Your favorite Jira apps now have advanced editions

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App editions are officially coming to the Atlassian Marketplace in Q2 calendar year 2025. However, we’re excited to share that we already have 8 top Jira apps with advanced editions live. Users can view and submit an upgrade request for the apps below ahead of general availability (GA) later this year.

App editions allow teams to upgrade from the standard edition of their app(s) to an advanced edition (where applicable), which provides users with even more exciting capabilities like:

• Advanced features

• Extended support coverage

• More admin insights

Whether you’re an SMB or a large enterprise, there’s an edition for you! 

Note: With an advanced edition, you get everything listed under standard plus the additional features listed under advanced. Also, the pricing displayed in the image above is based on 10 users billed monthly.

Zephyr - Test Management & Automation for Jira

This app helps teams deliver better software, faster. Users can scale and standardize their testing with tools and infrastructure that support large test libraries, track requirements across test cases, test cycles, test plans, and execution results, shorten releases, and build better tests with no-code automation.

However, the advanced edition provides teams with even more great features with expanded no-code test automation capabilities like parallel testing, cross-browser, and cross-channel automated testing. 

 (AI powered) Automated Release Notes & Reports for Jira  

Automated Release Notes & Reports simplifies the entire journey from generating to distributing release notes and reports — all with minimal manual effort. It’s trusted by teams who want consistent, professional release notes and reports entirely automated, without the operational overhead.

Now, with the Advanced Edition, power users and enterprise teams get even more control and visibility. Features like version-controlled templates and rule history, configuration audit logs, support for multiple email attachments, and custom fonts help teams scale their communication while maintaining traceability, brand alignment, and process governance.

 QAlity Plus - Test Management for Jira

This app allows users to plan and execute tests with minimal effort so that you and your team stay focused on a common goal. Users can access and create tests from the Jira issue, link bugs to test steps during execution, and make better decisions with advanced analytics, tracking test coverage and identifying the most bug-prone functionalities.

However, the advanced edition provides teams with even more great features, allowing them to further customize and set test types, integrate automated testing, receive support from a dedicated customer support specialist, and more.

 Advanced Kanban & Agile Boards

This app equips users with powerful tools to create their ultimate Agile Boards. Key features include advanced Kanban boards with column groups, multilevel WIP limits to enhance team performance, and the flexibility to assign any standard or custom field to columns or swimlanes—unlocking endless possibilities for estimation, planning, story mapping, SAFe PI planning, and more at both team and portfolio levels. 

However, the advanced edition provides teams with even more great features such as creating custom board views, tracking an impediment reason, and applying flow efficiency calculations and limits.

Revyz Data Manager for Jira (Backup, Deploy, Sandbox)

Revyz simplifies Jira Cloud administration by providing a single platform for automated backup, restore, deployment, and management of data and configurations. This eliminates manual processes and scripting, enabling precise and automated configuration deployments from sandbox to production. Organizations experience significantly lower operational risk through granular, automated configuration migrations with full audit trails for compliance. Revyz also offers administrator-focused analytics for better visibility and decision support. 

The advanced edition enhances enterprise capabilities with features like advanced attachment malware detection, comprehensive site governance reporting, and robust Jira audit log preservation, delivering a complete solution for complex enterprise and compliance requirements.

  Optimizer for Jira

Audit, configure, optimize, and clean up Jira projects and configurations with confidence and ease, unlocking  unique insights and more time to focus your effort where it matters most. 

By upgrading to the advanced edition, gain access to new and innovative features such as Jira Service Management support, covering objects, custom health checks and smart tables specifically for JSM. Advanced edition users will also enjoy an unlimited version of health check history, as opposed to the one month view available in the standard edition beginning in April 2025.

 Projectrak (The project management solution for Jira)

This app provides users with better project portfolio management for Jira (PPM), by enhancing collaboration and alignment across all teams. Users can visualize multiple projects, make project fields smart, and do project reporting.

However, the advanced edition provides teams with even more great features such as the ability to efficiently update field values in multiple projects simultaneously, with bulk value changes. It also provides teams with their own dedicated customer success manager.

 Notification Assistant for Jira - Email

Customize, schedule, and fine-tune notifications so the right people get the right information—without inbox overload. Send notifications via Email. Configure notifications per project and reduce admin burden by giving project admins control. Trigger emails based on Jira events or schedules, and filter them using JQL. Set recipients from fields, or even email non Jira users. Include attachments, comment history, or CSV issue exports

And now, the advanced edition provides teams with even more flexibility and security, allowing customers to send emails via a customer provided SMTP server.

Be sure to check out all of our amazing app editions and let us know which one you’re most excited about in the comments!

Related content: Advanced app editions are now available for Jira and Confluence!

[Huwen Arnone _Deiser_]

This is exciting!! ⚡⚡⚡

[Melbrin NGOUILOU_Andemex]

Oh this is great !

[Jeevan Empati]

Awesome!!!

[Matthew]

That's great. The advanced plan sounds awesome.

[Piyush Annadate _ACE Pune_]

It's a great step, now the pricing strategy would be more useful.

[Dirk Lachowski]

Wait a second, maybe I'm missing something - but: You've added a new feature for app developers so that they now can charge more for new features, while in the past, they would just have added those features? 

I get why this may be a great thing if you happen to be an app developer, but as a customer I'm asking why that is something that you feel you have to share in a newsletter to your paying customers. It's like being punched in the face and then being asked to thank you for it.

Have you already reached peak disconnection with your customer base or is there more to expect?  

[Oto Tabares]

Great for app developers.
They'll get more money.

Bad for customers.
They'll pay more money.

[Klaudia Liskova]

Great summary! 

[Lori Brown]

Yeah...not so good for people paying for the apps. Might be something for the app developers to consider where there is a need to cover increased costs (AI functionality, etc.). If all the new and shiny stuff ends up getting put behind a bigger paywall, it's going to be harder to justify the cost of the apps at all. There's always a need to get more with less, y'know?

[Tom Kelley]

This might work for some apps that have a clear delineation between normal (basic or standard) and more advanced features. I can see this being helpful for vendors that need to source additional 3rd party frameworks to improve the functionality of their apps. I think the pushback here is the general frustration users already have with Atlassian products requiring 3rd party apps to get to a nominal and expected level of functionality. This is one reason why ClickUp, Monday.com, and others were able to get so much traction in a space Atlassian should have owned.

Regarding AI functionality, specifically when it involves a flat fee, will probably not be as feasible. For example, The Zephyr test apps already have a basic and more advanced app, which is branded as such. Then you need to purchase their Automate license in addition to be able to receive more AI credits and functionality. Specifically with Zephyr, the AI credits are not enough to incorporate test automation into your CI/CD pipeline. This alone is most likely going to have us looking outside the Atlassian ecosystem to handle this, which is very unfortunate. I am not sure how other vendors incorporate their AI offering, but a "flat fee" approach is probably wishful thinking.

[Kelsey Van Scoy]

We sincerely appreciate all the feedback received, as your insights are invaluable to us. We understand the concerns regarding the possibility of higher costs for additional features. However, our goal is to align pricing fairly for both our customers and Marketplace Partners.

By mid-Q3 of CY2025, we plan to release free editions. This initiative will empower customers to select from a free, standard, or advanced version of an app, enabling them to pay solely for the features their team truly needs, eliminating the risk of paying for unnecessary features.

While this may seem more beneficial for developers, we believe editions will empower customers by providing them with a range of features and services tailored to diverse business needs and budgets.

[Heiko Gerlach]

As known from Atassian, it takes ages to get major bugs fixed. But if a bugfix is available I would expect a rollout for all customers, what you are doing is creating a vip Membership without any major benefit. Strong Dislike.