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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
8.5
Adobe Experience Manager provides a positive ROI through ease of use, efficient updates, analytics leadership, and flexible content modification.
Sentiment score
7.4
Atlassian Confluence centralizes knowledge, reduces onboarding time, and offers cost-effective advantages by enhancing information sharing and process management.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Adobe Experience Manager support is skilled but slow, varying by company size, focusing on base issues over custom code.
Sentiment score
6.6
Atlassian Confluence support is responsive but seen as limited, with premium support and a strong online community aiding users.
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.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Adobe Experience Manager efficiently scales for large enterprises, handling load stress, easy customization, and smooth cloud migration post-transition.
Sentiment score
7.3
Atlassian Confluence is praised for effective scalability, handling growth smoothly, though some cost and performance issues may arise.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
Adobe Experience Manager is stable and secure, with cloud version benefits, despite some setup and integration issues.
Sentiment score
7.9
Atlassian Confluence is stable with rare issues, usually due to hardware, memory, or storage constraints, rated highly by users.
 

Room For Improvement

Adobe Experience Manager faces criticism for its high cost, complexity, limited documentation, inefficient support, and challenging integration with Microsoft.
Atlassian Confluence struggles with search, pricing, user interface, editing, integration, administrative roles, and reporting features needing improvement.
Technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies.
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 expensive with variable licensing, but efficient for large websites and offers a one-month free trial.
Atlassian Confluence's pricing varies by setup choice, user licensing, and plugins, with potential annual increases of 5-10%.
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.
 

Valuable Features

Adobe Experience Manager offers ease of use, integration with Adobe Marketing Cloud, and robust tools for digital asset and content management.
Atlassian Confluence offers intuitive navigation, flexible collaboration, JIRA integration, and plugins, making it a versatile document management tool.
The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive.
It's accessible from anywhere, and people from different regions, like India or Germany, can use it in their own time zones.
 

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (8th), Web Content Management (2nd), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)
Atlassian Confluence
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (2nd), Knowledge Management Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Adobe Experience Manager is 2.7%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 9.8%, down from 17.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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…
RabindraMaharana - 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
Educational Organization
50%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Educational Organization
74%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Computer Software Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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?
While there are many aspects that could be improved, discussing them would require more time. The licensing model is opaque, and technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies.
What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?
I've worked with all major content management systems. Currently, I work with the leaders such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, and Acquia.
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?
With Atlassian, the costs are reasonable. Although higher than before when we used multiple platforms and licenses, having a collaborative platform like this is advantageous. It streamlines license...
What needs improvement with Atlassian Confluence?
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 foru...
 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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