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Confluence

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

267 Reviews Write a Review

What is Confluence?

Confluence is your remote-friendly team workspace where knowledge and collaboration meet. Confluence turns conversations into action built for lasting knowledge so you never lose great ideas or context in a transient notification or chat. From marketing and sales to development and operations, Confluence has solutions for every type of team and project to get your team doing the real work right away.

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Awards & Recognition

Confluence won the following awards in the Document Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

Confluence Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Confluence?

2% Negative

5% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Document Hosting

Document Sharing

Security and Access Control

Version Control

Access Tracking

Searchability

Editor Functions

Metrics and Reporting

Publication Workflow

Indexing and Classification

Check Out Check in

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Confluence Reviews

Fanny V.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2025

Real-Time Collaboration That Actually Works

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

I enjoy using Confluence for managing all my team's documents. It feels good to have everything in one place. Organizing content with pages and spaces is very easy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I can create pages just like writing an email. My teammates can edit documents with me in real-time. Version control helps me see what changed and when. Moreover, I can link tasks right inside the documents.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is a remarkable platform and provides excellent services.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a highly recommended platform. I can easily access recent pages and updates. The activity feed keeps me updated on team changes. Creating knowledge bases is effortless here.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Franck N.

Role: Finance
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2025

An Amazing Document Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

From managing documents to keeping documents secure, this tool has it and this makes it unique.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It keeps our documents secure. Sharing documents is easy. It is highly scalable and easy to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No quite serious complications to mention. Works perfectly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For smooth document management, try Confluence. It has all amazing features.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Victoria T.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

Collaboration made effortless.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Confluence from other similar products?

Confluence stands out because it’s not just a documentation tool—it’s a living workspace where knowledge, collaboration, and execution come together seamlessly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is how effortlessly it turns scattered ideas into structured, accessible knowledge that the whole team can act on.

What do you dislike most about this product?

At times, the interface feels a bit heavy, and navigating large spaces can be overwhelming—I’d love to see a cleaner, more intuitive experience

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take the time to set up clear structures and guidelines from the start—once organized, Confluence becomes an incredibly powerful single source of truth for your team.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Confluence Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Confluence?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Document Hosting Centralized hosting of electronic documents, allowing the ability for contributors to upload to a secure area.

Document Sharing Document sharing is the ability to share a document with those who have not been granted explicit access

Security and Access Control Securing of electronic documents from unauthorized access and the ability to assign access to specific users or user groups.

Version Control Tracking of document versions with each iteration of document changes.

Access Tracking The tracking of document access, including who had opened it or downloaded it.

Searchability DMSes generally allow for the ability to conduct searches on document content.

Editor Functions Features to allow designated editors to have the ability to review a document, make notes, corrections, and insert markups for re-editing by the author(s).

Metrics and Reporting This feature enables the DMS administrator to produce reports on the DMS, such as document volumes, document access, publication trends, etc.

Publication Workflow Workflow capability that routes documents across defined roles in the publication process, either for review, editing, publication, etc.

Indexing and Classification Where the DMS will search the contents of all documents, index search results and organize them based on the organization’s taxonomy

Check Out Check in Similar to checking out or signing out a book from the library, this option enables a similar function for designated documents.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Confluence Reviews

Fanny V.

Real-Time Collaboration That Actually Works

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Franck N.

An Amazing Document Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Victoria T.

Collaboration made effortless.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Document Hosting

Document Sharing

Security and Access Control

Version Control

Access Tracking

Searchability

Editor Functions

Metrics and Reporting

Publication Workflow

Indexing and Classification

Check Out Check in

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support