Confluence
Confluence is a team wiki and knowledge management platform by Atlassian for organizing documentation and collaborative content.
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Updated July 27, 2026
Overall Pulse Score
-1 over this period
A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 301 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 8 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.
Weekly Sentiment Trend
Pulse Score by week over the selected period. Each point is one complete week of mentions.
This week in public discussion
Sentiment around Confluence remained heavily negative over the recent period, with bugs and reliability drawing the loudest complaints across a large share of mentions. Commenters expressed frustration over AI-generated page titles, unexpected UI behaviors, and what several described as intrusive product changes. A notable volume of discussion focused on Atlassian's reported data contribution policy, with many users reacting critically to opt-out limitations. A smaller number of mentions praised integrations and certain features, but positive themes were far outnumbered by critical ones.
Read the deeper analysisAI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.
Sentiment mix by week
How the tone of public discussion splits each week.
Most-discussed praise
Most-discussed complaints
Themes across the selected period, with mention counts.
How Confluence compares
Pulse Score over the selected period versus the top tracked competitors in Project Management.
Where the mentions come from
Share of the 301 relevant public mentions in the selected period, by source.
Sample public mentions
Showing 5 of 301 analyzed public mentions in this period, with links to the original source. We do not reproduce full threads.
“still kinda stewing over something stupid in Confluence (the wiki platform by Atlassian, not the book by friend @riversidewings.bsky.social). If you don't enter a title for a page before hitting publish, it AI generates one. And I hate that. I forget to title my pages all the dam...”
“Every spec-driven dev tool I've researched assumes an engineer writes the spec at the keyboard, as they're about to build. But that feels too late - the intent & delivery processes behind the work mean it likely got hashed out some time earlier in a doc / ticket / meeting, writte...”
“We use a tool for internal documentation called Confluence, it's effectively like a wiki. And I was rereading an old article, and it popped up with "Enjoying the article? Make sure to give [author] a ♥️!" But. It was my article. I wrote it. It wanted me to give myself a Like. #vi...”
“[Bug]: Confluence Cloud attachment/image downloads return 401 (legacy /download/attachments endpoint removed). ### Summary On Confluence **Cloud**, attachment/image download tools fail: confluence_get_page_images returns downloaded: 0 with every image "Fetch failed", and confluen...”
“[보안] Confluence - Tomcat 버전정보 및 스택트레이스 노출 취약점 처리. ## 배경 사이버보안침해대응팀 점검에서 Confluence/Tomcat 버전정보 및 스택트레이스가 에러 페이지에 노출되는 취약점 지적됨. - 작업: 2026-06-22 16:00경 - 보안팀 피드백 예정: 2026-06-23 - 비고: Confluence 9.2.x 에는 이미 일부 반영됨 작업 내용 Confluence 서버 (server.xml) ErrorReportValve 추가로 스택트레이스/서버정보 숨김...”
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- Bugs and reliability complaints dominated discussion by a large margin, shaping an atmosphere of chronic frustration rather than occasional disappointment.
- Sentiment declined sharply through mid-June as mention volume peaked, then recovered only slightly, leaving overall tone well below where the window began.
- Opinion was divided most visibly around data and AI practices, with some commenters treating governance concerns as a reason to migrate and others expressing resigned acceptance.
- Praise existed but remained sparse, concentrated around integrations and specific features, and was consistently drowned out by the volume of negative commentary.
| Praise theme | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Good integrations | 24 |
| Strong features | 19 |
| Feature requests | 12 |
| Easy to use | 10 |
| New releases | 5 |
| Complaint theme | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Bugs | 133 |
| Missing features | 75 |
| Reliability | 73 |
| Lacking integrations | 46 |
| UI frustrations | 30 |
Public discussion about Confluence over the past four weeks was dominated overwhelmingly by frustration, with complaint-side mentions outnumbering praise by a wide margin. Bugs were the single most cited grievance, appearing in nearly half of all mentions, and reliability concerns followed closely. Commenters repeatedly framed these not as isolated incidents but as persistent, systemic issues, with one widely circulated quip expressing a wish to see the Atlassian logo in flames the next time Confluence and Jira acted up. That kind of sardonic humor surfaced frequently, suggesting a user base that has grown wearily accustomed to instability rather than newly shocked by it.
Sentiment direction showed a notable decline through the middle of the window. After opening the period at a relatively steadier position, scores dropped sharply through late May and into early June as mention volume surged, implying that a wave of negative discussion pulled the tone down as more voices joined the conversation. A modest recovery appeared in the final tracked weeks, though discussion suggested this recovery was tentative rather than enthusiastic.
A distinct and heated strand of opinion emerged around data and AI practices. Several mentions flagged concerns about Atlassian using in-app data for AI training and the conditions around opting out, with commenters expressing alarm about data governance. A related undercurrent involved commentary promoting open-source alternatives, with multiple posts framing migration away from Atlassian products as a principled response to these concerns. This theme divided observers between those treating it as a dealbreaker and those who appeared more resigned.
On the praise side, integrations and specific features drew some positive notes, and a handful of commenters spoke to collaborative workflows in favorable terms. However, these positive threads were thin relative to the volume of complaints. Unsolicited AI-generated behavior, such as auto-titling unpublished pages, drew pointed criticism and illustrated a broader unease about features being applied without user consent.
AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.
Member perspectives
Individual opinions from Pro members, posted over time. These are personal member views, not aggregated sentiment data.
Overall Pulse Score
-1 over this period
A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 301 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 8 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.
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