How to Get Started with Jira for Free with a Free Atlassian Jira Account

Jira offers one of the most generous Free tiers in project management software, making it perfect for learning, certification study, and small teams.

Signing Up

Creating a Jira account takes just minutes. You create your own Jira site, invite users, and immediately begin creating spaces, boards, workflows, automation rules, and dashboards.

What the Free Tier Includes

The Free plan supports up to 10 users. Every user is automatically a space administrator, which means there are no permission restrictions. This makes Free ideal for learning because everyone can configure workflows, fields, and automation.

The Free tier includes 2 GB of file storage and 100 automation rule runs per month. While limited, it is enough for lightweight automation and testing real Jira functionality.

Standard – For Growing Teams

The Standard plan supports unlimited users and introduces proper role-based security. It expands automation to 1,700 rule runs per month and increases file storage to 250 GB. It also introduces AI-powered Rovo Search, Chat, and Agents to help teams summarize, automate, and analyze Jira work.

Premium – For Multi-Team Organizations

Premium adds unlimited storage, 1,000 automation rule runs per user per month, multi-team roadmaps, cross-project dependency tracking, and workflow approval steps. It is designed for organizations that need governance, scale, and portfolio-level planning.

Why Start Free

Free is perfect for learning Jira and preparing for Atlassian certification exams like ACP-120 and ACP-620. When your needs grow, upgrading is seamless and preserves all of your configurations and data.

Jira grows with your team – from your first board to full enterprise delivery.

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