What is the difference between Jira Cloud and Jira Data Center?
Jira Cloud is a fully hosted SaaS solution managed by Atlassian, offering automatic scaling, built-in AI features like advanced automation and predictive insights, and zero infrastructure maintenance. Jira Data Center, by contrast, runs on-premises or in your own cloud infrastructure, providing active-active clustering for high availability, extensive customization, and full data control via multi-node setups.
Cloud prioritizes ease of upgrades and rapid feature releases but limits deep customizations, while Data Center excels in performance tuning and compliance for large enterprises yet requires IT overhead.
Note that Data Center faces end of life in March 2029 with no renewals after March 2028, lacking future support.
For secure on-premises continuity, Easy Redmine offers a self-hosted alternative with comparable scalability, encryption, and Jira migration tools.
