Jira Pricing History (2019-2026)
This guide compresses seven years of Atlassian pricing moves into one timeline so teams can explain budget growth, vendor pressure, and migration timing without piecing together old announcements by hand.
- Server sales ended: Feb 2, 2021
- Server support ended: Feb 15, 2024
- Data Center cost growth: +111%
Why the timeline matters
Jira pricing did not jump once. It moved in stages: Cloud repricing, Server end-of-sale, annual Data Center increases, and the removal of loyalty discounts that once softened migration costs.
Putting those events in order helps finance, procurement, and engineering teams answer a simple question: are rising Jira costs caused by seat growth, policy changes, or both?
The three turning points
- October 2019 introduced a more expensive Cloud pricing model for growing teams.
- October 2020 through February 2024 shut down the Server path and pushed customers toward Cloud or Data Center.
- February 2026 raised Jira Data Center pricing again, pushing the 500-user list price to roughly $59,000 per year.
How to use this page
Use the timeline to anchor renewal conversations, then move to the comparison and calculator guides to test whether Cloud, Data Center, or an alternative is the better fit for your team size.
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