Stride vs Taiga — when "free open-source agile" hits the limits of free open-source.

Taiga is an open-source Scrum + Kanban tool — sprints, story points, retrospectives, simple and free. Self-hosted or SaaS with a free tier. Stride is an AI-native delivery platform that adds PRDs, ADRs, test management, defect prediction, AI generation, and a connected graph that Taiga doesn't attempt.

Stride is best for

Engineering teams who want AI on delivery artifacts and a connected graph from PRD to release.

Taiga is best for

Small teams or cost-sensitive shops who want clean Scrum/Kanban tooling with optional self-hosting.

Where Stride wins

AI generates acceptance criteria, test cases, ADRs from delivery context. Taiga has no AI.
PRDs, ADRs, test management, defect-prediction — work types Taiga doesn't cover.
Per-seat $29/mo with everything bundled. Taiga is free on their hosted tier (up to 4 members) then $7-$11/user; effective cost depends on team size.
Modern cloud-native architecture and SaaS reliability. Taiga's open-source path requires you to operate Python + Postgres + Redis + RabbitMQ + Elasticsearch.

Where Taiga wins

Taiga is open-source (MPL 2.0) and the SaaS free tier covers up to 4 members. For very small teams or self-hosted setups, the cost is zero.
Taiga's Scrum + Kanban implementation is clean and opinionated. For teams who want exactly-Scrum or exactly-Kanban without configuration, it's a fast start.
Taiga's community + Spanish-speaking-developer following is real; localization beyond English is mature.

Feature comparison

Feature	Stride	Taiga
AI on delivery artifacts
PRDs + ADRs + test management
Scrum + Kanban out of the box
Open-source / self-hostable	Enterprise tier only
Pricing	$29/seat/mo	Free (up to 4 users) / $7-$11/user

Frequently asked

Can I migrate from Taiga?

Taiga exports projects as JSON. Stride does not have a native Taiga importer; convert to CSV (issues, points, status, owner) and use the standard CSV import. ~1-2 hours per project.

What about retrospectives?

Stride supports retrospectives natively with template variants (Liked-Learned-Lacked, Start-Stop-Continue, Mad-Sad-Glad). Taiga's retro module is a popular plugin.

See it for yourself

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