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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Confluence

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AConfluence is a collaboration and content sharing platform used primarily by customers who are already using Atlassian's Jira project tracking product. The product appeals particularly to IT users.

    $6.40

    per month per user

    ProjectWise

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABentley Systems offers ProjectWise, a construction management software for keeping construction project personnel and engineers up-to-date with most recent progress information, with daily logs and punchlists, risk item lifecycle management through identification, creation, tracking and resolution, RFI management, and document storage with automated sharing.N/A

    Experian Aperture Data Studio

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AExperian offers the Aperture Data Studio, a data quality management platform based on technology acquired by Experian with QAS, ltd.N/A
    Pricing
    ConfluenceProjectWiseExperian Aperture Data Studio
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Free for 10 Users
    Standard
    $6.40
    per month per user
    Premium
    $12.30
    per month per user
    Data Center
    220,000.00
    40,001+ Users - Annually
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluenceProjectWiseExperian Aperture Data Studio
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices shown here reflect prices for deployments with 100 users or less. The prices decrease wien the user base surpasses 100.——
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    ConfluenceProjectWiseExperian Aperture Data Studio
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    Atlassian
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    Bentley Systems
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    Experian
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    97 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    87 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    100 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
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    Features
    ConfluenceProjectWiseExperian Aperture Data Studio
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Bentley ProjectWise and Experian Aperture Data Studio
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.1
    158 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Bentley ProjectWise
    -
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    Experian Aperture Data Studio
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    Ratings
    Task Management7.2127 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.912 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.221 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.591 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.0118 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.0157 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.2127 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Atlassian Confluence and Bentley ProjectWise and Experian Aperture Data Studio
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.9
    158 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Bentley ProjectWise
    -
    Ratings
    Experian Aperture Data Studio
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    Ratings
    Chat6.415 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.2156 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.9149 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys7.015 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.0150 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting6.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.37 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.610 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Bentley ProjectWise and Experian Aperture Data Studio
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.7
    157 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Bentley ProjectWise
    -
    Ratings
    Experian Aperture Data Studio
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    Ratings
    Versioning8.3137 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.9105 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.997 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.4153 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.7148 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.4115 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.947 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.486 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConfluenceProjectWiseExperian Aperture Data Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (22 ratings)
    -
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    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (63 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    5.4
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ConfluenceProjectWiseExperian Aperture Data Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atlassian
    It is well suited due to the below reasons 1. Easy collaboration between teams 2. Strong integration with other applications 3. Centralized documentation among teams and within the organisation 4. Project planning and report sharing 5. Employee onboarding is easier and maintain HR policies very well. Less appropriate in below scenarios When this is being used as a main tool for communication rather than its purpose of collaboration.
    Incentivized
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    Bentley Systems
    ProjectWise is good for really large projects with many team members. I would not recommend it for small projects or those with a small team of people working on them. It is best for technical people and those who plan to use it daily. There are better FTP options out there if you just want to use them for file sharing.
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    Experian
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    Pros
    Atlassian
    • Cross product linking - If you use other Atlassian products then Atlassian Confluence is a no-brainer for your source of documentation, knowledge management etc. You can show previews of the linked asset natively E.g. showing a preview of a JIRA ticket in a Atlassian Confluence page.
    • Simple editing - Though the features available may not be super complex right now, this does come with the benefit of making it easy to edit and create documents. Some documentation editors can be overwhelming, Atlassian Confluence is simple and intuitive.
    • Native marketplace - If you want to install add-ons to your Atlassian Confluence space it's really easy. Admins can explore the Atlassian marketplace natively and install them to your instance in a few clicks. You can customise your Atlassian Confluence instance in many different ways using add-ons.
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    Bentley Systems
    • Maintain an audit trail of all documentation.
    • Integrate title blocks with the ProjectWise database.
    • Keep documentation for all projects in a single application that anyone with the appropriate authority can access.
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    Cons
    Atlassian
    • UI Design is very simplistic and basic could make use of more visually interesting colour choices, layout choices, etc.
    • Under the 'Content' menu, it defaults to having a landing page for all L1 and L2 category pages. Meaning as long as the broader content category has a sub-category, it still creates a separate landing page. In my team's case, this often creates blank pages, as we only fill out the page at the lowest sub-category (L3).
    • Hyperlinks are traditionally shown as blue, however, this results into very monotonously blue pages in cases where a lot of information is being linked.
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    Bentley Systems
    • It's worse than a virus, it WILL get into every part of your system, with the only way to get rid of it is to do a full system format.
    • Integration is dependent on if Bentley wishes to support your software.
    • DMS system, it just makes it incompatible with native programs unless you have integration, which is at Bentley's discretion for support, exporting to your system is a work around, though this takes significant time to export and to re-teach PW linked file locations when you reimport it.
    • Clunky user interface, if you want to work on more than 1 file at a time expect to be at least 50-80% slower.
    • a Labyrinth of forms that are prone to user error.
    • Interface straight out of Windows 2000, and that's generous.
    • Inability to delete or even "Recycle bin" files, this is more an admin issue but most PW instance lock out deleting files, which makes it impractical for general use.
    • Encourages unnecessary and convoluted workflows, This comes down to the Pro of "The backend is customisable," it may be customisable but this encourages system admins to write convoluted and time consuming workflows just because they can.
    • Seems to require an IT team to manage it - this probably relates to the highly customisable component.
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    Experian
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atlassian
    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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    Bentley Systems
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    Usability
    Atlassian
    Atlassian Confluence is a great tool for project management, especially for internal documentation. It has a minimum governance requirement to use its full power. Also, it is a little pricy to unlock its full power as well, so it is not recommended for companies with a low budget in my opinion.
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    Bentley Systems
    It is simple to use once users become familiar with it & it has a familiar Windows-like interface.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atlassian
    I do not recall having outages or applications error so far, very reliable and available.
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    Bentley Systems
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    Performance
    Atlassian
    We never worked against the tide while using Confluence. Everything loads considerably fast, even media components like videos (hosted on the platform or embed external videos from Youtube, for example). We are not using heavy media components a lot, but in the rare occasion we happen to use one we have no problems whatsoever.
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    Bentley Systems
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    Support Rating
    Atlassian
    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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    Bentley Systems
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    Implementation Rating
    Atlassian
    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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    Bentley Systems
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atlassian
    We chose Atlassian Confluence over SharePoint because it's much more user-friendly and intuitive. Atlassian Confluence makes collaboration and knowledge sharing easier with its simpler interface and better search. While SharePoint can be powerful, it often feels clunky and complex, making it harder for our team to actually use it.
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    Bentley Systems
    I think ProjectWise is better for technical users than Dropbox, one drive, or SharePoint. It is less intuitive than any of the others though. It is better for restoring files and creating an audit trail than any of the other programs. It is better for sharing large files in a short period of time than SharePoint or one drive. It is also better for larger teams and larger projects than SharePoint or Dropbox.
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    Experian
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    Scalability
    Atlassian
    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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    Bentley Systems
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    Return on Investment
    Atlassian
    • We totally rely on this tool since a decade now and despite being so much transition in our company it has served us well in those transitions
    • Many times, during security audits we are asked to showcase our readiness for various compliance points and confluence helps us a lot in maintaining that
    • Talking about Confluence in front of clients and customers gives us an upper hand that we are up to date with latest trend and technologies and tools for our RnD planning and management
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    Bentley Systems
    • Provides a central place for people to store files.
    • Incredibly long time to fill out forms to initialise a file. 4 hours to update files instead of about 10mins.
    • Significantly longer to open drawings. up to 1.5mins to open vs about 10seconds.
    • Can't easily batch script over files, thus making this workflow either ineffective or redundant. Scripts can take 10mins to do an hours worth of repetitive tasks.
    • Restricts you to 1 file at a time, so rather than in the morning opening 10-15 files at once and doing other work while they open you have to site their and open via dialogue boxes each and every file. This can take 10-15mins of your morning run.
    • People seem to email more documents unofficially now, which kind of defeats the first point.
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    Experian
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