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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

    Paligo

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APaligo is a component content management system (CCMS) that helps teams manage complex technical documentation through structured authoring, content reuse, and controlled publishing.

    $4,800

    per year per seat

    Pricing
    ConfluencePaligo
    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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    Professional
    from $4800
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluencePaligo
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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.
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    Community Pulse
    ConfluencePaligo
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    No answer on this topic
    Paligo
    Chose Paligo
    Paligo is better than both, by far. Confluence is only as good as its third-party addons and Robohelp isn't worth talking about.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paligo
    Simpler, more aesthetic and clean, easier to use, inherent design that molds the user based on section limitations, etc.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paligo
    We were using our own, custom management scheme - relying on tools like SharePoint to store and collaboratively edit.
    But we were lacking the reusability feature and content control features that Paligo provides.
    Incentivized
    Chose Paligo
    Compared to Author-It, Paligo is a godsend. It's so much more performant, the output quality is much higher, and the user experience is unmatched.
    Before we switched to Paligo, I had to spend multiple working days just fixing the broken output that Author-It has given me, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Paligo
    Paligo is the only structured authoring tool that natively publishes to Zendesk. My team is forced to publish to Zendesk, so this was easy.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    97 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    87 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    100 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    ConfluencePaligo
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Paligo
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.1
    158 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Paligo
    -
    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 Paligo
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.9
    158 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Paligo
    -
    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 Paligo
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.7
    157 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Paligo
    -
    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
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    ConfluencePaligo
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ConfluencePaligo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    8.5
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (22 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (63 ratings)
    9.3
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (25 ratings)
    9.5
    (30 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ConfluencePaligo
    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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    Paligo
    One of the biggest strengths is the structured authoring, which not only gives clean content for users but is also well-suited for providing AI content. I also make good use of content reuse, which simplifies maintenance and documentation updates when features change. The taxonomy has allowed me to create versioned documentation on our site that correlates with customers' installed software versions. We're switching over to using the API for publishing to our website and that will be a nice switch from the publication structure we've used previously. The tool doesn't, at this time, allow me to connect it to a custom GPT or create one that would be based on our style guide. There also isn't an MCP server option to work better with my Claude configurations.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    • The review mode is super convenient. Comparing a snapshot of the previous versions with the current one clearly outlines the respective changes and reduces the necessary content to review tremendously.
    • The option to reuse text fragments is another handy feature. Text fragments will be updated whenever the original text fragment is altered is also extremely helpful.
    • Managing a content's structure was never easier. An intuitive drag & drop functionality allows you to design your document's structure however you like.
    • You can also fork content, in addition to reuse text fragments. This is another helpful option that no longer requires you to create repetetive chapters over and over.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    • The amount of CSS/JS required to customize a site's appearance can be cumbersome
    • Product documentation can be lacking, specifically with integrations; in some cases, support offered no real help when trying to solve a problem with an integrated service
    • Some features require extensive development experience to use, which can sometimes be an obstacle to less-experienced team members
    Incentivized
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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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    Paligo
    Paligo single-sources beautifully. Allows for customization. Has the best translation features. Has the best support services.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    Reuse feature was the main reason for selection Paligo. It is the most powerful feature for us as now we have only one source of content that is used in all other documents through reuse. Makes it very easy when we need to update the content (in some cases at least once a quarter) and batch publishing makes it very easy to publish 100s of documents in one click
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atlassian
    I do not recall having outages or applications error so far, very reliable and available.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    All the support requests I've submitted have been resolved in one way or another. Sometimes it takes some back and forth, which is to be expected. This is where being on a different continent becomes a drawback. Since we became Enterprise users, we've also had an additional level of help and support from a dedicated account manager in the US, and the resolutions seem to come more quickly
    Incentivized
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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!
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    Everything went well
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    We moved from Flare to Paligo. One of the main reasons was the fact that Paligo is a cloud product. Collaboration with anyone outside of our team was more difficult with Flare. Also, maintaining a server for Flare content was going to become an issue, and overall I felt the Flare desktop product was prone to errors and issues. The flexibility of assigning Paligo licenses was a huge factor, as was the stability of the cloud platform.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Paligo
    • I am not involved in the financial decisions for my company regarding Paligo; the decision to migrate our content to this environment predates my hiring. However, I know that the migration effort from WordPress to Paligo was an initially heavy lift, but any content migration effort would be. I believe that ultimately, getting our content out of WordPress was a positive move, and I look forward to seeing what Paligo will help us accomplish in the future. Sorry, no hard numbers from me. :)
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