The Strategy Layer above Work

Dragonboat vs Jira Align

The tool you choose shapes your culture.

Choose Dragonboat if you’re outcome-driven, customer-centric, operating at scale with diverse ways of working, and need AI to power your operating model.

Choose Jira Align if you’re SAFe-oriented, focused on headcount and budget, and willing to standardize how every team works.

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“We tried to roll out Jira Align for over a year and half but it simply wont work as there is no way to force so much changes to our teams. Dragonboat gives our portfolio their own way of working and we still have a holistic way to deploy okrs and plan and deliver cross portfolio roadmaps”

VP Product Management

Fortune 500 Financial Services Company

“We tried to set up Jira Align with our portfolio and it was very complicated and restrictive.”
“Dragonboat is flexible and easily configurable. Works just right for how we operate.”

Head of Product

Enterprise Media Company

How Dragonboat Compares to Jira Align

	Dragonboat	Jira Align & Strategy Collection
Focus	Product investment: Enabling strategies and outcomes, customer insights, and differentiate product investments from work that create products.	Work focus: Missing actual product strategy, customer insights.
Flexibility	Dynamic, flexible hierarchy for all product operating models.	Rigid structure that only works for teams all-in on SAFe.
AI Approach	Real AI-driven portfolio intelligence and integrated tools.	Limited workflow automation and separate AI search.
Implementation	Days or weeks to deliver value at scale with a phase roll-out.	Months-long and requires expensive change management.
Data	Unified, real-time AI data fabric.	Siloed data with a static hierarchy. Disconnected from JPD.

Why Leading Product Orgs Choose Dragonboat

Dragonboat isn’t just a better tool—it’s a smarter approach to Strategic Portfolio Management. Our platform uses AI-powered orchestration to unify strategy and delivery to accelerate product outcomes. Here’s why fast-moving companies love Dragonboat:

AI that Works With You

Dragonboat’s AI orchestrates your portfolio, uncovering risks, ripple effects, and opportunities in real-time, so you can prioritize smarter.

Flexibility for Every Team

No forced processes. Teams work how they prefer while staying aligned at the portfolio level.

Unified Data Intelligence

Combines insights, OKRs, roadmaps, resourcing, and delivery for a real-time, connected view across your product investments.

Rapid Time-to-Value

Get up and running in days, not months. Scale seamlessly without disrupting existing workflows.

From Rigid to Responsive

Dragonboat is built for modern product leaders. Whether you’re rapidly scaling, responding to market changes, or going through M&A, Dragonboat gives you the tools to:

Connect real-time insights with execution.
Adapt quickly without sacrificing alignment.
Deliver value faster with an agile, AI-powered platform.

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