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We performed a comparison between Atlassian Confluence and Zendesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Knowledge Management Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Atlassian Confluence vs. Zendesk Report (Updated: March 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"We value the way we can tag documentation to Jira because we can cross-reference a Jira ticket to a Confluence page, and we can also add a Confluence page to a Jira ticket.""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.""The customization that Confluence offers is one of its most useful features. You can customise it based on the specific project you are working on. It also supports multiple languages.""Confluence is easy to use and integrate with other solutions, including social media platforms.""It seems highly scalable. There are 500 end users using this solution.""A simple tool for developers to write and record team decisions explaining the product that they are creating.""The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence it's very easy to use and there are different options.""The most valuable features are the ease of creating documentation, as well as charts."

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"It is very easy to connect back and forth between the requester and the person fulfilling the ticket.""It's a very stable tool, very powerful.""I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to use, and I haven't encountered any issues with delays or communication gaps in ticket resolutions.""The most valuable features of Zendesk Support are collaboration, reports, and a self-service portal. The customer and team can see all the information needed from the portal.""It has good management, the ability to sign tickets based on content, the multi-channel support, the self service portal, the integration with Salesforce, the setup process, and the product features as we are currently using them.""What is cool about Zendesk Guide is how it works together with others Zendesk products. Especially with support and with the analytics. Put those together for a small or medium-sized company and it's a really powerful tool.""It's very convenient to use.""Zendesk Support has a lot of good APIs."

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Cons
"I'd like to see some improved reporting on usage.""Managing user permissions and credentials could be easier.""There needs to be a flexible pricing model, where we can pick and choose services and customize our pricing model.""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.""The scalability for larger companies could be improved.""The user interface could be improved.""There could be an option to collaborate with other users while editing the documents.""I would like to see the text editor upgraded from its current limited abilities."

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"Zendesk Guide could be improved by allowing us to put our assets in one location. What happens now for each article, for example, is we have to upload the images for that article to that location, so the image reuse is still not something that they have perfected. If they could allow us to update all the images in one location, and then pull the image from there, it would be easier when working on Multibrand projects. There are no Multibrand updates available—we have to update each brand manually. For my company, I have come up with an API tool which allows me to push the content to multiple brands together, but if you don't have something like that, you have to manually do it.""The price of the solution should be reduced.""They have something called Zendesk Explore, which isn't as good as what they had in place previously.""You couldn't give administrative access to new hires.""It wasn't easy to set up so we're only using a third of all of the features,""There is always a network issue with Zendesk. But we don’t know whether it is managed. The network issue is that when I call, it does not let us.""The data you get when logged in to Zendesk Support differs from the data you get when you programmatically query Zendesk Support through its API because of a sync time delay.""The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "For us, it's free to use. We don't pay any licensing."
  • "When you purchase this solution you get some support."
  • "The issues I have with the pricing are in respect to the add-ons."
  • "The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
  • "Licenses are quite expensive"
  • "There is an annual license."
  • "Pricing wise, it ends up being an expensive solution. In the beginning it's cheap, but by the time you have all the functions you need, it turns out to be expensive."
  • "We have a site license for Atlassian Confluence and there are some limitations on external users."
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  • "We pay for the solution on a yearly basis and my understanding is that the cost is about $30,000. That's the cost for 24 to 25 agents."
  • "The price is very competitive."
  • "Zendesk's licensing is not cheap. For Enterprise, we are paying $200 per agent. It's a per-month cost, so it's pretty steep. There are some services you need to pay extra for. For example, with Zendesk Guide, we had to buy the most expensive offering in order to get Multibrand and everything. We also had to pay a lot of money for themes."
  • "There are different plans that are offered. We are using the entry-level plan. The overall price of the solution should be reduced. The price is too high."
  • "You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its document-controlling feature. In Atlassian Confluence, controlled documents cannot be edited by anyone else.
    Top Answer:The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone. I am not sure about the price of the product, but I know that the pricing-related information is… more »
    Top Answer:I would say that Atlassian Confluence's old versions consume too much memory, making it an area where optimization is required from an improvement perspective. There are some issues with the templates… more »
    Top Answer:I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to… more »
    Top Answer:You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well. The pricing is expensive. Back then, we were paying $51 per… more »
    Top Answer:As per me, there arent much significant issues or areas for improvement with Zendesk, as my usage of it is limited. I appreciate its ability to organize tickets effectively based on tags, allowing me… more »
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    Also Known As
    Confluence
    Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
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    Overview

    Project management is easy with Atlassian's Confluence as your single source of truth. It integrates with JIRA so you can easily add context to your projects in one central location. Create and track issues & product requirements, publish release reports, track release progress, and more when you connect Confluence and JIRA. Confluence allows you to create, share, evolve, and capture your team's project documentation so you can collaborate better, smarter, and as a team.

    Confluence also organizes your powerful repository of information, opinions, and knowledge to help you answer questions, create how-to docs, and possibly identify the next big thing. Logical and consistent management of knowledge and a powerful search engine ensure that you can always find the right content, when you need it most. Share, organize, and discover content all in one platform.

    Confluence has multiple deployment options to provide the flexibility your organization needs.

    Cloud is a fully hosted service for customers who want to iterate quickly and have us take care of managing the infrastructure.

    For customers who need to run our applications behind their firewall, we have Server and Data Center options. Server delivers greater capacity for a larger user base and gives you more control, allowing you to remain compliant with your enterprise IT, security, IP and privacy policies. For our largest customers, Data Center provides all the capability of our Server option, along with high availability, instant scalability and performance at scale.

    Atlassian also offers premium support and strategic services for enterprise customers. Technical Account Managers are cross-functional technical advisors providing proactive planning and strategic guidance across your organization. Premier Support goes above and beyond our standard offerings to give you account-wide support from a team of senior support engineers.

    Zendesk Support is intuitive, and it's built with support agents in mind. Everything they need lives in a single, dynamic help desk interface so it's easy to be productive and manage customer interactions.

    Sample Customers
    Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
    Mailchimp, Tesco, Vimeo, Instacart, Mediaocean, Slack, Uber
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Cloud Solution Provider6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization66%
    Financial Services Firm5%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Construction Company10%
    Non Profit7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Educational Organization10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    University6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise69%
    Large Enterprise23%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise19%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Atlassian Confluence vs. Zendesk
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Atlassian Confluence vs. Zendesk and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Atlassian Confluence is ranked 1st in Knowledge Management Software with 99 reviews while Zendesk is ranked 2nd in Knowledge Management Software with 57 reviews. Atlassian Confluence is rated 8.2, while Zendesk is rated 8.2. 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 Zendesk writes "Straightforward, very transparent, and very well organized". Atlassian Confluence is most compared with Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, SharePoint and Zoho Learn, whereas Zendesk is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Freshservice, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Moveworks. See our Atlassian Confluence vs. Zendesk report.

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