Jira is a project management tool for teams that need to plan, organize and track work.
Best Issue Tracking Software in 2026
Issue tracking software helps teams capture bugs, requests, and other work, then follow each item through a workflow. Compare custom workflows and workflow automation with roadmaps and time tracking to see how the tools may support your team’s way of working. Deployment options and single sign-on are useful considerations for fitting software into your environment, while free plans and paid-from pricing help frame…
Linear is a product development system that organizes work from roadmap planning through release.
Zoho Sprints is an agile project management product for coordinating work from user stories through releases.
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Azure Test Plans
Azure Test Plans provides tools for planning and tracking scripted, manual, and exploratory testing for apps.
Free planWebAPIExtensionLinux8.1From $6 a month - 5
Redmine
Redmine is a free, open-source web application for project management that can be self-hosted.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.8Free plan - 6

Backlog
Backlog brings project management, issue tracking, and team collaboration together, with no per-user pricing.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.7From $35 a month - 7
Trac
Trac is a free, self-hosted system for software development projects that combines issue tracking with a wiki.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.6Free plan - 8

OpenProject
OpenProject is web-based project management software for classic, agile, or hybrid projects.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.4From €5.95 a month - 9

Plane
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.4From $6 a month - 10

YouTrack
YouTrack is a project and work management service with automation rules, time tracking, and guest access.
Free planAndroidiOSWebWindows7.4From $5.40 a month - 11
Zoho BugTracker
Zoho BugTracker is a cloud-based collaborative tool for recording, tracking, and resolving bugs.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.4From $3 a month - 12

Bugsee
Bugsee captures app activity and diagnostic details to help developers investigate crashes and other bugs.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.3Free plan - 13

Taiga
Taiga is open-source project management software for cross-functional agile teams, including developers and designers, with support for Scrum and Kanban.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.2From €5 a month - 14
Usersnap
Usersnap is a product evidence platform that centralizes customer signals and supports product decisions.
AndroidiOSWebAPI7.2From €49 a month - 15

DoneDone
DoneDone is a cloud service that combines a shared inbox with task management.
AndroidiOSWebAPI7.0From $45 a month - 16
MantisBT
MantisBT is a free, open-source bug tracking system built with PHP for installation on a web server.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.0Free plan - 17
Sifter
AndroidiOSWebAPI7.0From $29 a month - 18
JTrac
JTrac is a free, open-source web application for tracking bugs, action items, and tasks.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.8Free plan - 19

Bird Eats Bug
Bird Eats Bug records screen activity alongside technical details so teams can give engineers useful bug reports.
Free planWebExtensionSelf-hosted6.7From $50 a month - 20
FogBugz
FogBugz is a project management and issue-tracking system for software development teams.
WebAPISelf-hosted6.7From $62 a month - 21

Shortcut
Free planWeb6.7From $8.50 a month - 22

Bugzilla
Bugzilla is free, web-based software for tracking bugs, issues, enhancements, and other change requests in products.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.6Free plan - 23
uBugtrack
uBugtrack is a cloud collaboration app for managing tasks, issues, crashes, and releases through web and API access.
Free planWebAPI6.6From $4 a month - 24

Automic Continuous Delivery Automation
Automic Continuous Delivery Automation orchestrates application releases and deployments, with real-time monitoring and release reporting.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.5 - 25

Marker.io
WebExtension6.5From $39 a month

