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Atlassian Confluence vs Microsoft OneDrive vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Featured Reviews

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.
Victor Bayouwa - PeerSpot reviewer
I love the backup capabilities and the offline sync
We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.  The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again. It takes too long for…
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"The most valuable feature of Atlassian Confluence it's very easy to use and there are different options."
"What's most valuable to me in Atlassian Confluence is that it allows the concurrent development of documentation. I also like how you can add comments offline and implement changes directly on the document."
"The most valuable features are the ease of creating documentation, as well as charts."
"It is a good collaboration tool."
"There is a good library of templates for a wide range of needs."
"What I find the most valuable about Confluence is how easy it is to use."
"A simple tool for developers to write and record team decisions explaining the product that they are creating."
"Image management is great since the search is simple, and accessing images with labels is easy."
"The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the amount of space allotted to each user that is issued a subscription."
"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."
"We use Microsoft OneDrive for file sharing without the need for additional hardware (such as flash drives or external hard drives)."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members."
"Staff training is reduced because learning basic SharePoint is not as complicated as an EDRMS."
"It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint."
"We can now share to team members by MS Teams and assign planners to follow and update statuses in a single platform."
"The ability to take Excel files and make them dynamic SharePoint lists with instant reporting capabilities has been a major benefit."
"​Combined reports and data with timeline tracking."
"It is well supported by Microsoft."
"Its configuration management ability is critical for document-based systems."
"It has improve our organization by speeding up document sharing."
 

Cons

"We have to use other applications that make Atlassian Confluence more customized for what you want. They should improve by adding the ability to make more customizations."
"Some aspects of the drawing perspective could be improved. When we upgrade a design and make technical architecture drawings to publish, we still use Visio first and then copy and paste it. If this feature were available on Confluence, it would be a useful tool."
"When we import the data in Confluence from Word or any other document, the formatting is not correct."
"The software does not currently have any kind of AI integration."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The cost of the solution is too high."
"The area that needs improvement is the search capability. It should have generalized capabilities."
"Atlassian Confluence's old versions consume too much memory, making it an area where optimization is required from an improvement perspective."
"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."
"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."
"It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth."
"OneDrive is a bit behind competing products like Dropbox and Box."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
"If I want to pick out certain criteria of pictures, Google enables me to do that whereas OneDrive is a bit sort of flaky."
"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."
"Microsoft support could be better, especially for enterprise troubleshooting. They require a lot of logs and often rely on online support, which does not meet customer expectations."
"SharePoint sometimes cannot handle the amount of co-editing that we do."
"The areas of this solution that need improvement are the relationships between lists, cross-site web parts, and page-building tools."
"You still need a bit of expertise to add branding."
"Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases."
"The solution lacks collaboration features."
"One issue is that when users mistakenly hide files or set permissions incorrectly, it can lead to files becoming inaccessible, requiring intervention from Microsoft support to resolve."
"Flexibility and extensibility, above everything, could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The issues I have with the pricing are in respect to the add-ons."
"The Confluence pricing is good. The only challenge we have experienced is with Jira and the add ons we use that need to be paid for separately."
"Making integration with other tools easier would be beneficial."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, meaning its price falls somewhere in the mid-range zone."
"In my opinion, it's worth the investment"
"We have a site license for Atlassian Confluence and there are some limitations on external users."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"There is a license needed to use Atlassian Confluence."
"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."
"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."
"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"The pricing is competitive."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"The pricing works for us."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
71%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Computer Software Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Educational Organization
50%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
4%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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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, contr...
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, h...
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 read...
What do you like most about Microsoft OneDrive?
The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Eve...
What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It al...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
With SharePoint, we save by not needing multiple external licenses. Unlike Drupal ( /products/drupal-reviews ), all n...
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
When working on a website with SharePoint Online, not many people can edit simultaneously. If I am editing one sectio...
 

Also Known As

Confluence
MS OneDrive
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Facebook, Skype, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Adobe, Bonobos, LinkedIn, Pfizer, Citi.
Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts
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