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Adobe Experience Manager vs Atlassian Confluence comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.0
Adobe Experience Manager offers a substantial ROI, ease of use, and valuable content management without deployment needs, benefiting multiple users.
Sentiment score
6.5
Atlassian Confluence is a cost-effective tool improving time efficiency, knowledge sharing, and quality of life for users.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Adobe Experience Manager support is timely for larger clients but inconsistent for smaller ones, focusing on base application issues.
Sentiment score
6.5
Atlassian Confluence support is responsive but limited, with users often seeking help elsewhere due to cost and complexity issues.
For P1 tickets, the resolution time is approximately four hours.
There are Adobe engineers, sales representatives, and engineers assigned to Sephora North America.
They are attentive to big companies but tend to be negligent towards mid-sized companies.
This team manages all queries and uses various plugins, such as Tempo for time tracking.
The Atlassian technical support team is reachable through different platforms.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Adobe Experience Manager is scalable and flexible, ideal for enterprises, though cloud transition and licensing can pose challenges.
Sentiment score
7.1
Atlassian Confluence scales efficiently for diverse organizations, though cloud performance and cost concerns exist; integration boosts flexibility.
You cannot simply add more servers without purchasing the license.
The scalability of Adobe Experience Manager is pretty good because we have so many engineers that are knowledgeable about and have experience in altering the Adobe Experience Manager system.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Adobe Experience Manager is stable and secure, but custom code and integration challenges can affect performance and feature support.
Sentiment score
7.9
Atlassian Confluence is reliable and stable, despite occasional server-related disruptions, with performance improving consistently over time.
Since they are enterprise and have significant digital business coming through the digital medium, the stability of the product is very important.
 

Room For Improvement

Adobe Experience Manager requires improved support, integration, documentation, and affordability, with enhanced IDE compatibility and better technical assistance.
Atlassian Confluence faces criticism for poor search, inadequate editing features, inflexible pricing, and scalability issues for large enterprises.
Technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies.
The code language should be optimized or they should have some string functions or web plugins to create a lighter version rather than implementing large amounts of code lines.
Many people complain about the price as it's one of the most expensive tools.
The software does not currently have any kind of AI integration.
This chart used AI to offer users the option to create it based on the data.
 

Setup Cost

Adobe Experience Manager is costly with variable pricing, valued by large enterprises, lacks transparency, but offers a free trial.
Atlassian Confluence costs vary by users and add-ons, potentially increasing annually, with complex licensing affecting price perception.
Adobe Experience Manager is expensive compared to competitors.
The price is significantly high.
For large enterprises, the cost is often comparable with other major CMSs.
It streamlines license management and renewal processes, which can otherwise lead to complications or lapses in access.
Money is a factor because Atlassian Confluence is not free.
 

Valuable Features

Adobe Experience Manager streamlines content management with seamless integration, flexibility, AI-enhanced search, fast delivery, and extensive customization options.
Atlassian Confluence enhances collaboration with customizable templates, content sharing, and secure integration with Jira and external tools.
Feature-wise, I believe the dispatcher module is the best aspect of Adobe Experience Manager.
The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive.
The best feature is the experience fragment. If you want to replicate content across multiple websites with 1,000 or 20,000 pages, this feature helps accomplish it in a fraction of seconds.
This tool provides a single repository for interacting with the entire team.
I use Atlassian Confluence for task management and other project management tasks, such as reporting, visualization of tasks, tracking the progress of tickets, and understanding how work is progressing.
 

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (8th), Web Content Management (2nd), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)
Atlassian Confluence
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (2nd), Knowledge Management Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Adobe Experience Manager is 3.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 8.9%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Atlassian Confluence8.9%
Adobe Experience Manager3.0%
Other88.1%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Thomas Becker - PeerSpot reviewer
Impressive integration of customer behavior with an easy setup and okay support
I've worked with all major content management systems. Currently, I work with the leaders such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, and Acquia Working with big companies, I help them either consider setting up a new content management system or address issues they might have with their existing…
Rabindra K Maharana - PeerSpot reviewer
Editing features improve document accessibility
There is a holiday calendar, however, I need to install an app or add something to it. The add-on feature is not readily available or well-documented. Guidance on this should be available in a forum. Recently, I used a feature in another tool—perhaps GitHub—where it helped prepare a chart. It involved listing resources, like having fifteen people in the X team, ten in the Y team, and seven in the Z team. It created a bar chart showing these numbers. This chart used AI to offer users the option to create it based on the data. It was then created on a separate page and made available.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise52
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Experience Manager?
It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer.
What needs improvement with Adobe Experience Manager?
Improvements could be made, though it's difficult to pinpoint because Adobe Experience Manager has been part of my world for the past several years. Many people complain about the price as it's one...
What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?
I am on the Digital Asset Management team and we coordinate projects through Workfront, tracking assets through Workfront and with Adobe Experience Manager. My use cases involve migration within Di...
What do you like most about Atlassian Confluence?
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its document-controlling feature. In Atlassian Confluence, controlled documents cannot be edited by anyone else.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Atlassian Confluence?
Money is a factor because Atlassian Confluence is not free. I need to purchase extra components when adding new projects or employees.
What needs improvement with Atlassian Confluence?
Currently, I have no suggestions for improvements. There are no issues with stability or downtime with Atlassian Confluence.
 

Also Known As

Adobe Day CQ5, Ektron Social Marketing, Episerver Content Cloud, Adobe CQ5
Confluence
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Metra
Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
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