Migrate from Jira without losing history
Import from Jira CSV or the REST API. Issue types map to task types, epics become parent tasks, sprints stay sprints.
Switching from a paid tool? We credit your first three months of Pro against what is left on your Jira contract — up to $500. Send the invoice, we apply the credit.
Before you start
- Export from Jira. CSV works for tasks; use the JSON or API export if you want comments and attachments.
- Create a free workspace here. You do not need a paid plan to import — the plan limits apply after the import, and we do not lock imported data behind a paywall.
- Decide your structure. One project per Jira board or list is the default and is almost always right. Agencies usually add one workspace per client on top.
- Import into a throwaway project first. Look at 20 tasks, confirm the mapping, then delete it and run the real import.
What maps to what
| Jira | ManageYourProject |
|---|---|
| Issue types | Task type field |
| Statuses & workflow | Statuses with categories |
| Epics | Parent tasks |
| Story points | Story points |
| Sprints | Sprints with dates and commitment |
| Components & labels | Tags |
| Custom fields | Custom fields |
| Issue links | Dependencies where the type maps |
What does not carry over
Being straight with you saves a support ticket later:
- Automations and integrations have to be rebuilt. The concepts map cleanly — trigger, conditions, actions — but no vendor exports automation logic in a portable format. Most teams rebuild three or four rules and quietly drop the rest, because they were never firing anyway.
- Per-object permissions reset to your new role model. Re-apply project-level overrides after the import rather than trying to translate them.
- Rich text edge cases — embedded widgets, vendor-specific mentions and some table layouts — land as plain HTML. Headings, lists, links, code blocks and images survive.
- Historical activity comes across as an import note, not a synthetic per-field history. New changes get full field-level history from day one.
A realistic timeline
For a team of 15 with about 2,000 open tasks: 20 minutes to export and import, an hour to fix statuses and custom field types, and one week running both tools in parallel before you cancel. Do not cancel on day one — read-only access to the old tool for a month is cheap insurance.
Why teams leave Jira
- Configuration overhead: schemes, workflows and permissions require an admin.
- Non-engineers avoid it, so marketing and ops end up in a second tool.
- Time tracking is basic; billing and invoicing do not exist.
- Advanced Roadmaps costs extra on top of Premium.
- Client access means paying for another seat or buying a portal add-on.
Where Jira is still better
Deep issue schemes and a huge marketplace, if you truly need them. If that describes your core workflow, staying put is the right call and we would rather you knew now than after a migration.
Get help
On Pro and above, we will run the import with you on a call and stay on until your team can find their work. There is no charge for that. Ask for a migration session.