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Atlassian Confluence vs OpenText Vibe vs Slack Business - Enterprise comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Atlassian Confluence13.2%
SharePoint28.8%
Liferay Digital Experience Platform19.1%
Other38.9%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
Enterprise Intranet Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenText Vibe5.9%
SharePoint37.6%
Interact Intranet11.4%
Other45.1%
Enterprise Intranet
Enterprise Social Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Slack Business - Enterprise15.8%
Microsoft Teams14.0%
Atlassian Confluence8.9%
Other61.3%
Enterprise Social 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.
it_user996663 - PeerSpot reviewer
The speed of opening files and folders is too slow and can be very frustrating
It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces. It's just cumbersome because the files and folders take a while to open. So that's the only issue I have. The rest of the solution is relatively user friendly. The deployment is relatively fast. From creating a brand new workspace to actually using it can be done within a day, depending on how complex it is. I know within our organization they are basically forcing us now to move away from our servers to Vibe. That started in July and there has been a significant change over to Vibe. So it's still new but for a big organization like ours, it's actually impressive how quickly people moved over to Vibe. We did the installation and deployment ourselves and, as an end user, it's been relatively user friendly. It doesn't take long to get familiar with the program, and if you know how it works, it becomes relatively easy to set up a workspace and save documents and edit it.
Awais Mehmood - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation features and user-friendly interface support seamless communication
Slack is very supportive in terms of communication between my colleagues and clients. While working with the reimbursement feature, I found the automation capabilities on Slack to be incredibly useful, allowing me to automate messages for specific dates or times and even to greet someone on their birthday. I haven't specifically used the channel organization feature of Slack, as I am added to channels, but I use it with Airtable, which automates notifications to a specific Slack channel when a user fills out a form on our website. In my experience, Slack is a stable product for communication, and I appreciate its automation features and integration of AI capabilities for enhancing specific functions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution helped us to see where we were going wrong and where we were doing good, and that helped us to make proper decisions"
"The trial stages, the ability to connect it to Jira, and the ability to export in PDF are all good capabilities."
"The most valuable features is its design documentation abilities."
"A simple tool for developers to write and record team decisions explaining the product that they are creating."
"I use Atlassian Confluence for task management and other project management tasks, such as reporting, visualization of tasks, tracking the progress of tickets, and understanding how work is progressing."
"Many people enjoy its zero learning-curve.​"
"The most valuable feature is the accessibility from different sites for different colleagues and the search option."
"The product has a valuable feature for quick verification of documents."
"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
"The product is easy to use."
"Tasks and team huddles are the most valuable features of Slack."
"The most valuable feature is the screen sharing, which works well."
"I use Slack for communication with my colleagues."
"The solution has a great user interface and functionalities. It has good features that we can use. We can integrate any third-party application with Slack so that it provides you with insights and updates in real-time on Slack itself."
"The most valuable features are video conferencing and sharing content during meetings."
"What I find valuable in Slack is that the interface is very attractive and it's easy for any new person to adapt to."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the search functionality, which I can use to search for full text."
 

Cons

"The price could be improved. I have heard that certain adjustments would be made in 2024 and that it will then be more expensive, but I don't know the specifics."
"There are some issues with performance when creating tables."
"The discoverability of documents could be improved."
"I'd like to see some improved reporting on usage."
"The product should have a workflow with approvals out-of-the-box."
"Managing user permissions and credentials could be easier."
"The product is considered expensive."
"The software does not currently have any kind of AI integration."
"The speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"In Slack, there are areas for accessibility improvements."
"Sometimes there are login issues."
"Slack's Canvas feature could be improved in terms of its user experience."
"I would like to see a special feature for multiple people to collaborate on a document, working on it at the same time."
"The solution’s initial setup is not very easy."
"The notifications on the phone are delayed."
"The product should provide integration with other solutions like Gmail or Outlook."
"Sometimes Slack behaves unexpectedly and shuts down without notification or support communication."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"We pay $350 a month to use the solution."
"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."
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"There is a license needed to use Atlassian Confluence."
"There is an annual license."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone."
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"The pricing can range up to about twenty bucks a user. You can spend a lot of money, especially if you're talking about thousands of users. Generally speaking, Slack is less expensive than Teams. Slack doesn't include all the bells and whistles that Teams does. So you can go from a $6 license in Microsoft 365 to a $50 license per user per month, and there's a lot more you can do in the $50 license."
"It is less expensive than one of its competitors."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"We use the free version that does not have a license."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"It is an expensive tool. We pay 15 to 20 USD monthly per user."
"I would rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"The solution is cheap in my country."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
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Performing Arts
19%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise52
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business54
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise21
 

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's room for improvement in the way folders are structured in Atlassian Confluence. Sometimes it's frustrating wh...
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What do you like most about Slack?
Nowadays, we don't need to visit an HR portal. Our marketing and human resources teams directly share details about b...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Slack?
I am not aware of pricing, setup costs, or licensing, due to my company's partnership with Slack.
What needs improvement with Slack?
From my perspective, a disadvantage of Slack compared to Teams is that connecting between the apps can be a bit diffi...
 

Also Known As

Confluence
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Sample Customers

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
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Strava, The New York Times, Spotify, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Eventbrite, Box, Circa, Stripe
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