# Workload vs Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps)

> Choose Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) if all your work lives in Jira and you want to plan delivery and agile team capacity from issues. Choose Workload if you want IT department capacity beyond Jira: run work, non-Jira projects, leave, skills, cross-project conflicts, and executive reporting — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

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## Workload vs Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) — IT capacity comparison | 2026

Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) or Workload for an IT department? Verdict in two sentences, comparison table, and FAQ. Workload from €59/month, 14-day trial.

## Workload vs Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps)

Jira Plans (formerly Advanced Roadmaps) is Jira's multi-team planning feature: roadmaps and capacity derived from issues. Workload is the System of Record (SoR) for IT capacity planning — plan, allocate, timesheet, govern, report.

Workload or Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) for an IT department?

Choose Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) if all your work lives in Jira and you want to plan delivery and agile team capacity from issues. Choose Workload if you want IT department capacity beyond Jira: run work, non-Jira projects, leave, skills, cross-project conflicts, and executive reporting — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

Workload is for you if…

Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) is a better fit if…

- Part of your IT work is not in Jira (run, non-Jira projects, support)
- You want net capacity per skill, leave included, across the IT department
- Cross-project conflicts and portfolio arbitration with what-if
- Jira Tempo / Azure DevOps for planned vs actual and committee packs

- All work is in Jira and organized in agile teams
- You plan deliveries and dependencies from issues
- Capacity in story points or hours per team is enough
- You want to stay in the Atlassian ecosystem

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### Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) and Workload at a glance

- Criterion
- Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps)
- Workload

Data source

Jira issues and teams

Allocations, skills, leave, projects (Jira or not)

Scope

Multi-team delivery planning

Net capacity and IT portfolio

Non-Jira work (run, projects)

Outside its natural scope

Taken into account

Portfolio arbitration

Plan scenarios

What-if, conflicts, committee

Integration

Native Jira (Premium/Enterprise plans)

Jira Tempo, Azure DevOps, Toggl, Clockify (Professional)

### Is Jira Plans enough for IT department capacity planning?

For planning agile team deliveries in Jira, yes. For IT capacity including run work, leave, skills, and non-Jira projects, Workload complements it.

### Does Workload replace Jira Plans?

No, they complement each other. Jira Plans plans delivery from issues; Workload steers net capacity and allocations.

### Is Workload tied to Jira?

No, Workload runs standalone with CSV. The Jira Tempo integration is available from the Professional plan.

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