Migrating from Jira to Confluence
Jira scores 4.3/5 on G2 — 0.2 points ahead of Confluence (4.1/5). If you're making the switch, here's how to migrate your team from Jira to Confluence step by step.
At a Glance
- Industry standard for software development teams — most PMs will encounter Jira in their career
- Deepest configurability of any project management tool with custom fields, workflows, and screens
- 3,000+ marketplace integrations covering virtually every tool in the product stack
- Deep native integration with Jira makes it the de facto documentation tool for teams already using Atlassian — Jira issues embed seamlessly in pages
- Extensive template library with 100+ templates for PRDs, meeting notes, retrospectives, decision logs, and more — accelerates team onboarding
- Real-time collaborative editing with inline comments, @mentions, and page watching enables asynchronous team communication at scale
You leave behind
- −roadmapping
- −sprint planning
- −backlog management
Migration Steps
Audit and export your current workspace
Before touching Confluence, document what lives in Jira: issues, epics, and sprints, custom fields, automations, integrations, and team permissions. Export a full CSV backup — most tools support this from Settings → Export. Pay particular attention to any custom fields and workflow automations that your team relies on daily.
Set up your Confluence workspace
Create your Confluence workspace and replicate your project structure using tasks and projects. Confluence starts at $6.05/user/mo/user/mo with a free tier available — $1.8600000000000003/user/mo less than your current Jira spend. Run with a single pilot team before migrating everyone.
Map your workflow equivalents
Find the closest Confluence equivalent for each Jira feature your team relies on. issues, epics, and sprints in Jira maps to tasks and projects in Confluence. Prioritise the critical path: task creation, status tracking, and assignment.
Import your data
Confluence supports CSV import for tasks and projects and has 24+ native integrations. After importing, rebuild your key automations — Confluence's automation engine can replicate most rules you had in Jira. Start with your most active project rather than importing everything at once.
Onboard your team
Run a 30-minute walkthrough covering the daily workflow: how to create tasks and projects, update status, and find your board. Expect a moderate ramp — most engineers and PMs hit their stride within a week. The biggest adjustment is usually the project hierarchy.
Run Jira in parallel for two weeks
Keep Jira read-only while your team works primarily in Confluence. This reduces risk and lets people reference historical context — old decisions, archived tickets, past sprint data — without slowing the migration. After two weeks with no new work going into Jira, archive the workspace and make Confluence the official home.
Ready to switch?
Read the full Confluence review for pricing, integrations, and team fit details.