Start, close, and roll over your Jira sprints automatically — on schedule, across every board.
Jira Cloud now includes a native option to start and complete a single sprint on its dates — but it requires turning on parallel sprints across your whole site, has no exportable audit trail, and is configured one sprint at a time. Sprint Automation for Jira is built for teams that have outgrown that: it opens and closes sprints on time, moves unfinished work exactly where you want it, and keeps every team on a consistent cadence — no more Friday-afternoon clicking.
Why teams choose it
- Automatic start, close & rollover — sprints run on schedule without manual steps.
- Your rules for unfinished work — move it to the next sprint, a new sprint, or the backlog.
- Multi-board at scale — synchronize sprint boundaries across many teams from one screen.
- Built for SAFe® and Agile at scale — save the cost of Jira Align and hours of manual admin.
- Cloud Fortified — Atlassian’s highest security and reliability tier.
How this differs from Jira’s built-in auto-managed sprints
The native feature covers scheduled start and stop for a single sprint. Sprint Automation adds what scaled teams actually need on top of that: orchestration across many boards (with bulk creation in our Enterprise edition), configurable rollover that doesn’t quietly fall back to the backlog when plans change, targeted start/end notifications, and a visible, exportable audit trail of every sprint lifecycle event. See the full comparison →
Get started
Install from the Atlassian Marketplace with a free 30-day trial — no setup required. Questions? Contact us or visit the Help Center.
Frequently asked questions
How do I automate sprints in Jira?
Install Sprint Automation for Jira, enable automation on each Scrum board, choose your sprint duration and where incomplete issues should go, and the app starts and closes sprints automatically on their planned dates.
Can I automate sprints across multiple boards at once?
Yes. Enterprise Sprint Automation applies one cadence across many boards and can bulk-create sprints for an entire Agile Release Train in a single pass.
Is there a free trial?
Yes — both Sprint Automation for Jira and Enterprise Sprint Automation offer a free trial on the Atlassian Marketplace.
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