Plan, design, build and shipin one AI workspace.
The AI-native software delivery OS
Plan, design, build and shipin one AI workspace.
Replace 7 tools with one. Stories, diagrams, processes and tests live in one connected graph, so the AI sees your whole product, not a snippet.
From $9/seat/mo · most teams pick $29 · card required · cancel anytime
Stride links every delivery artifact, from stories and acceptance criteria to diagrams, processes, tests, defects and releases, on a single connected graph, so changing any one updates everything related to it.
Change one artifact, every linked one updates.
PlanDesignOptimizeVerify
ORB-128Checkout story
AC × 6Acceptance criteria
C4Payment context
ADR-7Queue over cron
BPMNOrder process
What-if−38% cycle time
TC-87Checkout E2E
v2.4Release gate ✓
BUG-12Retry race
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How It Works
From setup to shipping in 4 steps
No complex onboarding. No training required. Your team starts with the same context they'd build over months in a custom internal tool.
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Connect Your Stack
Import from Jira, plug Claude Code or Codex into the MCP server, or start fresh. One-click OAuth, zero config.
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Describe Your Project
Tell the AI about your tech stack, team size, and goals. It builds context automatically.
Describe your project...
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AI Generates Everything
Stories, architecture options, test cases, process maps: all generated from your context.
4
Ship With Confidence
Quality gates, risk scores, and delivery health ensure every release meets the bar.
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Connect Your Stack
Import from Jira, plug Claude Code or Codex into the MCP server, or start fresh. One-click OAuth, zero config.
Describe Your Project
Tell the AI about your tech stack, team size, and goals. It builds context automatically.
Describe your project...
AI Generates Everything
Stories, architecture options, test cases, process maps: all generated from your context.
Ship With Confidence
Quality gates, risk scores, and delivery health ensure every release meets the bar.
The Problem
Tool sprawl is killing your velocity
Your team juggles Jira for planning, Confluence for docs, Miro for architecture, TestRail for QA, and a dozen spreadsheets for process tracking. Context is lost between tools. AI is bolted on as chatbots that don't understand your codebase. Nothing is connected.
7+ toolsPlanning, docs, diagrams, QA and process tracking: the typical delivery stack
5×Every feature gets retold five times: ticket, doc, diagram, test plan, status update
\~$75Per seat, per month, for the typical Jira-era stack, before anyone ships
The Solution
One connected graph. Every module. Zero glue code.
01
Plan
Plan drafts epics + stories from your project history and prior sprints
02
Design
Design proposes solutions with trade-off analysis
03
Optimize
Optimize discovers bottlenecks and automation opportunities
04
Verify
Verify proposes tests grounded in your past defects, predicts regressions, enforces quality gates
ROI Calculator
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Drag the sliders to match your team. Every number shows its work, including what Stride costs you.
Your team profile
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Startup15 engScale-up50 engEnterprise150 eng
Team size25 engineers
5 engineers200 engineers
Current tools7 tools
3 tools15 tools
Avg. fully loaded cost of an engineer-hour$75/hour
$40/hour$150/hour
Net annual savings12.7× return on cost
$101,363
After subtracting Stride Pro for your whole team
Where it comes from
License consolidation$19,500
Reclaimed engineering time, 50% counted$90,563
Stride Pro, 25 seats at $29/mo−$8,700
Hours reclaimed / week
53h
across the whole team
Payback period
\~4 weeks
until Stride pays for itself
How we calculate this
- $130 per user per year in license spend for each redundant tool replaced (your stack keeps one).
- 0.35 hours per person per week saved per redundant tool, about 2 hours at 7 tools, from fewer context switches and less retyping between systems.
- Time valued at your hourly rate over 46 working weeks, and only 50% of reclaimed time is counted as realized value.
- Stride Pro at $29 per seat per month, billed for every engineer.
- These are estimates, not a quote. Your numbers depend on your stack.
- AI Issue Writer for stories, epics and acceptance criteria
- PRD Studio: ready backlog, designs and tests from a single PRD
- Custom board columns with WIP limits
- Sprints, releases, velocity and burndown
- Defect-prediction priority on every story
- AI release notes from real tickets and commits Explore Plan in the tour
- Live traceability matrix: story → test → defect
- Story dependencies on a real graph
- Diagrams, ADRs + processes cross-linked
- Custom board columns with WIP limits
- Share any artifact: signed URL, no sign-up
- PRD Studio: backlog, designs and tests from one PRD
- AI stories, epics + Gherkin test generation
- Defect-prediction priority on every story
- AI release notes from real tickets + commits
- Hard AI cost caps: credits, budgets, alerts
- A production MCP tool for every object in your workspace
- REST API + webhooks for your stack
- RBAC + audit log on every mutation
- Jira · Linear · GitHub sync + CSV import
- Under 2 minutes to set up, from $9/seat
- Plan + Design + Optimize + Verify
- Library docs + diagrams in-platform
- AI on every artifact, no add-ons
- One vendor, one bill, one login
- ›Jira has a 20-year head start on custom workflows and field-level permissions. If your team runs a 200-state workflow with 40 custom screens, Stride is not the right fit.
- ›Atlassian Marketplace has thousands of apps. Stride has a public API + webhooks but a smaller integration ecosystem. See full Stride vs Jira
- ›Linear's issue UX is genuinely best-in-class. If you only need issue tracking and nothing else, Linear is a fine choice.
- ›Linear's offline-first mobile app is more mature; ours is a PWA. See full Stride vs Linear
- 3 projects
- Up to 3 teammates
- 150 AI credits / seat / month included
- Plan + Verify modules
- Up to 3 GB storage (1 GB / seat)
- Community support
- No Design module
- No Optimize
- No audit log
- Unlimited projects
- Up to 50 teammates
- 800 AI credits / seat / month included
- All 4 modules (Plan, Design, Optimize, Verify)
- Up to 100 GB storage (2 GB / seat)
- Webhooks & public API
- Audit log
- Email + in-app support
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited seats + projects
- Custom AI credit allowance
- SSO (SAML / Entra ID), shipping Q3 2026
- SCIM user provisioning (roadmap)
- Data residency options (US / EU / UK)
- Dedicated success manager
- Contractual uptime SLA on request
- Custom AI provider / on-prem option
- Up to 1 TB storage
- AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit
- Passwords hashed with bcrypt and timing-safe comparison
- 128-bit CSPRNG tokens for every invite and share link
- Webhooks signed so receivers can verify origin
A 25-person team replacing 7 tools nets an estimated $101,363/year after Stride's cost
Modules
Four modules that share one brain
Structured AI for product teams: generate architecture options, write acceptance criteria, find process bottlenecks, predict defects, all on one connected graph.
PlanDesignOptimizeVerify
Plan
Plan, backlog, and ship with AI in the loop. Stride drafts stories and acceptance criteria from your real delivery history: your velocity, what shipped, what slipped.
Stride / Board
To Do2
ORB-247AI
Bulk CSV import
3
ORB-251
Rate limit alerts
2
In Progress3/3
ORB-238
Checkout retry flow
5
ORB-242
Session refresh
3
ORB-244
Webhook signatures
3
Review1/2
ORB-231
Capacity API
8
Done4
ORB-225
SSO login
5
ORB-219
Audit log export
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Built For You
Every role. One platform.
Stride adapts to how you work: ship code, plan sprints, test quality, or design systems. Pick a role below to see how.
MiraDeveloper
NandiniProduct Manager
JoshQA Lead
KunalSolutions Architect
Before Stride
Jira · ORB-244
awaiting status update
Slack · DM from your EM
"any update on ORB-244?"
tests.todo
stubs still unwritten
feature/webhook-sigs
stale for 3 days
Context switching
9 tab hops an hour
\~2h/ day on status churn + context switching
With Stride
claude · stride mcpMCP connected
pick up ORB-244 and get it moving
stride.get\_story → "Webhook signatures" · 3 acceptance criteria
stride.update\_story\_status → To Do → In Progress
stride.create\_comment → "Branch pushed, tests drafted"
Done. Status, tests and comment updated.
ORB-244To Do
Webhook signatures
23
Mira · Developer · Senior engineer · platform team. Accent primary.
MCP: a tool for every objectWorks with Claude Code + CodexHard AI spend caps
The platform
Every artifact, one graph. One source of truth.
Stories, tests, architecture, processes and defects live on one connected graph the AI sees whole, with the agent tooling and enterprise plumbing a serious team needs underneath.
Story
Test
Diagram
Process
Defect
One connected graph
Every change, traced
When a story moves, its tests light up. When architecture drifts, the stories that depend on it surface. No more "whose job is this?" meetings.
Workspace-scoped AI
AI that reads your project
Every AI call, from story drafts to test gen to ADRs, is grounded in your workspace graph. Context is the model, not the prompt.
Agents · API · Governance
Built for agent fleets
Stride is an MCP server. Claude Code and Codex work your backlog with the same RBAC, audit log and budget caps as any teammate.
Stride vs the rest
How does Stride compare?
One platform vs. five tabs and an admin team. We tell you when Jira or Linear is the better fit, and why most teams still pick Stride.
Allvs Jiravs Linear
One bill, not five
The price of doing it the old way
Add up the tools you'd buy to match Stride's feature set. Stride is the same value at a flat $29/seat.
All-in
#### Stride Pro
AI-native delivery OS
$29/ seat / mo
The other way
#### Jira-anchored stack
5 vendors, 5 contracts, 5 separate AI add-ons
Jira PremiumReplaced by Stride · Plan$14.54
ConfluenceReplaced by Stride · Docs$5.16
LucidchartReplaced by Stride · Design$9.00
Xray for JiraReplaced by Stride · Verify$10.00
TestRailReplaced by Stride · Verify$36.00
Total / seat / mo$74.70
The other way
#### Linear-anchored stack
5 best-of-breed tools instead of one platform
Linear BusinessReplaced by Stride · Plan$16.00
Notion PlusReplaced by Stride · Docs$10.00
LucidchartReplaced by Stride · Design$9.00
TestRailReplaced by Stride · Verify$36.00
ChatGPT TeamReplaced by Stride · Plan$25.00
Total / seat / mo$96.00
You save $46–$67/seat/mo· 61–70% lower TCO
Numbers assume one seat per tool with the cheapest plan that matches Stride's feature set. Prices verified against vendor pricing pages on 2026-04-29; your real procurement quote will be higher than this.
| Feature | Most completeStrideAI-native delivery OS | IncumbentJiraConfigurable issue tracker | Modern challengerLinearPolished issue tracker | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | AI & automationAI baked into every artifact. Not an add-on, not a separate tab. | | | | | AI-written acceptance criteria | | Via add-ons (extra cost) | Basic (Linear Assistant) | | AI test case generation | | | | | AI release notes | | Via marketplace apps | | | AI architecture reviewAI flags risk in your C4 diagrams + ADR drafts. | | | | | AI process mining + automation | | | | | Cross-discipline coverageOne platform for PM, architecture, QA, and process. No glue tools. | | | | | Architecture diagrams + ADRs | | | | | Process mining + simulation | | | | | QA test coverage as first-class | | Via marketplace apps | | | Defect tracking | First-class | | Labels on issues | | Cross-module traceabilityEvery story links to its tests, ADRs, and processes. | | | | | Collaboration & UXModern, opinionated UX that ships ready to use. | | | | | Issue tracking + sprints / cycles | | | | | Real-time collab + @mentions | | | | | Public shareable artifact links | | | Projects only | | Modern UI out of the box | Works in 5 minutes | Expect a week of config | Best-in-class | | Native mobile appHonest: Linear's mobile app is more mature than ours. | PWA | | Best-in-class | | Pricing & setupPredictable per-seat pricing, AI included, no surprise tier jumps. | | | | | Time-to-first-value | Works in 5 minutes | Expect a week of config | Minutes | | AI included in every planA monthly AI-credit allowance is included on every plan; buy more credits anytime, no add-ons or separate AI seats. | | | Limited | | Per-seat monthly price (Pro)Jira and Linear look cheaper until you add the 5 apps each needs to match Stride. | $29 | $7.91 (Standard) / $14.54 (Premium) | $10 (Basic) / $16 (Business) | | Total stack cost (typical bundle)Tools you would buy to match Stride's feature set. See bundle breakdown above. | $29 for all four modules | $74.70 (Jira + Confluence + Lucidchart + Xray + TestRail) | $96 (Linear + Notion + Lucidchart + TestRail + ChatGPT) | | Free tier | No free tier; paid from day 1 ($9/seat) | Free for ≤10 users | Free for ≤10 members | | Predictable pricing, no tier jumps | | | | | Enterprise & ecosystemHonest: Jira still wins on sheer admin depth + marketplace breadth. | | | | | SSO (SAML) | Enterprise | Enterprise | Business+ | | Audit log + RBAC | | | | | Public API + webhooks | | | | | Custom workflow depthIf you run 200-state workflows, Jira is the right fit. | Pragmatic | 20-year head start | Pragmatic | | Third-party integration marketplace | Public API + webhooks | Atlassian Marketplace (thousands) | Cycles platform |
AI & automation
AI baked into every artifact. Not an add-on, not a separate tab.
AI-written acceptance criteria
Stride
Jira
Via add-ons (extra cost)
Linear
Basic (Linear Assistant)
AI test case generation
Stride
Jira
Linear
AI release notes
Stride
Jira
Via marketplace apps
Linear
AI architecture review
AI flags risk in your C4 diagrams + ADR drafts.
Stride
Jira
Linear
AI process mining + automation
Stride
Jira
Linear
Cross-discipline coverage
One platform for PM, architecture, QA, and process. No glue tools.
Collaboration & UX
Modern, opinionated UX that ships ready to use.
Pricing & setup
Predictable per-seat pricing, AI included, no surprise tier jumps.
Enterprise & ecosystem
Honest: Jira still wins on sheer admin depth + marketplace breadth.
Where Jira or Linear is genuinely stronger
Honest comparisons rank above dishonest ones. Here's what we don't pretend to do better.
Honest take
Jira is the better fit when…
Large enterprises with dedicated Jira admins and complex customisation needs.
Honest take
Linear is the better fit when…
Engineering-only teams that strictly want issue tracking and are paired with a separate architecture + QA tool.
Switching from Jira or Linear? Bring your whole backlog with you.
Export to CSV and Stride's import wizard auto-maps the fields you'd otherwise retype: Title, Description, Status, Priority, Assignee. And your data is never locked in: export everything back out whenever you want.
Get startedSee the Jira comparison
Integrations
Works with the tools you already use
Deep integrations today, generic webhooks and a REST API for everything else. No fake logos. If we list it, it actually works.
Live
GitHub
Source control
Auto-link PRs to stories. Status updates on merge. One-click GitHub App install, no per-user OAuth.
Live
Slack
Communication
Pipe @mentions, story status changes, and sprint events into a channel. One-click bot install, per-category toggles.
Live
Jira Cloud
Project management
Two-way sync of epics, stories, subtasks, sprints, and comments. OAuth in one click.
Live
Claude Code
AI coding agent
Your backlog in the CLI and IDE. Agents read stories, update statuses, and post progress comments via MCP.
Live
OpenAI Codex
AI coding agent
Same MCP server, native Codex support. One key, two runtimes, identical tool surface.
Live
Webhooks & REST API
Build your own
HMAC-signed webhooks on every event + a public REST API. Wire whatever you're using, no waiting on us.
More integrations land on the roadmap by customer request, and every shipped integration comes with full OAuth, audit logging, and conflict-aware sync. Nothing goes on this page until the backend ships.
Pricing
Plans that scale with your team.
From $9/seat/month. Most teams pick $29 for all four modules and 800 AI credits per seat. Cancel anytime.
MonthlyYearly−21%
Starter
For solo builders and small teams.
$9/ seat / mo
or $7/seat/mo billed yearly
Start with Starter
Most Popular
Pro
For growing product + engineering teams.
$29/ seat / mo
or $23/seat/mo billed yearly
Start with Pro
Enterprise
For organisations with security & compliance needs.
Custom
Contact sales
How AI credits work
Every plan includes a monthly AI-credit allowance. Credits meter your AI usage: each generation (architecture options, drafted stories, test cases, and more) draws from your balance, and heavier work uses more. A single drafted story is light; turning a whole PRD into a backlog is heavier, so a monthly allowance comfortably covers everyday drafting for a working team. Included credits reset each billing cycle, and if you need more you can top up anytime. Purchased credits never expire.
Questions? See our Terms and Privacy Policy, or talk to sales.
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Trust & Security
Every request runs the same gauntlet
Human or AI agent, browser or API key: every request clears the same six gates before it touches your data.
EncryptionIdentityAccessTenant wallAgent leashAudit
Gate 1 of 6
Encrypted everywhere
Encryption is the floor, not the feature.
DPA available on requestEnterprise SLA and on-premise deployment on requestSOC 2 Type I in progressEU data residency on roadmapPCI-compliant payments handled by Stripe
What Teams Say
Across the teams profiled below
2.4xFaster delivery on average
73%Less time on sprint planning
$2.1MLargest automation savings identified
Sprint planning dropped from half a day to 30 minutes. The AI Story Writer generates better acceptance criteria than we wrote manually.
VE
VP of Engineering
Fortune 500 SaaS platform
6x
Faster sprint planning
92%
AI-generated stories accepted
Optimize found $2.1M in automation savings we didn't know existed. The ROI roadmap made executive buy-in effortless.
HO
Head of Operations
Global logistics company
$2.1M
Automation savings found
3.2x
ROI on platform investment
Verify's risk-based prioritization cut our regression suite by 60%. We catch more bugs in half the time.
QA
QA Director
Top-10 US bank
60%
Regression time reduced
3x
More defects caught pre-release
Design generated three solution options with scored trade-offs in minutes. It replaced weeks of whiteboarding sessions.
SA
Principal Solutions Architect
Enterprise cloud platform
85%
Faster architecture decisions
4
ADRs generated per sprint
Having PM, Architecture, QA, and Process insights in one place eliminated our tool sprawl overnight. The connected intelligence is real.
EM
Engineering Manager
Series C AI infrastructure startup
5→1
Tools consolidated
34%
Delivery velocity increase
The teams above span fintech, SaaS, logistics, banking and infra. Customer names are kept private by default; every attribution here is anonymized by contract.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
How long does setup actually take?
Sign up and pick a plan (a card is required to start), then create a project and describe your tech stack. That's it: most teams are on a populated board in under two minutes. The AI immediately starts generating architecture options, writing stories, and suggesting test strategies based on your project context.
How is this different from Jira + ChatGPT?
Jira handles task tracking. ChatGPT is a general chatbot. Stride is purpose-built for software delivery: structured AI that generates architecture solutions, writes test cases from stories, discovers process bottlenecks, and connects everything with full traceability. No copy-pasting between tools.
What happens when I hit my Starter limits?
Nothing breaks. You'll get a heads-up as you approach your plan's included AI-credit allowance (150 credits per seat per month on Starter), and you can top up with more credits anytime. Upgrading to Pro ($29/seat/mo) raises the allowance to 800 credits per seat, plus all four modules and audit log.
Does storage scale with my team?
Yes. Storage is per seat, so it grows as you add teammates. Starter includes 1 GB per seat (up to 3 GB), Pro includes 2 GB per seat (up to 100 GB at 50 seats), and Enterprise includes up to 1 TB. Only file attachments count toward the cap, and you can see your usage on the billing page.
What integrations are available?
Live today: GitHub (App install with auto-linked PRs to stories, optional status auto-sync on open/merge), GitLab (OAuth connect with auto-linked merge requests, pipeline status on the story, optional status auto-sync on open/merge), Slack (one-click bot install, channel picker, per-category toggles for @mentions, story status changes, and sprint events), Jira Cloud (OAuth + webhook import), Claude Code and OpenAI Codex (via our MCP server), plus HMAC-signed outbound webhooks and a public REST API on every paid plan. We don't list integrations that don't work yet.
Do I need to migrate from Jira?
No. You can run Stride alongside Jira and sync via our Jira Cloud OAuth + webhook import. When you're ready to consolidate, the same import brings epics, stories, subtasks, and comments over in one click. For anything else, CSV import covers stories, epics, and test cases. Most teams that fully migrate are done within a week.
Can I use just one module?
Absolutely. Each module works independently. Start with Plan for sprint planning, or Verify for test management. As your needs grow, activate more modules; they share context automatically.
How do AI credits work?
Credits are how Stride meters AI usage: every paid plan includes a monthly allowance (150 per seat on Starter, 800 per seat on Pro, custom on Enterprise), and each AI generation draws from it; heavier requests use more. A single drafted story is light, while turning a full PRD into a backlog is heavier, so an allowance covers a lot of everyday drafting before you ever top up. Credits are spent only on actual AI work, reset each billing cycle, and one-time top-ups never expire.
How does the AI work, and is my data sent to OpenAI?
We use multiple AI providers (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI) with strict data handling. Your project data is used only for your requests, never for training. Enterprise customers can bring their own API keys or use on-premise deployment.
Is there a steep learning curve?
Most teams are productive within the first hour. The AI guides you through workflows: just describe what you need, and modules generate structured outputs. No training required.
Ship as one system.
Spin up a workspace in under two minutes. Import a backlog from Jira or a CSV, or plug Claude Code straight into your MCP config. Watch the AI start connecting the dots before your first sprint ends.