Tempo

Market position

Tempo describes itself as the vendor of the leading Jira time tracking app since 2009 and holds Platinum Marketplace Partner status on the Atlassian Marketplace, with several apps carrying Cloud Fortified and Bestseller designations and installation counts in the thousands to tens of thousands [3]. The company claims deployment in over 30,000 companies and use by one in three Fortune 500 firms [0][1].

Positioning rests on a modular, integrated suite that lets customers combine time tracking, capacity planning, financial management and portfolio structuring on top of Jira rather than replacing it, with a unified brand and platform experience following the consolidation of previously separate acquired products [0][4]. Custom Charts and connector products address reporting and data-export gaps customers cite in native Jira functionality [0][3].

Technology

Jira-native applications and connectors that aggregate Jira data into custom hierarchies, dashboards and reports, with AI-assisted time tracking and AI-positioned strategic portfolio management features. Tempo also provides no-code connectors for exporting large volumes of Jira data to BigQuery, Tableau, Power BI, Data Studio and SQL, and highlights enterprise-grade security and compliance and a public trust center [0][2][3][4].

Go-to-market

Distribution is heavily channel-led through the Atlassian Marketplace, where Tempo Software is a Platinum Marketplace Partner with multiple Cloud Fortified, Bestseller and Spotlight apps [3]. Direct sales motions include demo booking and free trials on tempo.io, plus content marketing through the State of Strategic Portfolio Management report, webinars, guides and customer stories [0][1]. Tempo states that hundreds of solution partners are involved in its ecosystem [3].

Organizations that run work in Jira, ranging from small startups to large enterprises, including PMOs, program and portfolio leaders, finance and resource managers, and agile, ITSM, marketing and HR teams [0][4]. Named customers referenced include REDspace, Škoda Auto, intelliflo, TransUnion and SiriusXM [0][1].

Geography

Tempo lists a contact address at 10 Mall Road, Suite 301, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States on the Atlassian Marketplace, and markets to a global customer base of 30,000+ companies including European customers such as Škoda Auto and intelliflo [0][3].

History

Tempo launched its Jira time tracking app in 2009 [3]. It subsequently expanded by acquiring several PPM and Atlassian-ecosystem vendors, including Roadmunk, ALM Works (Structure for Jira suite), LiquidPlanner, Folio, Old Street Solutions and Alpha Serve, as well as Prime Timesheet [3][4]. In 2024 the company launched a unified, rebranded platform consolidating these products under the Tempo name, with simplified product names and logos, a cloud-first architecture, and plans to deprecate product-specific websites in favor of tempo.io and the Tempo Help Center [4].

Risks & controversies

Tempo's business is closely tied to the Atlassian ecosystem and Jira's native capabilities, so changes by Atlassian could affect demand. Marketplace ratings vary across the portfolio, from 5/5 for some connectors down to 3.7/5 for Capacity Planner, 3.8/5 for Financial Manager and 2.2/5 (4 reviews) for Tempo Core [3]. Integrating multiple acquired products under one brand is an ongoing effort, with the company noting continued work to merge product sites and support content [4]. No funding, revenue or ownership disclosures appear in the sources reviewed.