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At a Glance
Confluence
Confluence
Star Rating
(3,796)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$10 per month
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Yammer
Yammer
Star Rating
(1,439)3.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (59.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Yammer easier to use and set up. However, Confluence is easier to administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Confluence overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Confluence meets the needs of their business better than Yammer.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Confluence is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Confluence over Yammer.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Confluence
Team collaboration
$10
per month
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Yammer
No pricing available
Free Trial
Confluence
Free Trial is available
Yammer
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
3,234
7.9
1,262
Ease of Use
7.9
3,252
8.1
1,278
Ease of Setup
8.0
779
8.3
176
Ease of Admin
7.9
737
7.7
166
Quality of Support
8.0
2,132
7.8
755
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
656
7.8
147
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
3,182
5.9
1,262
Features by Category
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Communication
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Content Management
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Productivity Tools
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Administration
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Not enough data
8.6
6,147
Not enough data
Knowledge Pages
8.5
509
Not enough data
8.5
493
Not enough data
8.7
542
Not enough data
8.9
512
Not enough data
8.5
420
Not enough data
8.2
206
Not enough data
8.8
252
Not enough data
Knowledge Dissemination
8.4
435
Not enough data
8.7
518
Not enough data
9.2
561
Not enough data
8.6
547
Not enough data
8.2
249
Not enough data
8.2
203
Not enough data
8.9
245
Not enough data
8.5
228
Not enough data
8.8
227
Not enough data
Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)Hide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
Not enough data
8.9
54
Content & Community Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Admin & Reporting Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
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8.9
6
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Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
Not enough data
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Operations - IT Documentation
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Knowledge Base
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Security
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Content
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Communication
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Confluence
Confluence
Yammer
Yammer
Confluence and Yammer share no categories
Unique Categories
Confluence
Confluence is categorized as Knowledge Base and IT Documentation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Confluence
Confluence
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
17.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
48.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
34.2%
Yammer
Yammer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
10.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
59.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Confluence
Confluence
Computer Software
20.5%
Information Technology and Services
19.3%
Internet
6.9%
Financial Services
5.5%
Marketing and Advertising
4.1%
Other
43.7%
Yammer
Yammer
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Computer Software
6.8%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Education Management
3.9%
Higher Education
3.8%
Other
65.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Confluence
Confluence
Most Helpful Favorable Review
MB
Madeleine B.
Verified User in Financial Services

I LOVE that it is a one stop shop for all work related documents and the fact that it is so easy to use. The search feature is the best.

Most Helpful Critical Review
CC
Collin C.
Verified User in Computer Software

Search is a pain. The more questions are asked in Q&A, the more difficult it becomes to find what you want, because it seems like questions are prioritized over stable doc pages. Search seems to default to "or" so searching for "product feature" will show...

Yammer
Yammer
Most Helpful Favorable Review
PL
Paul L.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

At a large company of 25k employee's it was awesome to see what's going on with the company in real-time. If problems arose the leadership could respond fairly quickly with short and concise answers. You could follow different area's of the business which...

Most Helpful Critical Review
VR
Vrena R.
Verified User in Computer Software

Its just another social network, nothing to special about it. After a week after my company signed up for it every one stopped using it.

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Discussions
Confluence
Confluence Discussions
What is confluence tool used for?
6 comments
TS
In short, it is a tool to collaborate on content across an organization, track changes/workflows for policies and procedures, and even act as an internal...Read more
Uses for Confluence?
3 comments
FP
Yes we use it. We have an internal intranet on sharepoint but we use confluence for all our development documentation because it has its tight integration...Read more
What are the characteristics of confluence?
3 comments
JK
It's a helpful tool for documentation, summaries, and collaboration. Information is organized and surfaced in a comprehensive (but not overwhelming) format....Read more
Yammer
Yammer Discussions
Yammer and Office integration
1 comment
HL
Hi, the product is Microsoft owned and as such works well with the overall suite. Recently, they seem to be investing heavily in Teams also which has some...Read more
How do you turn off the annoying email notifications that give me updates?
1 comment
LF
Constantly. I turn them off or try to opt out as much as possible. I have an entire email nearly dedicated to spam notices.Read more
Whats the best way to use Yammer is it only for sharing an update or a post?
1 comment
GG
in the application but the Web interface is not bad at allRead more