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Atlassian Confluence vs OpenText Vibe 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)
OpenText Vibe
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Intranet (4th)
 

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.
OpenText Vibe, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Intranet, holds 6.6% mindshare, down 6.8% 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)
Enterprise Intranet Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Vibe6.6%
SharePoint21.0%
Jive9.8%
Other62.599999999999994%
Enterprise Intranet
 

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…
it_user996663 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist in Laboratory at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I'd say in the knowledge management space, as far as we've been doing our business, and our job is to find tools for organizations, I'm convinced that this is the top product in this space."
"The templates are a valuable feature. You can make templates. There is a space inside where you can create pages. When you use the template, the page auto-generates text and images. You do not have to think about the structure of your page as well, which I think is a very good thing for a user. Because usually when you're in front of a blank page, it can be a bit dreadful to know where to start."
"Confluence improved our communication and collaboration allowing everyone relevant to the discussion to provide their feedback while allowing managers to easily sift through the conversation to make strategic decisions."
"The most valuable features are the ease of creating documentation, as well as charts."
"The linkage between the different Atlassian products is what I find most valuable, as you can easily link Atlassian Confluence into a Jira ticket, which allows for a quick overview when you are in the ticket system and the ability to quickly dive deeper into the Wiki directly."
"Copying another page and providing an option to edit everything is valuable."
"It is easy to use, easy for newcomers to start using, has the “what you see is what you get” functionality of MS Word, and has good integration with JIRA so you can really do great things with the two products."
"It is a good collaboration tool; you share the document content and also its history through Atlassian Confluence so that you can trace its development."
"There were no stability issues; it just works."
"Our end users find great value in building team workspaces to collaborate not only with internal employees, but with third-party consultants and customers as required."
"The features that I found most useful were being able to see who made changes to a document, where the document was in the chain of command, and being able to leave comments to make the process more collaborative."
"What I like most about this solution, is the fact that I can access it anywhere and customize it to my needs."
"HTML and JSP elements are the most valuable features."
"We were able to centralize all customer data: files, discussions and technical notes."
"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
 

Cons

"Being robust when dealing with complex pages, eating too much CPU, badly designed plugins."
"Some versions have annoying bugs from time to time."
"Athlassian Confluence certainly does not save me money with the license fee involved."
"Customer Service: As an Enterprise Customer the service is not sufficient. Our concerns are not being addressed."
"The UX is a little bit all over the place."
"An area for improvement would be the intuitiveness of using the features, especially if you want to customize."
"The product is considered expensive."
"The logic for searching for pages is a bit off. It turns out that the searching algorithms are very basic."
"You have to press the BACK button at least three times till it will go back to the previous page. This is something that must be improved."
"The user interface can be changed to 'look' more like a Microsoft one since this will help market the product more."
"One thing that really needs to improve, is opening files or folders. It takes much longer than when you are getting it to Windows Explorer on the desktop."
"While we were working on implementing this product, the entire system crashed and we had to reinstall it from a previous version."
"The speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"The following issues need some attention: better integration with MS Office suite, more flexibility in customizing the colors and themes, custom forms and workflows are powerful, but the interface needs revamping to be easier to work with."
"The end user experience could be improved; some functions are a little too complicated for the average user."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"There is an annual license."
"In my opinion, it's worth the investment"
"Maybe we're only using 10% of it, but we have to pay for everything."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"For us, it's free to use. We don't pay any licensing."
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise54
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

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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Also Known As

Confluence
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