The company I work for has a site-wide license. Before Confluence, we used Lotus Notes and other proprietary databases (we joked they were data roach traps - data entered in, very/very hard to get out). After a small pilot, Confluence spread quickly through our company and is now indispensable. The only thing that could replace it is probably Sharepoint. Confluence is basically the concept/power of the Wiki without the Wiki-awkwardness. A normal-user friendly Wiki.
Confluence has traditionally free for open source projects. I upvoted this because I think this limited-time offer ($5 for 1 year) would fit many small, distributed startup's needs for a centralized knowledgebase (if they are not already using Drupal or Backpack). Jira is also included in this $5 offer too [separately - not 2 for 1] (we use that too - our testers/business analysts love it)
> Jira is also included in this $5 offer too (we use that too - our testers/business analysts love it)
Really? They do? That's surprising, because the last 3 places I've worked with Jira, everyone hated it. I always felt like it was a super-configurable, really lame to use issue tracker.
Odd. The last several places I've worked have switched to Jira (from Mantis, Bugzilla, some home grown tool, Trac, Excel) and everyone was happier (devs, testers, PMs). Perhaps it wasn't setup well for your uses? I'm not sure.
Personally I love Jira, it's easy to configure to work the way you work, it has tons of plugins, great integrations (Eclipse, Hudson, SVN). It's by the best task/bug/project management tool I've every used.
Confluence has traditionally free for open source projects. I upvoted this because I think this limited-time offer ($5 for 1 year) would fit many small, distributed startup's needs for a centralized knowledgebase (if they are not already using Drupal or Backpack). Jira is also included in this $5 offer too [separately - not 2 for 1] (we use that too - our testers/business analysts love it)