Notion vs Confluence
Zero of twelve models named Notion first on the direct prompt; one named Confluence. Both were named by all twelve models and Notion carries 46 labels and Confluence 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.
United States, founded 2016. Named in seven categories this edition.
Pittsburgh, United States, founded 1991. Named in one category 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
NotionFirst choices, of twelve modelsConfluence
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Notion and Confluence were named in the same answer 111 times, of the 203 answers naming Notion and the 124 naming Confluence. In those answers Confluence took the first choice six times and Notion twenty-two.
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 | | | |
Notion Confluence first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Notion on the left and Confluence on the right.The direct prompt
Confluence first, Notion an alternative
1 of 12 modelsNotion 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
5 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
Notion38%#1 of 16Confluence5%#6 of 16Confluence14%#3 of 11Notion0%#11 of 11What the models said about Notion
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Notion is highly popular, but its greatest strength—unlimited flexibility—is also its fatal flaw for team knowledge.... Otherwise, avoid it.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“tools like Notion are more often positioned as flexible internal starting points rather than the strongest dedicated KB platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Notion or ClickUp, though they're usually less ideal than Zendesk/Confluence for a mature B2B support operation” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · soft negative
“Choose Notion if you are a startup of fewer than 50 people looking for a highly visual, collaborative workspace to build a company wiki.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“the strongest default choice is usually Notion if you want a flexible internal knowledge base, because it has a free plan” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“For an internal team wiki, Notion (SMB flexibility) or Confluence (engineering/Atlassian) are the safe defaults” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
What 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
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.