Jira vs Confluence

Both Jira and Confluence are developed under the same Australian company named Atlassian in 2002 and 2004 respectively. Though developed by the same company, they come under different categories of tools. Jira is a tool that is used to track issues and bugs whereas Confluence is a collaboration tool for the teams to communicate. In this article, we will learn about their differences along with their features, advantages, and disadvantages. The categories on which the differences are based on are the following:

• Action Management
• Dynamic Workflow
• Integration
• Project time tracking
• Access Control

What is Jira?

Jira comes under the category of tools that tracks bug and it’s related issues in the software. It was developed in 2002 by the software company named Atlassian. Basically, it is a project management tool. Companies that use Jira tool are Reddit, Delivery Hero, Lyft, Twitter, AutoDesk and many more.

Features of Jira

• Agile development projects
• Scrum Boards
• Roadmaps
• Issue Creation

Advantages of Jira

• It customizes the issues and the sub-tasks in the team.
• It tracks the progress of the project and manages the workflow.
• It is a standard tool for teams of all sizes.

Disadvantages of Jira

• It does not have team calendar functionality.
• The support for Content and Document Management is not available.
• It has a challenging setup.

What is Confluence?

Confluence is a collaboration tool that helps the teams to collaborate and share their knowledge efficiently. It was developed by a company named Atlassian in 2004. It was written in Java programming language and is available in English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish languages. Companies that use Confluence are Facebook, Robinhood, CRED, Lyft and many more.

Features of Confluence

• Team Calendar
• Assigning tasks to specific users.
• Dynamic content creation
• The support for Content and Document Management is available.

Advantages of Confluence

• It provides team calendar functionality that helps to keep members updated about their schedules.
• It reduces the time for communication.
• The interface of Confluence is user-friendly.

Disadvantages of Confluence

• Not much features are provided in this tool if compared with its competitors.
• It is quite expensive in its premium plan.
• Only few tools can be integrated with free version.

Difference between Jira and Confluence

Parameters	Jira	Confluence
Objective	It tracks bugs and related issues.	It helps in collaboration of teams to share their knowledge efficiently.
Tool Type	It is a project management tool.	It is a collaboration tool.
Team Calendar	It does not have team calendar functionality.	It provides team calendar functionality that helps to keep members updated about their schedules.
Action Management	Action Management is supported in JIRA.	Action Management is not supported.
Content and Document Management	The support for Content and Document Management is not available.	The support for Content and Document Management is available.
Dynamic Workflow	Dynamic workflow is supported.	Dynamic workflow is not supported.
Project Time Tracking	Project time tracking is supported.	It is not supported in Confluence.
Integration	There is availability of integration with JIRA tool.	No integration is available.
Access Control	Access Control is not supported.	Access Control is supported.
Price	It’s base price is $7.75 per month.	It’s standard price is $5.75 per month.

Conclusion

Both Jira and Confluence are entirely different from each other in their functionality. Even, they can be used simultaneously to work together. By combining the tools, one can enable the cross team communication which is beneficial for the employees to interact. So, they can be integrated with each other for work or they can be used as an independent tool and they work good.