A solid intranet - but you might be able to do better!
December 15, 2018

A solid intranet - but you might be able to do better!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Atlassian Confluence

We used Atlassian Confluence as our internal intranet company-wide. It addressed the need to have a shared repository of information where people could go to access information. There are very specific permission sets that can be applied so that each department can have control over editing their own pages, decentralizing management of the intranet.
  • Ample permission sets let you set granular controls
  • Integration with JIRA is one of the main reasons a technology company can benefit from Atlassian
  • If your company point of contact leaves without transitioning ownership/billing, Atlassian is very unhelpful in resolving this and will turn off your functionality without reaching out in advance if a bill is not paid. This will induce a state of panic until resolved.
  • The design of Atlassian leaves something to be desired. Employees didn't like using it and as a result, the team regularly neglected the content, making it out of date.
  • An intranet is essential for any modern company. This product met our needs and had lots of opportunity for customization, etc., but out of the box is rather basic.
We selected Atlassian because we knew other software companies also leveraged it nicely with Jira. This met our needs and did not require a long software evaluation process.
If you use JIRA and need a basic documentation/intranet, Atlassian could be a natural choice.

If you want a really flashy or dynamic intranet, you might want to choose something with better graphics/interaction, etc.

Confluence Feature Ratings

Task Management
Not Rated
Workflow Automation
10
Mobile Access
Not Rated
Search
8
Visual planning tools
10
Notifications
10
Discussions
10
Internal knowledgebase
10
Versioning
Not Rated
Video files
Not Rated
Audio files
Not Rated
Document collaboration
Not Rated
Access control
10
Advanced security features
10
Integrates with Google Drive
Not Rated
Device sync
Not Rated