TechValidate Research on Confluence

17 Charts


Confluence Customer Research

What pain points has Confluence helped your team solve?

Making information accessible to all
85%
Enabling collaboration across teams
75%
Easier and/or faster to find information
67%
Enabling remote and/or asynchronous work
55%
Breaking down silos across teams
31%
Reduction/consolidation of other tools used
25%
Bridging gaps by connecting other tools/integrations
23%
Reducing number of meetings
20%
Reducing manual tasks
17%

Confluence Customer Research

What industry are you in?

Internet & Software: 38%
Consulting: 8%
Financial Services: 7%
Education: 5%
Healthcare: 5%
Media & Entertainment: 4%
Retail: 3%
Automotive & Aviation: 2%
Consumer Goods: 2%
Energy & Utilities: 2%
Government: 2%
Manufacturing: 2%
Non-profit: 2%
Telecommunications: 2%
Aerospace: 1%
Life Sciences: 1%
Real Estate & Construction: 1%
Other: 13%

Confluence Customer Research

How much do you agree with the following statements?

Strongly agree Agree Somewhat agree Disagree

Confluence provides my team with a single source of truth to help increase efficiency and decrease misunderstandings.
Confluence allows my team to collaborate in real-time and stay in-sync no matter where I am.
Confluence is built to last and protects valuable knowledge as teams collect and build on the knowledge of others.
Confluence helps me make informed, confident decisions by providing access to all company knowledge.
Confluence has integrations with my favorite tools (like Slack, etc.) compared to competitors that bring teams together.

Confluence Customer Research

What aspects of your team or organization have improved by using Confluence?

Better captured team knowledge
84%
Improved team collaboration
67%
Improved company communication
55%
Faster onboarding
52%
Improved efficiency
50%
Better planning & execution
43%
Better decision making
29%
Getting stakeholders up to speed faster
27%
Better ability to connect strategy to execution
22%
Boosted quality and innovation
19%
Smoother scaling your organization
16%
Reduced costs
13%
Improved speed to market
9%
Other
4%

Confluence Customer Research

What pain points has Confluence helped your team solve?

Making information accessible to all
82%
Easier and/or faster to find information
68%
Enabling collaboration across teams
68%
Enabling remote and/or asynchronous work
52%
Breaking down silos across teams
29%
Reduction/consolidation of other tools used
23%
Bridging gaps by connecting other tools/integrations
20%
Reducing number of meetings
19%
Reducing manual tasks
16%

Confluence Customer Research

Please select all the tools you use with Confluence.

Jira Software
80%
Slack
46%
Google Drive
43%
Microsoft Teams
37%
Jira Service Management
34%
Draw.io
32%
Microsoft OneDrive or SharePoint
29%
Zoom
25%
Miro
24%
Figma
24%
Trello
24%
Bitbucket
22%
Lucidchart
14%
Salesforce
11%
Adobe XD
8%
Gliffy
4%
Tableau
7%

Confluence Customer Research

Which teams at your organization use Confluence?

IT/DevOps
82%
Product
64%
Program and Project Management
64%
Engineering
51%
Marketing & Communications
41%
Operations
40%
Sales & Customer Support
36%
HR/People
35%
Finance & Accounting
20%
Legal
15%

Confluence Customer Research

What is the size of your organization?

1-50: 37%
51-500: 34%
501-1,000: 11%
1,000+: 19%

Confluence Customer Research

What industry are you in?

Aerospace: 1%
Automotive & Aviation: 2%
Consulting: 9%
Consumer Goods: 2%
Education: 5%
Energy & Utilities: 1%
Financial Services: 7%
Government: 1%
Healthcare: 5%
Internet & Software: 38%
Life Sciences: 1%
Manufacturing: 2%
Media & Entertainment: 4%
Non-profit: 2%
Real Estate & Construction: 1%
Retail: 3%
Telecommunications: 2%
Other: 13%

Confluence Customer Research

How much do you value or use the following feature sets in Confluence?

Most valued Highly valued Somewhat valued Least valued Not valued

Collaboration (in-line and page comments, @mention, tasks, Confluence mobile app)
Navigation (activity feed, search, page tree)
Security & compliance (page and space permissions, anonymous access)
Customization (macros, tables, panels, status)
Templates (Atlassian templates, create your own template)
Integrations (apps—ex. Slack, Trello, Google, Jira, etc., smart links)
Smarts (analytics, page insights)
Visual expression (emojis, reactions, header images, gifs)

Confluence Customer Research

How much do you value or use the following feature sets in Confluence?

Most valued Highly valued Somewhat valued Least valued Not valued

Collaboration (in-line and page comments, @mention, tasks, Confluence mobile app)
Security & compliance (page and space permissions, anonymous access)
Navigation (activity feed, search, page tree)
Customization (macros, tables, panels, status)
Integrations (apps—ex. Slack, Trello, Google, Jira, etc., smart links)
Templates (Atlassian templates, create your own template)
Smarts (analytics, page insights)
Visual expression (emojis, reactions, header images, gifs)

Atlassian Customer Research

What operational benefits did your team or organization realize through Confluence?

Captured team knowledge
85%
Team collaborates better
68%
Improved efficiency
56%
Better planning & execution
48%
Improved company communication
46%
Faster onboarding
38%
Better decision-making
35%
Ability to connect strategy to execution
26%
Boosted quality and innovation
22%
Improved company culture
20%
Reduced costs
13%
Improved speed to market
8%

Atlassian Customer Research

Which of Confluence’s capabilities do you use or value the most?

Creating & editing pages
90%
Pages & spaces organization
66%
Collaboration features (comments, likes, real-time editing)
64%
Sharing & permissions
44%
Atlassian product integrations
41%
Best practice templates
33%
Watching pages/spaces & notifications
27%
Discovering content with home, search & activity feeds
18%
Confluence's mobile app
11%
Blogs
8%
Compliance and security features
8%

Atlassian Customer Research

Please rate Confluence’s capabilities compared to the competition.

Best In class Better Slightly better Worse

Flexible content creation that fits my needs
Integrations with other tools
Sharing information with others
Information is easy to find
Signup and getting started
Ease of use
Mobile application
Collaboration and commenting
Scalable across the entire organization
Performance & reliability
Value for price

Atlassian Customer Research

Which teams at your company use Confluence?

IT/DevOps
83%
Product
66%
Engineering
56%
Operations
45%
Marketing & Communications
41%
Sales & Customer Support
37%
HR/People
29%
Finance & Accounting
21%
Legal
12%
Other
5%

Atlassian Customer Research

What other products have you used for project collaboration and knowledge sharing?

Google Drive
81%
Microsoft SharePoint
42%
Dropbox Paper
10%
Notion
9%
Quip
2%
Coda
1%
Other
19%

Atlassian Customer Research

What are the top reasons you started using Confluence?

Knowledge management
88%
Project collaboration
74%
Integration with other Atlassian products
56%
Employee engagement/Social intranet
15%
Enterprise grade functionality, security & compliance
12%
Admin controls including 9-5 support
4%
Other
5%



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