vs Rovo

Same ambition.
Different allegiance.

Rovo is Atlassian's cloud-hosted AI. Foxbridge is the self-hosted alternative for teams that can't — or won't — send their tickets, pages, and code to a third-party SaaS.

Capability
Foxbridge
Self-hosted · BYO-AI
Atlassian Rovo
Cloud-only · bundled with Cloud plans
§ Data & deployment
Where your data lives ●Your network, always Synced to Atlassian's cloud
Deployment model ●Docker container, self-hosted Cloud tenant + DC connectors
DC support ●All versions, direct Cloud connectors (11.3+) or app links
Application tunnels required ●No Yes, for private networks
Air-gapped deployment ●Yes (with Ollama) No
§ AI & controls
AI providers ●Anthropic · OpenAI · Azure · Ollama Atlassian's models only
Provider switching ●One-line config change Not possible
Bring your own key ●Yes, you pay provider directly No
PII scrubbing ●Built-in, configurable Not offered
Local AI (no egress) ●Yes, via Ollama No
§ Surface & integrations
Jira support ●Full (18 tools) Full
Confluence support ●Full (14 tools) Full
Bitbucket support ●Full (10 tools) Not included
IDE integration (MCP) ●Native MCP endpoint Not supported
Web chat UI ●Included Included
§ Commercials
Pricing model ●Flat team tier Bundled with Cloud seats
Requires Atlassian Cloud plan ●No Yes — $7.91–$14.54 / user / mo*
AI usage billing ●BYO key, provider rates Credit-metered monthly allowance
Coding agent ●Included (MCP / IDE) Rovo Dev — $20 / dev / mo extra
Free trial ●14 days, no credit card Included with Cloud plan
Which is right for you?

An honest recommendation.

Not every team is a Foxbridge team. Here's when we'd tell you to pick something else.

Regulated orgs (gov, health, finance)
Data residency is non-negotiable. Rovo's cloud model is a hard no.
→ Foxbridge
Teams already standardized on Atlassian Cloud
If your data is already in Atlassian's cloud, Rovo's the path of least resistance.
→ Rovo
Teams that can't sync DC data to the cloud
Rovo works by syncing DC content into Atlassian's cloud. If that's off the table, so is Rovo.
→ Foxbridge
Teams wanting Claude, GPT, or local models
Rovo is Atlassian-models-only. Foxbridge lets you pick.
→ Foxbridge
Bitbucket-heavy engineering orgs
Rovo doesn't cover Bitbucket. Foxbridge does natively.
→ Foxbridge
Cost math

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Rovo has no price tag of its own — it's bundled with Atlassian Cloud seats. For a Data Center team that means buying Cloud licenses for everyone who'll use it (and syncing your data to Atlassian's cloud), on top of the DC licenses you already pay. Foxbridge is one flat tier on infrastructure you already run.

Seats 75
Rovo (via Cloud seats)
$1,500 / mo
Foxbridge
$800 / mo
* Rovo is included with Jira Cloud Standard ($7.91/user/mo) and Premium ($14.54/user/mo) — Atlassian pricing as of June 2026, AI usage metered by Rovo credits. Rovo Dev for engineers is separate at $20/dev/mo. Not shown: the DC licenses you keep paying either way, or Foxbridge's AI API costs (typically $3–15 per active user/mo; Ollama is free).

Keep your data. Keep your choice.

14-day free trial. No credit card. Runs on your infrastructure from minute one.

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