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Confluence

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

141 Reviews Write a Review

What is Confluence?

Confluence is your remote-friendly team workspace where knowledge and collaboration meet. Confluence turns conversations into action built for lasting knowledge so you never lose great ideas or context in a transient notification or chat. From marketing and sales to development and operations, Confluence has solutions for every type of team and project to get your team doing the real work right away.

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Awards & Recognition

Confluence won the following awards in the Knowledge Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2022

Confluence Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Confluence?

2% Negative

6% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Role-Based Access

Workflow and Approval Management

Multiple File Type Support

Configurable Knowledge Repository

Version Control

Intelligent Search

Cataloging

Rich Text Editor

API Integration

Reporting and Analytics

Multi-Language Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

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Confluence Reviews

Karthika S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Oct 2024

Great Documentation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence provide lot of ads ons like lucid chart, jira, I frames etc and easy to use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Add ons like lucid chart, user friendlier.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing much

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for a decent document developing tool which embed tableau dashboard, data bricks dashboard using iframe and embed charts confluence is the best tool

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Lauri S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Beautiful interface, robust functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Clean user interface and tons of functionality

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

All of the options for rich text and formatting. Perfect for note taking, documentation and knowledge management for our intranet.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Robust customization makes it difficult to catalog. I wish there was an out of the box recommendation for organizing our site.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do your research and ensure the product you go with has all the functionality you’re looking for. Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Effective Service
Altruistic
Generous Negotitation

Vivek k.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

ideal for documentation and collaboration.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

confluence organizes cross-team documentation well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

centralized project papers make it easier for people to work together and keep track of documents. real-time editing and interaction with jira make work easier.

What do you dislike most about this product?

larger documents with many photos and links delay performance, making sophisticated project management difficult.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

ideal for atlassian jira-using documentation and project tracking teams.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Confluence Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Confluence?

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Role-Based Access Enable different levels of access based on role, allowing different articles to be available only to specific audiences as needed.

Workflow and Approval Management Ability to model, build, and execute automatic workflows for the purpose of managing content-centric processes.

Multiple File Type Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Configurable Knowledge Repository The solution provides the ability to create, manage, disseminate and archive knowledge articles in a structured format.

Version Control Tracking of document versions with each iteration of document changes.

Intelligent Search Provide user with filters and facets to refine search results, with auto-suggest capabilities, natural language search and search engine indexing.

Cataloging Ability to organize documents and data based on similar tags, keywords and groupings.

Rich Text Editor Allows users to create and share information using text and other formats such as charts, images, audio, and video, with easy formatting options.

API Integration API integrations with enterprise apps e.g. collaboration/communication tools, CRM, ECM, and existing knowledge sources allow access to content in multiple ways.

Reporting and Analytics Detailed analytics and dashboards on content usage and performance, including how information is accessed and by whom, search query performance, etc.

Multi-Language Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Confluence Reviews

Karthika S.

Great Documentation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Lauri S.

Beautiful interface, robust functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vivek k.

ideal for documentation and collaboration.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Role-Based Access

Workflow and Approval Management

Multiple File Type Support

Configurable Knowledge Repository

Version Control

Intelligent Search

Cataloging

Rich Text Editor

API Integration

Reporting and Analytics

Multi-Language Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support