Also useful in finding out the experts in certain areas and questions in that area. The team is eager to improve the tool by adding new features.

Gamification/recognition was good motivation for team members to engage with the platform. Pricing was straightforward and our tier fits our company well.

Overall really good experience, very good offering of Q&A in enterprise space.

If something goes wrong, it takes a while to figure out the problem. There have been times that other IPs have scraped our site and made it unusable.

It allows a lot of possibilities, the support team is easy to reach and helpful, The principle of the Accepted Answer is very useful.

Some minor problems with search (queries don't always return what I'm looking for and I'm using exact words from the question).

Issues can be closed and locked for comment by moderators. This is extremely frustrating to users when its clear the moderator does not understand the problem or simply makes a mistake.

I appreciate the extensibility of AH, and am glad to see improvements come to the product over time.

Its difficult to navigate. Also issue can be locked or closed by the moderator which is really frustrating.

It offers a strong set of capabilities at a reasonable price, and the company is good about responding to and addressing issues and questions with the product itself.

Hosted and self-hosted options are priced competitively, and customer support is extremely responsive.

But this was quickly resolved when I brought it up. I think what makes this product great is the customer support.

Missing in-app notifications; there is only email notifications. Weak for knowledge base use (could use more tree-structure navigation and more wiki-style).

They are knowledgeable, friendly, professional and simply excellent.

Looking to the future, I hope they can modernize some aspects of the platform, including analytics, moderation workflows, the templating language, and API.

From users point of view, experience is great and solution is easy to use.

I dislike the actual format that the software is put in. It feels a bit off to me and I think a redesign is needed.

Slack integration is poor, can just inform that a question was asked, and don't get additional notifications or interactions as more things happen.

However, the very best part of AnswerHub is their amazing Customer Service. Everyone we have dealt with has been professional, intelligent, patient and a joy to work with.

It is one of the excellent support with very responsive application. Also its a powerful tool for building knowledge based questions/answers.

AnswerHub has very robust user and content management features out of the box (e.g. privileges, tagging, following questions, etc). The application can be easily extended through their API.

The folks at DZone are wonderfully responsive both electronically and in person.

Cost is a strong advantage it has other competitor Mircosoft.

The plugin is handy and are what makes it really rich although the cost of the plugins can start to add up if they are used they are good value.

Awesome document syncing for online collaboration. Superb permission management for critical security of confidential data.

The product works, and is great for startup companies that don't want to invest in something more powerful.

Confluence is not the most intuitive program and learning to properly navigate it took a while. I also dislike that it is possible for one corrupted page to crash a whole file.

Do almost anything with the documentation by just using the internet browser is really awesome. The integration with jira is pretty good.

Customer service is always available and is super helpful.

I dislike that Confluence gets a little confusing with multiple links for the same page (a long link and a short link), but it is hard to differentiate.

You also need to make sure that obsolete information is cleaned or marked obsolete, otherwise documentation rot can make information difficult to find.

Great editor tools and easy to make my pages look content rich and informative. Good search and folder structure is great for organizing content.

Great product for sharing software creation and communications. I really enjoyed the workflow and ability to communicate with several developers.

Confluence syntax is confusing for new users, its preview function is not working well when having micro or embed script.

I integrate it with jira to show any kind of  project progress. The version control feature on confluence is excellent and the fact that multiple people can edit a page at the same time is awesome.

It happened to our team and it made using Confluence unpleasant and annoying.

Like most about it easy way to document the pages. And best way to store the important document required for business purpose.

I think that Confluene is very useful and worth the time and investment.

The one thing i dislike about it is when there are topics to click on and it jumps to that supposed topic but there's no information there. I'd guess the editor was not able to remove that section.

It features a exuberant number of plugins to construct a document , so many are advances and have to learn. One important plugin that i use is the Architecture diagram building editor.

Customer support is very easily accessible and quick resolution. The deplyomnet is also easy with option of cloud server and in-house server deployemnt.

Which is great for customer support and of course technical documentation. Did I mention that you can create as many different wikis as you like.

Confuence is very easy to use and makes documentation fun and collaboration with others a breeze. It helps us organize and document our work, from meeting notes to operational documentation.

Confluence cloud allows to make the documentation space more scalable. The solution is so popular it can be integrated with most of the solutions.

I also love the version control as that becomes increasingly important as the number of contributors or complexity of the page goes up.

I have had an overall good experience with Confluence and it is easy to create and share documents. If you are using JIRA already I would recommend this.

US Dollar

AnswerHub is an online developer community solution available for deployment either in the cloud or on-premise. It is suitable for midsize businesses to large enterprises across various industries.


AnswerHub enables team collaboration and ideation, customer self-service portals and privately managed Q&A sites. Users can share information among team members, propose and track the progress of ideas and build a knowledge base for both customers and partners.


AnswerHub includes built-in gamification, so users can recognize and reward team members for their knowledge. Team members can be identified according to their field of expertise enabling fresh queries to be routed to the specific people.


AnswerHub offers services on a monthly subscription basis that includes support via an online knowledge base including tutorials, case studies and eBooks and through a ticketing portal.



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Commenting/Notes

Engagement Tracking

Cataloging/Categorization

Surveys & Feedback

User Management

Status Tracking

Access Controls/Permissions

Rich Text Editor

Single Sign On

Communication Management

Brainstorming

Collaboration Tools

Full Text Search

Group Management

Self Service Portal

Ideation

Content Management

Forum / Discussion Board

Mobile Access

Discussions/Forums

Membership Management

Text Editing

Filtering

Real-Time Notifications

Email Management

File Sharing

Activity Dashboard

Alerts/Notifications

Moderation

Knowledge Base Management

Decision Support

Chat/Messaging

Customizable Branding

Remote Access/Control

Tagging

Gamification

Third-Party Integrations

Online Forums

Document Management

@mentions

Search/Filter

Member Directory

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

Chat

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501-1000

1000+

AnswerHub

In Person

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

Confluence is a project management solution that enables organizations to create, collaborate, organize and review project documents. The system offers both cloud-based and on-premise deployment.


Confluence’s editor feature allows employees to create content such as meeting notes, product requirements and research reports. The solution enables managers to review and share feedback in documents themselves.


Confluence’s knowledge management module provides users with a centralized repository to access and search relevant content according to project requirements. The system lets managers restrict access to confidential data and collaborate within closed groups. Users can publish, organize and access company information in a central location.  


Confluence's task management feature allows managers to delegate, monitor and track changes to tasks assigned to each employee. The task management feature updates managers with status on tasks that are completed, impending, or overdue. The software integrates with JIRA to enable project transparency.



File Management

Milestone Tracking

Release Planning

Idea Management

Due Date Tracking

Document Storage

Activity Tracking

Progress Tracking

Real Time Editing

Project Planning/Scheduling

Project Management

Gantt/Timeline View

Product Roadmapping

Knowledge Management

Mind Maps

Document Capture

Resource Management

Calendar Management

Assignment Management

Template Management

Risk Management

Document Classification

Audit Trail

Version Control

Information Governance

Planning Tools

Requirements Management

Idea Ranking

Audio File Management

Real-Time Data

Data Security

Workflow Management

Project Tracking

Reporting/Project Tracking

Customizable Templates

Visualization

Document Review

Goal Setting/Tracking

Reporting/Analytics

Prioritization

Feedback Management

Drag & Drop

Project Planning

Task Progress Tracking

Archiving & Retention

Task Management

Unified Directory

Document Generation

Innovation Management

Traceability

Strategic Planning

Goal Management

Content Publishing Options

Stakeholder Defined Attributes

Marketing Calendar

Portfolio Management

Process/Workflow Automation

Documentation Management

For the IT sector

Product Lifecycle Management

Transcripts/Chat History

Real-Time Chat

Multiple Projects

Time & Expense Tracking

Meeting Management

Role-Based Permissions

Reporting & Statistics

Productivity Tools

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Windows Vista

Windows XP

Mac OS

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 2000

Windows 8

Windows 10

Confluence offers flexible pricing.
$0 for teams up to 10
Standard: $5.50 per user/month
Premium: $10.50 per user/month

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