We performed a comparison between Atlassian Confluence and HCL Connections based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are hyper-linking, the Drawing Tool, and enhanced tables."
"It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the accessibility from different sites for different colleagues and the search option."
"It integrates well with other Atlassian products"
"The search functionality is a really powerful feature."
"It has a very intuitive user interface, which every user able to manage the basic functionality of a PC will be able to work with and produce quite satisfactory results."
"The most valuable feature is the Activity flow that is used to catch new activities."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"Atlassian Confluence could improve how information is shared outside our company. We had some negative experiences with the rights we have with our information when sharing it within Atlassian Confluence and with other teams outside the company. It's due to the limitations on the rights we have on the export capabilities. We don't have sufficient rights to do so."
"I would like to see integration with Slack."
"It lacks ease of integration."
"It would be good if they can continue working towards making documentation and editing as quick and easy as possible. It has got a lot of capability, but I don't know how to use it. I don't find some of the things that intuitive. Sometimes, it doesn't seem obvious to me how to use it, but it is like learning any new tool. You actually need to get trained on the tool to get maximum out of it."
"Atlassian Confluence is not really a community-friendly solution."
"Some elements of the user interface could be more user-friendly, including embedding diagrams."
"An area for improvement in Atlassian Confluence is encouraging more vital interaction among the project members or users involved. I was researching a tool that could be used for better interactions offline among users on a specific topic or discussion. That feature would make Atlassian Confluence better."
"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."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"The support is an area where the product can improve...If you are having an issue on a Monday, the support personnel will contact you next Monday."
Atlassian Confluence is ranked 2nd in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 99 reviews while HCL Connections is ranked 6th in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 55 reviews. Atlassian Confluence is rated 8.2, while HCL Connections is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Atlassian Confluence writes "Good usability, helpful community support, and facilitates well-structured documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL Connections writes "Provides potent document sharing with good integration with the Microsoft desktop and smartphones". Atlassian Confluence is most compared with Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, SharePoint and Zendesk, whereas HCL Connections is most compared with SharePoint, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Business. See our Atlassian Confluence vs. HCL Connections report.
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