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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 Document Management category

Confluence Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

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88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 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?

3% Negative
6% Neutral
91% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Helps Innovate
  • Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Document Hosting

89

Document Sharing

87

Security and Access Control

85

Access Tracking

84

Editor Functions

84

Version Control

84

Publication Workflow

83

Searchability

83

Metrics and Reporting

83

Check Out Check in

80

Indexing and Classification

80

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

86

Ease of Implementation

85

Business Value Created

84

Ease of IT Administration

83

Ease of Customization

83

Breadth of Features

83

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Ease of Data Integration

81

Availability and Quality of Training

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Vendor Support

79

Confluence Reviews

Amit K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

popular and intuitive product with great features

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Apart from document and knowledge management which it does very well, its greatest strength is that its from Atlassian and has a great integration with its others very popular products like JIRA, Opsgenie and trello and most of the organisation has all these tools in place so its becomes very easy to work with Confluence and import/export its data to other Atlassian products and this greatly enhance the productivity

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

its rich text editor and so many out of the box templates Also role based access to pages and great integration with JIRA

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its search is not that great and sometimes it doesn't surface the relevant search results, Also they could use the generative AI in their editor to fast track the creation of knowledge base

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

its worth checking other products which uses the AI to create the content as this can be the game changer in few years

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time

Jeemish M.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Great Team Collaboration & Knowledge mgmt tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Great editing features, Pages organization, Content searchability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of content searchability

What do you dislike most about this product?

Metrics and reporting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for great team collaboration for your knowledge management pages, look at Confluence.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Trustworthy
  • Caring
  • Altruistic

Amr E.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Empowering Teamwork with Confluence.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence stands out from similar products due to its robust collaboration capabilities, intuitive user interface, and seamless integration with other Atlassian products. Its real-time collaborative editing, commenting, and task-tracking features make it a popular choice for teams looking to streamline their document collaboration process.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Confluence helps teams work together and share information. It's easy to organize and search for documents, and the interface is user-friendly. Teams can collaborate in real-time, and it integrates well with other Atlassian products. Confluence offers customization options to fit specific team needs. It's a useful tool for teams looking to improve their collaboration and knowledge-sharing abilities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

-Mobile Experience: Confluence does offer a mobile app. However,  it has fewer features and needs to be more user-friendly than the desktop version. -Performance and page load times: , especially when handling big pages or documents with dense material. As a result, the platform may sometimes experience latencies and slower loading of pages.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In my experience assisting users with Confluence, I suggest looking at the platform's advanced formatting options and considering the potential challenges they may present for specific users. Additionally, it's important to note that there have been concerns raised about mobile experience and performance issues, especially when dealing with larger pages or documents. That being said, if you're willing to learn the platform and find solutions to any problems, Confluence can be a powerful tool for collaboration and knowledge sharing. Ultimately, the decision will depend on your specific needs and preferences, but I'm here to assist you in weigh

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service

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