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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 Knowledge Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

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

87 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.

+89 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

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Reliable
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Role-Based Access

Workflow and Approval Management

Version Control

Configurable Knowledge Repository

Multiple File Type Support

API Integration

Intelligent Search

Cataloging

Rich Text Editor

Reporting and Analytics

Multi-Language Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

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Score 9.3

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Score 9.0

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Score 8.8

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Confluence Reviews

Zulfan H.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

Our technology and product bible

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

It is the platform that is greatly familiar with our team, hence the change of vendor or solution will seem to be impossible

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Features that are allowing our team to write in their own style,

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of licenses monitoring, once you buy 300 licenses, it should be sending you reminder if it is about to exceed

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Most company will probably be very familiar with this, and it is that way for many reasons, integration with Jira is one of the best thing

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features
Charges for Enhancements

Leigh H.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

Enterprise class wiki

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

It provides familiar and intuitive wiki-style document editing with enterprise class knowledge management,

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The built-in formatting styles make it quick and easy to author consistent and attractive pages.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Security vulnerabilities have required that the service is taken offline whilst critical patches are applied. Search can sometimes frustrate when pages tagged with included keywords are not included in the results.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Wiki-stye authoring may require some training and adjustment if this is not something staff have had previous experience of.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features
Less Caring

Thabo R.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

Task planning made easy.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Integration with Atlassian Ecosystem.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Knowledge Management.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can be expensive when used with other Atlassian products.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Confluence is designed to scale with the growth of teams and organizations.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Confluence Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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Task Management

Project Management - Enterprise

Document Management

Confluence Reviews

Zulfan H.

Our technology and product bible

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Leigh H.

Enterprise class wiki

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Thabo R.

Task planning made easy.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Role-Based Access

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Configurable Knowledge Repository

Multiple File Type Support

API Integration

Intelligent Search

Cataloging

Rich Text Editor

Reporting and Analytics

Multi-Language Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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