Overview
What is Confluence?
Confluence 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.
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Atlassian Confluence - single point of collaboration
Exploring Atlassian Confluence: A Brief Review of Features and Benefits
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You should really use Confluence when you need a great compilation of documents to keep the trainning up to date!
Best knowledge management tool for IT industries
Confluence is our go-to tool for documentation
Use Atlassian Confluence to scale your work, team, and organization
Always have options, But Continuos Improvement is the only successor of Atlasstian Confluence
Confluence: The Easiest Corporate Wiki!
Confluence for the Cloud not so hot
Confluence at a glance
Confluence! Great Choice:)
Confluence on info
Confluence is a tool for companies that are growing and require good administration of their knowledge
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Pricing
Free
$0
Standard
$5
Premium
$10
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $10 per month
Product Demos
Confluence-Demo: Unterseiten bis in beliebige Tiefe anlegen
Atlassian Confluence 101 - Delete and Restore a Page
Atlassian Confluence 101 - Organize Pages
Sibling Tabs User Macro for Atlassian Confluence
Features
Project Management
Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation
- 6.2Task Management(88) Ratings
This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.
- 7.9Gantt Charts(12) Ratings
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
- 7.2Scheduling(21) Ratings
Scheduling capabilities allow users to set schedules on tasks, and create timelines and milestones.
- 6.1Workflow Automation(59) Ratings
Workflow automation is the ability to route work requests along an approval process automatically.
- 7.6Mobile Access(83) Ratings
Mobile access is the ability to access the software from a smartphone or tablet.
- 7Search(108) Ratings
Users can search for related materials across files, discussions threads, schedules, etc. using project keywords or tags.
- 7.7Visual planning tools(87) Ratings
Includes visual tools such as pinboards, mind-maps, or charts for collaborative brainstorming and/or workflow planning.
Communication
Features that allow team members to communicate about collaborative projects and keep each other informed of their opinions and progress.
- 6.4Chat(15) Ratings
Instant messaging tool allows users to communicate with select other users in real-time threads.
- 8.1Notifications(108) Ratings
Users can follow other users and/or join specific projects, electing to receive notifications when there are changes and updates.
- 6.4Discussions(102) Ratings
Users can join groups or message boards for forum-style collaboration.
- 7Surveys(15) Ratings
Users can create and participate in surveys to get input from other collaborators.
- 8.9Internal knowledgebase(102) Ratings
Users can author or access “How-to” help and reference tips about internal processes.
- 6Integrates with GoToMeeting(3) Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting for web conferencing.
- 9.3Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts(7) Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts.
- 9.6Integrates with Outlook(10) Ratings
Integrates with Microsoft Outlook to tie in email threads.
File Sharing & Management
Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.
- 7.6Versioning(93) Ratings
Users can access the most up-to-date version of a document, track changes, and revert to older versions if needed.
- 7.6Video files(70) Ratings
Supports video file types
- 7.5Audio files(64) Ratings
Supports audio file types, such as .mp3, .mp4, and .wav
- 8.5Document collaboration(105) Ratings
Users can edit files and attach comments to files.
- 8.5Access control(103) Ratings
Users can control access to (shared) files, including different levels of access such as view-only or permission to edit.
- 8.3Advanced security features(79) Ratings
Includes advanced security features such as file encryption or remote data wipe.
- 6.7Integrates with Google Drive(48) Ratings
Integrates with Google's cloud storage platform, Google Drive.
- 7Device sync(49) Ratings
Device syncing that updates files connected to the cloud, keeping all files up to date regardless of where they are edited or viewed.
Product Details
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- Integrations
- Competitors
- Tech Details
- FAQs
What is Confluence?
Share PDFs, Office docs, images, and more in Confluence. Automatic versioning, instant previews, full-text search, and pinned comments make it easy to manage your files.
Confluence Features
Project Management Features
- Supported: Task Management
- Supported: Workflow Automation
- Supported: Mobile Access
- Supported: File tracking
- Supported: Tagging
- Supported: Search
- Supported: Integrates with other Project Management Tools
- Supported: Visual planning tools
Communication Features
- Supported: Status updates and activity feed
- Supported: Notifications
- Supported: Comments and feedback
- Supported: Discussions
- Supported: User directory and online status
- Supported: Sharing and privacy
- Supported: Internal knowledgebase
File Sharing & Management Features
- Supported: Versioning
- Supported: Document files
- Supported: Image files
- Supported: Video files
- Supported: Audio files
- Supported: Document collaboration
- Supported: Shared folders
- Supported: Access control
- Supported: Advanced security features
- Supported: Integrates with Google Drive
- Supported: Device sync
- Supported: Web interface
- Supported: File change notifications
- Supported: Simultaneous editing
Confluence Integrations
Confluence Competitors
- Microsoft Yammer
- Microsoft SharePoint
- OpenText Vibe
- Socialtext (discontinued)
- Traction TeamPage
- HCL Notes
- OpenText Enterprise Content Manamagement (ECM)
Confluence Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
Mobile Application | No |
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(2196)Community Insights
- Business Problems Solved
- Recommendations
Atlassian Confluence is a versatile tool that organizations use to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing. Users have found it to be an effective solution for various use cases across departments and teams. For example, Confluence serves as a central document system for product owners and product management, storing important project documents and related information. It is also used as an internal Wikipedia and knowledge base, providing how-to guides, descriptions, and tracking project status.
Confluence plays a crucial role in facilitating communication and coordination within organizations. It helps teams effectively share knowledge, onboard new employees, and provide assistance to other teams by finding configuration files and debugging information. Many users appreciate its ability to document procedures and information in an easily accessible way, creating a centralized repository for organizational documentation.
With its wide range of features, Confluence is utilized for collaboration, project management, process and quality management, and knowledge management. It enables teams to coordinate tasks more easily, ensuring everyone has access to the necessary information. The software is also valued by IT departments as a knowledge base and internal web space. Additionally, it serves as a valuable agile tool for custom development services, providing a centralized place for documentation and integration with other tools.
Overall, Atlassian Confluence offers a robust platform for enhancing teamwork and knowledge sharing within organizations. Its versatility makes it suitable for various industries and departments, improving communication, productivity, and information accessibility.
Users recommend using Confluence for creating, storing, and retrieving business-critical resources. They suggest using Confluence for documentation work, especially in an agile project management environment. Users find Confluence to be a great tool for remote teams to work together and increase efficiency. They also recommend it for team collaboration and seamless project work. Users suggest using Confluence to eliminate communication gaps and improve visibility and backtracking. They think Confluence is excellent for sharing information and integrating with other tools. Additionally, reviewers recommend Confluence for workplaces with flexible schedules and remote working. They suggest considering Confluence when using other Atlassian tools for excellent integration. Users recommend using Confluence for team development documentation and any type of organizational documentation needs. They find Confluence easy to use and believe it makes documentation fun and easier to record. Users suggest using Confluence along with Jira for the best experience. They also recommend establishing a system for creating neat Confluence pages. Users suggest considering Confluence if already using the Atlassian suite but mention the need for improvements in integrations and editing abilities. Additionally, users recommend Confluence only if using Jira, as it may save money compared to other options. However, they suggest considering other options if complicated needs are required.
Reviews
(1-25 of 95)Exploring Atlassian Confluence: A Brief Review of Features and Benefits
You should really use Confluence when you need a great compilation of documents to keep the trainning up to date!
Best knowledge management tool for IT industries
Confluence is our go-to tool for documentation
Use Atlassian Confluence to scale your work, team, and organization
Always have options, But Continuos Improvement is the only successor of Atlasstian Confluence
Our organization using Confluence for more than 5 years, we recommend for personalized changes also to adapt with the organization changes and requirements and its easily possible with Atlassian. have the multiple industry standard options and the AI to impove the features.
Confluence at a glance
Confluence! Great Choice:)
Confluence - Good value, simple to use
Confluence - the wiki that won't go away (and that's a great thing)
Fantastic product - forcing open communication
- MS SharePoint and Quip
Great tool for cross departmental collaboration of resources and knowledge sharing
Great enterprise software
Personal Repository for an Organization
- Google Drive and Dropbox
Great knowledge base and wiki place
- MS SharePoint and Slack
Atlassian Confluence - A one stop project and document visualisation tool
- Atlassian JIRA Align (formerly AgileCraft)
Confluence isn't necessarily good at collaboration, but it is an inexpensive WIKI and knowledge base generator.
Excellent team-collaboration and documentation control tool for your business
Confluence is a no brainer if you want to save time and money
- MS SharePoint, Box and Google Drive
Robust Document Management System
Good Value for Product teams at small-to-mid sized organizations
Modern knowledgebase with easy editing for your company.
As the company is already using other Atlassian products, like Jira, it seemed to logical to also use Confluence. They both integrate well with enterprise systems (authentication and group permissions).