Confluence vs Umbraco CMS

Likelihood to Recommend

I think [Atlassian] Confluence is an amazing option for larger companies however for a smaller team of less than 20 it might not be the best choice. It definitely helps our team stay connected while working remotely and we're able to stay on top of projects with ease.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Umbraco CMS is the perfect tool for a company that is looking to keep their website updated. The simple to use tools and templates means updating and creating new pages is easy. The WYSIWYG editor is a nice feature, however, for accessibility, there should be some more guidance on what is suitable to be used on the CMS.

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Debbie Marshall

Operations Manager

CDSM Interactive SolutionsComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Role-based user permissions

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

API

Internationalization / multi-language

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

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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Quick to learn. For most if cases, developer needs to know Razor coding.
Doesn't require back-end programming.
Has build in users management (developers, content managers) and members management consoles (users of the site).
Clear admin tool (especially in version 7)
Fast.
Creating code from scratch, so it is easier to create clean code.

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Filip Witkowski

Web Developer

TMP WorldwideMarketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Over the past 6 years the feature set has not significantly expanded
Integrations with 3rd party apps (DropBox, Google Drive, Slack) is either through 3rd party plugins or rudimentary at best
Frequent interface upgrades and complicated permissions settings makes getting new employees up to speed fiddly in some cases

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Speed for older sites - Umbraco content can load slowly if you have thousands of pages of content. Of course, this would not be a problem for simpler websites
Complexity - since the product is free out-of-the-box, it will take technical expertise to get Umbraco setup properly

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Jason Kelly

Data Manager

Foundation for Economic EducationThink Tanks, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Confluence 9.5

Based on 18 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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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Usability

Confluence 8.5

Based on 11 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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Umbraco CMS 4.0

Based on 1 answer

Many end users will be overwhelmed with the admin interface. Some common functions are buried in menus

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 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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Umbraco CMS 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support.

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Performance

Confluence 8.8

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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Umbraco CMS 3.0

Based on 1 answer

Working in the admin panel (adding / reviewing / editing content) is very slow.The public facing site speed is dependent on what the pages are doing and how well the code was written (whether it is optimized for speed).

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Confluence 8.3

Based on 44 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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Umbraco CMS 2.0

Based on 1 answer

Support for Umbraco-owned paid plugins is nonexistent.

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Umbraco CMS 3.0

Based on 1 answer

Online training is often based on older versions of the platform. So, you'll have to fill in the gaps on your own.

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

Confluence 8.0

Based on 5 answers

Take a bit more time to explain the purpose of Confluence and show demos prior to actual use and content additions.

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Normand Whitehead

Senior R&D Eng. Technologist

Trilliant IncTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Umbraco CMS 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Spend the time to wireframe the content structure prior to diving in. This helps speed the process of implementation and it serves as documentation for end users.

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

[Atlassian] Confluence is backed by direct, and superior support from Atlassian versus their vendors. For end users, [Atlassian] Confluence provides way more options for layout and content, while also being simpler and easier to use. Most other tools also require a higher level of interaction with IT or global administrators. With confluence, both content creators and consumers can draft an consume content with a much smoother, more intuitive experience.

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Jeff Tillett

Director, Build and Release Engineering

Cisco AppDynamicsInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Umbraco's templating is far superior than WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, but it's update process is WAY behind those platforms. The release schedule of Umbraco is way to often and most releases are to fix something missed in the previous release and not an improvement or new feature of the CMS

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Verified User

Professional in Corporate

Internet 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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Umbraco CMS 4.0

Based on 1 answer

Without significant development, the product does not scale well.

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Matthew Hardesty

Founder

UpticaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Confluence has increased cross-departmental visibility into content, activities, and projects
Confluence has also increased collaboration across teams
The lack of a workflow has created a wild west environment where stakeholders are confused of where to create and find various types of content

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Has helped us to create more engaging pages that push people to complete the online forms
We have seen more people buy from us since we launched our new look website
We can easily update the content without waiting for the development team to make changes

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Debbie Marshall

Operations Manager

CDSM Interactive SolutionsComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

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

Additional Pricing Details

—

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Umbraco CMS Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Umbraco Free	$0
Umbraco Professional	$5,000²
Umbraco Enterprise	5000+²

per year

SaaS Edition

Umbraco Cloud Starter	$39¹
Umbraco Cloud Standard	$209¹
Umbraco Cloud Professional	$569¹
Umbraco Cloud Enterprise	5000+¹
Umbraco Heartcore Mini	$49¹
Umbraco Heartcore Starter	$239¹
Umbraco Heartcore Professional	$999¹
Umbraco Heartcore Enterprise	1000+¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

The Umbraco CMS and all of its core features are the same across all plans. The paid on-premise plans includes support, onboarding, licenses to add-on products (Umbraco Forms, Umbraco Courier, Umbraco TV) as well as a discount on developer training courses. Umbraco Cloud is the CMS hosted on Azure Cloud servers with automated upgrades, unlimited hosting and smooth deployments. All features can be found on Umbraco.com. Umbraco Heartcore is the managed Headless SaaS version of Umbraco.

Rating Summary

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Likelihood to Recommend

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Feature Rating Comparison

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Role-based user permissions

API

Internationalization / multi-language

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Pros

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Cons

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Likelihood to Renew

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Usability

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Reliability and Availability

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Performance

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Support Rating

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Online Training

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Implementation Rating

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Alternatives Considered

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Scalability

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

Return on Investment

Confluence

Umbraco CMS

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