Compare Blink Software and Confluence

At a Glance
Blink
Blink
Star Rating
(271)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Free Trial is available
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Confluence
Confluence
Star Rating
(4,263)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users Per Month
Free Trial is available
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Blink vs Confluence

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Blink easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Blink overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Blink meets the needs of their business better than Confluence.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Blink is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Blink over Confluence.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Blink
Blink pricing
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Learn more about Blink
Confluence
Free
Free
10 Users Per Month
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Free Trial
Blink
Free Trial is available
Confluence
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
249
8.5
3,616
Ease of Use
9.3
249
8.0
3,667
Ease of Setup
9.1
161
8.3
1,166
Ease of Admin
9.0
139
8.0
839
Quality of Support
9.3
217
8.1
2,468
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
124
8.5
757
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
247
7.5
3,560
Features by Category
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Business Instant MessagingHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
7.9
119
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.5
98
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
6.4
47
Not enough data
6.0
47
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.2
97
Not enough data
9.2
98
Not enough data
8.4
75
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
1,007
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.5
782
Not enough data
8.4
737
Not enough data
8.8
783
Not enough data
8.3
653
Not enough data
7.8
438
Not enough data
8.6
522
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.3
673
Not enough data
8.6
779
Not enough data
9.2
857
Not enough data
8.6
793
Not enough data
8.1
482
Not enough data
7.8
423
Not enough data
8.7
522
Not enough data
8.4
483
Not enough data
8.5
448
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.7
179
Not enough data
7.6
178
Not enough data
7.6
179
Employee CommunicationsHide 25 FeaturesShow 25 Features
8.4
93
Not enough data
Information Distribution
9.2
86
Not enough data
8.1
79
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
8.1
77
Not enough data
Employee Engagement
8.9
87
Not enough data
8.5
78
Not enough data
9.1
85
Not enough data
7.7
74
Not enough data
9.1
82
Not enough data
9.7
11
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
User Experience & Accessibility - Employee Communications
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
Content Distribution - Employee Communications
9.4
8
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
6.4
7
Not enough data
Additional Features - Employee Communications
9.0
8
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Employee Communications
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
67
Login Options
Not enough data
9.4
54
Not enough data
8.7
42
Productivity
Not enough data
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
8.0
41
Not enough data
8.3
42
Customization
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
9.1
45
Not enough data
8.6
41
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.9
37
Not enough data
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.7
86
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
58
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
8.9
61
Administration
Not enough data
8.9
60
Not enough data
8.7
56
Not enough data
9.2
56
Project management
Not enough data
9.0
57
Not enough data
8.6
57
Not enough data
8.9
58
Not enough data
8.7
57
Not enough data
8.6
55
Not enough data
8.1
54
Not enough data
8.7
57
Workload
Not enough data
8.2
55
Not enough data
8.7
57
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
8.4
56
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
9.3
64
Not enough data
9.2
65
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
8.3
56
Not enough data
8.1
54
Integration
Not enough data
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
8.2
55
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
55
Not enough data
8.4
54
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
8.1
50
Not enough data
8.1
51
Not enough data
8.2
51
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.5
112
Communication
Not enough data
7.6
69
Not enough data
8.7
71
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.4
73
Not enough data
8.6
67
Content & Documents
Not enough data
9.0
75
Not enough data
9.0
72
Not enough data
8.8
73
Not enough data
9.0
73
Controls
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
8.7
65
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
8.3
64
Not enough data
8.5
66
Project Management
Not enough data
8.5
68
Not enough data
8.7
66
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.1
66
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
9.1
68
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
7.6
65
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
69
Not enough data
8.1
67
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.6
62
Not enough data
8.0
61
8.2
22
Not enough data
Core Features
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.0
17
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
Additional Features-
8.2
19
Not enough data
6.9
18
Not enough data
7.9
17
Not enough data
Interoperability
8.9
20
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.6
17
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.2
9
Not enough data
Content & Community Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Admin & Reporting Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Frontline Worker Communication PlatformsHide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.5
36
Not enough data
Administrative Tasks - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
8.2
28
Not enough data
8.6
30
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.7
28
Not enough data
Communication Features - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
9.3
34
Not enough data
9.2
32
Not enough data
9.0
31
Not enough data
9.0
30
Not enough data
Operations - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
7.5
30
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
Core Features - Employee Experience Software
7.6
21
Not enough data
9.6
29
Not enough data
People Analytics - Employee Experience Software
8.1
27
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
Advanced Features - Employee Experience Software
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
Employee Improvement - Employee Experience Software
7.9
28
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.7
24
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
203
Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
Not enough data
8.4
177
Not enough data
8.5
182
Not enough data
8.5
181
Operations - IT Documentation
Not enough data
8.4
178
Not enough data
8.0
173
Not enough data
8.2
173
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
153
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
101
Not enough data
8.6
84
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
91
Not enough data
8.3
90
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
7.4
70
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.9
103
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
9.1
102
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
Platform
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
9.1
129
Not enough data
9.2
126
Not enough data
9.1
114
Not enough data
8.7
118
Not enough data
8.6
107
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Blink
Blink
Confluence
Confluence
Blink and Confluence share no categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Blink
Blink
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
10.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
40.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
49.6%
Confluence
Confluence
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
18.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
48.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Blink
Blink
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
45.8%
Hospital & Health Care
8.8%
Logistics and Supply Chain
3.8%
Hospitality
3.1%
Information Technology and Services
2.7%
Other
35.9%
Confluence
Confluence
Computer Software
21.0%
Information Technology and Services
19.5%
Internet
6.4%
Financial Services
5.5%
Marketing and Advertising
4.4%
Other
43.2%
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Discussions
Blink
Blink Discussions
Is it possible to add a calendar in Hub that everyone could view so they know when events are?
1 Comment
Official Response from Blink
Hi Jenny, thank you for getting in touch. Great to hear that you would like a company calendar to keep up to date with upcoming events. Unfortunately, it...Read more
is there a way to set a folder up on the blink that only selected people can see
1 Comment
Official Response from Blink
Hi Robert, thanks for your question. Absolutely! Blink runs on the concept of teams and users will only see content (including folders) that is shared with...Read more
Is it possible to add a calendar in Hub that everyone could view so they know when events are?
1 Comment
Official Response from Blink
Hello Jenny, Georgie here from the Blink Marketing team. YES! This is possible - and very handy. Here is the help article to talk you through getting...Read more
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
Francis P.
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
Jake K.
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