We performed a comparison between Atlassian Confluence and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."With Confluence, everything is in one place, so it's easy to find documentation."
"The interface is good....I didn't face any issues with the scalability. It was very good."
"The solution is very intuitive and provides excellent content management."
"It is a very popular tool."
"We have found limiting permissions and history very valuable."
"What's most valuable to me in Atlassian Confluence is that it allows the concurrent development of documentation. I also like how you can add comments offline and implement changes directly on the document."
"It is easy to use."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy."
"SharePoint enabled the staff to share documents and work on a document simultaneously."
"Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals."
"The search feature is valuable."
"Ability to store files of any type."
"Its functionality is enormous."
"We can now share to team members by MS Teams and assign planners to follow and update statuses in a single platform."
"For any organization with more than one person in it, if they are trying to organize things to let people in the company know what others are doing, then this solution is good for them."
"The scalability for larger companies could be improved."
"The solution is not very user-friendly."
"The product should have a workflow with approvals out-of-the-box."
"Atlassian should rethink its withdrawal of the self-hosted version of the product. They only offer cloud-based service or the "datacenter-edition", which is quite expensive for small companies and private users."
"Space maintenance could be made a little more user-friendly."
"I'd like to see some improved reporting on usage."
"The UI is good but bland. It could be updated a bit to make it more modern and interesting to look at."
"I would like Confluence to include the ability to draw flowcharts and diagrams."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"The workflow engine cannot support the business needs."
"During uptime under our network, it is hard to find info when content is hefty."
"The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
"The management of the product/back-end is complex."
"Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud."
Atlassian Confluence is ranked 2nd in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 98 reviews while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 146 reviews. Atlassian Confluence is rated 8.2, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Atlassian Confluence writes "Good usability, helpful community support, and facilitates well-structured documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". Atlassian Confluence is most compared with Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Microsoft OneDrive, Zendesk and Slack, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and Hyland OnBase. See our Atlassian Confluence vs. SharePoint report.
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