We performed a comparison between Alfresco and Atlassian Confluence based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, OpenText, Box and others in Enterprise Content Management."I like the ease of use, sections, and calendar."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the searching elements of the metadata."
"Document repository."
"The product allows engineering teams and developers to introduce new things in a seamless and easy way."
"The trial stages, the ability to connect it to Jira, and the ability to export in PDF are all good capabilities."
"Confluence is easy to use and integrate with other solutions, including social media platforms."
"Many people enjoy its zero learning-curve."
"The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence it's very easy to use and there are different options."
"It is just the fact that it is a one-stop shop for all project documentation. It is compared to storing things in files and directories and stuff like that. It provides the overall usability and accessibility of many projects and documents in one area."
"A simple tool for developers to write and record team decisions explaining the product that they are creating."
"I love the reports and the Confluence board."
"It is a good collaboration tool."
"Metadata, auto class, disposition log, and legal hold."
"Alfresco has a very steep learning curve, and unfortunately, during the learning process, it's very easy to make errors, which often are unforgiving."
"I would like them to consider document capture functionality."
"I think the presentation layer could be improved - currently, it's too complex, and there are too many features cluttered all over the screen."
"Some elements of the user interface could be more user-friendly, including embedding diagrams."
"An area for improvement in Atlassian Confluence is encouraging more vital interaction among the project members or users involved. I was researching a tool that could be used for better interactions offline among users on a specific topic or discussion. That feature would make Atlassian Confluence better."
"It would be interesting if they had graphical templates that allowed typical agile ceremonies to be documented better."
"There is room for improvement in maybe the tree structure for articles. If you have a lot of articles, it becomes difficult to navigate."
"The scalability for larger companies could be improved."
"I would like to see the text editor upgraded from its current limited abilities."
"I would like Confluence to include the ability to draw flowcharts and diagrams."
"In the next release, I would like to have the ability to import pictures."
Alfresco is ranked 9th in Enterprise Content Management while Atlassian Confluence is ranked 2nd in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 99 reviews. Alfresco is rated 8.0, while Atlassian Confluence is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Alfresco writes "Flexible and customizable but lacking integration with Microsoft". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Atlassian Confluence writes "Good usability, helpful community support, and facilitates well-structured documentation ". Alfresco is most compared with SharePoint, Hyland OnBase, IBM FileNet, OpenText Documentum and Microsoft OneDrive, whereas Atlassian Confluence is most compared with Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, SharePoint and Adobe Experience Manager.
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