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Confluence

8.7 /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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Confluence Ratings

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

99 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+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?

3% Negative

7% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Document Hosting

Document Sharing

Security and Access Control

Access Tracking

Version Control

Editor Functions

Searchability

Publication Workflow

Metrics and Reporting

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 IT Administration

Ease of Customization

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: Vendor Management
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2020

Very customisable and easy to use, LOVE IT!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Effective Service

Cons

Less Generous
Less Friendly Negotiation
Vendor's Interest First

Panagiotis K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2020

So many addons.. so many expenses

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Fully integration with Jira and other Atlassian Products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The integration with Atlasssian Service Desk

What do you dislike most about this product?

The Search function.. and the cost of its addons!

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are not using other Atlassian products.. turn your look to Sharepoint Online!

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Transparent
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Commodity Features
Vendor Friendly Policies
Less Generous

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2020

Confluence for Data Maintainence

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Efficient Service
Saves Time
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Helps Innovate

Cons

Less Fair
Less Friendly Negotiation

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Confluence Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 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.

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).

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

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

Metrics and Reporting This feature enables the DMS administrator to produce reports on the DMS, such as document volumes, document access, publication trends, 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 IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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.

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

Very customisable and easy to use, LOVE IT!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Panagiotis K.

So many addons.. so many expenses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Confluence for Data Maintainence

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Document Hosting

Document Sharing

Security and Access Control

Access Tracking

Version Control

Editor Functions

Searchability

Publication Workflow

Metrics and Reporting

Indexing and Classification

Check Out Check in

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support