Atlassian Confluence vs Zendesk comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Atlassian Confluence
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (2nd), Enterprise Social Software (2nd)
Zendesk
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (4th), CRM (19th), Help Desk Software (11th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (8th), Sales Force Automation (7th), Reporting (14th), Community Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Knowledge Management Software category, the mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 17.6%, down from 33.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk is 20.6%, down from 35.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Knowledge Management Software
Unique Categories:
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
12.1%
Enterprise Social Software
10.7%
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
5.0%
CRM
1.2%
 

Featured Reviews

RR
May 24, 2023
A solution with a good interface and a straightforward setup phase that offers scalability and stability
We use the database for documentation and requirement gathering. So, we document those and create plans or backlogs I have actually not used the solution much. I have only used the solution to create pages, and I also used it to document certain requirements. The interface is good.…
BharatR - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 15, 2024
An cloud-based customer service platforms sold on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model
My use case for Salesforce Essentials is focused on gathering market insights for new feature releases and product launches. I utilize Zendesk to collect information from customer tickets regarding changes in features, new feature requests, and customer feedback helping me understand customer…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"With respect to our experiences with Confluence, we haven't had any issues."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It is a very popular tool."
"It integrates well with other Atlassian products"
"I like the documentation. It's a central platform, and there are many things that I can do with it. I'm very pleased about it."
"It is easy to use."
"The solution offers a lot of freedom when drafting directly online."
"The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of use. If you take the standalone product, it is so easy to use, but if you want a tailor-made Zendesk Guide, you can't do it yourself. However, you can use a template that already exists—they have a lot, and they're very cheap, around 300-400 euros—and use it on all your brands. It's a very easy product to use."
"Its agility and simplicity are the most valuable features. This tool is very user-friendly."
"It's a very stable tool, very powerful."
"It's very convenient to use."
"It is very easy to connect back and forth between the requester and the person fulfilling the ticket."
"Zendesk Support has a lot of good APIs."
"It has good management, the ability to sign tickets based on content, the multi-channel support, the self service portal, the integration with Salesforce, the setup process, and the product features as we are currently using them."
 

Cons

"The UX is a little bit all over the place."
"There are some issues with performance when creating tables."
"The flexibility and simplicity of this solution could be improved. We would also like the ability to add plugins."
"There is no concept of peer review or a draft mode - whatever you write is live."
"Indentation and other basic word processing styles must be improved."
"The user interface could be improved."
"I have a couple of different pipelines that I work with. However, I'd like to see them displayed differently on the same dashboard. So, I would like to have a unified dashboard to view the different pipelines."
"Atlassian Confluence could improve how information is shared outside our company. We had some negative experiences with the rights we have with our information when sharing it within Atlassian Confluence and with other teams outside the company. It's due to the limitations on the rights we have on the export capabilities. We don't have sufficient rights to do so."
"The dashboard could be better."
"It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation."
"The price of the solution should be reduced."
"Zendesk Guide's customization could be improved. I would like it to be easier and maybe open-sourced, so that if you have a developer in your company, you can do it yourself. Right now, that isn't allowed, so you need to have it done via the integrator. Another improvement—this is nit-picking—is that it could be less easy to make changes. Some things are so easy that they sometimes look a little amateur-ish. Most of the templates are built-in so they can be used directly, so they are very simple."
"The support team is time-consuming, and they don't find the answer to our problem."
"The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook."
"It wasn't easy to set up so we're only using a third of all of the features,"
"Zendesk Guide could be improved by allowing us to put our assets in one location. What happens now for each article, for example, is we have to upload the images for that article to that location, so the image reuse is still not something that they have perfected. If they could allow us to update all the images in one location, and then pull the image from there, it would be easier when working on Multibrand projects. There are no Multibrand updates available—we have to update each brand manually. For my company, I have come up with an API tool which allows me to push the content to multiple brands together, but if you don't have something like that, you have to manually do it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Maybe we're only using 10% of it, but we have to pay for everything."
"To my knowledge, Atlassian Confluence had a pricing approach which is a commercial open-source solution, so that if you are a company, you had to pay an amount. This fee was not huge compared to other traditional solutions, and it was free for personal use or if you were an individual."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"The issues I have with the pricing are in respect to the add-ons."
"I am using the paid version. My company has purchased it for company employees. We are using Confluence as a company. I don't know how much it costs, but its price is good enough. Its price is not so high."
"Confluence charges an extra fee for analytics."
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone."
"Zendesk's licensing is not cheap. For Enterprise, we are paying $200 per agent. It's a per-month cost, so it's pretty steep. There are some services you need to pay extra for. For example, with Zendesk Guide, we had to buy the most expensive offering in order to get Multibrand and everything. We also had to pay a lot of money for themes."
"There are different plans that are offered. We are using the entry-level plan. The overall price of the solution should be reduced. The price is too high."
"We pay for the solution on a yearly basis and my understanding is that the cost is about $30,000. That's the cost for 24 to 25 agents."
"You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well."
"The price is very competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
67%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Computer Software Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Computer Software Company
22%
Educational Organization
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Atlassian Confluence?
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its document-controlling feature. In Atlassian Confluence, controlled documents cannot be edited by anyone else.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Atlassian Confluence?
The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone. I am not sure about the price of the product, but I know that the pricing-related information is...
What needs improvement with Atlassian Confluence?
I would say that Atlassian Confluence's old versions consume too much memory, making it an area where optimization is required from an improvement perspective. There are some issues with the templa...
What do you like most about Zendesk Support?
I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zendesk Support?
You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well. The pricing is expensive. Back then, we were paying $51 p...
What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?
As per me, there arent much significant issues or areas for improvement with Zendesk, as my usage of it is limited. I appreciate its ability to organize tickets effectively based on tags, allowing ...
 

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Confluence
Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
 

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Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
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