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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

    Kintone

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AKintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.

    $120

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    ConfluenceKintone
    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
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluenceKintone
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices shown here reflect prices for deployments with 100 users or less. The prices decrease wien the user base surpasses 100.Minimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.
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    Features
    ConfluenceKintone
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.1
    158 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management7.2127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.591 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.9118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.0157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.2127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.9
    158 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Chat6.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.2156 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.9149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.0150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.7
    157 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.2137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.9105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.997 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.4153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.7148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.3115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.486 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings9.67 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.211 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Atlassian Confluence and Kintone
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.510 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConfluenceKintone
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (22 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (63 ratings)
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (25 ratings)
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (43 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConfluenceKintone
    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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    Kintone
    I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple.
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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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    Kintone
    • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
    • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
    • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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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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    Kintone
    • Sometimes it's a little challenging to know which fields to enter and where. There is a little bit of a learning curve with creating your own apps.
    • More visuals would be great! I love seeing the data visually, and so does my board.
    • That's all I can think of - I really do enjoy the program.
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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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    Kintone
    We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than what we need.
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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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    Kintone
    I love everything bout it. I love that if there is something I don't feel is working well enough, we are able to change it. The ONLY thing I would say is that if you were able to make it so every time I click on anything in the website/app it stayed in the same page, that would be great, but I don' think it is possible and I think this is due to using so many external APIs
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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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    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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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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    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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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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    Kintone
    I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users
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    Online Training
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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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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    Kintone
    Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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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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    Kintone
    Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
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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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    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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    Professional Services
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Kintone
    We have nothing but positive things to say about the kintone professional services we utilized during the install and after we went live.
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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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    Kintone
    • It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3.
    • It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior.
    • We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process.
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