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Atlassian Confluence vs Mindjet MindManager comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Atlassian Confluence
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (2nd), Enterprise Social Software (3rd), Knowledge Management Software (1st)
Mindjet MindManager
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Mind Mapping Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Atlassian Confluence is designed for Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) and holds a mindshare of 14.4%, down 19.1% compared to last year.
Mindjet MindManager, on the other hand, focuses on Mind Mapping Software, holds 9.1% mindshare, up 8.1% since last year.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
Mind Mapping Software
 

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.
MS
An Easy to use tool for brainstorming and planning, compatible with Microsoft Project
This solution works well enough. One can always dream up certain things that may or may not be worth implementing in a piece of software because some other people might have some other better priorities that make more sense. But I would say for what I need it to do, I'm okay. My advice to others is to get it, and use it! It's very good and useful. I am pretty sure that the functionality it has today has more modern methodologies than what I use, but for me, it has been very useful and I have kept using it all of this time. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution allowed us to easily input details beyond just text, such as creating basic data charts to monitor team performance."
"I rate this solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable features is its design documentation abilities."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its document-controlling feature. In Atlassian Confluence, controlled documents cannot be edited by anyone else."
"It's easy to use and you can create all types of pages."
"Copying another page and providing an option to edit everything is valuable."
"What I like the most is the Wiki software that comes with Atlassian Confluence."
"Users can create tables and directly pull all Jira tickets into a Tableau format."
"The most valuable feature is being able to export to Microsoft Project."
 

Cons

"The one way in which this solution could be improved is by offering better design and UI."
"The way Atlassian Confluence handles tickets could be improved."
"The solution is not very user-friendly."
"Managing user permissions and credentials could be easier."
"Some aspects of the drawing perspective could be improved. When we upgrade a design and make technical architecture drawings to publish, we still use Visio first and then copy and paste it. If this feature were available on Confluence, it would be a useful tool."
"It lacks ease of integration."
"An area for improvement in Atlassian Confluence is encouraging more vital interaction among the project members or users involved. I was researching a tool that could be used for better interactions offline among users on a specific topic or discussion. That feature would make Atlassian Confluence better."
"The user interface is a little bit stale. The file attachments and how they work could be improved. There is also room for improvement when it comes to CDNs."
"Since I have been using such an old version, most of the improvements have already been made, but I would suggest moving forward with the times and creating a cloud-based solution for universal access."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a site license for Atlassian Confluence and there are some limitations on external users."
"Licenses are quite expensive"
"There is a license needed to use Atlassian Confluence."
"For us, it's free to use. We don't pay any licensing."
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"Maybe we're only using 10% of it, but we have to pay for everything."
"We have to pay licensing fees."
"There is an annual license."
"The price was very good in the beginning, then the price increased from USD $99.00 to USD $249.00, then I stopped upgrading because what I needed was already there."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
64%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Government
21%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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?
With Atlassian, the costs are reasonable. Although higher than before when we used multiple platforms and licenses, having a collaborative platform like this is advantageous. It streamlines license...
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 readily available or well-documented. Guidance on this should be available in a foru...
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Sample Customers

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