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Atlassian Confluence vs Objective ECM comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Atlassian Confluence
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (2nd), Enterprise Social Software (3rd), Knowledge Management Software (2nd)
Objective ECM
Average Rating
4.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Atlassian Confluence and Objective ECM aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Atlassian Confluence is designed for Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) and holds a mindshare of 13.3%, down 15.1% compared to last year.
Objective ECM, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 1.2% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence13.3%
SharePoint19.6%
Drupal18.9%
Other48.199999999999996%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Objective ECM1.2%
SharePoint11.9%
Alfresco6.6%
Other80.3%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Talha Hussain. - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Manage projects effectively with seamless task tracking and integration, but deployment requires familiarity
We are conducting all our project management using Atlassian tools. We use Atlassian Confluence for task management, reporting, visualization of tasks, and reviewing the progress of tickets and work I use Atlassian Confluence for task management and other project management tasks, such as…
it_user144594 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The ability to have duplicate document names is very useful for content migration. During trouble-shooting you will discover that the logs are all over the place.
During trouble-shooting you will discover that the logs are all over the place - even on servers you would not expect - and fragmented into dozens of files, yet the detail is excellent. It's Java execution logs, so needs a bit of interpretation skill, though. Speaking of Java, the web interface requires JRE and degrades in mysterious ways without it: No warnings or graceful fall-back. The web UI is otherwise VERY awkward and limited in functionality. The Windows client on the other hand is extremely dated but rich in functionality - not pretty, though. Despite the API, there is no vendor support for integration into any other systems except through HTML frames.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best feature is the automatic tagging of information in documents. The automatic algorithm highlights irrelevant information that conflict with the actual documents."
"It seems highly scalable. There are 500 end users using this solution."
"SharePoint is very confusing, but Atlassian Confluence is very simple."
"This document collaboration platform makes it flexible to reach your documents at any time, with no time or location limitation, so you can access your documents whenever and wherever you want."
"Overall, I love the ability to quickly upload and preview documents."
"The ease of use and the very short learning curve make Atlassian Confluence an ideal tool."
"Documenting everything related to the project is good for me. It enables me to use rich text to document, insert macros and links, highlight with different colors, and organize pages in a hierarchical way."
"We like that it is a complete knowledge base where anyone can go and search for various types of information."
"The ability to have duplicate document names is very useful for content migration."
 

Cons

"I would like to see integration with Slack."
"The product should have a workflow with approvals out-of-the-box."
"Atlassian Confluence should improve the interface, it needs to be more user-friendly. It is easy to use, but it could be more intuitive."
"Some elements of the user interface could be more user-friendly, including embedding diagrams."
"Out-of-the-box, it does not have a good workflow solution, which is a bit odd given that there is a good workforce solution in Jira software."
"The UX is a little bit all over the place."
"It takes some thought into how to structure Confluence in a way which is intuitive for the team to use."
"It would be good if they can continue working towards making documentation and editing as quick and easy as possible. It has got a lot of capability, but I don't know how to use it. I don't find some of the things that intuitive. Sometimes, it doesn't seem obvious to me how to use it, but it is like learning any new tool. You actually need to get trained on the tool to get maximum out of it."
"Upgrades can be nightmares, partly because there can be architecture and engine changes in minor version increments."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Maybe we're only using 10% of it, but we have to pay for everything."
"There are some cases where you can go on Confluence as a public site without a license, but you will not have all of the features. You can also have a Confluence site that does not require a license just to read the articles. When you have Jira Service Management attached to Confluence, then you can go through the portal of Jira Service Management and read the Confluence articles without the license. This is good because when you are in an ITSM environment, you have many customers, and you do not want them to have to pay just to read articles. Regarding the use of the full features of Confluence, there is a license cost, and it depends on how many users you want."
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"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."
"We pay $350 a month to use the solution."
"We have to pay licensing fees."
"There is an annual license."
"The issues I have with the pricing are in respect to the add-ons."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Government
18%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise54
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Atlassian Confluence?
Money is a factor because Atlassian Confluence is not free. I need to purchase extra components when adding new projects or employees.
What needs improvement with Atlassian Confluence?
Much of the room for improvement lies not with the tool itself but with how people are using it. In many cases where we have had issues, it has been based on the lack of structure. The company usin...
What is your primary use case for Atlassian Confluence?
We are using Jira as an asset management and ticketing system along with Confluence. We have significant portions of the Atlassian system implemented. Atlassian Confluence is used as a Wiki for Jir...
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Sample Customers

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