Jira is a proprietary issue tracking product developed by Atlassian that allows bug tracking and agile project management.
Wave offers genuinely free accounting and invoicing software aimed at freelancers and micro-businesses, making money on payments and payroll add-ons. It is a popular starting point for solo operators.
Free for up to 10 users; paid plans from about $7.75/user/month.
Core accounting and invoicing are free; payments and payroll are paid.
- Powerful and configurable
- Strong agile support
- Scales to enterprise
- Big ecosystem
- Genuinely free core features
- Easy for beginners
- Good invoicing
- No subscription for basics
- Can be complex/heavy
- Configuration overhead
- Overkill for tiny teams
- Fewer advanced features
- Support is limited on free tier
- Payroll/payments cost extra
What reviewers say
Jira Reviews
4.5 (4)Solid choice
Tried Jira recently. Big ecosystem. No real complaints. Would recommend.
Recommend Jira
We rolled out Jira last quarter. Strong agile support. No real complaints. Would recommend.
Decent with caveats
We rolled out Jira last quarter. Upside: scales to enterprise. Downside: configuration overhead.
Wave Reviews
4.0 (3)Great accounting
Wave has been part of our stack. Easy for beginners. No real complaints. Would recommend.
Good, not perfect
Been using Wave for a while. Upside: no subscription for basics. Downside: support is limited on free tier.
Solid choice
Been using Wave for a while. Genuinely free core features. Minor gripe: payroll/payments cost extra. Would recommend.
