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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 (1st)
Objective ECM
Average Rating
4.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (26th)
 

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 13.6%, down 15.9% 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 Confluence13.6%
SharePoint20.3%
Drupal17.6%
Other48.5%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Objective ECM1.2%
SharePoint11.8%
Alfresco7.1%
Other79.9%
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

"Confluent is a very good product, but only if you are using it to the fullest."
"I love the reports and the Confluence board."
"It is stable and reliable."
"Our company is using Atlassian Confluence for all work related to documentation, calendars, notes, organization of processes, and workflows."
"Document collaboration is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"This is a scalable solution that supports thousands of users."
"It is very easy to use and setup."
"It covers pretty much anything and everything we need and everything our marketing teams would need as well."
"The ability to have duplicate document names is very useful for content migration."
 

Cons

"I think the couple of improvement areas would be around Markdown support and support for adding code."
"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."
"The WYSIWYG editor is great, but there are some problems with formatting."
"Space maintenance could be made a little more user-friendly."
"That user management and subscriptions management was a bit painful, especially in larger environments."
"The product should have a workflow with approvals out-of-the-box."
"The user interface is a little bit stale."
"When we import the data in Confluence from Word or any other document, the formatting is not correct."
"Upgrades can be nightmares, partly because there can be architecture and engine changes in minor version increments."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"In my opinion, it's worth the investment"
"We pay $350 a month to use the solution."
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"The Confluence pricing is good. The only challenge we have experienced is with Jira and the add ons we use that need to be paid for separately."
"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."
"Pricing wise, it ends up being an expensive solution. In the beginning it's cheap, but by the time you have all the functions you need, it turns out to be expensive."
"We have a site license for Atlassian Confluence and there are some limitations on external users."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
22%
Government
20%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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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