Public · Founded 2002
Atlassian
Software team tooling anchored by Jira and Confluence, sold with minimal sales touch.
Overview
Atlassian built an enterprise business on self-serve distribution and low-touch sales. The cloud migration was existential and largely successful; the remaining question is whether Jira's configurability is still an asset.
Key metrics
- Revenue
- $4.8B
- Customers
- 310,000+
- Cloud revenue growth
- +29%
- Marketplace GMV
- $2.4B cumulative
Products
Jira
The enterprise standard for issue tracking, with configurability that cuts both ways.
Trello
Kanban boards reduced to their simplest useful form.
Confluence
Enterprise wiki with the governance, permissions and Jira integration large organisations require.
Timeline
2002
Founded
Bootstrapped in Sydney on credit-card funding.
2015
IPO
Listed on Nasdaq without a traditional enterprise sales force.
2021
Server end-of-life
Forced cloud migration across the customer base.
2026
Teamwork graph
Cross-product data graph shipped to power AI features.
Compensation at Atlassian
Reported median total compensation by role.
| software engineer | $168k |
| product manager | $162k |
| engineering manager | $205k |