Jira Cloud
Business Operations Free key (no card)
AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limitDynamic rate limiting based on request cost; see the official rate limiting documentation
Documentation: developer.atlassian.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Jira Cloud offers free sites for small teams and free development sites for building integrations, with a full REST API for issues, projects, and boards. Authentication works with API tokens or OAuth, and rate limiting is dynamic. Note that free sites are deactivated after 120 days of inactivity.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: Dynamic rate limiting based on request cost; see the official rate limiting documentation
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: project-management issue-tracking agile
Setup
- Sign up for a free Jira Cloud site or a free development site
- Go to Atlassian account settings and create an API token
- Authenticate with your email as username and the token as password
- Call the v2 REST endpoints such as /rest/api/2/search/jql
- Build an OAuth app in the developer console for user-facing integrations
- Keep the site active to avoid the 120-day inactivity deactivation
Example
GET https://YOURSITE.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search/jql?jql=project%3DPROJ with basic auth EMAIL:API_TOKENUse cases
- File bugs automatically from monitoring alerts
- Build sprint burndown dashboards from live issue data
- Sync issues with external roadmapping tools