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Ban on competing product development

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition prevents customers and users from leveraging Atlassian's own products as a development platform to create competitive alternatives, protecting Atlassian's commercial interests.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is a short fragment without surrounding context confirming it is a prohibition (e.g., 'Customer must not'). The clause name and type strongly indicate it is a prohibition, but the quoted text alone does not contain the prohibitory verb. Confidence is medium for this reason.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

You cannot use Atlassian's products as a tool or platform to develop any product or service that is similar to or competes with Atlassian's offerings.

How other platforms handle this

Upwork Medium

use our services to build a similar service, identify or poach our users or publish any performance or benchmark analysis relating to the site reverse engineer, decipher, modify, or take source code from our site...

NotebookLM Medium

You will comply with Service-specific notices if applicable, such as any warnings not to input sensitive or confidential information.

McDonald's Medium

Please take steps to secure your access credentials such as login name and password, and do not share them with anyone.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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use the Products to develop a similar or competing product or service

— Excerpt from Atlassian's Atlassian Cloud Terms

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Atlassian Cloud Terms
Entity
Atlassian
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-056081
Document ID
CA-D-00707
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
43d2f9eb25e260f7f82440abad02e2eba835af6870815ec9bb7ba9cddb25b8ec
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 01:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Atlassian
Document: Atlassian Cloud Terms
Record ID: CA-P-056081
Captured: 2026-05-08 01:00:52 UTC
SHA-256: 43d2f9eb25e260f7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/atlassian/atlassian-cloud-terms/provision/CA-P-056081/ban-on-competing-product-development/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Atlassian's Ban on competing product development clause do?

This prohibition prevents customers and users from leveraging Atlassian's own products as a development platform to create competitive alternatives, protecting Atlassian's commercial interests.

How does this clause affect you?

You cannot use Atlassian's products as a tool or platform to develop any product or service that is similar to or competes with Atlassian's offerings.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 285 platforms. See the full comparison.

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