In this post, we answer two questions

1. What team communications apps exist for teams to effectively collaborate with confluence?
2. Which one is the best? (We know this is the main question you are here for)

We can’t say how many people or companies use Confluence daily, but we can definitely say Atlassian Confluence leads the market for collaborative documentation tools with a speculated 5m+ active daily users. It is such a powerful tool that helps companies, individuals and teams move work forward on a daily basis.

To make it even better and 2x team collaboration, Confluence integrates team communication tools, so that teams can easily share work on Confluence to their different communication channels.  Someone is wondering if there is such a need for team communication tools when working with Confluence, why hasn't Atlassian built its own? (The answer is quite clear)

Confluence helps teams collaboratively get work done by providing integration with these communication tools top of which are Microsoft Teams, Slack and Google Chat.

So which is the best? Let's find out.

Atlassian Confluence & Slack Integration

Slack is a key communication tool used by thousands of businesses today, one reason businesses love Slack is because of how easy it is to integrate other tools with it. One of such integration is Confluence.  

With the Atlassian Confluence and Slack integration, you can interact with Confluence directly from within Slack. The official Atlassian Confluence app for Slack gives you and your team one place to stay up to date on the work that's happening in Confluence straight from your Slack channel.

Key Features

• Get mentions from Confluence directly in your Slack channel
• Leave comments on Confluence

• Previews of Confluence pages and comments

Ease of Integration For Slack & Confluence

Easometer - 4/5

Side note: This is the integration from Atlassian, there are many other Slack and Confluence integrations that provide more advanced features, like Docs+ from Appfire which enables users to search Confluence pages directly from Slack.

You can find it on the Marketplace here - Docs+ Two-way integration for Slack and Confluence | Atlassian Marketplace

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Other Integrations for Slack and Confluence;

Slack for Confluence by Codefortynine Slack for Confluence | Atlassian Marketplace

Fast facts

• 555 Atlassian Marketplace installs
• 3.5 stars based on 12 reviews
• This app is part of the Marketplace Bug Bounty Program.
• Free for up to 10 users

Slack Connector for Confluence by Wisoft Slack Connector for Confluence | Atlassian Marketplace

Fast facts

• 349 Atlassian Marketplace installs
• 2 stars based on 4 reviews
• This app is part of the Marketplace Bug Bounty Program.
• Free for up to 10 users

Atlassian Confluence & Google Chat Integration

The fundamentals are no different, you get regular updates on changes in Confluence directly to your Google chat. This integration from Keem is the only available for cloud instances of confluence, but it also has limited functionality, you can only receive updates, unlike the slack integrations that support commenting and search. These updates also do not come with a lot of information.

Key Features

• Customize and receive notifications to stay on top of changes across your spaces, pages and blogs in Confluence
• Add the app to unlimited Google Chat spaces and stay informed on Confluence events with workmates

Ease of Integration

Easometer - 5/5

You can find the Google Chat for Confluence app from Keem on the marketplace here - Google Chat for Confluence | Atlassian Marketplace

Other Integrations you can check out;

At the time of writing this, this was the only available app on the marketplace for integrating confluence and Google chat.

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Atlassian Confluence & Microsoft Teams Integration

We think what makes the Microsoft Teams & Atlassian Confluence integration stand out amongst the others is that the individual apps are genuinely solid apps loved by many Fortune 500 companies and agile teams. A quick search on the Atlassian Marketplace would show you that the Microsoft Teams for Atlassian Confluence integrations have the most downloads.

The official app from Atlassian supports the cloud instance and promises features like

Key Features

• Take notes as a team with a Confluence notes panel inside your Teams meeting window. Create, edit, and publish to any Confluence space without leaving the Teams meeting.
• Use Confluence macros to make notes more digestible and action-oriented; choose from action items, decisions, code snippets, mentions, tables, and more.
• Search and share Confluence pages within Teams chat.
• Add a Confluence page as a tab to any channel to easily view, edit, and comment on the page from Teams.
• Customizable Confluence notifications in Teams regarding updates to pages + spaces

Ease of Integration

Easometer - 4/5

Other Integrations you can check out;

The Advanced Microsoft Teams Confluence Connector

Fast facts

• 800 Atlassian Marketplace installs
• 4.5 stars based on 18 reviews
• This app is part of the Marketplace Bug Bounty Program.
• Free for up to 10 users
• Takes notification customisation and integration capabilities even further with a two-way integration.

The Advanced Microsoft Teams Confluence Connector supports Cloud and Data Center Confluence instances.

Connect Microsoft Teams for Confluence

Fast facts

• 10 Atlassian Marketplace installs
• 5 stars based on 2 reviews
• This app is part of the Marketplace Bug Bounty Program.

This app is available for Server instances on Atlassian Confluence.

Conclusion

I think many more opportunities still exist for these different apps and integration to even better collaboration, but it is quite clear that the workplace favourite is Atlassian Confluence and Mircosoft Teams and I strongly believe this is a result of how solid the Microsoft Teams app is, making it a worldwide people’s favourite.

What are your thoughts? Any other integrations we should know about?  

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