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Atlassian Confluence vs TIBCO tibbr 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)
TIBCO tibbr
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 6.5%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO tibbr is 2.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence6.5%
TIBCO tibbr2.3%
Other91.2%
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…
it_user685332 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The gaps in the API are filled by our own R+D and the publish mechanism is very reliable.
The API is awful. We needed to develop a batch load tool in order to send automated events to Tibber API. The current API version is not well documented, i.e. the current version of the API in the software doesn't correspond to the web-documented API. We had to imagine parameters and names. We had difficulty making it all work, as the login/SSO mechanism was not properly explained so that we could perform external logins to the API and use their features.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is stable and reliable."
"Many people enjoy its zero learning-curve.​"
"Confluence is very easy to use and feature-packed."
"The scalability is enough for our use cases. It covers all our needs."
"Collaboration is most valuable. You can upload or create your documents on Confluence and share them with your team members. Your team members also can share documents."
"I don't have a specific number for it, but I consider it to be extensive, given the low cost and widespread use of this tool."
"It's easy to search for information."
"The gaps in the API are filled by our own R+D and the publish mechanism is very reliable."
"Typically the classical ROI is about seven months from full deployment, but there are a lot of benefits that we can't measure with this metric, like more dissemination of knowledge, fast internal expert finding, less internal emails, less waste of time, and better employee engagement."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"Atlassian Confluence could improve how information is shared outside our company. We had some negative experiences with the rights we have with our information when sharing it within Atlassian Confluence and with other teams outside the company. It's due to the limitations on the rights we have on the export capabilities. We don't have sufficient rights to do so."
"I don't find some of the things that intuitive."
"Deployment can be painful when you have to deal with different Java versions or keystores."
"It would be interesting if they had graphical templates that allowed typical agile ceremonies to be documented better."
"Some elements of the user interface could be more user-friendly, including embedding diagrams."
"Confluence's scalability is okay, but you have some performance problems when you're working with too many people."
"Some macros can be technical, and they are better managed on the Confluence cloud rather than on-premises. For example, when you add an image on the cloud, you can resize it just by using the mouse. This is not the case on-premises yet. You have to write pixels of the size of the image sometimes. Some of the very old macros are still there, and some of them are technical. It can be hard for users if they are not from an IT background to understand how to use them quickly."
"More customizable features, particularly in mobile app; better preview of document and images stored in other cloud services (like Google Drive, Dropbox and so on)."
"The API is awful."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"To my knowledge, Atlassian Confluence had a pricing approach which is a commercial open-source solution, so that if you are a company, you had to pay an amount. This fee was not huge compared to other traditional solutions, and it was free for personal use or if you were an individual."
"The issues I have with the pricing are in respect to the add-ons."
"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."
"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."
"We pay $350 a month to use the solution."
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"There is a license needed to use Atlassian Confluence."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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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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Also Known As

Confluence
tibbr
 

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Sample Customers

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
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