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Atlassian Confluence vs Microsoft OneDrive for Business vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
Atlassian Confluence improves onboarding, centralizes knowledge, and is regarded as a cost-effective tool enhancing efficiency and satisfaction.
Sentiment score
1.5
Microsoft OneDrive for Business boosts productivity and financial gains by simplifying document sharing and synchronizing files across devices.
Sentiment score
5.9
SharePoint reduces costs by improving efficiency and document management, offering better control and collaboration with initial training recommended.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Confluence users praise support's expertise but note issues with resolution speed, service limitations, and regional coverage variations.
Sentiment score
2.6
Microsoft OneDrive for Business support experiences vary, with some satisfied users and others frustrated by responsiveness and resolution effectiveness.
Sentiment score
5.3
SharePoint support quality varies; some rely on external teams for better service due to complications and infrastructure differences.
This team manages all queries and uses various plugins, such as Tempo for time tracking.
I have not dealt with Microsoft support related to Microsoft OneDrive for Business, but I would rate their customer service in the range of seven or eight at least.
There is a lack of detailed and timely responses, and support is not always transparent with the solutions.
The quality of Microsoft's technical support is very high.
It's also difficult sometimes to get the right information because we speak at first to a generalist and they have to go to a specialist.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Atlassian Confluence scales well for many users; however, cloud setups and costs can present challenges for some organizations.
Sentiment score
4.9
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is scalable, supporting thousands, with SharePoint integration, though free storage capacity could improve.
Sentiment score
6.7
SharePoint is highly scalable and adaptable, supporting various user scales; proper setup and planning mitigate storage challenges.
The solution is scalable.
Microsoft has provided the extended version of SharePoint alongside Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
It should be increased for the free version users, making it more reachable to many people.
Making it easy to scale from a load-balancing and infrastructure perspective.
SharePoint is massively scalable and I would rate it as 8.5 out of ten.
SharePoint allows multiple teams to work at the same time, making it adaptable for large data volumes.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Confluence users praise stability but note occasional connectivity issues; setup quality and updates influence performance and data integrity.
Sentiment score
5.9
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is stable and secure but has minor file migration and search issues with acknowledged historical connectivity improvements.
Sentiment score
7.5
SharePoint is generally stable and reliable, though users may encounter performance issues and support challenges with larger data volumes.
As a certified Microsoft product, it maintains high security standards.
I would rate the stability of Microsoft OneDrive for Business an eight out of ten as it has improved significantly since I started using it from the very initial days of Skydrive.
The stability of SharePoint is high; it is quite stable and resilient.
Everything runs smoothly, and I have no problems with its stability.
SharePoint is a stable product.
 

Room For Improvement

Atlassian Confluence struggles with integration, pricing, and user access, needing improvements in collaboration, customization, and interface efficiency.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business needs better sync, sharing, interface, file handling, tutorials, support, accessibility, and integration enhancements.
SharePoint users seek improved usability, document management, customization, and training, facing challenges with setup, updates, and licensing.
The software does not currently have any kind of AI integration.
This chart used AI to offer users the option to create it based on the data.
I have experience with multiple version controls, including Git, TFS (Team Foundation Server), and GitHub.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business currently lacks AI integration for management and collaboration, which is an area of interest for me.
Microsoft forces users to upgrade their license to access proper auditing information, which is essential and should be included in any license.
The rights management aspect can be particularly challenging, which may affect the overall user-friendliness of the product.
Expansion of scalability is needed, specifically the threshold limits for site items should be increased beyond the current 5,000 items.
 

Setup Cost

Atlassian Confluence pricing varies with user base and setup, with costs increasing for plugins and external access.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business pricing varies by user experiences, with perceptions influenced by usage and organizational requirements.
SharePoint pricing varies by business needs, with cloud options for small businesses and complex licensing for larger enterprises.
It streamlines license management and renewal processes, which can otherwise lead to complications or lapses in access.
Unlike Drupal, all necessary applications are included in the Microsoft license, making it cost-effective.
Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.
Enterprise licensing is generally cost-effective compared to individual purchases.
 

Valuable Features

Atlassian Confluence excels with ease of use, collaboration tools, Jira integration, customizable templates, and cross-device accessibility.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business enhances collaboration and accessibility with integration, cloud storage, security, global access, and robust sharing features.
SharePoint boosts productivity with collaboration, document management, Office integration, and automation, benefiting large enterprises through adaptability and powerful features.
This tool provides a single repository for interacting with the entire team.
I appreciate the feature in SharePoint where it's difficult to permanently delete a file, as you can always recover files very easily.
Sometimes when we work on PowerPoint or large Word documents, there is a chance that the document gets rolled back to a previous version, and you lose your work.
Additionally, SharePoint acts as a version control system, allowing easy recovery of past document versions.
Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful.
The most valuable feature of SharePoint is the ability to collaborate on documents without having multiple versions.
 

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Featured Reviews

Rabindra K Maharana - PeerSpot reviewer
Editing features improve document accessibility
There is a holiday calendar, however, I need to install an app or add something to it. The add-on feature is not readily available or well-documented. Guidance on this should be available in a forum. Recently, I used a feature in another tool—perhaps GitHub—where it helped prepare a chart. It involved listing resources, like having fifteen people in the X team, ten in the Y team, and seven in the Z team. It created a bar chart showing these numbers. This chart used AI to offer users the option to create it based on the data. It was then created on a separate page and made available.
Richard Griggs - PeerSpot reviewer
Long-term data security and automatic saving features improve efficiency with smooth setup and deployment processes
Some of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are the ability to ensure automatic saving. I've been in IT for over thirty years and have seen plenty of times when people forgot to hit file save and lost data, and having this automatically saved constantly is a very nice feature set. The synchronization capabilities of Microsoft OneDrive for Business certainly support my work as it is handy if you're concerned about people writing data on their local PCs and the laptops getting stolen or crashing, to have it sync everything up to your Microsoft OneDrive for Business account so that you're not having to worry about backing up locally. You try to make sure that people are putting things in the right folder to ensure they'll get backed up. Before using Microsoft OneDrive for Business, we were actually storing things locally and had shared folders or home folders out on the network. They made the change to Microsoft OneDrive for Business because they wanted to put it out in the cloud and get better performance, automatic backups, and all the rest of it.
Madhur D'silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist
The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.
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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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, contr...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Atlassian Confluence?
With Atlassian, the costs are reasonable. Although higher than before when we used multiple platforms and licenses, h...
What needs improvement with Atlassian Confluence?
There is a holiday calendar, however, I need to install an app or add something to it. The add-on feature is not read...
What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
Regarding Microsoft OneDrive for Business's versioning control, sometimes there are syncing problems. Microsoft OneDr...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
I have been working with Microsoft OneDrive for Business for three years; I started my job in that industry when I ca...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
The pricing for Microsoft OneDrive for Business would be average. If we analyze deeper or require extra storage apart...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that...
 

Also Known As

Confluence
MS OneDrive
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts
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