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San Francisco, California Founded 2002 13 products

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About Atlassian

Atlassian makes team collaboration and software development tools. Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, who met as scholarship students at the University of New South Wales, founded it in Sydney. Atlassian dates its start to the launch of Jira 1.0 in 2002. The listed company, Atlassian Corporation, gives its principal executive office in SEC filings as 1098 Harrison Street, San Francisco; it also keeps its original base in Sydney. Mike Cannon-Brookes has been sole CEO since Scott Farquhar stepped down as co-CEO on 31 August 2024.

Its main products are Jira for project and issue tracking, Jira Service Management for IT service management, Confluence for wikis and documentation, Trello for kanban boards, Bitbucket for code hosting, Loom for video messaging, and Opsgenie for incident alerting. In India these tools are used mainly by software companies, IT services firms and in-house technology teams.

Atlassian is known for selling with little direct sales effort. Customers sign up online, and most products have free tiers for small teams and per-user monthly or annual cloud pricing. Solution Partners help larger enterprises. Atlassian opened an office in Bengaluru in 2018. Atlassian's company page says the two founders met as 18-year-old scholarship students in 1998.

Atlassian listed on Nasdaq in 2015 under the symbol TEAM. It says it has more than 300,000 customers and more than 12,000 employees. Its acquisitions include Trello (2017), Opsgenie (2018) and Loom (2023). The company said Farquhar would stay on its board after stepping down as co-CEO. According to an SEC filing, James Chuong became Chief Financial Officer on 30 March 2026.

Atlassian in India

  • Office in Bengaluru (opened 2018)

Customers (as stated by Atlassian)

  • Atlassian says it has more than 300,000 customers

Key facts

Legal name
Atlassian Corporation
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Founded
2002
Founders
Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
Ownership
Listed on Nasdaq (TEAM)
Employees
12,000+
Made in India
No
Products listed
13
Platforms
Web
Deployment
Cloud
Official website
atlassian.com

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Leadership & history

Leadership

  • Mike Cannon-BrookesCo-founder and CEO
  • James ChuongChief Financial Officer

Timeline

  1. 2002 Jira 1.0 launched
  2. 2015 Listed on Nasdaq as TEAM
  3. 2017 Acquired Trello
  4. 2018 Acquired Opsgenie; opened Bengaluru office
  5. 2023 Acquired Loom
  6. 2024 Scott Farquhar stepped down; Cannon-Brookes became sole CEO
  7. 2026 James Chuong became CFO

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Atlassian FAQs

Is Atlassian an Indian company?

No. Atlassian was founded in Sydney, Australia, and its listed parent reports a principal executive office in San Francisco. It has an office in Bengaluru.

Who is the CEO of Atlassian?

Co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, sole CEO since September 2024.

Who owns Jira and Trello?

Both are owned by Atlassian Corporation, which is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol TEAM.

What does Atlassian sell in India?

Cloud subscriptions to Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Trello, Bitbucket and Loom, with free tiers for small teams.

What does Atlassian do?

Atlassian makes project management software, devops, ci/cd & monitoring, team chat & collaboration and helpdesk software. Its products listed on App Advisor are Jira (Issue and project tracking for software teams), Bitbucket (Git hosting for teams), Trello (Kanban boards for any project), Confluence (Team wiki and documentation), Jira Service Management (IT and business service desk) and Opsgenie (Alerting and on-call).

Where is Atlassian headquartered?

Atlassian is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States and was founded in 2002.

How much does Atlassian cost?

Jira: Free plan; Bitbucket: Free plan; Trello: Free plan; Confluence: Free plan; Jira Service Management: Free plan; Opsgenie: Free plan; Atlassian Compass: Free plan; Statuspage: Free plan. These are the starting prices on App Advisor's listings — confirm on Atlassian's official pricing page before you buy.

Does Atlassian have a free plan?

Yes. Jira, Bitbucket, Trello, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Opsgenie, Atlassian Compass, Statuspage, Jira Work Management and Atlassian Jira Product Discovery offer a free plan or free tier.

What are the best alternatives to Atlassian?

Popular alternatives in the same categories include Zoho Projects by Zoho Corporation, Plane by Plane, Redmine by Redmine, Orangescrum by Andolasoft and Asana by Asana.

Company details researched from official sources, last updated 2026-09-14: [1], [2], [3], [4].

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