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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

    Microsoft Viva Engage

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Viva Engage, formerly Yammer, is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups.

    $24

    per year per user

    Pricing
    ConfluenceMicrosoft Viva Engage
    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
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluenceMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    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.Microsoft Viva Engage is also available in some Microsoft 365 packages.
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    ConfluenceMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    87 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    100 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 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
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    ConfluenceMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.1
    158 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Task Management7.2127 Ratings9.128 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.912 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    Scheduling7.221 Ratings8.423 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.591 Ratings8.623 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.9118 Ratings8.843 Ratings
    Search7.0157 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.2127 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Atlassian Confluence and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.9
    158 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Chat6.415 Ratings9.444 Ratings
    Notifications8.2156 Ratings8.349 Ratings
    Discussions7.9149 Ratings9.748 Ratings
    Surveys7.015 Ratings9.638 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.0150 Ratings9.338 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting6.03 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.37 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.610 Ratings8.632 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Atlassian Confluence and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Atlassian Confluence
    7.7
    157 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.0
    42 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Versioning8.2137 Ratings9.728 Ratings
    Video files6.9105 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Audio files6.997 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.4153 Ratings9.135 Ratings
    Access control8.7148 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.3115 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.947 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Device sync8.486 Ratings9.528 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConfluenceMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (22 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (63 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (25 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (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
    ConfluenceMicrosoft Viva Engage
    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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    Microsoft
    Yammer is great when you have a company culture that encourages friendly collaboration and communication. It can be a great supplement (but certainly not a substitute) for bonding and sharing ideas and thoughts. Certain channels can be really successful, too, like a channel where people can post dog pictures or something fun like that!
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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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    Microsoft
    • Providing a platform for social news in the company where "bottom up" topics can percolate freely across department
    • Social networking across the company where folks can divide their work into topics instead of teams
    • Basic collaboration within a group including document sharing with ability to pin documents to a team
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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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    Microsoft
    • Although the social enterprise network works very well, there is room for some slight improvement - such as the ability to attract users. By being part of the Microsoft Office Suite, it is offered as an "add-on" and many overlook it and see it as unnecessary at first. It would be smart for Microsoft to sell it as its own product so it could gather more popularity as a "social network".
    • Giving an option to filter results could be better as well as giving an option to turn off the "recent activity" bar on the home page.
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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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft is dedicated to continual improvement on Yammer. They realize the value that Yammer brings to the table with their clients. In the short time that we have had Yammer implemented, we are just now beginning to see the strong impact it has on becoming more effective and efficient around collaboration.
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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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    Microsoft
    Overall easy to use and intuitive, although limited in the possibility to personalize layout and look & feel of a site. Some functionalities are not easy to use, like document editing, but some others are quick and effective (posts and tagging above all). Performance and responsiveness of the Yammer site is typically acceptable, in my experience.
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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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    Microsoft
    Very available
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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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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    Microsoft
    We have never had to use the support for Yammer. The tool works well and we have not come across any bugs. User Interface is simple and easy to use, similar to other forum type products, thereby removing the need for any extensive training. Team members are invited in and immediately are able to start using the tool.
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    Online Training
    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The training that Microsoft provides is very generic training for Yammer. I like the fact the training is short and easy to understand
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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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    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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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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    Microsoft
    Our team briefly used Salesforce.com's Chatter product before switching over to Yammer in 2012. While Chatter is essentially the same product as Yammer, it left much to be desired. Chatter's design was (and remains) clunky and difficult to navigate. Yammer is a simple, easy-to-use product that offers similar functionality as Salesforce's Chatter.
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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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    Microsoft
    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
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    Microsoft
    • My company is pleased with the positive impact Yammer has created departmentally and on an individual basis with work flow efficiency.
    • Adversely, most old and new employees are more familiar with SharePoint, causing the company to pay for training for all current and incoming employees.
    • As Yammer becomes more widely used, the need for training may diminish, which is where we will see our return on investment, as the product clearly provides a more effective form of file sharing and communication between employees and their department.
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