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Atlassian Confluence vs Mindjet MindManager comparison

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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 (2nd)
Mindjet MindManager
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Mind Mapping Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Atlassian Confluence is designed for Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) and holds a mindshare of 14.1%, up 13.8% compared to last year.
Mindjet MindManager, on the other hand, focuses on Mind Mapping Software, holds 12.5% mindshare, up 10.2% since last year.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence14.1%
SharePoint21.1%
Drupal17.4%
Other47.4%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
Mind Mapping Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mindjet MindManager12.5%
Visio18.7%
Lucidchart18.1%
Other50.7%
Mind Mapping 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…
MS
Independent Executive Management Consultant - Owner at Rogers Communications
An Easy to use tool for brainstorming and planning, compatible with Microsoft Project
This solution works well enough. One can always dream up certain things that may or may not be worth implementing in a piece of software because some other people might have some other better priorities that make more sense. But I would say for what I need it to do, I'm okay. My advice to others is to get it, and use it! It's very good and useful. I am pretty sure that the functionality it has today has more modern methodologies than what I use, but for me, it has been very useful and I have kept using it all of this time. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Wiki is a good solution for non-tech writers."
"Documenting everything related to the project is good for me. It enables me to use rich text to document, insert macros and links, highlight with different colors, and organize pages in a hierarchical way."
"The most valuable features are the ease of creating documentation, as well as charts."
"Atlassian Confluence's most valuable features are the ease in which you can use the tool, the flexibility in creating folder structures, receiving notifications in case others put remarks on the documents, and working together on documents."
"Confluence is easy to use and integrate with other solutions, including social media platforms."
"Confluence is a good product and I recommend it."
"The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence is it's very easy to use and there are different options."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is being able to export to Microsoft Project."
"The metadata map provides operational navigation to complete business processes."
"My advice to others is to get it, and use it! It's very good and useful."
 

Cons

"Space maintenance could be made a little more user-friendly."
"The search ability (using Lucene) is less than optimal and has known bugs that are slow in getting addressed."
"There is a significant difference between the data center version and the cloud version of Confluence. Providing the same features in both versions would be beneficial."
"Atlassian Confluence's old versions consume too much memory, making it an area where optimization is required from an improvement perspective."
"The search is pretty terrible. I consistently have a hard time finding the things I care about on our wiki."
"An area for improvement would be the intuitiveness of using the features, especially if you want to customize."
"The cost of the solution is too high."
"That user management and subscriptions management was a bit painful, especially in larger environments."
"I don't know what the pricing is at now, but at the time the price hike upset me to the point that I stopped upgrading."
"Since I have been using such an old version, most of the improvements have already been made, but I would suggest moving forward with the times and creating a cloud-based solution for universal access."
"The SQL based database connectivity and data access for analysis and reporting, both need some attention."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using the paid version. My company has purchased it for company employees. We are using Confluence as a company. I don't know how much it costs, but its price is good enough. Its price is not so high."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone."
"Maybe we're only using 10% of it, but we have to pay for everything."
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"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."
"We have to pay licensing fees."
"There is an annual license."
"The price was very good in the beginning, then the price increased from USD $99.00 to USD $249.00, then I stopped upgrading because what I needed was already there."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Government
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Transportation Company
9%
 

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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