Why move from free app Jira Cloud for Sheets to paid Google Sheets Integrations by Mobility Stream
In the middle of summer 2022 Atlassian made a surprise announcement. They are killing their app Jira Cloud for Sheets. Only a 3 month notice.
Thousands of companies depend on Jira Cloud for Sheets for reporting and more.
If you no longer believe that Atlassian is serious about supporting Jira Cloud for Sheets then read below and consider our app Google Sheets Integration for Jira.
We have been building Jira apps since 2012. Google Sheets Integration since 2017. Startups to large organizations such as Apple, the US Government and Honda trust our Jira apps.
Atlassian announced to kill Jira Cloud for Sheets app
Timeline: August 15, 2022 killing the app -> August 15-19, 2022 user revolt -> August 19, 2022 changed mind
"After much consideration, we've decided to deprecate the Jira Cloud for Google Sheets app due to low usage. …You can keep using it for now but it will cease to function on Nov 15, 2022."
“Based on your feedback, we’ve reversed our earlier decision and will continue to maintain, run and evolve the application as we were prior to the announcement.”
Jira Cloud for Sheets' users reaction to the announcement
“This is extremely upsetting 🙁 I can't even begin to describe the amount of work this is going to cause me!”
“This is disappointing. 🙁 Could there be other features added to it - of course! But taking it away completely, without an approved Atlassian method just plain sucks; especially since it took me some time to fight for the extension to be added to our Google Sheets with our Google Work Suite Admin and security Admin.”
“No! Please reconsider! This is extremely valuable on my end. This integration has helped me and my team to get all our processes and tracking streamlined! :(“
Comments from this Atlassian Community page.
What makes Google Sheets Integration better than Jira Cloud for Sheets
Enterprise level app
Need to export 30,000 issues. No problem. There are no limitations for real-time exports and each instance can export up to 50,000 issues for one-time exports. While the administrator has control over who can create export and where Google Sheets workspace data can be exported to.
An example of the additional productivity and admin tools you get with Google Integration.
Roadmap for constant improvement
Here are some of the things we are working on:
Export full data sets such as Projects, Components, Sprints, Users, etc into separate tabs
Export form data, assets data, and data from selected Jira apps
Create issues directly in Google Sheets
Report templates
Connect Google Sheets Integration more easily to your personal and corporate accounts
Atlassian only kept Jira Cloud for Sheets running after a user revolt. They are unlikely to allocate the resources needed to improve it.
Support
Were help clients no matter how complex the need.
Good luck getting support from a free Atlassian app if your problem is even a bit complicated.
Features
Jira Cloud for Sheets
Google Sheets Integration
(Cloud, Data Center and Server)
Permissions within Jira
No
Yes
Administrator chooses directly in Jira who can see the exported data.
Users are able to view or edit only the sheets you allow them to. Options are by users, groups, domain users or anyone with link.
Native Jira marketplace app
No
Yes
Export from within Jira
No
Yes
Status counts available
No
Yes
Exports can be audited
No
Yes
Real time exports
No
Yes
Whenever a Jira issue is updated, the change is automatically shown in Google Sheets.
Exports can be audited
No
Yes
Administrators can see all exports created by any user in the system. Includes used filter, export type, last update, and link to exported sheet.
No
Yes
Works with Jira Server
No
Yes
Bi-directional update
No
Yes
By installing the corresponding free Google Sheets add-on by MobilityStream, issue edits can be synced back to Jira automatically.
Reference data
No
Coming soon
Data such as projects, users, status, change history, releases and sprints will be exported to a separate tab.
Transfer to different Google account
No
Supported
Large exports (over 5,000 issues)
With complex workaround
Yes
Work log data
Aggregated per issue
Yes
Fine grained on separate tab
Export target
Personal Google Accounts
Personal and company Google Accounts
Credentials
User name and password
Installation
Google Workplace Marketplace
Atlassian Marketplace and optional Google Workplace Marketplace
Connections
Google Workplace app to Jira REST API
JQL and filters
Yes
Yes
Function in cell
Yes
No
Ad-hoc export
Yes
Yes
Scheduled export
Yes
Yes for Data Center and Server, Cloud coming soon
Last feature update
June 2020
Ongoing
Need help migrating from Jira Cloud for Sheets to Google Sheets Integration? Contact us.
