Confluence Overview

Confluence is a remote-friendly team workspace by Atlassian. It supports documentation, project collaboration, and Jira integrations.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Content Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Confluence.

Other use cases:

  • Sales Document Management
  • Onboarding
  • Communication Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Engagement Management
  • Products & Pricelist Management
  • Helpdesk Management
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Business Priorities

Scale Best Practices and Improve Internal Communications are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Confluence.

Other priorities:

  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Acquire Customers
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Visibility
  • Launch New Products
  • Grow Market Share
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
  • Improve ROI
  • Improve Navigation
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Manage Risk
  • Improve Consistency
  • Increase Customer Life Time Value
  • Establish Thought Leadership
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Confluence Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Confluence's features include Templates, Widgets, Alerts: Popups & Notifications, etc. and Confluence support capabilities include Phone Support, Email Support, Chat Support, etc. also Confluence analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"Confluence has enabled anyone in the company equal opportunity to participate, ask questions, and use their voice towards building a company our employees’ grandkids can be proud of." - Katie Burke

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...Initially Confluence was adopted by my department to facilitate collaboration, document storage, and have everything centralized...." Peer review by Ashley Grandy, Department Projects Manager, Western Governors University
"...The site is used on a daily basis!. Confluence is extremely useful in allowing us to manage knowledge within our ourganisation...." Peer review by Andrew S., Projects Administrator/Project Manager, Management Consulting
"...Great tools, special when you use it with other Atlassian software, best for keep track and sharing documents between team...." Peer review by Hung V, Technical Leader, Information Technology and Services

Confluence, livepro, Shelf.io, Slite, Panviva, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Knowledge Management. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Confluence

Top Industries

  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
  • Internet

Popular in

  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise
  • Large Enterprise

Confluence is popular in Computer Software, Information Technology And Services, and Internet and is widely used by Mid Market, Enterprise, and Large Enterprise.

Confluence Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How efficiently Does Confluence manage your Collaboration?

What solutions does Confluence provide for Knowledge Management?

How does Confluence facilitate Content Management?

What makes Confluence ideal for Sales Document Management?

How can Confluence optimize your Onboarding Workflow?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Confluence solved their Knowledge Management needs. Cuspera uses 17675 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Knowledge Management needs.

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
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Katie Burke

Chief People Officer

Hubspot

Confluence has enabled anyone in the company equal opportunity to participate, ask questions, and use their voice towards building a company our employees’ grandkids can be proud of. Testimonial By Katie Burke
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Evan Lerer

Dir. of Engineering

Redfin

Solve a documentation mess... Confluence is our linchpin for everything. Testimonial By Evan Lerer
Confluence testimonial

Martin Binder

Business Analyst

Audi

People are practicing more knowledge-sharing than ever before, resulting in more transparency and efficiency. Testimonial By Martin Binder
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Confluence testimonial

Katie Burke

Chief People Officer

Hubspot

Confluence has enabled anyone in the company equal opportunity to participate, ask questions, and use their voice towards building a company our employees’ grandkids can be proud of. Testimonial By Katie Burke
Confluence testimonial

Evan Lerer

Dir. of Engineering

Redfin

Solve a documentation mess... Confluence is our linchpin for everything. Testimonial By Evan Lerer
Confluence testimonial

Martin Binder

Business Analyst

Audi

People are practicing more knowledge-sharing than ever before, resulting in more transparency and efficiency. Testimonial By Martin Binder

United States Space Force (USSF) - Government Administration - Large

Washington D. C., USA

Atlassian helped the United States Space Force save 120 hours per week and boost launch cadence by 70%. USSF replaced legacy mission tracking tools with Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Management.... The new platform unified workflows, automated ticketing, and enabled real-time data sharing. Teams moved from concept to launch in under six months. The solution improved mission assurance and empowered users to make changes without engineering support.

United Airlines - Transportation/Trucking/Railroad - Very Large

Chicago, USA

Atlassian Cloud Enterprise helped United Airlines speed up digital transformation. United migrated 5,000 employees to Jira and Confluence Cloud. This cut implementation time by 5x and improved agile ...planning speed by 80%. The airline now enjoys 99.95% uptime, better security, and premium support. United can focus more on innovation and less on IT management.

trivago - Internet - Medium

Düsseldorf, Germany

trivago used Atlassian's Teamwork Collection to cut meeting time and boost collaboration. The company moved 340 hours of meetings to Loom videos. 20% of staff saved over an hour daily with AI tools. ...Legal teams saved 200+ hours yearly using Rovo agents. Atlassian unified trivago's teams, improved knowledge sharing, and made work faster. The solution replaced old systems and reduced tool fragmentation.

Thumbtack - Internet - Medium

San Francisco, USA

Jira Service Management helped Thumbtack save 60% on annual tool costs and automate 15% of support tickets. The company now saves 180 hours per month with automation, integrations, and a virtual agen...t. SLA compliance rose to 95%. Over 20 teams use the platform for ITSM, HR, and finance workflows. Employees resolve issues faster using Slack and AI-powered responses. The IT team spends more time on innovation and less on repetitive tasks.

The Telegraph - Media Production - Medium

London, UK

Jira Service Management helped The Telegraph bring IT service management in-house. The team integrated Jira Service Management, Jira Software, and Confluence. They reduced problem resolution time by ...66% and cut wait times by 50%. Customer satisfaction rose by 140%. The Telegraph now supports over 25 million monthly users with faster, more transparent service.

Sun Life - Financial Services - Very Large

Toronto, Canada

Sun Life migrated to Atlassian Cloud, saving $250,000 in 10 months and boosting efficiency by 80%. The company achieved a 97% CSAT score after moving to Confluence Cloud Enterprise. Sun Life replaced... legacy tools with Jira Cloud and Confluence Cloud, improving collaboration and security. The migration was phased, with strong user training and support from Adaptavist. Employees now find information faster and work together more easily.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What buyers ask before choosing Confluence

What is Confluence?

Confluence is a workspace collaboration software that helps in project collaboration, knowledge management thereby aiding in employee engagement and team work.

This tool can be used by different functions - developers, HR, sales and marketing and any function that needs collaborative tool. Confluence provides support for various artifacts for collaboration - meeting notes, policy documents, product requirements and marketing plans to name a few with associated templates. It helps in keeping the work artifacts organized with search ability to look for content easily.

It supports collaborative review with ability to give feedback inline with comments.

What is Confluence used for?

Confluence is a Knowledge Management Software mainly used by its customers to Scale Best Practices and Improve Internal Communications by Collaboration, Knowledge Management and Content Management .

What are the top features of Confluence?

Templates, Widgets and Alerts: popups & Notifications are some of the top features of Confluence.

Who uses Confluence?

Confluence is used by Computer Software, Information Technology And Services and Internet among other industries.

What are Confluence alternatives?

Livepro, Shelf.Io, Slite and Panviva are popular alternatives for Confluence.

Where is Confluence located?

Confluence is headquartered at Level 6/341 George St, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU.
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Peers used Confluence for collaboration and knowledge management

Confluence Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.34/5

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Analytics

4.31/5

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Custom Reports

3.41/5

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.34/5

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Analytics

4.31/5

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Custom Reports

3.41/5

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Awards

Atlassian (DX) Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Developer Productivity Insight Platforms

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Bamboo, Confluence & Co.: Atlassian closes 100 security vulnerabilities

Atlassian has addressed 100 security vulnerabilities across its products, including Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira Service Management. The updates, which include fixes for critical vulnerabilities with CVSS scores of 10, are available immediately. Administrators are advised to install these updates to prevent potential attacks.

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Atlassian US, Inc Profile

Company Name

Atlassian US, Inc

Company Website

https://www.atlassian.com/

HQ Location

Level 6/341 George St, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU

Employees

1001-5000

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Financials

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