Project Management Software · reliability comparison
Asana vs Jira: which is more reliable? (2026)
Asana is more reliable than Jira, scoring 81.4 vs 61.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Asana reported 9 incidents and Jira reported 15, with effective uptime of 99.80% and 99.22% respectively. Asana resolves incidents faster on average (1h 19m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Asana | Jira |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 81.4 | 61.1 |
| Rank (project management tools) | #7 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.80% | 99.22% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 15 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 7 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 19m | 2h 55m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Asana and Jira differ
- Jira reported 67% more incidents than Asana over the last 90 days (15 vs 9).
- Jira had 7 partial or major outages, compared with 5 for Asana.
- Asana fixes problems faster: 1h 19m on average, against 2h 55m for Jira (2.2× quicker).
- Asana's longest outage on record lasted 2h 38m (Oct 23, 2026); Jira's lasted 3d (Jun 19, 2026).
90-day uptime
Asana
Jira
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Asana incidents
- Partial outageOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 2h 38m
Background jobs partial outageofficial update ↗
Affected: Automations and Background Actions, Webhooks and Event Streams, Notifications
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Affected: App, App, App, App, API, API +10 more
- Partial outageSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 50m
Affected: API, Mobile
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 3h 12m
Affected: API
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Automations not running for EU users
Affected: Automations and Background Actions
- Degraded performanceSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Slow performance for a subset of Asana users
Affected: App, App, API, API, Mobile, Mobile +6 more
Recent Jira incidents
- Partial outageNov 2, 2026 · resolved in 28m
Fields missing across Jira Work Items for some users
Affected: Viewing content, Search, Automation for Jira
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 16m
Jira - Project Sidebar Loading Degradation
Affected: Viewing content
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 56m
Job processing and scheduling is degraded affecting multiple Atlassian productsofficial update ↗
Affected: Notifications, Automation for Jira
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 1h 59m
Degraded Performance Viewing Issues and Boards
Affected: Viewing content, Create and edit
- InformationalSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 2h 54m
Degraded Performance Accessing Jira
Affected: Viewing content
- Degraded performanceSep 11, 2026 · resolved in 51m
Degraded performance affecting Jira Software and Jira Service Management
Affected: Viewing content
Other project management tools to consider
- Teamwork.com · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hive · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- Linear · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Basecamp · #4 · 99.95% uptime
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