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Confluence

The wiki incumbent every team meant to keep current.

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#11 of 26 in KnowledgeBaseline Sep 22, 2026. The arrow shows when this rank moves.

What this page answers

This page is Afterstack’s Confluence briefing for teams picking Knowledge or leaving a stack they already pay for. Confluence is listed as an incumbent — the thing teams are trying to leave. The wiki incumbent every team meant to keep current. Editorial attributes below feed the quiz; affiliate status does not.

Confluence is Atlassian’s knowledge base: spaces, permissions, and the graveyard of stale pages. AI (Rovo and friends) is arriving on a wiki that already lost the search war for many orgs. This is the incumbent Glean-class tools replace.

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Who it's for

Editorial fit notes from the Afterstack briefing — not a marketplace persona pack, and not a rank.

  • Atlassian-standardized orgs
  • Software team wikis
  • Permissioned spaces

Who it's not for

  • AI search across the whole stack as the product
  • Teams that will not maintain pages
  • Self-host if you wanted cloud AI

Pros

  • Familiar
  • Jira gravity
  • Permissions

Cons

  • Stale by default
  • Search is the complaint
  • AI is catching up

Integrations and compliance

Catalog flags from the Afterstack briefing. Afterstack does not invent certifications.

Integrations

  • Email sync
  • Marketplace
  • Open API

Compliance

  • SSO
  • SOC 2

In an AI workflow

How each catalog product sits on an Afterstack leave path — replacing an incumbent stack, or working beside an AI-native one. Editorial flags only. This module does not change a category rank.

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    Confluence

    Confluence is an incumbent in Knowledge. Afterstack uses it as the system teams leave. AI features in the catalog do not turn it into the AI-native substitute.

    • Editorial AI-native score 6/10.
    • Catalog flags an AI assistant.
    • Catalog flags workflow automation.

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Company news

Attributed press and M&A from the Atlassian company page. Intel, not a category rank.

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How this product is scored

The published fit score is 0–100: achieved weights divided by the most these answers can award. 100 is a perfect match. Hard filters run first. Soft scoring uses these editorial 1–10 attributes. Affiliate status is not in the table.

Forbidden in the ranker: affiliateProgram, affiliateUrl, migrationDifficulty, media, sources. Full methodology.

AI-native60

Weighted when you say AI matters; under 7 is a hard filter if AI is a dealbreaker.

Speed to live50

Weighted on aggressive timelines (week / month).

Ease of use50

Weighted when you want simple configuration.

Customization70

Weighted when you need deep objects or a platform.

Reporting50

Weighted on advanced / enterprise reporting answers.

Email50

Soft score plus Gmail/Outlook hard filters.

Value60

Weighted on tight budget answers.

Migration60

Shown here for cutover honesty. Not a quiz weight.

Support60

Catalog attribute; not a primary quiz lever today.

Mobile60

Catalog attribute; not a primary quiz lever today.

Relationships / matching30

Weighted on relationship-intelligence jobs (CRM), talent matching (Recruiting), ABM (Marketing), and enablement adjacency (Knowledge).

Outbound / sourcing30

Weighted on outbound jobs (CRM, Sales engagement), candidate sourcing (Recruiting), ABM (Marketing), and enablement (Knowledge).

Migration

Cutover complexity is editorial (S / M / L). It is not a scoring input — the quiz scorer will throw if this field leaks into rank payloads.

Complexity

L

Large

High-complexity. A Migration Agent plan plus a specialist is the usual path — specialists never change software ranks.

Export and API

  • Open API is flagged — programmatic export and sync are plausible. Confirm object coverage on the vendor site.
  • Editorial data-migration score 6/10; speed-to-live 5/10. Those are judgments of the product surface, not a services quote.
  • SSO is flagged. Map identity groups before cutover day.
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Specialists for this stack

Matched to Confluence → Glean by partner focus stacks and product tags. These firms are migration specialists — they never enter a software quiz rank. How matching works.

Migration specialist

Faculty

project · unclaimed

Applied-AI partner when the migration is really ‘put models into the operating loop,’ not a CSV into a new SaaS.

Knowledge stack · Data focus

Migration · Ai Adoption · Data

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Migration specialist

Avanade

Custom pricing · unclaimed

Microsoft-centric migration programs (Dynamics, 365, Copilot-adjacent). Listed for SharePoint/CRM gravity, not as a product page.

Knowledge stack

Migration · Crm Implementation · Ai Adoption

ProfileVisit site

Migration specialist

Slalom

Custom pricing · unclaimed

Migration and adoption partner for teams whose switch is too complex for a DIY cutover — CRM, data, and AI programs.

Knowledge stack

Migration · Ai Adoption · Crm Implementation

ProfileVisit site

Migration specialist

Thoughtworks

Custom pricing · unclaimed

Engineering-led migration when the blocker is building the after, not buying another seat — data, AI, and platform cuts.

Knowledge stack

Migration · Ai Adoption · Engineering

ProfileVisit site

Questions teams actually ask

Who is Confluence for?+

Atlassian-standardized orgs; Software team wikis; Permissioned spaces. Not for: AI search across the whole stack as the product; Teams that will not maintain pages; Self-host if you wanted cloud AI.

How much does Confluence cost?+

Free plan. Free tier then Standard/Premium per user; Atlassian cloud packaging. List prices go stale; confirm on the vendor's site.

Is Confluence a good Knowledge alternative?+

Confluence is the incumbent on Afterstack. If you are trying to leave it, use the replace page and the quiz — we will not recommend the tool you already resent.

How AI-native is Confluence?+

6/10 on our AI-native attribute. It has an AI assistant flag in the catalog. A 7+ is required if you mark AI as a dealbreaker in the quiz.

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