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Atlassian Confluence vs OpenText Documentum Content Management comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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)
OpenText Documentum Content...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Atlassian Confluence and OpenText Documentum Content Management 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 13.0%, down 16.0% compared to last year.
OpenText Documentum Content Management, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 7.1% mindshare, down 12.1% since last year.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence13.0%
SharePoint22.9%
Drupal16.7%
Other47.400000000000006%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Documentum Content Management7.1%
SharePoint11.6%
OpenText Content Management8.0%
Other73.3%
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…
FC
Consultant In Risk Management and Performance Improvemenf at Deloitte Risk Advisory
User finds integration useful but seeks improvement in interface intuitiveness
I am satisfied with OpenText Documentum so far; it has great integration capabilities. The connection with our API and SAP is useful, as you can use their SAP interface. The key point that my company decided to go with OpenText Documentum is mostly because you can integrate it with many other tools such as Salesforce.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It integrates well with other Atlassian products"
"Document collaboration is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"It's the best application to document all types of information."
"Confluence improved our communication and collaboration allowing everyone relevant to the discussion to provide their feedback while allowing managers to easily sift through the conversation to make strategic decisions."
"With the versioning available in Confluence, history versioning, if you delete something, you can always find it, and if someone changes anything in the document, you can find it from the history."
"The solution offers a lot of freedom when drafting directly online."
"Highly recommended to any organization as a way of breaking down silos and sharing information more effectively across teams and departments."
"It covers pretty much anything and everything we need and everything our marketing teams would need as well."
"Documentum is a highly scalable document management solution because it's built on a solid platform."
"OpenText Documentum's composition is good. It is convenient and straight out of the box."
"The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a central repository for everything, whether it's videos, documents, Excel sheets, etc."
"It is secure, we can store all of our documents in a central location, and we don't have any plans to change."
"The most valuable feature is the good automation engine, which helps in reducing the development cost and allows easy development of applications."
"OpenText Documentum has improved availability and performance in our organization."
 

Cons

"Confluence textual editor could be improved and integrated with MS Word for easy usage and better formatting of documents."
"The way Atlassian Confluence handles tickets could be improved."
"I would like Confluence to include the ability to draw flowcharts and diagrams."
"This is kind of by design, however, the lack of control in terms of editing the page to make it look the way you want it to look is an issue. It would be nice if there was more flexibility there."
"Customer Service: As an Enterprise Customer the service is not sufficient. Our concerns are not being addressed."
"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."
"The flexibility and simplicity of this solution could be improved."
"It would be interesting if they had graphical templates that allowed typical agile ceremonies to be documented better."
"OpenText Documentum needs to improve its support."
"The BPM side should be improved."
"The main issue is the software's performance when storing around 10 million or more documents. It becomes slow and needs improvement. Perhaps it's a cloud-related issue, but it needs to be addressed. It could be due to our S3 bucket or something else. Nevertheless, this is a significant challenge we're facing."
"Several sub-products, like RMA and RPS are really bad stability-wise and many other aspects."
"Open Text's technical support is lacking. There isn't enough community support."
"The documentation often leaves customers feeling somewhat frustrated, as OpenText seems to expect customers to remind them constantly about the need for better documentation, as they don't provide clear guidance on their documentation practices."
"The vertical application could be improved."
"While generally secure, some noted security issues need consideration. The installation process for on-premise setup needs improvement as well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is a very expensive solution."
"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."
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"There is a license needed to use Atlassian Confluence."
"When you purchase this solution you get some support."
"We have a site license for Atlassian Confluence and there are some limitations on external users."
"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."
"Confluence charges an extra fee for analytics."
"OpenText Documentum has announced a new licensing model, which could be more expensive."
"The price is considered affordable now."
"It is quite an expensive product."
"It falls in line with a lot of things that are out there on the market. There is nothing extraordinary in terms of great or bad."
"OpenText Documentum's pricing is good."
"The product is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise52
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise28
 

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?
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?
What I would like to improve in the product is definitely the Jira integration. It is hard to tell which product is lagging or lacking because I can usually find a feature on the Marketplace if I a...
What do you like most about OpenText Documentum?
The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role.
What needs improvement with OpenText Documentum?
The interface of OpenText Documentum could be more intuitive; sometimes it is hard to find where the information is located.
What is your primary use case for OpenText Documentum?
We are using it to archive the information about our sales.
 

Also Known As

Confluence
Dell EMC Documentum, Documentum , Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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