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    Overview
    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

    Emptoris

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $59

    Per User Per Month

    PDF Converter Elite

    N/AN/AN/A

    $99.95

    one-time fee

    Pricing
    ConfluenceEmptorisPDF Converter Elite
    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
    Contact Sales
    Emptoris
    $59.00
    Per User Per Month
    PDF Converter Elite 5
    $99.95
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluenceEmptorisPDF Converter Elite
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    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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    ConfluenceEmptorisPDF Converter Elite
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    Atlassian
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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
    ConfluenceEmptorisPDF Converter Elite
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Emptoris and PDF Converter Elite
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.1
    158 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Emptoris
    -
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    PDF Converter Elite
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    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 Emptoris and PDF Converter Elite
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.9
    158 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Emptoris
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    PDF Converter Elite
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    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 Emptoris and PDF Converter Elite
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.7
    157 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Emptoris
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    PDF Converter Elite
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    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
    Contract Authoring
    Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Atlassian Confluence and Emptoris and PDF Converter Elite
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Emptoris
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    PDF Converter Elite
    -
    Ratings
    Contract creation00 Ratings9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract templates00 Ratings7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Clause library/saved fields00 Ratings8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided logic00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Collaboration
    Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Atlassian Confluence and Emptoris and PDF Converter Elite
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Emptoris
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    PDF Converter Elite
    -
    Ratings
    Contract sharing00 Ratings8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract editing00 Ratings8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaborating on contracts00 Ratings7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    MS Word plug-in00 Ratings7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval process00 Ratings8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interdepartmental workflows00 Ratings7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Monitoring
    Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Atlassian Confluence and Emptoris and PDF Converter Elite
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Emptoris
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    PDF Converter Elite
    -
    Ratings
    Contract database00 Ratings7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract search00 Ratings7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract milestone reminders & alerts00 Ratings8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom contract reports00 Ratings7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tracking contract status00 Ratings8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance check00 Ratings7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConfluenceEmptorisPDF Converter Elite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (22 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (63 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (25 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
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    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    ConfluenceEmptorisPDF Converter Elite
    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.
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    IBM
    If you have a highly bureaucratic organization that is heavily focused on procurement, Emptoris can provide some value. It seemed to be very good at linking the contract information to procurement for better spend control. If you are trying to implement a standalone contract management solution that allows you to easily create contracts and store them in a central location, this isn't the tool for you. There doesn't appear to be a simplified implementation. In general, when a SaaS solution has a complicated and expensive implementation, I am very skeptical. This does not show that the vendor is trying to move customers forward on a single code base. If that many things need to be done during implementation, you are starting to customize the solution for every customer. This hurts the vendor's ability to scale and make improvements in the future.
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    • Document protection - the Check Out contract feature is a great way to allow external parties to make modifications to contract language without the ability to accept those changes. Those redlines can then be imported back into Emptoris and reviewed or further modified as needed.
    • Notifications & reminders - you can trigger an email manually from within the system, or you can configure automated notifications andreminders to alert users when a new task is received or has aged a given amount of days, etc.
    • Interview wizard - there is a lot of value in the interview wizard. Administrators can configure screens with selecting options via check boxes, radio buttons, or typed-in values. Variables and conditions can be used to selectively populate fields within the contract or apply other options, making for a quick and convenient method to generate contracts conforming to corporate standards.
    • Field customization - administrators can customize a list of options for various fields including contract substatus, address type, and user created business term variables.
    • Approvals - many different options are available to configure approvals to trigger automatically upon presenting and/or executing the contract including specific individuals, one or more approver groups, or based upon various criteria including terms within the contract, type of contract, or the contract's owning organization.
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    • Reporting, Emptoris comes with standard reports which can not always can be fit into our business. This needs to be improved. I hope Emptoris is addressing this issue in their latest releases.
    • Though the feature of editing language in MS word is excellent, loading MS word takes time.
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    There are a lot of new, exciting products coming out in every field and I believe that there is always something better right over the horizon. If it was my choice, I would review my usage of Emptoris and other software periodically to make sure I'm using the most efficient software possible.
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    The above rating for the overall support from Emptoris is for their product / product support, roll out training and refresher training / ongoing training, which is not only good but superior. There is no major or reconizable bad review that can be given to Emptoris at this point in time, from where is stands.
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
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    PDF Converter
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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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    IBM
    • We won the 2005 Baseline Magazine Award for best ROI related to a technology implementation with an ROI 5544% (see 2005 Baseline ROI Awards, GlaxoSmithkline).
    • We always felt we could do "two times the work, with half the people and deliver double the savings".
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    PDF Converter
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