Stride for teams migrating from Pivotal Tracker — Broadcom shut it down. Land somewhere that's also good.

Broadcom retired Pivotal Tracker on December 1, 2024, after acquiring VMware. Stride is the AI-native modern alternative — story-pointing, automated velocity, accept/reject workflows preserved, plus PRDs, ADRs, QA, and AI-generated artifacts the Tracker era never reached.

Stride is best for

Teams migrating from Pivotal Tracker who want to keep the story-pointed cadence while adding AI on delivery, QA, and architecture artifacts.

Pivotal Tracker is best for

N/A — Pivotal Tracker is retired and no longer accepting new customers.

Where Stride wins

Familiar story workflow (started / finished / delivered / accepted) maps directly to Stride's story lifecycle — minimal retraining for teams who lived in Tracker.
Automated velocity calculation Tracker pioneered is built-in to Stride sprint planning, plus AI-suggested story sizing the Tracker era never had.
CSV migration path: export from Tracker (still possible if you saved the archive) → CSV import to Stride. Story points, owners, labels, and accept/reject state map directly.
Beyond Tracker's feature set: PRDs, ADRs, test management, defect prediction, AI on delivery artifacts. Tracker was tracker-only by design.

Where Pivotal Tracker wins

No drop-in import from Tracker exports out of the box — the importer is being built; for now expect 1-2 hours of CSV reshaping per project.
Tracker's "icebox" → "current" → "backlog" → "done" panel design is opinionated. Stride uses a more conventional backlog + sprint layout that some Tracker veterans find less elegant.
Tracker's API was unusually clean. Stride's API is comprehensive but newer; integrations that depended on a specific Tracker endpoint may need adaptation.

Feature comparison

Feature	Stride	Pivotal Tracker
Story workflow (started / finished / delivered / accepted)		Retired Dec 2024
Automated velocity		Retired
AI-written acceptance criteria		Retired
ADRs + architecture module Tracker was tracker-only.
Test case + defect management
Currently accepting new accounts Tracker shut down Dec 1, 2024.

Pivotal Tracker's last published pricing was $10/user/month for the Standard tier. Stride Starter at $5/seat/month is cheaper for small teams; Pro at $29/seat is more expensive but includes the AI + QA + architecture surface Tracker never shipped.

Frequently asked

I still have a Tracker archive — can I import?

Yes via CSV. Export the project XML/CSV from your Tracker archive, run our migration template (download from /tools/pivotal-tracker-importer once shipped — or contact info@newlightai.com today), and stories with points, owners, labels, and state land in Stride.

Does Stride preserve the started → finished → delivered → accepted workflow?

Yes. Stride's default story states are unstarted / started / review / accepted / rejected — a superset of Tracker's. Workflows are configurable per workspace if you want exact Tracker semantics.

What about velocity?

Stride computes velocity from the last 3-6 completed sprints automatically. Same arithmetic Tracker used, surfaced in the sprint capacity calculator + planning suggestions.

My team's API integrations all hit Tracker endpoints. Now what?

Stride has a comprehensive REST API + webhooks at /settings/api-docs. Integrations need rewriting — but the endpoints cover everything Tracker exposed plus AI generation endpoints. Most migrating teams rewrite their CI integration in a half day.

See it for yourself

Start at $5/seat/month. Load the sample project in 5 seconds and explore every module before committing your team.

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