Confluence vs Google Drive

What users are saying about

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 1617 reviews and ratings

Score 8.8 out of 10

Based on 5301 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Google Drive ranks higher in 1 feature set: File Sharing & Management

Project Management

7.5

Confluence

75%

Google Drive

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Atlassian Confluence ranks higher in 7/7 features

Task Management

7.6

76%

82 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Gantt Charts

7.9

79%

12 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Scheduling

7.2

72%

21 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Workflow Automation

8.0

80%

54 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Mobile Access

6.9

69%

80 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Search

7.8

78%

102 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Visual planning tools

7.4

74%

81 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Communication

8.0

Confluence

80%

Google Drive

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Atlassian Confluence ranks higher in 8/8 features

Chat

6.4

64%

15 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Notifications

8.6

86%

102 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Discussions

7.9

79%

96 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Surveys

7.0

70%

15 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Internal knowledgebase

9.3

93%

96 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Integrates with GoToMeeting

6.0

60%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

9.3

93%

7 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Integrates with Outlook

9.6

96%

10 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

File Sharing & Management

8.3

Confluence

83%

8.7

Google Drive

87%

Google Drive ranks higher in 5/9 features

Versioning

8.6

86%

88 Ratings

8.5

85%

176 Ratings

Video files

7.7

77%

65 Ratings

8.4

84%

166 Ratings

Audio files

8.0

80%

59 Ratings

8.7

87%

161 Ratings

Document collaboration

8.5

85%

99 Ratings

9.3

93%

194 Ratings

Access control

8.8

88%

97 Ratings

8.7

87%

191 Ratings

Advanced security features

8.5

85%

73 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Integrates with Google Drive

7.9

79%

46 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Device sync

8.0

80%

45 Ratings

8.5

85%

182 Ratings

File search

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

195 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Confluence

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.7

Google Drive

87%

Google Drive ranks higher in 3/3 features

User and role management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

178 Ratings

File organization

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

189 Ratings

Device management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.7

87%

101 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Confluence

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.7

Google Drive

87%

Google Drive ranks higher in 3/3 features

Performance

N/A

0 Ratings

8.8

88%

188 Ratings

Reliability

N/A

0 Ratings

8.9

89%

190 Ratings

Storage Reports

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

89 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Atlassian Confluence is rated higher in 2 areas: Usability, Implementation Rating
Google Drive is rated higher in 4 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Performance, Support Rating

Confluence

83%

121 Ratings

8.9

Google Drive

89%

197 Ratings

Confluence

97%

19 Ratings

9.9

Google Drive

99%

5 Ratings

Confluence

83%

12 Ratings

6.8

Google Drive

68%

38 Ratings

Confluence

90%

5 Ratings

Google Drive

N/A

0 Ratings

Confluence

80%

9 Ratings

9.4

Google Drive

94%

14 Ratings

Confluence

65%

45 Ratings

6.9

Google Drive

69%

83 Ratings

Confluence

N/A

0 Ratings

9.0

Google Drive

90%

1 Rating

Confluence

84%

6 Ratings

8.0

Google Drive

80%

9 Ratings

Confluence

80%

2 Ratings

Google Drive

N/A

0 Ratings

Pros

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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Any user with access can store a file using different platforms like Android, IOS, Windows, or Ubuntu (Desktop version)
You can share files with any number of different users with different access rights or you can even keep it public by providing the access link and assign different rights for public access
You can open Excel/Word files using google software Sheets/Docs in the browser environment without having to install software like Microsoft Office etc on your Windows OS

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Humayun Farooqi

Customer Success Manager

Tarsil.pkInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

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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Having a little bit more control and clarity over what is shared and how it is shared would be a useful improvement.
Could be more robust and flexible as far as assigning restrictions.
Google Sheets could be enhanced because Excel really is not there yet as a product with equal capabilities as there are still quite a few limitations to the functionality.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

$0 per month

Google Drive Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$6.00¹
Business	$12.00¹
Enterprise	Contact Vendor for Quote¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

Discounts are available for students, educators, and non profit organizations.

Likelihood to Renew

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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Google Drive 9.9

Based on 5 answers

For its compatibility, easiness, quick responses, user interface, storage capacity, files management and file listings. These are some of the reasons for giving higher ratings and Google Drive has become an integral part of my professional life. We use this software on daily basis and most of the time saving lot of time.

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Sumant Luhar

Brand Enhancer

FreelancerWriting and Editing, 1-10 employees

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Usability

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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Google Drive 6.8

Based on 38 answers

It is the company's primary cloud storage facility. It overcomes communication issues, serves as an information wall, and stores sensitive data for several accounts managed by admin users. It has a wide range of applications: mechanics use it to store installation guidelines, offices use it to store sensitive data, and salespeople use it to store client personal information.

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Dewan Ahmed

Senior Management Information Systems Director

HitechnologyInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Performance

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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Google Drive 9.4

Based on 14 answers

The documents load fairly quickly and also update in real time, especially given the fact that multiple people can be using it at once. The "Offline" feature works great to allow the user to make edits and access the document without access to the internet, and then sync changes later once they're back.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Accounting Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

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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Google Drive 6.9

Based on 83 answers

I cannot really speak to the overall support for Google Drive since I've never had to call on support from the team at Google. That said, I'm sure any problems that come up would be easy to solve by talking to the team or even just looking up the answer on Google search.

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Mandy Cramer

Accounting Department

Liber HoldingsWarehousing, 11-50 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Google Drive 9.0

Based on 1 answer

The effective google workspace using training that my organization received and was conducted by me (as a team lead of the ICT team) was mind-blowing and as a result, our staff is performing well in terms of using the application for their daily jobs than before. Now, in my institution, all teachers and all the administrative personnel are very much interested in cloud storage facilities, in previous my institution was afraid of losing all important documents in the cloud storage. But, after having received the training they are now realized that if anyone has only one google account then he or she can use 15GB of cloud storage freely and they are now happy because now it is not necessary for anyone to carry the traditional pen drive.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

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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Google Drive 8.0

Based on 9 answers

It's an extremely easy software to implement, once you sign up for a google account you automatically have access to google drive with a set amount of storage space. The business or Google Suite accounts have more storage space than a regular free account, but setting up and accessing google drive is very easy in both cases

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Elizabeth Sullivan-Hasson

Research Assistant

TrustRadiusResearch, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Google Drive was the 1st Product that I evaluated of its kind about 15 years ago. I used it then and I still use it. You do not require anything else. It is flexible, easy to use, and accessible. It also gives you a very decent space of 15 GB free of charge. Who needs anything else?

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Scalability

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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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Return on Investment

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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It is best to use if your university has partnered with Google. Unlimited Cloud Storage plus simplicity is evert student's dream!
It would be good, though, if Google would partner with other companies to be able to support/run other file types.
It is not pricey for all it's worth!

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Nicolas Van Levi Buenviaje

Student

University of the Philippines Open UniversityBroadcast Media, 1-10 employees

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Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Confluence

Google Drive

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Confluence

Google Drive

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

File search

Confluence

Google Drive

User and role management

File organization

Device management

Confluence

Google Drive

Performance

Reliability

Storage Reports

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Confluence

Google Drive

Likelihood to Recommend

Confluence

Google Drive

Pros

Confluence

Google Drive

Cons

Confluence

Google Drive

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Confluence Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

SaaS Edition

Additional Pricing Details