The integration of Jira and Slack, while providing communication and issue tracking capabilities, involves significant hidden costs due to manual context switching and coordination overhead, which can be expensive for engineering teams. The native Jira-Slack integration allows basic notifications and manual ticket creation but lacks automation in incident management, leading to extended Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR) and increased cognitive disruption during incidents. Purpose-built platforms, on the other hand, offer more seamless workflows by eliminating manual synchronization, allowing for automated post-mortems, and reducing context-switching costs, thereby saving time and money. A detailed cost analysis reveals that manual coordination can cost a typical 100-person engineering team over $54,000 annually due to these inefficiencies. Improved integration tools can centralize and streamline incident response, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and reducing MTTR by up to 80%.