Yes, Rovo Dev has a free tier, but not on Jira’s Free plan. Atlassian’s billing guide lists Rovo Dev Free as “Free with Jira paid plans,” with “350 per user, per month, per Jira site.” When those credits are gone, “Rovo Dev will stop working until your usage resets in the next billing cycle.”
Rovo Dev is Atlassian’s coding agent: a CLI that works in your repository and acts on Jira work items, plus AI code review on Bitbucket and GitHub pull requests, metered in Rovo Dev credits.
What’s free and what you pay
| Route | Cost | The cap | What you pay past it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jira Free | $0, up to 10 users | No Rovo and no Rovo Dev | Upgrade to a paid Jira plan |
| Rovo Dev Free | Included with Jira paid plans (Standard was $9.70 per user per month at 10 users, monthly billing) | 350 Rovo Dev credits per user, per month, per site | Nothing: Rovo Dev stops until the reset |
| Rovo Dev Standard | $20 per developer per month | 2,000 Rovo Dev credits per user per month | $0.01 per credit if extra usage is on |
| Jira Free + your own agent | $0 with a free model | The model’s limits; Rovo MCP site limits | Nothing, but it is not Rovo Dev |
Rovo vs Rovo Dev: two products, two credit pools
The confusion behind most “is Rovo free” searches is that Atlassian sells two AI products under one name.
Rovo is the assistant inside Jira and Confluence: Search, Chat and Agents. The Jira pricing page says it is “included on every paid Jira plan (Standard, Premium, and Enterprise)” and states plainly: “The Free plan does not include Rovo.” Paid plans get 25, 70 or 150 Rovo credits per user per month.
Rovo Dev is the developer agent. It has its own meter. The billing guide says Rovo Dev credits “can only be used for Rovo Dev functionality, and are tracked separately” from Rovo credits.
So the two facts agree. Jira Free includes neither. Every paid Jira plan includes Rovo, and Rovo Dev Free adds a separate 350-credit allowance on top. There is no Rovo Dev allowance of any kind on Jira Free, and no daily allowance anywhere: Atlassian’s pages describe monthly allowances that reset with the billing cycle.
What the Rovo Dev free tier includes today
Atlassian’s rollout page says Rovo Dev rolled out “to sites with Jira Standard or Premium plans at no extra cost,” starting in October 2025. Activation is automatic by default; an admin can turn that off and activate it by hand.
Each member of an activated site gets 350 credits a month. Credits are counted per site, so a person in two activated sites has two allowances. They pay for everything Rovo Dev does: “Each skill performed by Rovo Dev (like a code review on your pull request, or a request in Rovo Dev CLI)” draws from it, and “more complex tasks require more credits.”
How far 350 goes, in Atlassian’s own words on the credit usage page: the allowance “should typically cover about 2 to 8 code reviews” or “1 to 10 tasks in Rovo Dev CLI.” Atlassian does not publish a credits-to-tokens rate, so there is no reliable way to convert a prompt size into credits ahead of time. Watch the meter instead: open the app switcher, choose Rovo Dev, then select Your usage in the sidebar.
Where it stops: what happens when Rovo credits run out
On Rovo Dev Free, the stop is hard. “When you reach your Rovo Dev credit limit, Rovo Dev will stop working until your usage resets in the next billing cycle.” There is no overage and no surprise bill: the billing guide lists extra usage only for Standard. The usage page does offer an option to request more credits.
On Rovo Dev Standard, the stop moves. If the organization has extra usage enabled, you keep working at $0.01 per credit, billed on the next invoice. Once a user hits the limit including any extra usage, “Rovo Dev functionality will be disabled for them until the next billing cycle.”
Practical rule: one long CLI session on a hard task can use a large share of a free month. Spend free credits on small, well-scoped tasks and save code review for pull requests that need it.
Is there a Rovo Dev free trial?
The Rovo Dev pricing page has a “Try it free” button on the Standard plan but does not state the trial length or terms. Jira Standard and Premium also show “Start free trial.” Since any paid Jira plan carries Rovo Dev Free, a Jira trial is one way to test the 350-credit tier. Atlassian lists no student offer for Rovo Dev on these pages.
The cheapest paid step
For a team on Jira Free, the cheapest way into Rovo Dev is a paid Jira plan, not a Rovo Dev subscription. At 10 users with monthly billing, the pricing calculator showed Jira Standard at $9.70 per user per month and Premium at $19.60 on October 23, 2026. Prices change with team size and billing period, so run the calculator for your own numbers.
Rovo Dev Standard costs $20 per developer per month for 2,000 credits, which Atlassian says typically covers “20 to 75 code reviews” or “5 to 50 tasks in Rovo Dev CLI.”
Before you buy an annual Rovo Dev plan, read the Rovo Dev FAQ. It says “Rovo Dev as a standalone product will reach end of life,” with “at least 60 days’ notice” before any action is required. Code Reviewer moves to Rovo credits inside Jira subscriptions on December 3, 2026, and “Rovo Dev CLI is evolving into the unified Atlassian Rovo CLI experience.” No final end-of-life date is published yet.
How to use Rovo Dev CLI
Rovo Dev CLI is an extension of the Atlassian CLI (ACLI). Per the setup guide, “one of your sites must have Rovo Dev activated,” and you need Rovo Dev credits on it.
Install ACLI on macOS with Homebrew, as the macOS guide shows:
brew tap atlassian/homebrew-acli
brew install acli
acli --version
On Windows, the Windows guide downloads the binary with PowerShell:
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://acli.atlassian.com/windows/latest/acli_windows_amd64/acli.exe -OutFile acli.exe
.\acli.exe --help
Linux has its own install guide. Then create a scoped API token for Rovo Dev from your Atlassian profile (the setup guide links a pre-filled one), sign in, and start a session:
acli rovodev auth login
acli rovodev run
For scripts, the login reference reads the token from standard input: acli rovodev auth login --email "[email protected]" --token < token.txt. When you start the CLI you pick which site’s credits it spends.
How to use Jira with an AI agent for free
If your team stays on Jira Free, Rovo Dev is off the table, but an agent working your Jira is not. Keep Jira Free as the tracker, connect your own coding agent through the Atlassian Rovo MCP server, and run that agent on a free model. Our guide to using Jira with AI agents for free walks through the setup: the MCP server is available to every Atlassian Cloud site, and basic reads and writes do not use Rovo credits.
For the agent, OpenCode is the simplest $0 option. The OpenCode Zen docs list free models such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Free and GLM-5.3-Flash Free, “free for a limited time.” In an earlier test on October 16, 2026, OpenCode 1.19.2 on opencode/deepseek-v4.1-flash-free finished a write-and-run task in 32 seconds with no sign-in. If you already pay for an agent, check whether Claude Code is free or whether Codex is free before you add Rovo Dev on top.
Pick Rovo Dev when your team is already on a paid Jira plan and wants an agent that knows Jira natively. Pick Jira Free plus your own agent when cost is the constraint.
Where Sharkly fits
You already have coding agents. Sharkly turns them into a team. It runs the Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode you already use as assignable Agents on your own Computers. Each Task runs in an isolated worktree and the result comes back on the Task, so you can assign a Jira ticket to an AI agent and review what it did.
Sharkly does not make Rovo Dev free, and it sells no tokens: “Sharkly does not sell tokens,” per the pricing page. Free covers organizations of up to 5 people, and Team is $7 per person billed yearly after that. “Guests, Agents, and Computers do not occupy seats.” An OpenCode Agent on a free model costs nothing in tokens.
If your Jira backlog has more tickets than your agents have hands, try Sharkly free.
FAQ
Is Rovo free? Not on Jira Free. Atlassian’s pricing page says “The Free plan does not include Rovo.” Rovo comes with every paid Jira plan, with 25 to 150 Rovo credits per user per month depending on the plan.
Is there a Rovo Dev free tier on Jira’s Free plan? No. Rovo Dev Free is “Free with Jira paid plans” and gives 350 Rovo Dev credits per user, per month, per site. Jira Free sites get none.
What are the Rovo Dev free tier limits? 350 credits per user per month on each activated site, reset with the billing cycle. Atlassian says that typically covers 2 to 8 code reviews or 1 to 10 Rovo Dev CLI tasks.
What happens when Rovo Dev credits run out? On the free tier, Rovo Dev stops until the next billing cycle. On Rovo Dev Standard, extra usage at $0.01 per credit keeps it running if your organization has turned it on.
How can I use Jira with an AI agent for free? Keep Jira Free, connect your own agent through the Atlassian Rovo MCP server, and run it on a free model such as OpenCode’s free tier. It is not Rovo Dev, but the agent can read and update your Jira work items.
Is Rovo Dev being discontinued? As a standalone product, yes. Atlassian’s FAQ says its capabilities are moving into eligible Jira subscriptions, with at least 60 days’ notice before the final end-of-life date, which is not yet set.
