Confluent is an amazing tool. It gives you the ability to basically create nice documentation for various products. It is highly configurable and integrates very well with Jira. You can use it for reporting as well. When it comes to hosting online content, it is in competition with SharePoint.
Delivery Head IT & IS at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Easy to set up, scalable, and competitively-priced product
Pros and Cons
- "Their tech support is amazing; they are very good, both on and off-site."
- "It could have more themes. They should also have more reporting-oriented plugins as well. It would be great to have free custom reports that can be dispatched directly from Jira."
What is our primary use case?
What needs improvement?
It could have more themes. The themes in the version I'm using are very limited; they offer two to three themes.
They should have more reporting-oriented plugins as well. It would be great to have free custom reports that can be dispatched directly from Jira.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Confluent for 15 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Confluent is scalable.
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How are customer service and support?
Their tech support is amazing; they are very good, both on and off-site. Whenever we have a query for them, they got back to us in time and with the information that we needed.
How was the initial setup?
I think the documentation that Atlassian provides has all the information you need to carry out the installation. The installation is very straightforward; I didn't come up against any challenges.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I think Confluent's pricing is very competitive compared to other products on the market. This is especially considering its configurability and extensibility.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this product.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.


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