Confluence vs Lessonly | TrustRadius

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Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 1430 reviews and ratings

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 176 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Confluence

Lessonly

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Confluence

Lessonly

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Confluence

Lessonly

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Confluence

Lessonly

Course authoring

Course catalog or library

Player/Portal

Learning content

Mobile friendly

Progress tracking & certifications

Assignments

Compliance management

Learning administration

Learning reporting & analytics

Social learning

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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Software Integration Tester

WirecardFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.

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Karie Champlin-Albarran

Learning and Development Lead

KabbageFinancial Services, 501-1000 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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Media import (audio, video) are still in infancy. Reliability of uploaded content isn't 100%.
The Events function lacks some features that are more built out in other platforms.
Reporting interface has a bit of a learning curve, but overall isn't bad.

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Zack Uzzle, ITIL, ATD Master Trainer

Corporate Trainer

Apogee, Inc.Telecommunications, 201-500 employees

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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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Lessonly 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 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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Lessonly 9.1

Based on 2 answers

It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .

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Verified User

Director in Customer Service

Marketing & Advertising Company, 10,001+ 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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Performance

Confluence 8.1

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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Senior Firmware Engineer

Spirent CommunicationsTelecommunications, 1001-5000 employees

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No answers yet

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Support Rating

Confluence 7.1

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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Lessonly 9.7

Based on 189 answers

The support team is very friendly and eager to help you learn the ins and outs of Lessonly. They can set up training for large groups or send links in a chat for individual help. They are quick to respond and if one person doesn't have the answer, they will collaborate with others to help find the answer.

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Events Production Specialist

Cady StudiosPhotography, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

Confluence 8.3

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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Chief Innovation Officer

Versatile CreditFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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No answers yet

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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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I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.

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Vice President - Channel Partnerships

HGS - Hinduja Global SolutionsStaffing & Recruiting, 10,001+ 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 answers yet

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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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Manager, Information Technology

Engineering InnovationIndustrial Automation, 51-200 employees

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We've had an increase in quality overall as a company, as we are able to continually train our employees outside of our New Hire Training program.
We've seen stronger communication as we are able to send out material to our stylists about products, policies, procedures, etc. and they are able to provide us with feedback. After all, it is their tool for learning and we want to know the best way to provide that information to our Team Members.

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Rachel Blankenship

Customer Experience Representative

ThirdLoveRetail, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

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

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

Lessonly Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	Contact sales team
Pro + Coaching	Contact sales team
Enterprise Learning for Global Teams	Contact sales team

none

Additional Pricing Details

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