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Atlassian Confluence vs Symphony comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (2nd), Knowledge Management Software (2nd)
Symphony
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
9th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 6.6%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symphony is 3.6%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence6.6%
Symphony3.6%
Other89.8%
Enterprise Social Software
 

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…
Nenad Pejcic - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Professional Services Engineer at Aspire Technology
Makes tasks like network planning and performance monitoring much easier
I have experience with solutions from other vendors like Nokia, Huawei, and Tyson. The main pros of Symphony, in comparison, are the modules that provide a comprehensive overview and the automation features for planning data. These aspects are notably beneficial and stand out. On the downside, the major cons revolve around user customization. Unlike other vendors where you can create your reports and customize navigation, Symphony's user optimization in the SCAP module is limited. This lack of flexibility is a significant drawback, especially when compared to other solutions. Overall, while certain modules like those related to SolarWinds are straightforward and comparable, Symphony falls short in terms of user customization.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Document collaboration is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The customization that Confluence offers is one of its most useful features. You can customise it based on the specific project you are working on. It also supports multiple languages."
"I like the documentation. It's a central platform, and there are many things that I can do with it. I'm very pleased about it."
"The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence is it's very easy to use and there are different options."
"It has a very intuitive user interface, which every user able to manage the basic functionality of a PC will be able to work with and produce quite satisfactory results."
"Atlassian Confluence has helped the company a lot."
"The trial stages, the ability to connect it to Jira, and the ability to export in PDF are all good capabilities."
"The structure of spaces, pages and child pages allows an easy way to structure content in a way which suits our business."
"The solution is user-friendly, and it is very good security-wise."
"The entire product is good, and the number of available features justifies its cost."
"Symphony and Laravel are the most comfortable frameworks for any developer. It is also lightweight."
"I found the RAM Commander module in Symphony to be the most valuable."
"The entire product is good."
"The overall functions are good."
 

Cons

"I would like to see integration with Slack."
"Being robust when dealing with complex pages, eating too much CPU, badly designed plugins."
"RAM usage seems to be higher than it should be."
"Sometimes it has issues with cron jobs crashing - I need to check more recent versions to see if this has been resolved."
"The product should have a workflow with approvals out-of-the-box."
"The standard table capability is substandard and virtually unusable."
"It would be interesting if they had graphical templates that allowed typical agile ceremonies to be documented better."
"Some versions have annoying bugs from time to time."
"To improve the situation, enhancing the functionality for integrating with other applications and addressing ticketing issues is crucial."
"The solution needs to improve CI."
"The area that needs to be improved is modular asset management. When we are uploading the assets in bulk, it is not aligned."
"Compared to established vendors, it lacks user flexibility and customization, especially in the PM module."
"The solution is very expensive, and its pricing could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"When you purchase this solution you get some support."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone."
"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."
"Licenses are quite expensive"
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"We pay $350 a month to use the solution."
"We have a site license for Atlassian Confluence and there are some limitations on external users."
"Symphony is expensive."
"It is fairly an expensive product, but works for us."
"It's a costly product, but the number of available features justifies it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
49%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Media Company
5%
Retailer
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
BNP Paribas, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase
Find out what your peers are saying about Atlassian Confluence vs. Symphony and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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