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Confluence

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /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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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

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+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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Score 8.8

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Confluence Reviews

Simone F.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Really love this product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

I love that you can build custom pages and reports to meet your needs. Unique templates make standardization easy. The various macros are very interesting and I'm always learning

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The level of control the end user has. Permissions, structure, look and feel without being dependant on admin support. I can research how to do anything

What do you dislike most about this product?

The site is not very responsive when switching to phone. Also limited functionality Export functionality is also limited. No excel export and no way to define the page setup of an export

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Confluence is the artifact and collaboration back bone of a business. From admin like finance departments to document wiki or document approvals. It's great

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rex M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Excellent Internal Process Document Organization

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

More current and user friendly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Organizes Internal Process Knowledge Articles

What do you dislike most about this product?

Does not have an approval flow option that I’m aware of if you wanted that.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a good place to organize internal documents for all your departments.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Saqib A.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Excellent Product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence has a breadth of excellent features that can be used for document hosting and sharing as well as creating content directly within the application.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to create content directly within the application and share it with others.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The fact that anyone can edit the content (unless strict access control has been implemented), this makes version control difficult to manage.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is an excellent application to host, share as well as create content for the organisation.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Respectful
Fair

Cons

Security Frustrates
Under Delivered
Leverages Incumbent Status

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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

Simone F.

Really love this product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rex M.

Excellent Internal Process Document Organization

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Saqib A.

Excellent Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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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