One tool tracks the work. Another holds the knowledge or the customer stories. Almost never the same one. ScrumDo keeps the signal, the spec, the flow, and the outcome in one place, for your people and the agents they bring.
Best entry points
Two tables do most of the work: where ScrumDo keeps layers connected, and how it prices against the field. Then jump to an in-depth page for Jira, Linear, Asana, Monday, SwiftKanban, Azure DevOps, or Atlassian Rovo, or use the tables for everything else.
Work management
If your team has outgrown simple tickets, task lists, or board columns, start here.
Flow metrics and forecasting tools
Dedicated flow tools forecast well, cumulative flow diagrams, lead-time histograms, Little’s Law and Monte Carlo. The question is whether that forecast sits next to the customer signal, the economics, and the agents, or in a separate analytics layer.
Knowledge and workspace tools
Plenty of teams start in docs, notes, and flexible databases. The wall shows up when the work gets harder and the source of truth splits in two.
Product and discovery tools
A discovery tool can capture ideas, customer intake, and strategy well. The next question is whether that signal survives the move into delivery.
Research and insight tools
Research tools are good at gathering and synthesizing evidence. The harder question is what happens after the insight is clear.
Portfolio and strategic planning tools
Strategic portfolio and enterprise alignment tools live here. Start here when the real question is whether signal, budget, and work contracts can sit on the same cards instead of three systems apart.
Scaled Agile (SAFe) tools
Enterprise SAFe platforms coordinate portfolios, programs, and teams well. The question is whether the customer signal, the cost-of-delay economics, the flow forecast, and the agents live on the same work, or in an alignment layer above it. ScrumDo also supports SAFe, but keeps those layers on the card.
AI agent platforms
Suites like Atlassian Rovo now ship capable AI agents wired into their own tools and data. ScrumDo takes a different stance: it is not another agent. It runs the agents you already pay for (Claude, Codex, Grok, Copilot, Cursor) off one accepted spec, under human control, with no lock-in to a single suite. Read this page when the real question is whether agents should work from an accepted spec rather than inside one vendor’s walls.
Most categories solve one layer well. This is the layer-by-layer view of where ScrumDo is built differently, with a guide behind every row.
| Capability | Typical tools | ScrumDo | Go deeper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer signal that survives into the work | Captured in a separate intake, research, or docs tool, then summarized before it reaches delivery. | Self-interpreted customer stories stay source-linked on the card that becomes the work. | From stories to wiser next steps → |
| Economic prioritization (cost of delay, classes of service) | WSJF often lives in a separate roadmap tool or a custom field, rarely tied to cost of delay or a live service policy on the delivery record. | Cost of delay and classes of service shape the queue, with the economics next to the decision. | Cost of Delay for everyday prioritization → |
| Flow that is not a straight line (WIP limits, Little’s Law) | Straight-line kanban columns with, at most, a single max-WIP cap per column. | Designed boards with min/max, horizontal, person, work-type, and class-of-service WIP limits that match how the work really moves. | Flow is not a straight line → |
| Delivery forecasting from real flow (Little’s Law, CFD, histogram) | Velocity charts, or probabilistic forecasting only through paid marketplace add-ons. | A built-in Little’s Law forecasting tool turns filtered CFD, lead-time histogram, and throughput into a defensible date range — on Team and above. | Plan with flow metrics, not hope → |
| Evidence and outcomes you can trust | Dashboards that look impressive but float away from the stories and values behind the work. | Reports rooted in the same stories, values, and timestamps tracked throughout, not a separate metrics layer. | Reports and outcomes rooted in evidence → |
| Bring your own agent, under human control | Native suite agents or per-seat AI add-ons, usually scoped to that vendor’s own data. | Connect the agents you already pay for to a governed card-spec with proof, on your compute, with $0 markup. | Governing AI agents with human wisdom → |
| Learning at scale (probes, task maps, governed agent roles) | One-off experiments tracked manually, with no shared structure to clone across teams. | Probe definitions as task maps that clone across teams, with governed agent roles supporting learning at scale. | Learning probes for service teams → |
| Portfolio budget attached to real work | A strategy or PPM layer that sits above the work and reconciles back to it later. | Budget, economics, and release structure ride on the same cards the teams actually deliver. | Portfolio budgeting with the work still attached → |
List pricing as of mid-2026; check each vendor for current rates. ScrumDo Personal, Team, and Business are available now with assisted onboarding. Team is $29/mo billed annually (2 Crew + 1 Manager); Business is $119/mo billed annually (8 Crew + 2 Managers). Governed BYOA agents carry $0 markup, because your AI provider bills tokens directly.
| Tool | Their pricing | ScrumDo | Where ScrumDo compares well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrike | Team $9.80/user/mo; Business $24.80/user/mo; Enterprise $45+/user/mo | Team $29/mo (3 seats); Business $119/mo (10 seats + $12/Crew) | Wrike Business costs $24.80/user/mo for custom workflows and request forms. ScrumDo provides living specs, DORA, Wardley Maps, OKRs, and Governed BYOA at 46%–68% lower TCO. |
| Jira | Free up to 10 users; Standard $7.91/user/mo; Premium $14.54/user/mo (annual) | Personal $99/yr or $9.99/mo; Team $29/mo includes 2 Crew + 1 Manager, then $7–$9 per Crew | Close on raw seats, but Jira’s Rovo AI is a $20/user/mo add-on; ScrumDo’s governed BYOA agents carry $0 markup. |
| Linear | Free (unlimited members, 250 issues); Basic $10/user/mo; Business $16/user/mo (annual only) | Personal $99/yr or $9.99/mo; Team $29/mo (2 Crew + 1 Manager); Business coming soon | Linear is cheap for pure issue tracking; ScrumDo adds customer signal, economics, and BYOA agents with no per-seat AI tax. |
| Asana | Free up to 10; Starter $10.99/user/mo; Advanced $24.99/user/mo (annual) | Team $29/mo (2 Crew + 1 Manager); Business coming soon | ScrumDo Team has transparent bundled pricing. Business will add portfolio economics and reviewable portfolio decisions when it launches. |
| Monday | Free (2 seats); Basic $9, Standard $12, Pro $19 per seat; 3-seat minimum, sold in buckets | Team $29/mo includes 2 Crew + 1 Manager, add seats one at a time | Monday bills in seat buckets, so a 4-person team pays for 5; ScrumDo adds exact seats and never resells AI. |
| Notion | Free; Plus $10/user/mo; Business $20/user/mo (AI only in Business) | Team $29/mo (2 Crew + 1 Manager) with governed BYOA agents included | Notion AI requires the $20 Business tier per seat; ScrumDo’s BYOA agents carry $0 markup—your provider bills tokens. |
| Productboard | Spark $15/maker/mo (annual) with 250 AI credits; Enterprise custom | Team $29/mo; Business portfolio economics coming soon | Priced per maker for discovery; ScrumDo keeps customer signal attached through delivery, not in a separate tool. |
| Aha! | No free plan; Roadmaps Premium $59/user/mo; Enterprise $99–$149/user/mo (annual) | Business portfolio economics coming soon | ScrumDo is preparing a Business tier that keeps portfolio economics attached to the work rather than separating planning from delivery. |
| Jira Product Discovery | Free; Standard ~$10/creator/mo (contributors free) | Team $29/mo carries signal into delivery and economics | Cheap for discovery alone; ScrumDo keeps the signal alive through prioritization, flow, and outcomes. |
| Dovetail | Free up to 3 editors; Professional ~$39/editor/mo; Enterprise custom (often $40k–$55k+/yr) | Team $29/mo; Business coming soon | A research repository priced per editor; ScrumDo keeps evidence on the work instead of in a separate archive. |
| Qualtrics | Quote-based annual contracts; no public per-seat price | Published Personal and Team pricing; Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | An enterprise experience platform; ScrumDo publishes pricing for the Personal and Team work-and-signal layers. |
| Planview | Quote-based enterprise PPM; no public per-seat price | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | Enterprise PPM priced by sales; ScrumDo publishes Personal and Team pricing and keeps budget on the actual work. |
| Jira Align | Quote-based enterprise; no public per-seat price | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | A SAFe alignment layer above delivery; ScrumDo’s portfolio rides on the same cards teams deliver from. |
| ServiceNow SPM | Platform/quote-based enterprise; no public per-seat price | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | Platform-priced and heavy to roll out; ScrumDo publishes Personal and Team pricing and attached to live work. |
| Broadcom Clarity | Quote-based enterprise PPM; no public per-seat price | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | Established PPM priced by sales; ScrumDo connects portfolio economics to the work as it happens. |
| Atlassian Rovo | $20/user/mo AI add-on on Jira/Confluence (bundled in some plans) | Governed BYOA agents included from Team ($29/mo), $0 markup | Rovo is a per-seat AI add-on on top of Jira/Confluence licensing; ScrumDo runs the agents you already pay for on your own keys, with $0 markup. |
| SwiftKanban | Free (10 users, 3 boards); Group $7/user/mo; Enterprise $15/user/mo (annual); ESP and Story Mapping add-ons $15/user/mo each | Personal $99/yr or $9.99/mo; Team $29/mo (2 Crew + 1 Manager); Business coming soon | SwiftKanban has deep flow analytics and forecasting too; ScrumDo keeps that flow data next to self-interpreted customer evidence, cost-of-delay sequencing, and governed BYOA agents — no per-user add-ons for the full scope. |
| Nave | $100/board/mo or $1,000/board/yr (unlimited users); no free tier, 14-day trial | Flow forecasting built in from Team ($29/mo); no per-board fee | Nave is a flow-analytics add-on for Jira/Trello/Azure; ScrumDo builds the same Little’s Law, CFD, and lead-time forecasting into the board, so you don’t pay per board for a separate layer. |
| ClickUp | Free; Unlimited $7/user/mo; Business $12/user/mo (annual); Enterprise custom; ClickUp Brain AI +$9/user/mo | Personal $99/yr or $9.99/mo; Team $29/mo (2 Crew + 1 Manager); Business coming soon | ClickUp is a broad all-in-one; ScrumDo trades breadth for flow economics, evidence-linked stories, and governed BYOA agents with $0 AI markup instead of a per-seat AI add-on. |
| SpiraPlan | Concurrent-user licensing (unlimited named users): ~$2,424/yr (3), ~$7,583/yr (10), ~$41,324/yr (100); on-premise available | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | SpiraPlan is a full ALM/SAFe suite with end-to-end traceability; ScrumDo is lighter and keeps signal, economics, flow, and agents on the work rather than a separate requirements and test estate. |
| Azure DevOps (Boards) | First 5 users free, then $6/user/mo Basic; Basic + Test Plans $52/user/mo; free for Visual Studio subscribers | Personal $99/yr or $9.99/mo; Team $29/mo (2 Crew + 1 Manager); Business coming soon | Azure DevOps is excellent value for the Microsoft delivery toolchain and SAFe-capable backlogs; ScrumDo adds the decision layer — customer signal, cost-of-delay economics, built-in flow forecasting, and governed BYOA agents — above the code. |
| Rally (Broadcom) | Quote-based enterprise; free Digital BizOps Starter for up to 50 users (no support) | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | Rally is a mature enterprise SAFe platform priced by sales; ScrumDo publishes Personal and Team pricing and keeps signal, economics, flow, and agents on the work. |
| Apptio Targetprocess | Quote-based, ~$30–$60/user/mo (often 25-user minimum); e.g. ~$40,500/yr for up to 125 users | Business coming soon; Enterprise by review | Targetprocess is a highly configurable SAFe/portfolio platform tied to IT financials; ScrumDo is opinionated and decision-first with published Personal and Team pricing and forecasting built into the board. |
| Digital.ai Agility | Quote-based enterprise (Essentials/Pro/Premium); commonly ~$50/user/mo and up, plus onboarding | Personal $99/yr or $9.99/mo; Team $29/mo; Business coming soon | Agility (formerly VersionOne) gates predictive analytics to its Premium edition; ScrumDo builds Little’s Law flow forecasting into the board from the first paid tier and adds governed BYOA agents. |
Competitor pricing is summarized from public list pricing and changes often, so verify on each vendor’s site. Enterprise and quote-based tools do not publish per-seat rates.
The strongest signals still come from customers, staff, and stakeholders close to the work. ScrumDo keeps that signal on the card long enough to change what the team does next.
A card can hold the working spec, the context behind the work, the blockers affecting it, the automation around it, and the outcome trail that follows.
Real work branches, stalls, loops back, and reconverges. ScrumDo reflects that reality with flexible workflows, WIP limits, blockers, and stronger flow visibility.
Your team and your BYO agents can work from the same card-spec instead of splitting work across tickets, docs, and prompts.
For engineering and product teams
Start with Jira, Linear, Jira Product Discovery, and Productboard if the problem is that planning and execution have drifted too far apart.
For cross-functional teams
Start with Asana, Monday, and Notion if the problem is that the work looks organized but the signal, blocker, and outcome layers are still disconnected.
For research and portfolio teams
Start with Dovetail, Qualtrics, Aha!, and Productboard if the problem is that the evidence is clear but the work system still loses it on the way to delivery.
For portfolio, SAFe, and transformation leaders
Start with Planview, ServiceNow SPM, and Clarity for portfolio judgment, or the SAFe estate, Azure DevOps, Jira Align, Rally, Targetprocess, Digital.ai Agility, when the framework aligns programs but signal, budget, and the actual work keep drifting apart.
For teams choosing how to run agents
Read the ScrumDo vs Atlassian Rovo page when you want agents that act from accepted specs under human control. Suites increasingly bundle their own agents; ScrumDo keeps your right to bring whichever agent you already pay for, instead of locking into one vendor’s autonomy.
Different buyers hit different limits first. These paths are here to shorten the comparison work instead of asking every team to read every page.
For product leaders
Start with the tools most likely to own customer intake, roadmap, or planning intent before the handoff into execution gets blurry.
For engineering leaders
Start with the tools most likely to be strong on delivery speed but weaker on signal, specs, and broader flow coordination.
For operations and service leaders
Start with broad coordination tools if the real pressure is now blocker visibility, service discipline, and a more truthful flow model.
For research and portfolio leaders
Start with the tools that already hold research or strategy if the business now needs the signal to stay attached through prioritization, budget, and review.
For portfolio and transformation leaders
Start here when the organization already has a portfolio view but still struggles to keep budget, signal, and real work contracts in the same system.
For SAFe and scaled-agile leaders
Start here when SAFe tooling aligns portfolios and programs well, but customer signal, cost-of-delay economics, and flow forecasting still live above the real work instead of on it.
The compare hub helps you evaluate tools. The Business portfolio page explains why ScrumDo’s upper tier exists and when it becomes the better fit.
If you already know where the friction is, start there instead of reading by category alone.
If the signal breaks
Use these comparisons when the main problem is that insight becomes a summary artifact before it becomes clear work.
If the spec breaks
Use these comparisons when tickets, docs, or idea records are not holding enough context for the work to run cleanly.
If the flow breaks
Use these comparisons when the visible workflow looks healthy while the real operational drag is still hiding underneath it.
If the forecast breaks
Use these comparisons when forecasting, CFD, and lead-time analytics are strong but disconnected from the signal, economics, and agents doing the work.
If the portfolio breaks
Use these comparisons when the organization needs stronger signal and better judgment above any one team board.
If SAFe sits above the work
Use these comparisons when SAFe tooling coordinates the org well, but the customer signal, cost-of-delay economics, flow forecast, and agents should live on the work itself.
Do not compare every page. Start with the cluster that matches the pressure your team is actually under right now.
The key question is not feature count. It is where customer context, specs, blockers, and outcomes stop staying attached.
Team pricing should keep the friction low. The higher tiers should only matter once you can see what they buy you.
