Jellyfish vs Swarmia

Jellyfish8.8Visit Swarmia8.5Visit

Higher score Jellyfish #2 in Software Development Analytics Tools 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Jellyfish

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Swarmia #4 in Software Development Analytics Tools 8.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Swarmia

• Jellyfish fits best

  Organizations tracking engineering investment and AI impact

• Swarmia fits best

  Teams wanting configurable analytics and modular add-ons

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Side by side

Feature	Jellyfish 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Swarmia 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.5
Ranking	#2 in Software Development Analytics Tools	#4 in Software Development Analytics Tools
Best for	Organizations tracking engineering investment and AI impact	Teams wanting configurable analytics and modular add-ons
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$5/user/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2	SOC 2, SSO/SAML
Integrations	10 integrations	20 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Jellyfish 1/3 · Swarmia 1/3
DORA metrics	✓	✓
Developer experience surveys	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Team-level reporting	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Data source connectors	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Delivery metrics	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment option	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Tracks DORA, delivery, and reliability metrics across engineering workflows Analyzes AI-tool adoption, usage, and productivity across multiple tools Links engineering investment allocation with developer experience and delivery	Covers DORA, delivery, investment, AI adoption, surveys, and capitalization metrics Connects GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Slack, Teams, and deployment APIs Custom reports and configurable metric views support organization-specific analysis
Cons	Quote-based pricing varies by seats and selected modules Cloud-only deployment may not suit teams requiring another hosting model Wide-ranging analytics may exceed the needs of teams seeking a single metric tool	Free access is limited to companies with fewer than 10 software developers HRIS integrations and Swarmia AI are excluded from the Free plan Advanced capabilities require paid plans or separately priced add-ons
Our verdict	Engineering leaders, managers, platform and product teams, and finance groups can use Jellyfish to connect data from development and delivery systems with business outcomes. The cloud platform covers DORA metrics, workflow analytics,… Read the review →	Swarmia is an engineering intelligence platform for software organizations that need configurable views of delivery, reliability, productivity, investment, and AI activity. Its feature set includes DORA metrics, code and issue analytics,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Jellyfish — where it wins

  • Tracks DORA, delivery, and reliability metrics across engineering workflows
  • Analyzes AI-tool adoption, usage, and productivity across multiple tools
  • Links engineering investment allocation with developer experience and delivery

  Where it doesn't

  • Quote-based pricing varies by seats and selected modules
  • Cloud-only deployment may not suit teams requiring another hosting model
  • Wide-ranging analytics may exceed the needs of teams seeking a single metric tool

• Swarmia — where it wins

  • Covers DORA, delivery, investment, AI adoption, surveys, and capitalization metrics
  • Connects GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Slack, Teams, and deployment APIs
  • Custom reports and configurable metric views support organization-specific analysis

  Where it doesn't

  • Free access is limited to companies with fewer than 10 software developers
  • HRIS integrations and Swarmia AI are excluded from the Free plan
  • Advanced capabilities require paid plans or separately priced add-ons

• Jellyfish8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  Connect engineering delivery, investment, developer experience, and AI-tool impact in one cloud platform.

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• Swarmia8.5/10 · Free plan

  Configurable engineering analytics spanning DORA, delivery, AI, investment, and surveys.

  Visit SwarmiaFull verdict →