Confluence vs Guru
One of twelve models named Confluence first on the direct prompt; two named Guru. Both were named by all twelve models and Confluence carries 44 labels and Guru 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Pittsburgh, United States, founded 1991. Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the knowledge base and self-service page.
By framing
ConfluenceFirst choices, of twelve modelsGuru
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Confluence and Guru were named in the same answer seventy-six times, of the 124 answers naming Confluence and the 123 naming Guru. In those answers Guru took the first choice one time and Confluence six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | |||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |
Confluence Guru first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Confluence on the left and Guru on the right.The direct prompt
Confluence first, Guru an alternative
1 of 12 modelsGuru was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Guru first, Confluence an alternative
2 of 12 modelsConfluence was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Confluence5%#6 of 16Guru0%#13 of 16What the models said about Confluence
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“SharePoint and Confluence excel at document lifecycle management and collaboration, but their knowledge access features are basic and not purpose-built for customer experience delivery” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“legacy wikis like Confluence without updates ... often contain stale, duplicate, or conflicting data” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Confluence is incredibly robust but can feel slow, bloated, and clunky to non-technical users.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The top overall choice of knowledge base software for IT teams with tight budgets is Confluence” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Notion (SMB flexibility) or Confluence (engineering/Atlassian) are the safe defaults” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“toward a dedicated platform like Notion, Confluence, or Document360” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Guru
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Guru (Best for Sales, CS, & Revenue Ops Enablement)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“start with Guru for internal alignment” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.