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Atlassian Confluence vs Jive 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:
 

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
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jive
Ranking in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)
7th
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
9th
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (31st), Web Content Management (23rd), Enterprise Intranet (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) category, the mindshare of Atlassian Confluence is 13.1%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jive is 6.4%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atlassian Confluence13.1%
Jive6.4%
Other80.5%
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

"It has tremendously improved our organisational culture, as it is a more streamlined way of handling customer issues, responses, queries, and documentation."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its document-controlling feature. In Atlassian Confluence, controlled documents cannot be edited by anyone else."
"The most valuable feature is the accessibility from different sites for different colleagues and the search option."
"It has improved collaboration, transparency, and documentation quality among teams."
"I like the documentation. It's a central platform, and there are many things that I can do with it. I'm very pleased about it."
"It is easy to use, easy for newcomers to start using, has the “what you see is what you get” functionality of MS Word, and has good integration with JIRA so you can really do great things with the two products."
"The macros feature in Confluence is quite valuable."
"The ease of use and the very short learning curve make Atlassian Confluence an ideal tool."
"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."
"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."
"Various business groups were able to collaborate effectively using this tool."
"The platform works well to collaborate with creating documents or media for a specific goal."
"Jive came out on top for feature, price, and ability to meet regulatory needs."
"We recently rebranded our organization and used this tool as our primary channel."
"Colleagues are more informed, it is easier to find content, and silo breaking has significantly improved our collaboration."
"In comparison to other platforms, Jive-n provides the fastest way to integrate new affiliates into your organization."
 

Cons

"The search function is not great."
"There are certain features, like AD FS and workflows, that don't appear to be mature enough for Enterprise use."
"When you are creating a table in Confluence, there is no tool to export it into Excel sheet for quick references. We can only export it as an a PDF file, but not into an editable file."
"The way Atlassian Confluence handles tickets could be improved."
"Working with 3rd party content i.e. MS Office, PDF files, email integration."
"We let some data fields get out of control as well as some product submissions, so some type of mass maintenance capability to easily reset or restart the system without losing all configuration options would be helpful."
"The scalability for larger companies could be improved."
"I'd like to see some improved reporting on usage."
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"Standard Silver technical support is similar to standard support by all vendors, i.e., not quick enough."
"Create a better way of adding users in bulk by email address."
"Jive-n can improve their integration, plugins and democratize their configuration abilities."
"The mobile app could be better."
"A visual navigator would be very useful as many colleagues have an issue to find their way and connect the dots."
"We had major performance issues when our user base went up."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using the paid version. My company has purchased it for company employees. We are using Confluence as a company. I don't know how much it costs, but its price is good enough. Its price is not so high."
"To my knowledge, Atlassian Confluence had a pricing approach which is a commercial open-source solution, so that if you are a company, you had to pay an amount. This fee was not huge compared to other traditional solutions, and it was free for personal use or if you were an individual."
"We have to pay licensing fees."
"There is an annual license."
"The price of the on-premises data center version is too expensive."
"Confluence charges an extra fee for analytics."
"In my opinion, it's worth the investment"
"Maybe we're only using 10% of it, but we have to pay for everything."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise27
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?
Much of the room for improvement lies not with the tool itself but with how people are using it. In many cases where we have had issues, it has been based on the lack of structure. The company usin...
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

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.
Find out what your peers are saying about Atlassian Confluence vs. Jive and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
886,906 professionals have used our research since 2012.