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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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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

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

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.

+91 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
Enables Productivity
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

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Confluence Reviews

Willis P.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Easy to use, great knowledge base

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

How easy is to create wiki pages and share to the team

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Document versioning and collaboration between team members is my favorite aspect of this product

What do you dislike most about this product?

Searching and indexing features are limited which drives to dedicate extra effort to find the desired documentation

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're looking for a product to facilitate the knowledge transfer between team members and improve the onboarding of new team members in an effective way this is by far the best tool to achieve that.

Pros

Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Leon B.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

centralized space to document and collaborate

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Unlike alternatives such as Notion or Google Docs, Confluence is more oriented towards enterprise and structured use. While Notion offers more visual flexibility, Confluence excels in managing large projects and distributed teams, where traceability, permission control and integration with task management systems are key.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We can centralize all documentation in one place. In my team, I always had problems finding information: manuals, processes or project notes were scattered among emails and files. With Confluence, everything is organized in spaces and pages that can be edited collaboratively in real time. In addition, the integration with other Atlassian tools such as Jira is excellent, allowing you to connect tasks with documentation effortlessly.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the learning curve can be a bit steep for those unfamiliar with this type of platform. It is not always intuitive to find more advanced features and, in small teams, it can feel more complex than necessary. Also the customization of the page layout is somewhat limited compared to more modern documentation tools.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's a critical tool for keeping the entire team aligned and with quick access to the information they need. It's not the prettiest or simplest platform, but when it comes to scaling projects and ensuring documentation is always up to date and accessible, it more than delivers. I would recommend it especially for organizations that already work with Atlassian and require a solid, collaborative knowledge base.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Matilda H.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Confluence is relatable with onboarding.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence is very relatable with onboarding our new team members and meeting notes.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that Confluence templates are super specific saving my time and ensuring consistency with our teams.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Confluence is great and so far have nothing to complain

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Fantastic for industry specific templates saving alot of time and ensuring team consistency.Relatable with onboarding for new members.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Confluence Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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.

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.

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.

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

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

Willis P.

Easy to use, great knowledge base

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Leon B.

centralized space to document and collaborate

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Matilda H.

Confluence is relatable with onboarding.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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