Short answer: Jira has no hourly rates or budgets, so tracking project cost takes a spreadsheet or a Marketplace app. Tempo Financial Manager is the most installed dedicated option, but it has no free tier for small teams and costs the most of these apps for 11 to 100 users. Alternatives include Time & Cost Tracker (dated rates, forecasts and direct expenses), Budgety (CAPEX/OPEX classification, lowest listed price), WorklogPRO (timesheets and approvals with rate tables) and Burnrate (prices native Jira worklogs with dated rates, with budgets, a run-out date and a forecast). All four are free for up to 10 users.
Disclosure: Burnrate is the app I make. It's new and has no reviews, and I've tried to describe every option fairly, including where another one does more. Competitor facts come only from each app's public Marketplace listing and its pricing data. Where a listing doesn't mention something, the table says "not described", which doesn't mean the app can't do it.
Checked on 3 Nov 2026; prices and features change, check each listing.
Comparison table
| Burnrate (mine) | Financial Manager (Tempo) | Time & Cost Tracker (SaaSJet) | Budgety (Deiser) | WorklogPRO (The Starware) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost and billing rates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Price rates per job role | Rate tables for cost and revenue |
| Rates with effective dates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not described | Not described |
| Budgets | Projects, epics, fix versions or JQL; money or hours; one-off, monthly or quarterly | Project, epic or portfolio scopes, custom groups of issues, JQL filters | Planned budget value | Linked to spaces and work items | Not described |
| Forecast | Pace, run-out date, estimate at completion | Not described | Yes | Yes, forecast against actual | Not described |
| Costs other than time | No | Not described | Direct expenses | Direct and indirect costs | Not described |
| CAPEX/OPEX | No | Not described | Not described | Yes | Not described |
| Its own timesheet or time logging | No, reads Jira worklogs | Not described (Tempo sells Timesheets separately) | Yes | Not described; refreshes worklogs from Jira and timesheet apps | Yes, with timers and approval |
| Works with Tempo Timesheets | Yes, beta | Made by Tempo | Tempo API | Yes | Not described |
| CSV or Excel export | CSV | Not described | Not described | Not described | Excel and PDF |
| Price, 11 to 100 users (per user per month) | USD 1.50 | USD 3.18 | USD 1.50 | USD 0.66 | USD 2.00 |
| Up to 10 users | Free | USD 10.50 per month | Free | Free | Free |
| Reviews (average, count) | None yet | 3.7 from 47 | 4.6 from 17 | 4.3 from 5 | 4.5 from 44 |
| Installs (Marketplace count) | 1 | 3,017 | 507 | 687 | 816 |
| Last update | 2 Nov 2026 | 29 Oct 2026 | 16 Oct 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 | 30 Oct 2026 |
Time-tracking apps such as Timesheets by Tempo or Clockwork can also report on billable hours; this page covers apps where cost and budgets are a main purpose. Clockwork Pro's listing also describes cost tracking and billing reports.
Without an app
Jira worklogs record who logged how much time on which day, but not what it cost. You can export them, multiply hours by a rate in a spreadsheet and compare the total with a budget. It works for one project and a few rates. It gets harder when rates change partway through, or when people want it kept up to date. The steps are in How to track project cost and budgets in Jira from worklogs.
Fits when: one project, one report, a stable team.
The apps
Burnrate
Burnrate is the app I make. You set a default rate, roles and people, each with dated cost and billing rates, and it prices every Jira worklog. A new rate applies from its date, so past costs don't change unless you add a rate with an earlier date. Budgets cover projects, epics, fix versions or a JQL query, in money or hours, one-off, monthly or quarterly, and show spend, pace, the day the budget runs out and a forecast. Reports group cost by project, epic, person, month, work type or work item, with CSV export, and each work item gets a Cost panel. It's a Forge app, and without the optional Tempo connection it makes no calls outside Atlassian.
What it doesn't do: it has no timesheet, time logging or approvals, it doesn't track expenses or CAPEX/OPEX, and it has no portfolio view. It's new, with no reviews and no track record yet.
It's on the Atlassian Marketplace.
Fits when: your team already logs time in Jira and you want cost and budgets from that, with no new place to log time.
Financial Manager (Tempo)
Financial Manager, formerly Cost Tracker, is the established option. Its listing covers project, epic and portfolio budgets, JQL filters, custom groups of issues, cost and billing rates with effective dates, multiple roles per project over time, and reports on project scope or labor costs. It comes from the same vendor as Timesheets by Tempo.
It's the most expensive of these for 11 to 100 users and has no free tier. Its average review is the lowest of the group, though from the most reviews.
Fits when: you already run Tempo and want one vendor, or need portfolio-level budgets.
Time & Cost Tracker (SaaSJet)
Time & Cost Tracker sets hourly and billing rates with effective dates, plans and tracks direct expenses, monitors a planned budget and forecasts project costs. It also has time tracking, detailed time reports and a JSM ticket cost report. It has the highest average review here.
Fits when: you want time tracking and cost in one app, or need to include direct expenses.
Budgety (Deiser)
Budgety links budgets and costs to spaces and work items, compares forecasts with actual spend, classifies costs as CAPEX/OPEX or direct/indirect, and refreshes costs from worklogs in Jira, Timesheets by Tempo or Timetracker. Bulk rate assignment needs its Advanced edition. It has the lowest listed price of these for 11 to 100 users.
Fits when: finance needs CAPEX/OPEX or costs beyond people's time.
WorklogPRO (The Starware)
WorklogPRO is a timesheet app first: hierarchical and pivot reports, worklog attributes such as billable hours and overtime, timers, timesheet periods and approval, and rate tables for cost, revenue and profit. It exports to Excel and PDF. Its listing doesn't describe budgets.
Fits when: you need timesheets and approvals, with cost and profit on top, more than you need budget tracking.
How to choose
- One project, one report: a spreadsheet.
- Already on Tempo, or need portfolios: Financial Manager.
- Time tracking and cost in one app, with direct expenses: Time & Cost Tracker.
- CAPEX/OPEX or the lowest listed price: Budgety.
- Timesheets and approvals first: WorklogPRO.
- Native Jira worklogs, budgets with a run-out date, no new place to log time: Burnrate.
Whichever you pick, try it with one real project first: set your rates, compare the total with a number you trust, and only then share it.
FAQ
What are the alternatives to Tempo Financial Manager? Time & Cost Tracker, Budgety, WorklogPRO and Burnrate are all on the Atlassian Marketplace and all free for up to 10 users. Which one fits depends on whether you need time logging, expenses, or CAPEX/OPEX as well as budgets.
Can Jira track project cost without an app? Not directly. Jira has worklogs but no rates or budgets, so you'd export the hours and work out cost in a spreadsheet.
Which apps keep past costs fixed when a rate changes? The listings for Burnrate, Financial Manager and Time & Cost Tracker all describe rates with effective dates. The Budgety and WorklogPRO listings don't say.
Which is cheapest for 11 to 100 users? Budgety at USD 0.66 per user per month, followed by Burnrate and Time & Cost Tracker at USD 1.50, WorklogPRO at USD 2.00 and Financial Manager at USD 3.18.
Do I need to stop using Tempo Timesheets to use another cost app? Not with Budgety, Time & Cost Tracker or Burnrate: their listings describe working with Tempo. In Burnrate that connection is in beta and needs an API token from a Tempo admin.
Which app includes a timesheet? Time & Cost Tracker and WorklogPRO include time tracking. Burnrate works from Jira worklogs logged elsewhere, and Budgety refreshes costs from worklogs in Jira or timesheet apps.
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