Stride for teams migrating from Pivotal Tracker. Broadcom shut it down. Land somewhere that's also good.

Broadcom retired Pivotal Tracker on December 1, 2024, after acquiring VMware. Stride is the AI-native modern alternative: story-pointing, automated velocity, accept/reject workflows preserved, plus PRDs, ADRs, QA, and AI-generated artifacts the Tracker era never reached.

Stride is best for

Teams migrating from Pivotal Tracker who want to keep the story-pointed cadence while adding AI on delivery, QA, and architecture artifacts.

Pivotal Tracker is best for

N/A: Pivotal Tracker is retired and no longer accepting new customers.

Where Stride wins

Familiar story workflow (started / finished / delivered / accepted) maps directly to Stride's story lifecycle, minimal retraining for teams who lived in Tracker.
Automated velocity calculation Tracker pioneered is built-in to Stride sprint planning, plus AI-suggested story sizing the Tracker era never had.
CSV migration path: export from Tracker (still possible if you saved the archive) → CSV import to Stride. Story points, owners, labels, and accept/reject state map directly.
Beyond Tracker's feature set: PRDs, ADRs, test management, defect prediction, AI on delivery artifacts. Tracker was tracker-only by design.

Where Pivotal Tracker wins

No drop-in import from Tracker exports out of the box: the importer is being built; for now expect 1-2 hours of CSV reshaping per project.
Tracker's "icebox" → "current" → "backlog" → "done" panel design is opinionated. Stride uses a more conventional backlog + sprint layout that some Tracker veterans find less elegant.
Tracker's API was unusually clean. Stride's API is comprehensive but newer; integrations that depended on a specific Tracker endpoint may need adaptation.

Feature comparison

Feature	Stride	Pivotal Tracker
Story workflow (started / finished / delivered / accepted)		Retired Dec 2024
Automated velocity		Retired
AI-written acceptance criteria		Retired
ADRs + architecture module Tracker was tracker-only.
Test case + defect management
Currently accepting new accounts Tracker shut down Dec 1, 2024.

Pivotal Tracker's last published pricing was $10/user/month for the Standard tier. Stride Starter at $9/seat/month is still a touch cheaper for small teams; Pro at $29/seat is more expensive but includes the AI + QA + architecture surface Tracker never shipped.

Frequently asked

I still have a Tracker archive. Can I import?

Yes via CSV. Export the project XML/CSV from your Tracker archive, run our migration template (download from /tools/pivotal-tracker-importer once shipped, or contact info@newlightai.com today), and stories with points, owners, labels, and state land in Stride.

Does Stride preserve the started → finished → delivered → accepted workflow?

Yes. Stride's default story states are unstarted / started / review / accepted / rejected, a superset of Tracker's. Workflows are configurable per workspace if you want exact Tracker semantics.

What about velocity?

Stride computes velocity from the last 3-6 completed sprints automatically. Same arithmetic Tracker used, surfaced in the sprint capacity calculator + planning suggestions.

My team's API integrations all hit Tracker endpoints. Now what?

Stride has a comprehensive REST API + webhooks at /settings/api-docs. Integrations need rewriting, but the endpoints cover everything Tracker exposed plus AI generation endpoints. Most migrating teams rewrite their CI integration in a half day.