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Haystack
What Haystack is
Haystack links Git and Jira with release information to help product and engineering teams follow software delivery from commit to release. It builds a delivery data layer, reports DORA, delivery, reliability, and custom metrics, and can backfill six months of history to surface injections, scope creep, risks, and trends. Delivery Pulse turns tickets and commits into automated release notes and weekly progress summaries. Slack notifications can share achievements, risks, and progress. Haystack supports GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab; Enterprise self-hosted installations can add GitHub Enterprise and GitLab Enterprise. It is offered on the web or as a self-hosted service. Haystack says it stores metrics and necessary metadata rather than source-code files, uses encrypted SSH or TLS repository access, and never writes to repositories. Google Cloud hosts its infrastructure and data, with 256-bit encryption for data in transit. Single sign-on is supported. Growth costs $20 a year per member per month with annual commitment, and a 14-day trial does not require a credit card.
Who it suits
Haystack is aimed at product and engineering teams, with product pages describing teams of 20 or more developers. It fits organizations seeking delivery, reliability, DORA, and custom metrics from Git, Jira, and release data.
What it does well
- Backfills six months of historical data
- Automates release notes and summaries
- Supports GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab
- Offers DORA and custom metrics
- 14-day trial without credit card
What to know first
- No free plan
- Pricing depends on team members
- Growth requires annual commitment
- Enterprise pricing is custom
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | per member per month, with annual commitment · Suggested for teams under 100 engineers · Unlimited Alerts · 12 Month Historical Data · Email & Slack support · Account Specialist Support | $20 |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing. Contact us. · For teams of 100+ engineers · Everything in Growth · On-Premise / Custom Integrations · Dedicated Performance Specialist · Quarterly Performance Reports · Team Training / Onboarding Sessions | On request |
As usehaystack.io lists them, read 9 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Haystack combines delivery metrics, historical analysis, release summaries, and Slack updates around Git and Jira data. Its paid, team-member-based pricing and focus on larger development teams are important fit considerations.
Facts from Haystack's own pages
- Authentication
- The security page says Haystack supports single sign-on and stores credentials salted and encrypted using BCrypt. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- A Haystack article says the company was founded in 2020 by Julian Colin and Kan Yilmaz. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Delivery data
- It ingests data from Jira, Git, and releases to create a delivery data layer from commit to release. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Historical insights
- Haystack can backfill six months of historical data and surface insights such as injections, scope creep, risks, and trends. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Hosting and encryption
- Haystack says its infrastructure and data are hosted in Google Cloud and data in transit is encrypted using 256-bit encryption. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The pricing page says Haystack supports GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, with self-hosted installations including GitHub Enterprise and GitLab Enterprise on the Enterprise plan. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Intended team size
- The product pages describe the service as intended for teams of 20 or more developers. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- Pricing is based on the number of team members added to Haystack. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Haystack links Git and Jira to help product and engineering teams deliver software faster and more predictably. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Release notes
- Its Delivery Pulse feature turns tickets and commits into automated release notes and provides weekly progress summaries. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Repository access
- Haystack says repository access uses encrypted SSH or TLS connections and that it never writes to repositories. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Slack alerts
- Haystack can send Slack notifications about team achievements, risks, and progress. · help.usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Source code handling
- Haystack says it does not persist source code files and stores metrics and necessary metadata instead. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Growth plan includes email and Slack support, and account specialist support. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
- Trial
- Haystack offers a 14-day free trial that does not require a credit card. · usehaystack.io, 9 Oct 2026
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