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Confluence

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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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

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

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

100 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

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.

+90 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
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Document Hosting

Document Sharing

Security and Access Control

Access Tracking

Version Control

Searchability

Editor Functions

Metrics and Reporting

Publication Workflow

Indexing and Classification

Check Out Check in

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Confluence Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

It was okay.

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features
Less Inspiring

Venkatgiri S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Page templates: Confluence allows you to create custom page templates for your content. This makes it easy to create consistent and professional-looking pages. Macros: Confluence macros allow you to add dynamic content to your pages, such as tables, charts, and images. Commenting: Confluence pages can be commented on, which allows for collaboration and discussion.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Confluence is its flexibility. It can be used for a variety of purposes, from creating documentation to collaborating on projects. I also like the fact that Confluence is easy to use, even for people who are not familiar with wiki software.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike most about Confluence is that it can be a bit slow and unresponsive at times. This can be frustrating, especially when you're trying to collaborate with a team on a project. Additionally, the search engine can be a bit clunky, and it can be difficult to find the information you're looking for.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Overall, I think Confluence is a great tool for businesses of all sizes. However, there are a few things to keep in mind before you decide to use it. If you are considering using Confluence, I would recommend trying out the free trial, considering the pricing, getting training, and using the community.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Clifton J.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Confluence simplifies the organizational hierarchy

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence excels at arranging documents and information packets for quick access at all levels of an organization. The site is useful for businesses of all sizes to maintain efficiency and accuracy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Confluence aids businesses in maintaining order and providing a centralized location where employees may find the information they require. The site acts as a central repository for all relevant materials, thus resolving the issue of scattered storage.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The learning curve for Confluence is a bit steep, and some of the features don't feel as polished as they could be. Once you get the hang of it, the site is quite user-friendly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

All of our development's designs and testing plans are uploaded to Confluence, and the corresponding Jira task is linked from there. This facilitates a comprehensive review of the project's code history to identify any new contributors.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Confluence Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Confluence?

Pros

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

Document Hosting Centralized hosting of electronic documents, allowing the ability for contributors to upload to a secure area.

Document Sharing Document sharing is the ability to share a document with those who have not been granted explicit access

Security and Access Control Securing of electronic documents from unauthorized access and the ability to assign access to specific users or user groups.

Access Tracking The tracking of document access, including who had opened it or downloaded it.

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

Searchability DMSes generally allow for the ability to conduct searches on document content.

Editor Functions Features to allow designated editors to have the ability to review a document, make notes, corrections, and insert markups for re-editing by the author(s).

Metrics and Reporting This feature enables the DMS administrator to produce reports on the DMS, such as document volumes, document access, publication trends, etc.

Publication Workflow Workflow capability that routes documents across defined roles in the publication process, either for review, editing, publication, etc.

Indexing and Classification Where the DMS will search the contents of all documents, index search results and organize them based on the organization’s taxonomy

Check Out Check in Similar to checking out or signing out a book from the library, this option enables a similar function for designated documents.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

It was okay.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Venkatgiri S.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Clifton J.

Confluence simplifies the organizational hierarchy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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