Network Perspective vs Jellyfish

Measure what shapes delivery. Fix what slows it down.

Jellyfish helps leaders measure and manage engineering performance.

Network Perspective measures what shapes delivery—and makes clear what to fix and how to fix it.

You’re not missing data. You’re missing the inputs that shape delivery.

Jellyfish brings together data from across your engineering stack to track productivity, delivery, and business impact. That’s useful.

But engineering leaders don’t just need workflow visibility. They need to spot what slows work down—and fix it.

Network Perspective adds collaboration data and deep work insights—showing:

• where friction builds
• where focus gets lost
• how work actually flows across teams

Spot what slows delivery. Fix it.
Why this matters: When AI makes coding faster, delivery often slows down.

Jellyfish gives you visibility and alignment. Network Perspective gives you leverage.

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results

What Jellyfish covers well

Jellyfish is strong for teams that want to:

• connect engineering work to business goals and investments 
• track productivity, delivery, and resource allocation
• unify data across tools (Git, Jira, CI/CD, AI tools) 
• measure impact of engineering work and AI adoption  
• support strategic planning and reporting 

If your goal is better visibility, alignment, and engineering management, Jellyfish is a strong option.

What teams say about Jellyfish

Jellyfish provides strong visibility into engineering performance, resource allocation, and delivery—and teams value that.

Helps us track key metrics like cycle time, throughput, and sprint velocity in one place

A verified Jellyfish review on G2

Clear visibility into engineering performance and progress

Software, Mid-market

Teams appreciate how Jellyfish brings together data from tools like Jira and GitHub, helping leaders make more data-driven decisions about delivery and investment. 

At the same time, users highlight a few recurring challenges: 

The toolset is complex… it can be daunting to figure out how to use it effectively

A verified Jellyfish review on Gartner Peer Insights

Interpreting some of the more advanced metrics still requires manual context-setting

A verified Jellyfish review on Gartner Peer Insights

Jellyfish gives leaders strong visibility into engineering performance and business alignment. But interpreting the data—and translating it into simple, team-level actions—often requires additional effort.

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results

What Network Perspective adds

Network Perspective is built for teams that need to:

• diagnose what breaks delivery beyond code workflows
• measure how time and collaboration shape outcomes
• spot overload, silos, and hidden bottlenecks
• connect friction, focus, and flow
• turn insights into team-level actions

What teams say about Network Perspective

Network Perspective helps teams move beyond visibility and improve how work actually happens.

The application presents information on less obvious aspects of team activity and collaboration between teams.

A verified Network Perspective review on Capterra
Manager, E-commerce, Mid-market

Teams don’t just get dashboards. They start changing how they work.

People start to become intentional about changing aspects of their working environment… and then they start to act.

A verified Network Perspective review on Capterra
Head, Information Technology, Mid-market

That is also why customers describe Network Perspective as:

Much more actionable than other products we considered

A verified Network Perspective review on Capterra
Head, Information Technology, Mid-market

Jellyfish shows how engineering performs. Network Perspective shows what slows it down—and how to fix it.

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results

Network Perspective vs Jellyfish at a glance

Jellyfish

Network Perspective

Core job
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Measure and manage engineering performance
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Measure inputs + how to fix delivery
Primary model
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Data from dev tools + business alignment
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Feedback + collaboration + delivery
Focus
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Outputs (productivity, investment, delivery)
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Inputs (friction, focus, collaboration)
DevEx
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Combine metrics with sentiment and business context
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Diagnose what breaks delivery
Work patterns
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Derived from tool activity and time allocation
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Direct view of time, collaboration, interruptions
Delivery
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Track DORA, performance, investment impact
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Explain why delivery slows and where to act
Action model
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Insights for planning and management decisions
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Root causes → actions
Adoption model
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Leadership dashboards and reporting
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Embedded in team workflows
Privacy model
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Uses data from tools (often user-level activity)
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Team-level, identities hashed, no personal tracking

Jellyfish measures engineering performance. Network Perspective helps you fix what shapes it.

Three signals. One system view.

Remove friction. Protect focus. Measure flow.

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Friction — Fix what slows work down

Most delivery problems don’t start in code—they start in broken priorities, processes, and hidden blockers.
  • DevEx diagnostics (pulse + deep dive)
  • AI analysis of feedback and system data
  • benchmarks connected to root causes
From feedback → to root-cause diagnosis → to actions: powered by developer experience surveys 
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Focus — Protect time and attention

Time is your most constrained resource—and most teams don’t know where it actually goes.
  • deep work vs meetings (calendar heatmaps)
  • interruptions and context switching
  • collaboration shaping attention
From time signals → to better ways of working: → powered by collaboration data and deep work insight
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Flow — Improve how work moves

Shipping faster doesn’t fix delivery—how work flows across teams does.
  • DORA metrics across teams
  • collaboration networks (silos, overload, dependencies)
  • system-level bottlenecks
From delivery metrics → to system-level improvement: powered by DORA metrics and delivery flow

Most tools show outputs. Network Perspective connects the system behind them.

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results


What makes this different

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Fix what drives outcomes—not just what shows up in metrics

Network Perspective
input-driven, root-cause diagnostics
Jellyfish
performance and investment measurement
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Turn signals into actions—not dashboards

Network Perspective
actions for teams, DevOps, leadership
Jellyfish
insights for planning and decision-making
crowdsource

Make collaboration visible—it’s how work actually flows

Network Perspective
maps system-wide collaboration
Jellyfish
collaboration inferred from tool activity
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Protect time—it’s your key constraint

Network Perspective
direct measurement of focus
Jellyfish
time inferred from task and activity data
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Build trust with privacy by design

Network Perspective
team-level, no personal tracking
Jellyfish
uses data from developer tools and activity
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Simplify signals so teams can act

Network Perspective
friction / focus / flow reflect day-to-day experience
Jellyfish
metrics tied to workflows and business reporting
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Support decisions—not just reporting

Network Perspective
prioritization + action
Jellyfish
reporting, planning, and business alignment

Extend insights beyond the platform

LLM-ready workflows: export results as clean .md files and explore them with your own LLM to add strategic context, stress-test assumptions, identify leverage points, surface systemic risks, and explore trade-offs and second-order effects
Structured exports: clean, well-organized data ready for further analysis, iteration, and direct connection to decisions, investments, and your existing workflows

Open API: connect engineering signals with data on user impact, team retention, cost and efficiency, and product priorities

From dashboards → to continuous thinking and decision-making

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results


Capability by capability comparison

Operate and improve your system across:

Developer Experience

From feedback → to root causes → to action

Jellyfish

  • combines engineering data with business and planning context
  • tracks productivity, allocation, and investment across teams
  • provides visibility into how engineering work aligns with business goals
  • may include sentiment or survey inputs alongside system metrics

Network Perspective

Jellyfish shows how engineering performs and aligns with the business. Network Perspective makes it clear what breaks delivery—and what to fix.

Collaboration and focus

Where time and attention are lost.
This is the biggest gap.

Deep work and collaboration are core drivers of developer productivity.
How deep work and collaboration drive developer productivity (DevEx)

Deep work, collaboration patterns, and overload directly impact delivery performance.
Workload and burnout in tech: how overload impacts engineering performance

Jellyfish

  • derives activity and collaboration patterns from engineering tools
  • provides visibility into work allocation and activity trends
  • limited direct visibility into: meetings, collaboration, context switching, deep work 

Network Perspective

  • maps collaboration across teams (not just in code)
  • measures deep work, meetings, and interruptions
  • shows who teams collaborate with (silos vs overload)
  • surfaces patterns like 1:1 connections and network diversity
  • highlights where attention is fragmented
  • suggests actions to reduce meetings and protect focus

Jellyfish shows how work is distributed. Network Perspective shows how work actually happens across people and time.

Delivery flow

From delivery metrics → to system-level improvement

Jellyfish

  • tracks delivery performance (DORA, throughput, investment impact)
  • connects engineering output to business outcomes
  • supports planning and forecasting

Network Perspective

  • tracks DORA across teams and systems
  • compares performance across teams
  • connects delivery metrics to collaboration patterns, context switching, and team-level friction
  • surfaces cross-team bottlenecks and dependencies
  • open API for integration into your data stack

Jellyfish tracks delivery performance and business impact. Network Perspective explains why it slows down—and how to fix it.

Built for AI-first engineering organizations

AI-first teams generate more signals and complexity (AI coding shift: why engineering leaders must manage comprehension debt), run faster feedback loops, and rely on LLMs to support decisions.

That changes what engineering systems need to support.

It’s no longer enough to publish dashboards and periodic reports. Teams need to:
Network Perspective supports that directly across DevEx, Collaboration, and Delivery Flow:
  • export results as clean, structured .md files
  • use your own LLM to deepen analysis
  • add strategic context and challenge assumptions
  • surface leverage points and systemic risks
  • explore trade-offs and second-order effects
  • connect insights to decisions and investments
29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results


Privacy and data model

Jellyfish integrates data from engineering tools (such as Git, Jira, and CI/CD systems) to analyze team activity, delivery, and resource allocation. 

Network Perspective is designed differently. It works on team-level visibility, with hashed identities and no personal tracking built into the product model. The system is measured—not the individual.

This changes how teams use the data. When people feel comfortable with it, it sparks curiosity instead of defensiveness. It creates alignment and open discussion—and leads to action.

It supports a true team contract: problems are shared, improvements are collective, and accountability stays at the system level.

Trust drives adoption. Adoption drives action. Action drives improvement.

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results


Best fit

Choose Jellyfish if:

  • you want visibility into engineering performance and investment
  • you need alignment between engineering and business
  • you focus on reporting, planning, and resource allocation

Choose Network Perspective if

  • you want to fix what slows delivery
  • you want to measure collaboration and focus
  • you want teams to act on insights
  • you want a privacy-first model

Jellyfish measures engineering performance. Network Perspective helps you fix what shapes it.

29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results


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Further reading

Go deeper into how engineering systems actually work

Research and reports

Backed by research across engineering teams and organizations

FAQ 

What is a Jellyfish alternative?

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A Jellyfish alternative is a platform that helps engineering teams improve delivery performance and productivity, often by going beyond reporting and business alignment to analyze what actually shapes how work happens across teams, time, and collaboration.

How is Network Perspective different from Jellyfish?

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Jellyfish focuses on measuring engineering performance and aligning it with business goals.

Network Perspective focuses on what shapes that performance—friction, focus, and collaboration—and makes it clear what to fix and how to fix it.

What does Jellyfish do well?

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Jellyfish is strong for:

  • connecting engineering work to business outcomes
  • tracking productivity, delivery, and resource allocation
  • supporting planning, forecasting, and reporting
  • giving leaders visibility into engineering investment

How does Network Perspective approach DevEx surveys differently?

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Network Perspective separates surveys into two layers:

This helps teams move from tracking sentiment to identifying root causes and taking action.

What does Network Perspective add beyond Jellyfish?

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Network Perspective adds visibility into:

  • collaboration across teams
  • deep work, meetings, and interruptions
  • system-level bottlenecks behind delivery

It connects these signals with developer experience and delivery metrics to explain why work slows down and what to fix.

How does Network Perspective measure focus and deep work?

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Network Perspective uses collaboration data (such as calendars and communication patterns) to measure:

  • deep work vs meetings
  • interruptions and context switching
  • how attention is distributed across teams

This helps teams protect focus and improve how time is used.

How does Network Perspective analyze collaboration?

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Network Perspective maps collaboration as a network across teams, showing:

  • dependencies and handoffs
  • overload and bottlenecks
  • silos and weak connections

This reveals how work actually flows across the organization—not just within code workflows.

Does Jellyfish use user-level data?

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Jellyfish integrates data from engineering tools (such as Git, Jira, and CI/CD systems), which typically includes user-level activity. This data is aggregated into dashboards and reports for analysis.

How does Network Perspective handle privacy differently?

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Network Perspective is designed with privacy by default:

  • team-level visibility
  • hashed identities (keys for hashing in your keyvault) 
  • no personal tracking

This makes teams more comfortable with the data, which increases adoption and leads to more open discussion and action.

Can Network Perspective replace Jellyfish?

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Network Perspective can replace or complement Jellyfish, depending on your needs.

Some organizations use Jellyfish for business alignment and reporting, and Network Perspective for system-level analysis and improvement across collaboration, focus, and delivery.

Is Network Perspective suitable for AI-first engineering teams?

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Yes. Network Perspective supports AI-first workflows by:

  • exporting results as structured data (e.g. .md files)
  • enabling analysis in your own LLM tools
  • helping teams explore trade-offs, risks, and system-level dynamics

This allows teams to move from static dashboards to continuous system improvement.

Which tool is better: Jellyfish or Network Perspective?

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Jellyfish is a strong choice for organizations focused on:

  • engineering management and reporting
  • business alignment and investment tracking

Network Perspective is better suited for teams that want to:

  • measure what shapes delivery
  • diagnose root causes of slowdowns
  • understand collaboration and focus
  • turn insights into actions across teams
29
factors shaping how engineers work, collaborate, deliver
250+
leaders sharing what’s working and what’s blocking
5
dimensions of DevEx driving excellence and outcomes
Research-backed guidance
for stronger teams and results

Start removing friction. Deliver better software—faster.

You’re already investing in tools, processes, and people. But without visibility into what slows teams down, you’re flying blind. Our developer experience insights help you cut delays, fix what’s broken, and unlock team speed—without the guesswork. Start small. Scale fast. See results in weeks.

The people behind Network Perspective

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Anita Zbieg

Anita Zbieg, PhD

CEO, Co-founder

I’ve been working in the Workplace Analytics field for more than 10 years. I’ve completed a Ph.D. in economics and psychology, applying ONA (Organizational Network Analysis) in organizational design.

I believe that advanced Workplace Analytics with strong ethics upfront can enable people leaders to make their teams productive and happy in a new hybrid workspace.
Let’s meet on LinkedIn →
Dorota Piotrowska

Dorota Piotrowska

Advisory Board – HR Digital Product Strategy

I’m a Passionate People and Organization Development and Future of Work Practitioner with over 15 years of experience in senior ad executive people management functions.

MY PURPOSE is to develop effective, data-informed, agile, remote smart organizations that help people grow and feel enabled and self-fulfilled with the contribution that they make to the company's success both as team members and as individuals.
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Błażej Żak

Błażej Żak, PhD

CTo, co-founder

I’m working experienced senior full-stack developer working with people and applying research to business. PhD on applied AI, MSc in Computer Science, and MA in Psychology.

What I like most in Network Perspective? We put a lot of conceptual and technological effort in applying ethics and protecting privacy while handling with big data which makes our work challenging and meaningful.
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Ania Garczyńska

Ania Garczyńska

Co-Founder

I have over 19 years of experience in consulting sales of products and services related to employee development, talent acquisition, learning and development, and transition management.

I'm dedicated to helping leaders manage the value of employee experience by implementing Network Perspective analytical software. I also coordinate various knowledge-sharing initiatives on how to implement workplace analytics in an ethical and impactful way.
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