Stepsize AI
Stepsize AI is an AI-powered tool designed to build intuitive and insightful dashboards from data derived from Jira boards or Linear teams....
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What is Stepsize AI?
Stepsize is a dual-purpose platform that offers two distinct tools: Stepsize AI for automated product development reporting, and Stepsize Technical Debt for editor-first issue tracking. Stepsize AI generates automated weekly updates and AI-generated dashboards from Jira and Linear data to keep engineering management and leadership informed about product development progress. It provides actionable metrics, charts, and plain-language AI commentary that tells your data's stories, identifies project-level themes, and surfaces intelligent delivery risks with practical suggestions.
The Stepsize Technical Debt tool is an editor-first issue tracker built for engineers to maintain a healthy codebase and fight technical debt. Engineers can create and view code issues directly from their code editors (VS Code, JetBrains, and more), track and prioritize code improvements like technical debt and refactoring work, and add key issues to sprints through integrations with Jira, Asana, Linear, Azure DevOps, and GitHub. The tool allows engineers to report tech debt straight from their editors with rich context, including the actual code snippets, file paths, and commit hashes.
Stepsize AI is designed for engineering managers, product leaders, and development teams who need to stay aligned on goals and progress without manual reporting setup. The Technical Debt tool is built specifically for engineers who want to maintain code quality without sacrificing roadmap efficiency. Both tools support all programming languages and work with existing workflow tools.
Key features of Stepsize AI include automated weekly updates with zero manual setup, AI-powered commentary explaining metrics in plain language, project-level AI insights that identify themes among loose tasks using epic structure, intelligent delivery risk identification with practical suggestions, tailored insights without generic templates, and complete visibility with unified focus. The Technical Debt tool features include creating issues linked to code from your IDE, prioritizing clear impactful issues, looking at code rather than backlog, and syncing with your issue tracker.
Stepsize AI pricing
Pricing model: Paid
Stepsize offers two separate pricing structures. For Stepsize Technical Debt: Free plan available for teams of up to 10 engineers with unlimited users, allowing teams to track and fix tech debt together. For Stepsize AI (product development reporting): Team plan at $29/month per Jira board or Linear team with a 2-week free trial for all plans and no credit card required for the first update. Tailored Setup plan also at $29/month per Jira board or Linear team includes proof of concept (POC), infosec assistance, volume discounts, extended trial, and bespoke onboarding support for larger teams needing extra support. Enterprise plans available for larger organizations.
Stepsize AI pros
- Automated weekly updates require zero manual setup
- AI generates plain-language commentary explaining metrics
- Identifies project-level themes using epic structure
- Surfaces intelligent delivery risks with practical suggestions
- Tailored insights without needing generic templates
- Editor-first issue tracking directly from VS Code and JetBrains
- Create issues with rich context linked to actual code snippets
- Syncs seamlessly with Jira, GitHub, Linear, and Azure DevOps
- Supports all programming languages
- Works with existing code editors and project management tools
- Turns meaningless TODOs into actionable issues
- Data never used to train Large Language Models
- AES-256 encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Free plan for technical debt tracking with unlimited users
- Team of up to 10 engineers free for technical debt tool
- 2-week free trial for Stepsize AI with no credit card needed
- SOC2 Certified for security and data protection
- Choose exactly which boards, projects, repositories to include
- Increases engineering velocity by fixing important tech debt
- Reduces time wasted on bugs, downtime, and support requests
Stepsize AI cons
- Primarily supports only Jira and Linear for AI reporting
- $29/month per Jira board or Linear team can be costly for small teams
- Steep learning curve for new users adapting to AI summaries
- Requires initial setup to connect issue trackers
- Limited to users familiar with tech project management
- Enterprise pricing starts at $500+/month minimum
- AI-generated summaries may require adjustment to interpret correctly
- No support for other popular issue trackers beyond Jira/Linear
Frequently asked questions about Stepsize AI
What is Stepsize AI and what does it do?
Stepsize AI is an AI-powered tool that generates automated weekly updates and insightful dashboards from Jira and Linear data to keep engineering teams and leadership informed about product development progress. It provides actionable metrics, charts, and AI-generated commentary in plain language to help understand team progress and project status.
Is my data used to train the AI models?
No, your data will never be used to train any Large Language Models (LLMs). Stepsize is built with security in mind and ensures your product engineering data remains private and is not used for training purposes.
Does Stepsize store my code in the cloud?
None of your code goes into the Stepsize cloud. The Stepsize integrations store the minimum amount of third-party data needed to provide the service, including code metadata that isn't sensitive information such as file paths and commit hashes, but does not include actual code.
What issue trackers does Stepsize AI support?
Stepsize AI primarily supports Jira boards and Linear teams. You connect your Jira boards or Linear teams to Stepsize AI to allow it to access your project data and generate reports.
How does the Technical Debt tool work with code editors?
Stepsize Technical Debt is an editor-first issue tracker that allows engineers to create and view code issues directly from their code editors. Engineers can select folders, files, or code snippets to create issues linked to that specific code, which then appear in the code of any Stepsize user in the organization and in the Stepsize web app.
What code editors does Stepsize support?
Stepsize works with most code editors including VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. The tool also supports all programming languages and works with existing project management tools like Jira, GitHub, Slack, Asana, Linear, and Azure DevOps.
How does Stepsize help with technical debt prioritization?
Tech debt without context can't be prioritized, creating a vicious cycle in backlogs like Jira. Stepsize allows engineers to report tech debt straight from editors with rich context, then teams can vote on how important each piece of debt is. This helps identify the most important tech debt to deal with in any part of the codebase, so you know which debt is worth your time.
What is the Stepsize Method of reporting?
The Stepsize Method of reporting was developed over hundreds of conversations with engineering and product leaders. It focuses on delivering tailored insights without generic templates, providing just the details and data teams actually need, with AI-generated commentary that tells data's stories in plain language.
Does using Stepsize slow down my team?
No, having a clear view of technical debt helps your team focus on impactful work and ignore the rest. Stepsize increases your team's velocity by allowing you to fix your most important tech debt, which means less time wasted on mishandling debt, bugs, downtime, and support requests.
What security certifications does Stepsize have?
Stepsize uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) for encryption at rest and in transit with robust 256-bit encryption. The company is working toward SOC2 Certification (Q1 2024) and is steadfast in ensuring security and data protection for users. Your data is never used to train AI models.