8 Best Alternatives to Zoho Bug Tracker - Remote Work Products

Github issues is a simple tracker attached to your code repository to help you maintain feature requests, enhancements & bugs effortlessly. Its primary value-add is the close integration with your code repository allowing you to mark issues even with individual pull request, with just one click.

• Add-on with your Github account. No additional fees.

Ideal to keep track of major changes required for releases. Also, great to track customer requests.

Free Add-on to Github. Check how best you can utilize this

• Integrates with your code repo effortlessly
• Intuitive and easy-to-use UI

• Stages to keep track of issue movement missing
• Primarily an issue tracker and hence, doesn't cater to advanced workflows

Using Disbug, with a click of a single button, you will be able to ✅ Capture screenshots & annotate them ✅ Record screen and narrate with video and audio ✅ Captures console log, network logs, user activities, local storage ✅ Post them to your pre-configured tools like Jira/Trello automatically

• Free forever (with usage limits)
• Complete Pricing

Dev teams use Disbug chrome extension to capture bugs with screen recording, screenshots, console logs, network logs, user events and upload them to the project management tool – with a single click!

Disbug helps remote teams by reducing back & forth calls between Devs and QA team

ReQtest provides an extensive set of features for bug tracking and test management. It goes beyond traditional bug tracking and slightly ventures into project management with features like agile board. The UI isn't appealing at all and can be a turn off. The user flow isn't the best-in-class either. However, this is a must-view if you are looking at an advanced tool for test management.

• Free Trial (30 days)
• Complete Pricing

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Ideal when you plan to have an extensive testing phase and need advanced tracking/ management

- Check integrations with other products
- Robust features/ functionality

• Extensive feature set in bug tracking & test management
• Provides handy bug reports and graphs as well

• UI/UX not impressive. Can be a hindrance
• Integrates only with JIRA. Integrations with other popular products not available

When working on a new codebase at work, adding too many breakpoints quickly becomes tedious when you try to step through the code and understand the flow. Slowbug offers a way to watch the program run slowly - slow enough for you to see every line that executes. It achieves that by running the code at your preferred speed, line by line

• Open source and free forever

Slowbug can be used when you want to understand the control flow of your program. You can watch it execute your code, slowly, line by line, and you get to control the speed of execution

Saves a lot of time when debugging

JIRA's bug tracking comes bundled with its project management ecosystem. It started off with bug tracking in the first place and hence, has evolved to include comprehensive features and tracking workflows. Its primary value-add is the close integration with a host of project management tools.

• Add-on with your JIRA package

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Ideal when you don't want to move to a separate tool primarily for bug tracking

Free Add-on to JIRA. Check how best you can utilize this

• Part of your project management tools - easy viewing & tracking
• Provides comprehensive search & workflows

• Tough choice if you want to use JIRA only for bug tracking

Intuitive and easy-to-use UI. Solid issue tracking workflow - mimics bug fixing very well. Does one thing (bug tracking) and does it well. Pricing is steep. It is a tough choice to use an independent tool when you have add-ons within source control systems (Github) or project management tools (JIRA).

• Free Trial (30 days)
• Complete Pricing

Ideal for large teams collaborating on multiple projects. Gives you a great view and editing ability across projects.

Check integration with other products in the ecosystem

• Very intuitive and easy-to-use
• Solid bug tracking workflow
• Nifty features like export to CSV, bulk edit etc.

• Steep pricing
• Stands independently, outside of your other tools/ systems. However, provides integration with some popular products (e.g. Basecamp, Github, Bitbucket, Slack)

Linear helps streamline software projects, sprints, tasks, and bug tracking. Built for high-performance teams, any action can be accessed and completed in seconds with the command menu. It can also be integrated with Github, Gitlab, Figma, and Slack

• Free plan available
• Paid plans start from $8/ month /user
• Complete Pricing

Linear is used by software teams for streamlining software projects, sprints, tasks, and bug tracking

Linear is built for high-performance remote teams

Sifter offers a simple, intuitive interface to manage bugs. Tailored for small teams, Sifter focuses on the most essential features/ workflows and provides an easy-to-use software (create issues with only a few clicks) with minimalist design.

• Free Trial (14 days)
• Complete Pricing

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Ideal for small teams and when you need a simple, elegant solution for core issue tracking.

Check integrations with other products

• Simple design, intuitive UI
• Focuses on core issue tracking features with no clutter

• Advanced bug tracking/ test management workflows may be a negative