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."The solution is very intuitive and provides excellent content management."
"The scalability is enough for our use cases. It covers all our needs."
"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."
"The interface is good....I didn't face any issues with the scalability. It was very good."
"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."
"Confluence is easy to use and integrate with other solutions, including social media platforms."
"Great shareable and co-editing features."
"The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence it's very easy to use and there are different options."
"It's stable. It's very widely used by companies. Also, the knowledge of the product has improved over the years, and by other companies that support it or are Microsoft SharePoint partners. So if there are problems, there's always a user or company that knows the information or can help you; even with very uncommon problems."
"SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories."
"It has good integration with other MS products."
"Staff training is reduced because learning basic SharePoint is not as complicated as an EDRMS."
"What I like about SharePoint is that they keep up with a lot of updates, and they bring out new features. I also like that the system is integrated with the Microsoft 365 suite of apps."
"The ability to quickly and easily create team sites has been great."
"The search feature is valuable."
"It keeps our company organized and everything is in one place."
"The solution is not very user-friendly."
"The way Atlassian Confluence handles tickets could be improved."
"The area that needs improvement is the search capability. It should have generalized capabilities."
"The cost of the solution is too high."
"I think the couple of improvement areas would be around Markdown support and support for adding code."
"Confluence could incorporate stronger records management and automation features. The current management structure is too open, which becomes an issue."
"I would like to see the text editor upgraded from its current limited abilities."
"I have a couple of different pipelines that I work with. However, I'd like to see them displayed differently on the same dashboard. So, I would like to have a unified dashboard to view the different pipelines."
"The product does not perform 100% when used outside of a Microsoft based browser, Chrome, Firefox, etc."
"I would like it to be more compliant with global regulations. There are certain features which could be included that currently are not there, such as compliance and record management capabilities."
"The way to change the version of the files in SharePoint should be improved. The method of synchronizing files from local to the cloud can also use improvement."
"One issue is that when users mistakenly hide files or set permissions incorrectly, it can lead to files becoming inaccessible, requiring intervention from Microsoft support to resolve."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"The workflow engine cannot support the business needs."
"Search can be improved a lot because we are always trying to compare it with Google Search. Beyond that, it would be helpful to tag the documents."
"It should have more user-friendly customization, as it still requires developers to get engaged and build sites."
Atlassian Confluence is ranked 2nd in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 99 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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