Confluence

Pros

The best aspect of Confluence that I have found is that it is really easy to use and very friendly. This software is very convenient for use by anyone, including the first time user of this kind of applications. I also like the potential of making and editing content that is shared and I also believe that communication as well as teamwork are enhanced.

Cons

But the thing that I did not like most is that I sometimes get the feeling that the tool is rather limited in what it does allow me to change. I want more configuration possibilities, so that it would be possible to fit the software to the needs of my workshop.

Pros

Confluence is a great tool to write software applications documentations, organize them in Team folder, having pages, whiteboards, Database of related documents grouped together. Easy to search and write structured contents with great formatting.

Cons

Its easy to create tables in confluence pages. But its hard to control the table formatting which comes with default template and size. There can be more technical symbols and drawing features.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Confluence

Pros

Concurrent editing is still possible in the SaaS version.

Cons

Has advertisements for other products in the menu.
You have no sufficient control over the 3rd party features the users can see and use.
It's a nightmare to document its use according to GDPR rules.

Pros

Confluence is a well established, feature rich, easy to use and highly scalable collaboration tool. It makes writing and sharing documentation very easy. There is a vast library of (mostly paid for) plugins that can customise the experience.

Cons

It's expensive and the plug in system ramps up the cost considerably as well. Plugins have a habit of launching for free but after some time they start charging.
(usually shortly after you realise it's indispensable). They make it hard to remove and replace plugins.
Th search facility is not configurable and heavily weights results to more recent documents.

Pros

Confluence is one of the best widely used content management web application,which help corporates and enterprise team to manage and maintain lots of internal and external content.many features like its own space,personalized feeds and community hub mske it more adorable to use.

Cons

Nothing as such,its adding its new features and upgrade user experience based on feedback.

Pros

What I liked most about Confluence is its seamless collaboration features. The real-time editing and comment functionalities make it incredibly easy for my team to work together on documentation. The integration with other Atlassian tools like Jira adds even more value.

Cons

One thing which felt hard for me while using confluence is to find docs from different spaces when too many spaces and docs are there. I think the main reason is that it would take time to arrange and keep the docs in correct places and name it correctly.

Pros

Easy to use, ready to go templates for writing your documentation, and Confluence AI helps improve the tone of the writing.

Cons

It's table of contents isn't my favourite and wish there was an easier way to group related articles together.

Pros

It simplifies real-time collaboration with multiple team members. It also has a good integration with another great tool, Jira, which makes project discussions easier.

Cons

The free features are quite limited, this can restrict usability for teams not using premium plans.

Pros

It is configurable and rich with features, from tables to visualization to storing various document types.

Cons

It takes some training or being a superuser to know how to document something and make it visually appealing.

Pros

Confluence is a good addition for Jira, which makes collaboration easier

Cons

Confluence makes development experience better; we can have all documents and artifacts in one place

Pros

Confluence is our go-to content management and knowledge based tool. The ability to create spaces by team or departments is really useful and my favorite feature is the ability to give permission by page instead of just by space. We have a main team focused on maintaining our knowledge base, but it's helpful that we can also assign unique individuals who are subject matter experts to also help that team update the content.

Cons

At times it feels like Confluence may be a bit too robust. It's a great content management system, but can sometimes over complicate a search for a particular page. It can take some time to locate the page you are looking because so many results pop up. You have to weed through the results to find the one you're seeking.

Pros

the ability to control used access is great and to manage different spaces for different situations. we have also been able to use confluence to drive content on hosted web sites driven from confluence spaces with the help of plugins

Cons

plugins are costly, and to make full use you need to use them. These seems to be charged based on how many users you have in confluence rather than how many who would use the plugin. this makes it expansive and there is no way of restricting a plugin to a user group

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Confluence

Pros

Confluence is a very robust and powerful tool that makes knowledge sharing and documentation easy

Cons

Once you use any external ad-ons, the pricing increases

Pros

Proper structure,
Main page and child pages structure is very good
Inbuilt search option is very helpful

Cons

nothing as of now, it is really very helpful in terms of secure data exchange across teams and team members

Pros

What I like most is the way I can organize the information and that the entire team can access it easily, quickly and safely.

Cons

I would like to be able to have or see a work plan in real time, to be able to not only manage the documentation but also the progress of the project

Pros

It has well implemented page tree which makes it easy to find required content documentation.It makes it easy to create and manage documentation for knowledge base collaboration.It has good import/export capabilities and also browser extension works really well.

Cons

Two issues I've encountered with Confluence are the limitations on customization,which prevents me from making any adjustments and the restricted offline access.

Pros

Enables user to publish, store and share different content in the space. We use this to store our product and implementation related documentation which is helpful for new employees who join the team or revisit old methods. Blogs can be published shared with specific access and share with features such as likes,comments etc.

Cons

Navigation is somewhat difficult and causes confusion at times as we have many team and many branches, sub-branches, libraries it gets harder to navigate. Access controls are limited in customisations.

Pros

Its ease of use and low barriers of entry

Cons

Confluence is just a little different in how it accomplish a task, when compared to SharePoint, which means that a user well versed in SharePoint may struggle a little more than a newbie, just because they need to unlearn a few processes, which often makes those long term SharePoint users a little disenchanted by the product, but once they get over the learning curve, user acceptance on the product is very high.

Pros

It is a really quick and easy way to share knowledge share documents and collaborate with your team. It enables us to inform our whole business of processes in a streamlined way

Cons

The UI can be difficult to figure out. Features arent necessarily where you would expect them and I think more work could be done around organizing folders and pages

Pros

I like that Confluence offers a central repository for creation of unlimited communication channels which makes it to collaborate on projects.

Cons

There’s nothing that I come across as a flaw on Confluence.

Pros

What I like t most about Confluence is that it is very user-friendly, easy to navigate, and very helpful when it comes to knowledge needs.

Cons

There is honestly nothing to be disliked with Confluence.

Pros

A great platform to store all team knowledge. It's user-friendly and allows for easy editing and consistent formatting. You can also share very easily.

Cons

The search function doesn't always give you what you're looking for.

Pros

What I liked most about Confluence was its ability to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.

Cons

What I liked least about Confluence was that it could sometimes feel a bit clunky, especially when dealing with complex formatting.

Pros

Confluence's huge customization capacity is its key strength and it is what I cherish most about it. As a user, I have the option to create my own customized workflow , using the in-built templates on Confluence. By doing the aforementioned, it is easy to continuously adapt Confluence to the unique needs of I and my team, thereby boosting day to day work productivity.

Cons

When I am updating pages simultaneously with other users, the page content is never updated in real time.

Pros

I am working now and one of our tools for escalation and documentation is confluence. I can say it was easy to find solution.

Cons

There's a lot of updates everyday in my email.