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Confluence

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Confluence?

Confluence is your remote-friendly team workspace where knowledge and collaboration meet. Confluence turns conversations into action built for lasting knowledge so you never lose great ideas or context in a transient notification or chat. From marketing and sales to development and operations, Confluence has solutions for every type of team and project to get your team doing the real work right away.

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Awards & Recognition

Confluence won the following awards in the Knowledge Management category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2022

Confluence Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Confluence?

1% Negative

5% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Reliable
Fair
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Role-Based Access

Intelligent Search

Version Control

Workflow and Approval Management

Multiple File Type Support

Configurable Knowledge Repository

API Integration

Rich Text Editor

Reporting and Analytics

Cataloging

Multi-Language Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

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Score 9.1

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Score 9.0

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Confluence Reviews

AKHIL K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2025

Best tool for collaboration and documentation

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence acts as a central source of truth for all our project-related information. We rely on it to document both the technical and functional details of our projects. Tracking changes is straightforward, and uploading files for future reference is hassle-free. The integration with tools such as Jira, GitHub, and others works seamlessly. Organizing test strategies, plans, cases, and reports is made simple by the page hierarchy feature. Customer support is responsive and helpful. The tool is easy to implement, and we use it daily for documentation, reference, and obtaining approvals. Its integration with intelligent AI agents also allows us

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The main benefit for me is how easy it is to add and organize all our project details and documents in one central location. This is particularly valuable since we work closely with clients. We can create detailed pages that cover every functional and technical aspect of a project. Sharing project files, such as mockups or requirement documents for client approval, is then simple and efficient. In my QA role, Confluence is indispensable because it allows me to organize test strategies, plans, and cases with ease. I can set up a dedicated QA section to outline the entire testing lifecycle. We also document important meeting notes and key point

What do you dislike most about this product?

Since we work with thousands of pages, searching by keywords often produces a lot of irrelevant results. The software also offers only basic advanced formatting options, which can be limiting. Additionally, creating complex tables and writing intricate mathematical equations is quite challenging.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Confluence is best for those who are looking for a collaboration tool to create a "single source of truth" for company project documentation. If you are using Jira confluence helps us for project plans, requirements, and documentation directly to development tickets. Its a cost effective tool for all your documentation and collaboration purpose.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Michael H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Confluence with a Great Influence

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence provides customizable features that other products don't have. In addition, Confluence has some features that allow members to connect or integrate with products, like Jira.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Content editing is particularly my favorite aspect of the product. I'm highly used to writing and sharing articles.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do not think there is something to dislike the most. However, the lack of features is something that I would not like about the product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Learn the features, implement with different products and work on available integrations to get the right feel of the product.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Jon B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Great knowledge repository

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Ease of use in creating content

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Automated "have you checked this lately" ping?

What do you dislike most about this product?

No issues so far.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you struggle with a consolidated place to keep and update corporate knowledge, this is the place to go.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Client's Interest First
Transparent
Includes Product Enhancements

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Confluence Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Confluence?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Role-Based Access Enable different levels of access based on role, allowing different articles to be available only to specific audiences as needed.

Intelligent Search Provide user with filters and facets to refine search results, with auto-suggest capabilities, natural language search and search engine indexing.

Version Control Tracking of document versions with each iteration of document changes.

Workflow and Approval Management Ability to model, build, and execute automatic workflows for the purpose of managing content-centric processes.

Multiple File Type Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Configurable Knowledge Repository The solution provides the ability to create, manage, disseminate and archive knowledge articles in a structured format.

API Integration API integrations with enterprise apps e.g. collaboration/communication tools, CRM, ECM, and existing knowledge sources allow access to content in multiple ways.

Rich Text Editor Allows users to create and share information using text and other formats such as charts, images, audio, and video, with easy formatting options.

Reporting and Analytics Detailed analytics and dashboards on content usage and performance, including how information is accessed and by whom, search query performance, etc.

Cataloging Ability to organize documents and data based on similar tags, keywords and groupings.

Multi-Language Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Task Management

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Confluence Reviews

AKHIL K.

Best tool for collaboration and documentation

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Michael H.

Confluence with a Great Influence

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jon B.

Great knowledge repository

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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