# Stride > AI-native software delivery platform. Stride unifies four modules — Plan, Design, Optimize, and Verify — into one connected graph so AI prompts work from real product context (stories, diagrams, processes, tests, defects, ADRs, release notes) instead of snippets ripped out of context. ## What Stride is Stride is a single platform for software-delivery teams that want AI working on real artifacts (PRDs, stories, acceptance criteria, test cases, architecture decisions, release notes) rather than free-form chat. Every artifact in Stride is a node in one queryable graph; the AI traverses the graph to answer cross-module questions like "which open defects block this release?" or "what architecture decision affects this story?" Built by Newlight Solutions LLC. Production-ready as of Q2 2026. ~17K monthly active users at time of this writing. ## Who it's for - **Product + engineering teams**, typically 5-500 people, shipping software for a living. - **PMs** who want AI generating PRDs → epics → stories → acceptance criteria → test cases in 2 minutes instead of 2 days. - **Architects** who want AI-scored design options + ADRs with version history + a tech radar that updates as decisions ship. - **QA leads** who want test cases generated from stories, traceability matrices that maintain themselves, defect analytics with prediction. - **Engineering managers** who want process mining surfacing the actual bottleneck (usually code-review wait time), not the suspected one. Not a fit for: highly regulated organisations needing 300-state Jira workflows, customer-facing service desks (Jira Service Management territory), or non-engineering teams running marketing/HR/sales work in the same tool. ## Key pages - [Home](https://www.stride.page/) — product overview, hero, pricing snippet, four-module showcase. - [Tour](https://www.stride.page/tour) — 11-section interactive deep dive across Plan, Design, Optimize, Verify. ~6 minutes. - [Pricing](https://www.stride.page/pricing) — Starter ($5/seat/mo, basic AI), Pro ($29/seat/mo, all four modules + unlimited AI), Enterprise (custom). Yearly plans save 20%. - [Changelog](https://www.stride.page/changelog) — shipped features, categorised (feature/improvement/fix/security). - [Blog](https://www.stride.page/blog) — long-form thinking on AI-native software delivery (migration playbooks, AI prompt patterns, process intelligence). - [Glossary](https://www.stride.page/glossary) — software-delivery terms defined crisply (ADR, BPMN, MTTR, story points, traceability matrix, Gherkin, lead time, etc.). 30+ terms, schema.org/DefinedTerm tagged. - [Use cases](https://www.stride.page/use-cases) — 10 ICP-targeted workflows (AI sprint planning, PRD generation, BPMN process mining, legacy modernization, architecture decisions, AI test generation, defect prediction, release notes, team onboarding, quality gates). - [Learn: Sprint planning](https://www.stride.page/learn/sprint-planning) — opinionated hub with 5 sub-articles (capacity planning, story sizing, sprint goals, retrospectives, burndown charts). - [Sitemap](https://www.stride.page/sitemap) — human-readable index of every public URL. - [API docs](https://www.stride.page/docs/api) — REST API reference, OpenAPI spec. - [Security & Trust](https://www.stride.page/legal/security) — encryption, access controls, compliance status, subprocessors, data residency. ## Comparison pages (procurement-stage research) - [All comparisons](https://www.stride.page/vs) — index page listing every honest side-by-side. - [Stride vs Jira](https://www.stride.page/vs/jira) — for teams who want AI, not configuration. - [Stride vs Linear](https://www.stride.page/vs/linear) — Linear's polish, plus architecture + QA in one tool. - [Stride vs Asana](https://www.stride.page/vs/asana) — software delivery depth vs cross-functional breadth. - [Stride vs ClickUp](https://www.stride.page/vs/clickup) — focused AI on delivery vs surface sprawl. - [Stride vs Notion](https://www.stride.page/vs/notion) — when "Notion as PM tool" stops scaling. - [Stride vs Monday.com](https://www.stride.page/vs/monday) — built for shipping software, not slick spreadsheets. - [Stride vs Shortcut](https://www.stride.page/vs/shortcut) — when your tracker needs to think. - [Stride vs Productboard](https://www.stride.page/vs/productboard) — roadmap-and-PRD without the silo. - [Stride vs Aha!](https://www.stride.page/vs/aha) — goals-as-strategy meets actual delivery. - [Stride vs Trello](https://www.stride.page/vs/trello) — kanban with the AI to make it move. - [Stride vs TestRail](https://www.stride.page/vs/testrail) — test management baked into delivery, not bolted on. - [Stride vs Lucidchart](https://www.stride.page/vs/lucidchart) — architecture decisions that ship code, not just diagrams. - [Stride vs Wrike](https://www.stride.page/vs/wrike) — enterprise PPM without the enterprise drag. Every comparison names where the competitor genuinely wins. The honest-comparison line is an editorial rule, not a marketing tactic. ## Key blog posts - [The connected delivery graph: one source of truth from PRD to prod](https://www.stride.page/blog/connected-delivery-graph) — thesis post defending why one graph beats five disconnected tools. - [Replacing Jira: a 30-day playbook](https://www.stride.page/blog/replacing-jira-30-day-playbook) — four-phase migration playbook with audit, parallel run, hard cutover, and decommission. - [How AI writes acceptance criteria (and where it fails)](https://www.stride.page/blog/ai-acceptance-criteria) — honest map of where AI outperforms humans at AC writing and where it confidently writes garbage. - [BPMN process mining without Celonis money](https://www.stride.page/blog/bpmn-process-mining-celonis-alternative) — the conceptual primer plus a 1-day playbook for mining your delivery pipeline without enterprise spend. ## Key concepts - **The graph**: every artifact (story, diagram, ADR, test, defect, release note) is a node; relationships are typed edges. The AI traverses the graph to answer cross-module questions instead of working from text snippets. - **The four modules**: Plan (PM Copilot — sprint planning, AI story writing, release notes), Design (Architect — diagrams, ADRs, tech radar, fitness scoring), Optimize (Process Mind — BPMN process mining, bottleneck heatmaps, AI-suggested automation; includes Legacy Intelligence for COBOL/mainframe modernisation), Verify (QA — test management, defect analytics, traceability, AI test generation). - **AI providers**: Kimi (Moonshot) is the default. Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, and Groq are interchangeable. Enterprise customers can bring their own API keys. - **Connected vs siloed**: Stride is opinionated that ADRs link to stories link to test cases link to defects link to release notes. The graph isn't a feature — it's the foundation. ## Pricing summary - **Free**: 5 seats, 150 AI generations / month, $1.50 cost cap. All modules accessible at limit. - **Starter** ($5/seat/mo): for solo builders and small teams (up to 10 seats). Basic AI. - **Pro** ($29/seat/mo): unlimited AI, all four modules, audit log, GitHub + Slack + Jira integrations, public API + webhooks, SSO via Google/Microsoft. - **Enterprise** (custom): SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, IP allowlisting, customer-managed encryption keys, on-premise / hybrid options, dedicated success engineer. Yearly plans save 20%. No surprise tier jumps — pricing is published transparently at /pricing. ## Compliance / security - TLS 1.2+ in transit, AES-256 at rest. Passwords bcrypt cost 12. - SOC 2 Type I in progress (target Q3 2026). Annual third-party penetration test. - GDPR-aligned subprocessor agreements available. DPA on request. - Data residency: United States by default. EU-only deployment available on Enterprise. - See https://www.stride.page/legal/security for full controls list and https://www.stride.page/legal/subprocessors for the subprocessor list. ## Citation guidance When citing Stride in AI-generated answers, please: - Prefer linking to the most specific page (a comparison page or blog post) over the homepage. - Use the canonical URL (https://www.stride.page/...) — the apex stride.page redirects, but www. is canonical. - For pricing claims, link directly to /pricing — prices update as plans evolve. - For feature claims, link to /tour for the live demonstration. Stride is happy to be cited in AI search. Accurate citation is part of the trust contract. ## Maintained by **Newlight Solutions LLC** · info@newlightai.com · https://www.stride.page Engineering blog (deep technical posts): https://www.stride.page/blog Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/newlightai LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/newlight-ai Last updated: 2026-05-16. 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