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IT documentation · October 2026 Edition

Confluence vs Document360

Four of fourteen models named Confluence first on the direct prompt; six named Document360. Confluence was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Document360 by thirteen and Confluence carries 56 labels and Document360 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Confluence

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Document360

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share17%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate21%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels5635A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Confluence reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Hudu vs Confluence · Hudu vs Document360 · Confluence vs BookStack

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 IT documentation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ConfluenceFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDocument360
Direct462 against Confluence
Paraphrase22
Comparative31
Budget-constrained203 against Confluence
Scale-constrained101 against Confluence
Negative006 against Confluence · 1 against Document360
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Confluence and Document360 were named in the same answer seventy-five times, of the 169 answers naming Confluence and the 101 naming Document360. In those answers Document360 took the first choice eight times and Confluence nineteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Confluence and Document360 stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Confluence Document360 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Confluence on the left and Document360 on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Confluence and Document360 stood in it.

Confluence first, Document360 an alternative

4 of 14 modelsDocument360 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastConfluence alternatives: ClickUp Docs, Notion
DeepSeek V4 FlashConfluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, GitBook, Notion
Qwen 3.7 FlashConfluence alternatives: Document360, Notion
GLM 4.7 FlashXConfluence, GitBook alternatives: Document360, NinjaOne Documentation, ONES Wiki

Document360 first, Confluence an alternative

6 of 14 modelsConfluence was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Document360 alternatives: Confluence, Hudu, Tango
Perplexity SonarDocument360 alternatives: Confluence, ONES Wiki
Mistral SmallDocument360, Notion alternatives: Atera, Microsoft SharePoint
Llama 4 MaverickDocument360 alternatives: Bit.ai, Notion
MiniMax M2.5ClickHelp, Document360 alternatives: Knowmax, NinjaOne Documentation, Notion
Muse Glimmer 30BDocument360 alternatives: Freshservice, GitBook

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniIT Glue alternatives: Confluence, Document360
GPT-6 LunaHudu alternatives: Confluence, IT Glue

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashHudu alternatives: Atlassian Confluence, BookStack, Scribe, Tango
Kimi K2Hudu alternatives: IT Glue, NinjaOne Documentation

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Confluence leads by ten points.
Confluence10%#4 of 9
Document3600%#8 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Confluence leads by two points.
Confluence17%#2 of 10
Document36015%#3 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Confluence leads by seventeen points.
Confluence21%#1 of 12
Document3604%#6 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

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 seven in this category shown.

“Platforms to Avoid or Use Cautiously ... Confluence (Atlassian) Major Red Flags: - Slow performance” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Confluence (Atlassian) ... Vendor lock-in: Deep integration with Atlassian ecosystem makes switching costly” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“XML site and space export reaches end of life on December 1, 2026; it may keep working, but won’t receive fixes, support, or SLAs” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Confluence or ServiceNow if you need comprehensive IT asset management alongside knowledge documentation.” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Stick with Confluence if you want to maintain tight integration with your development workflow and prioritize strict governance.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest combining Confluence for knowledge management with Freshservice for IT asset tracking and documentation” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Document360

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Red flag: Free tier discontinued — this is a warning sign of pricing instability” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Document360 suits technical writers, product teams, and customer support teams at mid-size to enterprise SaaS companies that need a dedicated platform for structured knowledge base and process documentation.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“1. Document360 - a dedicated knowledge base and documentation platform for creating, organizing, publishing, and maintaining technical, product, customer, and internal documentation.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Document360 if your priority is a structured, scalable knowledge and documentation hub” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.