The Atlassian user management dilemma

Atlassian user management is often costly and complex. Stitchflow automates provisioning, access, and renewals—saving time, reducing risk, and cutting costs by up to 75%.

Published on Apr 04, 2025 | 2 minutes

The Atlassian user management dilemma

At Stitchflow, we understand that managing SaaS environments—especially ones resistant to traditional automation—can quickly become overwhelming. 

Take Atlassian products, for instance—critical tools like Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, or Trello. 

They're essential, but managing them often becomes costly, complicated, and frankly, exhausting—especially without SAML/SCIM integrations.

The Atlassian Guard Trap

Did you know that 88% of Atlassian users don't use Atlassian Guard, and the biggest reason cited is price?

Atlassian offers a solution—Atlassian Guard. It solves some user management woes with automated SCIM provisioning, enforced SSO, and fancy security features. But it also comes with sticker shock:

  • $4/user/month (Standard) for basic SSO, SCIM, and API controls
  • $8/user/month (Premium) for security bells and whistles like anomaly detection and SIEM integrations

If you're feeling priced out, you're not alone. Paying a premium for features you don't fully need feels like buying an entire toolbox when all you want is a wrench. 

The alternative? Endless spreadsheets, tedious manual processes, inevitable security slip-ups, and renewal nightmares lasting weeks.

As one IT leader described their experience before switching to Stitchflow:

"Every renewal was a nightmare of spreadsheets and manual checks. Going through Jira alone took two weeks of back-and-forth with managers, reconciling lists from different systems. And with so many contractors, we were constantly worried about missing something."

Stitchflow to the Rescue: Hassle-Free Atlassian Management at a Smart Price

Enter Stitchflow—a smarter alternative that gives you what you need without breaking the bank. 

Stitchflow for Atlassian user management is just $1/user/month, 75% cheaper than Guard Standard, and designed precisely to ease your Atlassian headaches.

Here's what you get with Stitchflow:

  • Crystal-clear visibility & control: Easily manage users, roles, groups, and licenses across your entire Atlassian stack from one intuitive dashboard.
  • Stress-free bulk user management: Quickly onboard or offboard multiple users, reducing manual tasks and errors.
  • Automatic security & compliance: Instantly detect and eliminate risky accounts—like those leftover from ex-employees or contractors—and close security gaps with ease.
  • Renewal prep done in minutes: Transform renewal dread into a simple, fast task. Identify inactive or underused accounts, reclaim licenses, and save money effortlessly.
  • Fast, simple access reviews: Shrink those tedious multi-week reviews down to just 15 painless minutes.

Stitchflow continuously audits and aligns your Atlassian environment, ensuring compliance, saving costs, and boosting security.

Customer Success: SpotOn

One of our customers, SpotOn, experienced significant improvements after adopting Stitchflow:

  • Renewal prep dropped from weeks to under an hour
  • 15% of all Atlassian accounts were quickly removed, driving immediate cost savings
  • Over 100 security and compliance gaps vanished automatically

As SpotOn's team summarized:

"We reviewed 7,000 accounts across multiple applications in just 15 minutes, with all the context needed for quick decisions."

Escape the Atlassian Guard "tax." Stitchflow gives you exactly what you need—focused, friendly-priced SaaS user management built specifically to support IT teams like yours.

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Jay Srinivasan

Co-founder and CEO, Stitchflow

Jay has been serving modern IT teams for more than a decade. Prior to Stitchflow, he was the product lead for Okta IGA after Okta acquired his previous ITSM company, atSpoke.

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