Planning Poker for Jira Alternatives: 6 Estimation Options (2026)
We Agile You's "Planning Poker – Story Point Estimations for Jira" is the people's champion of Marketplace estimation: 147,000+ monthly active users, a playful real-time table (consensus robot included), estimates saved straight to issues, and GDPR/ISO 27001 paperwork. The gripes are quieter than the app: pricing hides behind Atlassian's per-user calculator, there's no async mode, every voter needs a Jira seat, and — like every cloud app — you're billed on your whole instance's user tier, not your scrum team.
Here are 6 other ways to point Jira stories, from rival Marketplace apps to flat-rate browser tools that sync back.
DISCLOSURE: Online Planning Poker — first on this list — publishes this comparison. Facts checked July 12, 2026; where a vendor only shows pricing through a calculator, we say so rather than invent a number.
The quick comparison
| Tool | Runs | Pricing | Async | Non-Jira voters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Poker for Jira for reference (We Agile You) | Inside Jira | Per user via Atlassian calculator | No | No |
| Online Planning Poker Our pick | Browser + native Jira app | Free; $19/mo flat | No | Yes |
| Agile Poker for Jira | Inside Jira | $898/yr at 25 users | Yes | No |
| Planning Poker® (Appfire) | Inside Jira | $730/yr at 25 users | No | No |
| SprintPoker | Inside Jira | ≈ $0.84/user/mo (11–100) | Yes | No |
| Planning Poker Agility | Inside Jira | Free, unlimited | No | No |
| Parabol | Browser, syncs to Jira | $8/active user/mo | Partly (async standups) | Yes (with account) |
Sorting through Planning Poker for Jira alternatives
The incumbent wins on community and charm, so switch for structural reasons only: pricing transparency (flat-rate tools publish a number; Marketplace apps make you run a calculator against your instance tier), who gets to vote (Jira seats only, or anyone with a link), and async needs (absent here, present in two rivals). If none of those chafe, the 147k users aren't wrong.
Online Planning Poker
Our pickThe transparent-pricing answer: the browser tool is free with no limits and no accounts, and the number for Jira sync is printed right on the site — $19/month flat or $190/year, whatever your instance size. Business adds two-way sync, velocity tracking, session history with CSV export, and persistent team rooms; a native Jira app on the Marketplace covers in-issue estimation. Crucially for mixed rooms: anyone votes by link — the product owner's stakeholder doesn't need a Jira license to hold up an 8.
PROS
- + Published flat price — no calculator ritual
- + Voting open to non-Jira participants
- + Velocity and history reporting included
CONS
- − No async estimation either
- − Smaller community than 147k MAU
- − Browser-first; in-Jira flow needs our app
Best for: teams that want to know the price before the meeting and invite the whole room to vote.
Agile Poker for Jira
Power upgradeWhere the incumbent is a great table, Appfire's flagship is a toolkit: four estimation methods including async Wideband Delphi, relative sizing for bulk backlogs, AI-assisted suggestions, and velocity/capacity analytics — at $898/year for a 25-user instance. The move for teams whose estimation practice has outgrown a single game mode.
PROS
- + Async mode the incumbent lacks
- + Bulk relative estimation for big backlogs
- + Serious analytics
CONS
- − Premium tier pricing
- − More ceremony than casual teams want
- − Same instance-wide billing
Best for: maturing estimation practices — async, bulk sizing, reporting.
Planning Poker® by Appfire
Direct rivalThe like-for-like competitor: another polished real-time table (30+ players, private votes, moderated or ad-hoc games, historical reference issues) with published tier pricing — $730/year at 25 users, $2,920 at 100. Choosing between the two comes down to UX taste and whose vendor relationship you prefer.
PROS
- + Transparent published tiers
- + Reference issues for calibration
- + Appfire's support machine
CONS
- − Less playful than what your team's used to
- − No async here either
- − Sideways move on capability
Best for: teams switching vendors, not workflows.
SprintPoker
Young & keenAgile Pulse's challenger prices aggressively — about $0.84/user/month for 11–100 user instances — and packs async sessions, AI complexity insights, and quick per-ticket estimation the incumbent doesn't offer. The trade is track record: thousands of orgs versus the incumbent's 147k monthly users.
PROS
- + Async + AI at a low per-user rate
- + Estimate inside individual tickets
- + 30-day trial, free ≤10 users
CONS
- − Young app, young support org
- − Instance-counted billing persists
- − Smaller community for answers
Best for: feature-hungry teams comfortable betting on the newcomer.
Planning Poker Agility
The free fallbackIf the calculator's number offended you, this app doesn't have one: free, unlimited, forever — private voting, auto-reveal, custom scales, backlog and kanban support, Cloud Fortified. Plainer than the robot-cheered table you're leaving, and completely adequate for the core ceremony.
PROS
- + $0 at any instance size
- + No trials, tiers, or calculators
- + Security-certified
CONS
- − Bare-bones next to the incumbent's UX
- − No async, stats, or AI
- − Development energy went to its successor
Best for: teams that decided estimation software should cost nothing, full stop.
Parabol
Suite routeLeave the Marketplace without losing the sync: Parabol's Sprint Poker pulls Jira issues and writes estimates back from the browser, alongside retros and standups — open source, free for 2 teams and 10 meetings monthly, then $8 per active user per month. Non-Jira colleagues participate (with Parabol accounts), and GitHub/GitLab backlogs ride along.
PROS
- + Two-way Jira sync from outside Jira
- + Covers retros and standups too
- + Open source, self-hostable
CONS
- − Per-active-user pricing
- − Whole-suite adoption curve
- − Accounts for everyone, unlike link-joining tools
Best for: teams consolidating ceremonies while keeping the Jira pipeline.
Frequently asked questions
Why won't the app just tell me its price?
Atlassian Marketplace pricing is computed from your instance's user tier, so vendors surface a calculator instead of a rate card. It's normal for the platform — and exactly why flat-priced browser tools feel refreshing when you're comparison shopping.
Do we lose our estimates if we uninstall?
No — story points are saved to the Jira issue field and stay there. You lose in-app session history and stats. Export anything you care about before switching, then the field data carries forward to whatever writes it next.
What's the cheapest defensible setup for one team in a big instance?
Free: Planning Poker Agility in-Jira, or an uncapped browser tool with manual point entry. Cheapest with automatic sync: $19/month flat here — instance size never enters the equation.
Verified July 12, 2026 against Marketplace listings and vendor rate cards; per-user app pricing depends on your Atlassian tier. PLANNING POKER® is a registered trademark of Mountain Goat Software, LLC.
A price you can read, a room anyone can join
Free unlimited estimation now, $19/month flat for Jira sync when you want it — no calculator required.