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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

    Trello

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATrello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.

    $6

    per month per user

    Pricing
    ConfluenceTrello
    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
    Standard
    $6
    per month per user
    Premium
    $12.50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $17.50
    per month per user
    Free
    Forever Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluenceTrello
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level 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.A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
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    Community Pulse
    ConfluenceTrello
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    Chose Confluence
    Confluence has a more robust set of capabilities compared to Dovetail and Trello and also was already approved by our legal and compliance teams, so it tends to keep its stickiness due to that. It's also widely known in the market as a knowledge management tool. I would say it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    I personally prefer the usage of alternative project management or document storage apps. Atlassian Confluence is useful in having a centralised spot for multiple types of information, as opposed to Trello for example, and is much more structured. However, it has low visual …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    The only similar tool I have seen around is Trello. Trello is a fine tool, but for large agile teams there's no point of comparison. Trello simply allows us to place some tickets like JIRA and some basic comments, and that's it. Confluence and its family tools like JIRA provide …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    So much better, in many ways. You can use it for many differents options. Trello is more just a scrum board, but Confluence is for the whole communication process. It's super organized and very trackable. It has helped the tech team to be very connected! They love it, and we …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    Overall, Atlassian Confluence is a user-friendly tool and offers such a vast array of capabilities for project and knowledge management purposes and beyond. Other tools listed above have much more limited capabilities, although they are great tools for very specific needs and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    There are similar products to Confluence - for us, being a big automotive company, it was important that the tool was scalable and easy to roll out to the different departments and branches of the company. Confluence was the best in that regard and was very quickly accepted in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    I really don't think that there are any legitimate competitors to Confluence. Open source solutions lack all of the enterprise robustness and plug-ins that our organization enjoys. The only closest competitor to Confluence in the commercial space is SharePoint, which has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    IBM Connections tried to be what Confluence IS - but failed miserably at it. As a knowledge management platform, it was terrible because information went in, but never came out. We used to have a saying that Connections is where information went to die simply because you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    We only used internal solutions for knowledge-base management before so I have nothing "official" and marketable to compare.
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    1. Atlassian marketing will jump on this right away.
    2. When search on google about others not much details but for confluence too wide result is available.
    3. It's an enterprise level tool, the support and community are excellent.
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    I got access to Atlassian because at the time they already adopted the product. In my opinion, there are better and more polished platforms available. Atlassian is strong in Jira project management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Confluence
    It's a more robust solution with a lot of features, yet with that comes more complexity.
    Incentivized
    Atlassian
    Chose Trello
    We use Confluence as our central source of truth for all documentation across our big, disparate group. Different purposes, but they're our core tool stack for internal team infrustructure.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is sort of a David vs. Goliath story when comparing it to the Atlasian suite of tools. JIRA and Confluence are feature rich and have all sorts of tools, features, add-ons and flexibility. However they are slow, have a steep learning curve and can be a bit overwhelming. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello offers wide range of features even for free users which other vendors rarely offers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello offers more functionality and features for use before forcing you to purchase.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello has a better and easy UI, very quick learning curve. Flexibility to add plugins.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    We do use and like Jura but this can be used with it and we do. It isn’t just Jira light. It’s feature packed but available and understandable to the masses. Anybody can learn this where Jira may take more time. The price is better and it’s just better looking visually honestly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello gives a better visibility and Freemium account to start with
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Being free and SaaS, it requires very little setup in comparison. It's very simplistic but is just enough.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello wins in the quick to set up and easy to use scenario. It just makes sense. Kanbanize, on the other hand, requires a lot more initial setup, although boards can be much more customized with that product. In this case, personal task management was the target, with mobile …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    We selected Trello because it suited the project and work we were doing and our team was fairly small. It is a great tool overall, and probably has more ways of being used than how it was used with our marketing team. It definitely stacks up well with the competitors in terms …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    We've found that Trello is our preferred tool to use compared to the competitors. Asana would be second place. Trello has the easiest to use interface, is attractive, has a lot of intuitive features, and has been a reliable collaboration tool. Asana has a lot of similar …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is much more user friendly, and can be displayed on projectors or TVs to act as a Kanban board. JIRA has far more detail, and perhaps is not as intuitive. JIRA does however integrate well with Bitbucket, workflows, time estimates and burndown charts. For complex …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    97 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    104 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    87 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    94 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    100 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    106 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    83 Answers
    Features
    ConfluenceTrello
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Trello
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.1
    158 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Trello
    8.4
    223 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Task Management7.2127 Ratings9.5223 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.912 Ratings7.374 Ratings
    Scheduling7.221 Ratings8.8169 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.591 Ratings8.1143 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.9118 Ratings9.2193 Ratings
    Search7.0157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.2127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings9.2186 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.8219 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.9148 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.8116 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings8.2160 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.4147 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.989 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.6103 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.374 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Atlassian Confluence and Trello
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.9
    158 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Trello
    -
    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 Trello
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.7
    157 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Trello
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.3137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.9105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.997 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.4153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.7148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.4115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.486 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Confluence and Trello
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    -
    Ratings
    Trello
    6.6
    73 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.250 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.643 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.859 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings5.845 Ratings
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ConfluenceTrello
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    9.3
    (223 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (22 ratings)
    9.9
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (63 ratings)
    9.3
    (61 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (25 ratings)
    9.9
    (81 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConfluenceTrello
    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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    Atlassian
    For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
    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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    Atlassian
    • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
    • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
    • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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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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    Atlassian
    • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
    • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
    • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
    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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    Atlassian
    I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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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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    Atlassian
    Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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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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    Atlassian
    yes always support available when I need it!
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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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    Atlassian
    Never experienced issues with the above!
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Atlassian
    I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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    In-Person Training
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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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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    Atlassian
    For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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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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    Atlassian
    Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
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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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    Atlassian
    Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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    Professional Services
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Not sure if we use those
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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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    Atlassian
    • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
    • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
    • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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