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Atlassian Confluence vs Jive comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Atlassian Confluence
Ranking in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
2nd
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
3rd
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jive
Ranking in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
7th
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
13th
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
16th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (31st), Web Content Management (31st), Enterprise Intranet (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) category, the mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 13.0%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jive is 4.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Atlassian Confluence13.0%
Jive4.6%
Other82.4%
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
 

Featured Reviews

Talha Hussain. - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Manage projects effectively with seamless task tracking and integration, but deployment requires familiarity
We are conducting all our project management using Atlassian tools. We use Atlassian Confluence for task management, reporting, visualization of tasks, and reviewing the progress of tickets and work I use Atlassian Confluence for task management and other project management tasks, such as…
GD
VP - International Business at Amtex S.A.
A flexible solution that improves our administrative efficiency
We use Jive-n for followups on details regarding purchase orders, shipping documents, and other information We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge. This solution provides great flexibility of permission…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution offers a lot of freedom when drafting directly online."
"The scalability is enough for our use cases. It covers all our needs."
"The ease of use has been one of the most valuable features. It has a very simple wiki."
"One of the best features of Atlassian Confluence is that it integrates really well with Jira, and it's easy to use."
"The integration's very good. You still have integration with lots of third party products, and it's very good."
"Atlassian Confluence's most valuable features are the ease in which you can use the tool, the flexibility in creating folder structures, receiving notifications in case others put remarks on the documents, and working together on documents."
"The product has a valuable feature for quick verification of documents."
"The sharing of information and simple formatting are valuable features. That is, there are no templates, and everything uses one format. This means that people don't need to worry about formatting."
"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more macros provided by the company included in the license."
"The flexibility and simplicity of this solution could be improved. We would also like the ability to add plugins."
"I would like to see the text editor upgraded from its current limited abilities."
"RAM usage seems to be higher than it should be."
"The solution is not very user-friendly."
"This is kind of by design, however, the lack of control in terms of editing the page to make it look the way you want it to look is an issue. It would be nice if there was more flexibility there."
"We would like there to be more advanced data manipulation features available in this solution, such as creating more complex charts, and a column freezing option."
"Atlassian should rethink its withdrawal of the self-hosted version of the product. They only offer cloud-based service or the "datacenter-edition", which is quite expensive for small companies and private users."
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When you purchase this solution you get some support."
"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."
"There are some cases where you can go on Confluence as a public site without a license, but you will not have all of the features. You can also have a Confluence site that does not require a license just to read the articles. When you have Jira Service Management attached to Confluence, then you can go through the portal of Jira Service Management and read the Confluence articles without the license. This is good because when you are in an ITSM environment, you have many customers, and you do not want them to have to pay just to read articles. Regarding the use of the full features of Confluence, there is a license cost, and it depends on how many users you want."
"There is an annual license."
"For us, it's free to use. We don't pay any licensing."
"In my opinion, it's worth the investment"
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"We pay $350 a month to use the solution."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise52
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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.
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Also Known As

Confluence
Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
 

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Sample Customers

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
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