The Jira Data Center Alternative for Teams Who Cannot Move to Cloud, with Migration Included
You run Jira on your own servers because a regulator, a security team, or a network boundary says you have to. Data Center is winding down. This is where those instances are going.
Free guided migration from Jira Data Center. Enterprise license: contact sales.
The short answer
If you run Jira Data Center, you have three dates to plan around. New Data Center sales closed to new customers on 30 March 2026. Existing customers can buy expansions and renewals until 30 March 2028. Full end of life is 28 March 2029, when instances become read only. Jira Server reached end of life separately on 15 February 2024. The date that constrains you today is 2028, not 2029, because it caps how much you can grow the instance two years before it stops working. Orangescrum Self-Hosted is a current product on the same ground: your servers, your data residency, air gapped networks supported, SSO, OAuth, LDAP, and Active Directory. It is also ahead of our own Cloud edition on modules. If your instance also runs Jira Service Management, if you have written your own Data Center apps, or if you need multi node clustering for tens of thousands of users, stay where you are for now. We do not cover those and pretending otherwise would waste your evaluation.
When Jira is the better choice
We would rather you find this out here than three weeks into a trial.
- You run Jira Service Management on the same instanceITSM with queues, service level agreements, a customer portal, and asset management is a whole product on top of the issue tracker. We do not have an ITSM product. Replacing the project side while leaving service management on Data Center means running both anyway.
- You have written your own Data Center appsAtlassian's plugin framework lets you build and deploy Java apps directly into the instance, and some teams have years of internal tooling in there. We have an API and integrations, but no comparable on-premise plugin framework. That code does not come with you.
- You need multi node clustering at very large scaleData Center is designed for clustered deployment across nodes with zero downtime upgrades for very large user counts. If your instance is genuinely at that scale and your operations team has built around it, that is real engineering you would be giving up.
- Your instance is stable and your budget runs to 2028If nothing is growing, your license is paid, and 2028 is beyond your planning horizon, doing nothing for another year is a legitimate decision. We would rather you moved when there is a reason than because a comparison page told you to.
What on-premise teams get instead
A deployment with no end date
Atlassian has published the dates when Data Center stops being sold, stops being expandable, and stops working. Orangescrum Self-Hosted is a current product we are still shipping modules to, with no announced end of life.
Runs in an air gapped network
No outbound connection required to operate. If your environment has no route to the public internet by design, the product installs and runs inside it.
Your servers, your data residency
Data stays on infrastructure you control, in the country and the data centre you choose, which is usually the reason you were on-premise in the first place.
Identity you already run
SSO, an OAuth identity provider, LDAP, and Active Directory, so accounts, groups, and de-provisioning follow the directory your organisation already administers.
Modules our Cloud does not have
Self-Hosted currently leads Cloud: risk management, document management with approvals, attendance and leave, release management, TestLab, collaborative document editing, and a visual workflow designer with transition rules and permissions.
Guided migration, at no charge
Our team runs the move, including instances that sit behind your firewall where we never touch the data ourselves. Projects, issues, users, sprints, custom fields, and comment history are mapped and validated with you.
Orangescrum compared with Jira
| Orangescrum | Jira | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a team of 50Both cloud editions: Orangescrum Pro Unlimited against Jira Standard at its published monthly rate. Atlassian's proposed destination for Data Center customers is its cloud. | $69 per month, flat | $453 per month at list |
| Self-hosted license for 50 users | $2,250 per year (Business, up to 50 users). Enterprise: custom quote, contact sales | Renewals for existing customers only, until 30 March 2028 |
| Users included | Cloud: unlimited on every plan. Self-Hosted: by license tier (Core 25, Business 50, Enterprise custom) | Charged per user |
| On-premise edition sold to new customersNew Data Center sales closed on 30 March 2026 | Yes | No |
| Expansions and renewals | No limit and no end date | Existing customers until 30 March 2028 |
| Published end of life | None announced | 28 March 2029, instances become read only |
| Air gapped deployment | Yes | Yes |
| Data stays on your infrastructure | Yes | Yes |
| SSO with SAML | Self-Hosted | Yes |
| LDAP and Active Directory | Self-Hosted | Yes |
| OAuth identity provider | Self-Hosted | Via Atlassian identity products |
| Visual workflow designer with transition rules | Self-Hosted | Yes |
| Risk management | Self-Hosted | No |
| Document management with approvals | Self-Hosted | Confluence, sold separately |
| Collaborative document editing | Self-Hosted | Confluence, sold separately |
| Attendance and leave | Self-Hosted | No |
| Release management | Self-Hosted | Versions and release hub |
| Test case management | Self-Hosted, via TestLab | Via Marketplace apps |
| Microsoft Teams integration | Self-Hosted | Yes |
| Jenkins CI/CD integration | Self-Hosted | Via Marketplace or Jenkins plugins |
| IT service management on the same instanceJira Service Management, sold separately | No | Yes |
| Free and open source edition | Yes | No |
What it costs as the team grows
Jira Standard at $9.05 per user per month on monthly billing, against Orangescrum Pro Unlimited at $69 per month for the whole team.
| Team size | Jira | Orangescrum | Difference per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 people | $91/mo | $69/mo | $258 less |
| 25 people | $226/mo | $69/mo | $1,887 less |
| 50 people | $453/mo | $69/mo | $4,602 less |
| 100 people | $905/mo | $69/mo | $10,032 less |
Figures use Jira's published monthly billing rate for its Standard plan and assume every person needs a seat. Annual billing is cheaper on most tools, including theirs. This compares list prices, not negotiated ones.
Moving a Data Center instance
On-premise migrations have a constraint hosted ones do not: the data often cannot leave your network. We work inside that rather than asking you to make an exception for us, and there is no charge for the migration.
- Scope the instanceNumber of projects, issue volume, which custom fields and workflow schemes are load bearing, whether sprint history has to come across, and what your identity provider is.
- Stand up Orangescrum inside your networkInstalled on your infrastructure, in your data centre or private cloud, behind your firewall, wired to your directory for SSO, LDAP, or Active Directory before any data moves.
- Mapping and a sandbox runIssue types, statuses, custom fields, and users are mapped, you approve the mapping, and the import runs into a sandbox instance your team can open and check.
- Cutover with the old instance keptThe real import runs and we validate it with you. Keep the Data Center instance read only for as long as your retention policy or your nerves require.
Jira Data Center and on-premise FAQ
When exactly does Jira Data Center stop being an option?
Why does 30 March 2028 matter more than the 2029 date?
Can Orangescrum run in an air gapped network?
Does Orangescrum Self-Hosted support SSO, LDAP, and Active Directory?
Where does our data sit if we self-host Orangescrum?
Can you migrate a Jira Data Center instance that sits behind our firewall?
What does Jira Data Center do better than Orangescrum Self-Hosted?
What does Orangescrum Self-Hosted have that Orangescrum Cloud does not?
Plan the move while 2028 is still a long way off
Talk to us about a self-hosted deployment inside your network. Free guided migration from Jira Data Center.