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Atlassian Confluence vs Jive 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 Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
2nd
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
3rd
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jive
Ranking in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
7th
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
9th
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (31st), Web Content Management (26th), Enterprise Intranet (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) category, the mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 13.0%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jive is 5.7%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence13.0%
Jive5.7%
Other81.3%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
 

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…
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VP - International Business at Amtex S.A.
A flexible solution that improves our administrative efficiency
We use Jive-n for followups on details regarding purchase orders, shipping documents, and other information We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge. This solution provides great flexibility of permission…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is very easy."
"The most valuable features are hyper-linking, the Drawing Tool, and enhanced tables."
"The solution is very intuitive and provides excellent content management."
"The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence is the ability to access your files from anywhere."
"The most valuable features of Atlassian Confluence are its overall document editing and ease of use."
"With respect to our experiences with Confluence, we haven't had any issues."
"Confluence is easy to use and integrate with other solutions, including social media platforms."
"With Confluence, everything is in one place, so it's easy to find documentation."
"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
 

Cons

"I would like to see the text editor upgraded from its current limited abilities."
"We would like there to be more advanced data manipulation features available in this solution, such as creating more complex charts, and a column freezing option."
"An area for improvement would be the intuitiveness of using the features, especially if you want to customize."
"The roadmap feature should be made easier to work with and modify. It's not really scalable."
"The UI is good but bland. It could be updated a bit to make it more modern and interesting to look at."
"The way Atlassian Confluence handles tickets could be improved."
"The discoverability of documents could be improved."
"There could be an option to collaborate with other users while editing the documents."
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
 

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."
"There is a license needed to use Atlassian Confluence."
"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"
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"We have to pay licensing fees."
"There is an annual license."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
University
6%
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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 Business5
Large Enterprise5
 

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...
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Also Known As

Confluence
Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
 

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Sample Customers

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
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