Asana vs Confluence | TrustRadius

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Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 1942 reviews and ratings

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 1617 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Asana ranks higher in 1 feature set: Project Management

Project Management

7.8

Asana

78%

7.5

Confluence

75%

Asana ranks higher in 13/16 features

Task Management

8.8

88%

154 Ratings

7.6

76%

82 Ratings

Resource Management

7.4

74%

128 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Gantt Charts

7.9

79%

41 Ratings

7.9

79%

12 Ratings

Scheduling

7.9

79%

140 Ratings

7.2

72%

21 Ratings

Workflow Automation

7.8

78%

111 Ratings

8.0

80%

54 Ratings

Team Collaboration

8.5

85%

153 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for Agile Methodology

8.5

85%

7 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.5

85%

7 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Document Management

7.0

70%

129 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Email integration

7.0

70%

124 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Mobile Access

8.2

82%

127 Ratings

6.9

69%

80 Ratings

Timesheet Tracking

6.1

61%

6 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Change request and Case Management

8.4

84%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Budget and Expense Management

6.5

65%

59 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Search

N/A

0 Ratings

7.8

78%

102 Ratings

Visual planning tools

N/A

0 Ratings

7.4

74%

81 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

6.7

Asana

67%

Confluence

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Asana ranks higher in 2/2 features

Project & financial reporting

5.5

55%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Integration with accounting software

8.0

80%

33 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Communication

Asana

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.0

Confluence

80%

Atlassian Confluence ranks higher in 8/8 features

Chat

N/A

0 Ratings

6.4

64%

15 Ratings

Notifications

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

102 Ratings

Discussions

N/A

0 Ratings

7.9

79%

96 Ratings

Surveys

N/A

0 Ratings

7.0

70%

15 Ratings

Internal knowledgebase

N/A

0 Ratings

9.3

93%

96 Ratings

Integrates with GoToMeeting

N/A

0 Ratings

6.0

60%

3 Ratings

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

N/A

0 Ratings

9.3

93%

7 Ratings

Integrates with Outlook

N/A

0 Ratings

9.6

96%

10 Ratings

File Sharing & Management

Asana

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.3

Confluence

83%

Atlassian Confluence ranks higher in 8/8 features

Versioning

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

88 Ratings

Video files

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

65 Ratings

Audio files

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

80%

59 Ratings

Document collaboration

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

99 Ratings

Access control

N/A

0 Ratings

8.8

88%

97 Ratings

Advanced security features

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

73 Ratings

Integrates with Google Drive

N/A

0 Ratings

7.9

79%

46 Ratings

Device sync

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

80%

45 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Asana is rated higher in 3 areas: Usability, Support Rating, Product Scalability
Atlassian Confluence is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Availability

Asana

81%

185 Ratings

8.3

Confluence

83%

121 Ratings

Asana

96%

35 Ratings

9.7

Confluence

97%

19 Ratings

Asana

90%

22 Ratings

8.3

Confluence

83%

12 Ratings

Asana

84%

4 Ratings

9.0

Confluence

90%

5 Ratings

Asana

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

Confluence

80%

9 Ratings

Asana

76%

80 Ratings

6.5

Confluence

65%

45 Ratings

Asana

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

Confluence

84%

6 Ratings

Asana

82%

1 Rating

8.0

Confluence

80%

2 Ratings

Pros

Easy to use by any user (good UX and no installation needed)
Easy to create a simple project, add tasks and sub tasks.
Different display options, according to the project/tasks type
Works great using a web browser, you don't have to install the application

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Verified User

Engineer in Other

Environmental Services Company, 11-50 employees

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QUICK How-to Guides that can be generated and share instantly
One can subscribe to the pages and spaces and receive updates in the feed on their home page
Automatic Email notifications of new updates in the Confluence area
The platform integrates easily with other Atlassian platforms including third-party apps thus improving its reliability

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Binoy Shah

Software Integration Tester

WirecardFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Some users might find the user interface a bit dull and un inspired
We found the way to use multiple workspaces a bit confusing
It takes quite a bit of planning to build a well organized workspace in order not to have way too many projects and tasks all over the place

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Louis Schietekat

Managing Director

IP BraaiLegal Services, 1-10 employees

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Some of the components can be a little clunky to use and configure on pages.
I've run into a few issues where edited pages refuse to publish and work is either lost or time wasted copying and pasting to a new document that will publish.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$10

Starting Price

$50 per month

Asana Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium	$13.49¹
Business	$30.49¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

$10 per month

Confluence Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Server	10.00¹
Server	2700.00²
Server	5300.00³
Server	10,200.00⁴
Server	19,800.00⁵
Server	30,000.00⁶
Server	45,000.00⁷
Server	90,000.00⁸
Server	150,000.00⁹
Data Center	15,000.00¹⁰
Data Center	30,000.00¹¹
Data Center	52,000.00¹²
Data Center	79,200.00¹³
Data Center	105,600.00¹⁴
Data Center	132,000.00¹⁵
Data Center	143,000.00¹⁶
Data Center	154,000.00¹⁷
Data Center	165,000.00¹⁸
Data Center	176,000.00¹⁹
Data Center	187,000.00²⁰
Data Center	198,000.00²¹
Data Center	209,000.00²²
Data Center	220,000.00²³

10 Users - Perpetual License
25 Users - Perpetual License
50 Users - Perpetual License
100 Users - Perpetual License
250 Users - Perpetual License
500 Users - Perpetual License
2,000 Users - Perpetual License
10,000 Users - Perpetual License
10,001+ Users - Perpetual License
500 Users - Annually
1,000 Users - Annually
2,000 Users - Annually
3,000 Users - Annually
4,000 Users - Annually
5,000 Users - Annually
10,000 Users - Annually
15,000 Users - Annually
20,000 Users - Annually
25,000 Users - Annually
30,000 Users - Annually
35,000 Users - Annually
40,000 Users - Annually
40,001+ Users - Annually

SaaS Edition

Free	0.00¹
Standard	5.00²
Premium	10.00²
Enterprise	Contact Sales

Free for 10 Users
Per User Per Month
none

Additional Pricing Details

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana 9.6

Based on 35 answers

Mobile + Desktop capabilities - Able to use it anywhere, anytime.
Task management - Easy to view projects and their progress.
Time management - Easy to see what elements require time / how they interrelate and manage the project on an overall basis.
Company management - Be able to see from a master dashboard perspective where each project is in its stages of completion.
Clear communication - It's visually documented who is doing what at what time so that the whole project gets done.

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CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Simply Heaven DesignMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Confluence 9.7

Based on 19 answers

I am confident that Atlassian can come with additional and innovative macros and functions to add value to Confluence. In 6 months, Atlassian transformed a good collaborative tools into a more comprehensive system that can help manage projects and processes, as well as "talk" with other Atlassian products like Jira. We are in fact learning more about Jira to evaluate a possible fit to complement our tool box.

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Charles Thomasset, MBA

Director, Project/Process Management

Lehigh UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Asana 9.0

Based on 22 answers

It is very user-friendly. Takes a new employee an hour to start figuring out how the system works. That's an important factor. You don't want to encounter the issue where employees need a week to understand how the system works. For example, JIRA, I tried using it for a week and I still don't understand the complicated layout. Asana has a simple interface. Once you see it, you get it type of program.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Internet Company, 1-10 employees

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Confluence 8.3

Based on 12 answers

Confluence can - and in my personal opinion, it will - be a bit hard to use in the first moment. Atlassian is a great company and is eager to help you with any question you have, though. The interface seems to be a bit clumsy at first but the customization options are enough to make it easier and simpler. In general, Confluence is easy to use when you understand what each section does, but this can take a while.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Reliability and Availability

Asana 8.4

Based on 4 answers

Working with Asana on a daily basis

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Confluence 9.0

Based on 5 answers

I do not recall having outages or applications error so far, very reliable and available.

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Normand Whitehead

Senior R&D Eng. Technologist

Trilliant IncTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Confluence 8.0

Based on 9 answers

Pages load very quickly, which makes it useful for quickly obtaining information. The search functionality is also very quick and is able to parse through all of the documents to provide the most relevant results for the query. Other information based software gets bogged down, but so far Atlassian Confluence maintains its performance.

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Kaleb-John Loo

Senior Firmware Engineer

Spirent CommunicationsTelecommunications, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Asana 7.6

Based on 80 answers

I haven't had to use their support so I can't rate it. The fact that I haven't needed them reflects the ease of use of the product. I would recommend that any new users schedule a complete demo of the product to ensure that they are using it to it's fullest (there's a lot of useful features).

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Adam Lumley

Director of Marketing & Communications

787 NetworksMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Confluence 6.5

Based on 45 answers

This rating is specifically for Atlassian's self-help documentation on their website. Often times, it is not robust enough to cover a complex usage of one of their features. Frequently, you can find an answer on the web, but not from Atlassian. Instead, it is usually at a power user group elsewhere on the net.

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Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Confluence 8.4

Based on 6 answers

Overall, I am very satisfied with the initial implementation (and the subsequent upgrades and implementations made over the years).

This product has never rose to the level of being an major issue at an executive level. It has quietly and valiantly done it's job for our company!

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Bill Kratzer

Chief Innovation Officer

Versatile CreditFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Asana compared to Jira is certainly better in terms of user experience, since most of the people can start using it basically without having any kind of training or previous explanation, which makes it really useful not only for people already used to project management but also for people new in the matter and with a need of a tool that provides all that value in the quickest and better way

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Verified User

Manager in Product Management

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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I haven't use any other software that I could compare to AtlassianConfluence. The closest one would be Sharepoint, but it's a different beast. Sharepoint has more feature, but it's a lot harder to use and understand. Furthermore like many Microsoft solutions the UI is terrible and very difficult to understand sometimes. Atlassian Confluence is just plain easy to use.

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Benoît Desroches

Senior Web Team Lead

AlithyaComputer Games, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

Asana 8.2

Based on 1 answer

I used this tool on a daily basis at work and it runs as a solid rock

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Confluence 8.0

Based on 2 answers

This tool is very adaptable. So much so we use it for three completely separate projects, in three very different ways.

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Verified User

Consultant in Marketing

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Productivity - Most of all, it allows me to be more productive and have a good sense of where I am with projects and deadlines.
Easy to use - I can make the most of my time to get up (and stay) up and running.
Project coordination - Allows me to assign tasks to my interns and communicate directly within the platform to keep the work train moving.

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Kristi Porter

Chief Do-Gooder

SignifyMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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We've gone from folders and folders of Word documents and PDFs into a single system with a search feature to bring all of our data together and trackable
While onboarding took a bit longer for the company (to switch from a Word document centric mindset - to a web-based one), overall the company has embraced the features and power of Confluence within the working stack
However, as costs continue to climb for the Atlassian product, we are forced to continue our evaluation of the product - with replacing it a remote possibility if it begins to outprice its usefulness to us.

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Brandon Patton

Manager, Information Technology

Engineering InnovationIndustrial Automation, 51-200 employees

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Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Search

Visual planning tools

Asana

Confluence

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Asana

Confluence

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Asana

Confluence

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Asana

Confluence

Likelihood to Recommend

Asana

Confluence

Pros

Asana

Confluence

Cons

Asana

Confluence

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Asana Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General