Inventory Plugin for JIRA vs. JIRA for asset management?

[Alex Gerulaitis]

What is the difference in functionality, if any, between:

1. Inventory Plugin for JIRA (3rd party "verified" plugin, not free, by Tuncay Senturk), and...
2. JIRA for asset management, which appears to be a guide on how to set up a JIRA project for the same purpose, and doesn't cost anything beyond JIRA license...

?

Thank you!

[Ramiro Pointis · Accepted solution]

Hi Alex, I think the diffference is whether you prefer customizing it yourself or having a plugin that does this for you. In my case in most cases I rather do it myself because I think I can have more control on the feature.

I've been thinking in this asset management for a long time but I never investigate it and now I'm glad you put this info in the question, I find the guide very promising and I think I'll give it a try. IMHO it's the best choice in this case.

[Ramiro Pointis]

Another thing, while there's no reviews or opinions on the Invertory Plugin, at least we know the asset managment worked for Atlassian.

[Alex Gerulaitis]

Thank you, much appreciate the answer. (I haven't done any JIRA customization and thus have no clue what effort is involved in customizing a JIRA instance or project to serve as an asset mgmt system.)

[Ramiro Pointis]

I can assure you that you will learn a lot about JIRA customization if you complete the asset managment guide ;)

[Alex Gerulaitis]

You have a point. :)