
Visual boards that marketing, operations and leadership use without training.
The same tool runs projects, request intake and CRM-style pipelines.
Two-way sync lets engineering stay in Jira during the transition.
Monday.com documents two paths: the Jira Cloud integration (sync one way or both ways, only for issues created or updated after setup) and a Jira-to-monday dev migration that runs through its Jira integration project by project.
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1Map projects to boards | Decide which Jira projects become which monday.com boards and how statuses map to columns. |
| 2Buy the right seat bundle | Paid plans come in bundles of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and up; count everyone who needs a seat. |
| 3Connect the Jira Cloud integration | Set sync direction per board: into monday.com, into Jira, or both. |
| 4Trigger the sync for old issues | The integration is not retroactive; bulk-update existing issues (about 100 at a time) so they sync. |
| 5Rebuild automations and views | Recreate board automations, dashboards and Gantt or timeline views. |
| 6Run both in parallel, then switch | Keep the sync on until the team works in monday.com, then retire the Jira projects. |
What this path doesn’t do for you:
Jira workflows, custom issue types, sprints and permission schemes do not convert. The sync handles issues created or updated after setup, at about 100–150 issues every 5 minutes.
| Plan | Jira | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Up to 10 users | Up to 2 seats |
| Entry paid plan | Standard $9.05/user/mo (monthly) | Basic $12/seat/mo monthly ($9 annual) |
| Next tier | Premium $18.30/user/mo (monthly) | Standard $14/seat/mo monthly ($12 annual) |
| Seat model | Per user | Bundles of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20+ |
| Import path in | CSV importer, ~1,500 work items per file | Jira Cloud integration (sync), Excel import |
Prices checked on each vendor’s own pricing page on September 24, 2026.
| Capability | Jira | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Sprints and backlogs | Core feature | Available in monday dev |
| Seat model | Per user | Seat bundles |
| Free plan | 10 users | 2 seats |
| Visual boards | Board view | Core feature |
| Price (monthly billing) | $9.05/user Standard | $14/seat Standard |
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Read the Jira vs Monday.com comparison Switching from Monday.com to Jira instead?Security, offline and access rules that differ between Jira and Monday.com. Rows where both tools are the same (4) are left out; the full side-by-side is on each tool’s page: Jira, Monday.com.
| What changes | Jira (today) | Monday.com (after) |
|---|---|---|
| Other certifications | ISO/IEC 27018, FedRAMP Moderate, CSA STAR, TISAX, C5, IRAPsource | ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27032, ISO/IEC 27701, CSA STAR, TX-RAMP, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 3source |
| HIPAA (BAA) | BAA availableStandardsource | BAA availableEnterprisesource |
| Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC) | YesAny plan with Atlassian Guard Standard (add-on); included in Enterprisesource | YesEnterprisesource |
| SCIM user provisioning | YesAny plan with Atlassian Guard Standard (add-on); included in Enterprisesource | YesEnterprisesource |
| Two-factor authentication | YesEnforcement: All plans (managed accounts)source | YesEnforcement: All planssource |
| Admin audit log | YesAny plan with Atlassian Guard Standard (add-on); included in Enterprisesource | YesEnterprisesource |
| Data residency choices | Australia, Canada, EU, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, UK, USStandardsource | US, EU, Australiasource |
| Encryption | AES-256 full-disk encryption at rest; TLS 1.2+ in transitsource | AES-256 at rest; TLS 1.3 (minimum TLS 1.2) in transitsource |
| Self-hosting option | Not published | Cloud onlysource |
| Offline mode | Not documented | PartialThe mobile apps work offline: Android can create, rename, delete and move items and change column values, iOS can change column values, and changes upload once you reconnect.source |
| Desktop apps | Browser onlysource | Windows, macOSsource |
| Offline limits | — | Mobile apps only; about 70% of board actions, with fewer supported on iOS than Androidsource |
| IP allowlisting | YesPremiumsource | YesEnterprisesource |
| Device & session controls | YesAny plan with Atlassian Guard Standard (add-on); included in EnterpriseMobile app management policies for the Jira Cloud iOS and Android apps via Atlassian Guard Standard.source | YesSession duration (automatic log-out), a Panic Button that locks down the account, and tenant-level restrictions on which monday.com accounts can be reached from your network.source |
The Jira Cloud integration is not retroactive; issues created before setup must be updated before they sync.
Jira limits it to roughly 100–150 issues every 5 minutes, per monday.com’s documentation.
On monthly billing, usually: Standard is $14/seat against $9.05/user for Jira Standard, and seats come in bundles.
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