This is a direct feature comparison of bitvoodoo's app " Viewtracker - Analytics for Confluence " and Atlassian's "Analytics for Confluence" for Data Center & Cloud Premium/Enterprise (as of 2023).
Difference in availability:
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bitvoodoo's Viewtracker is available for Cloud and Data Center.
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"Analytics for Confluence" is only available for Data Center and Cloud Premium & Enterprise.
Abbreviations:
VT: Viewtracker
CA: Confluence Analytics
DC: Data Center
Confluence Tracking
Many metrics can be tracked in Confluence. This table compares which specific features can be tracked by Viewtracker Cloud/Data Center and which by Confluence Analytics Cloud/Data Center.
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Tracking of page, blog post, and attachment views |
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Tracking of content creations, edits and deletions |
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Tracking of Confluence searches |
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Tracking of mentions |
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Tracking of likes on content |
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Tracking of likes on comments |
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Tracking of visit sources |
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Tracking of Space Directory, Calendars, Team Pages, etc. |
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Tracking of 3rd-party apps (Scroll Viewport, Cosmos, Linchpin, Refined etc.) |
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Tracking of Confluence content viewed through Jira Service Management help desks (knowledge base) |
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Tracking of Confluence content viewed through the Mobile app |
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Data privacy compliance (GDPR, nFADP, CCPA etc.), protection & retention
This table helps you identify which tools align with your company’s data privacy policies and guidelines. For additional information on data privacy and compliance, visit our Security & Trust page.
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Data Center |
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Track views from Confluence users. For publicly available content: track views from anonymous visitors |
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Access control of reports |
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Limit access to Confluence user analytics data for specific user groups |
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Track Confluence interactions without exact user information
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Track the number of views only without user information or unique viewers count (extended privacy mode) |
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Exclude specific user groups or user from tracking |
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Exclude specific spaces from tracking |
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Set data retention period |
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Audit log for changes in data privacy & settings |
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Standard Reports and KPIs
Here is a comparison of Standard Reports offered by the respective apps and Confluence KPIs that can be tracked.
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Data Center |
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Popular Spaces |
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Popular Content |
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Most active readers/viewers |
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Most active contributors |
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Summary of most important metrics: all views, viewers, new content, edits etc. |
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Report on global level |
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Report on a space level |
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Report of individual content piece |
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Report of other available URLs and third-party apps (Dashboards, company hubs, Cosmos, Mantra, etc). |
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Report of instance activity (busiest time, storage status, etc,. “System Reports” below) |
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Line/bar/area chart with views, creations and edits |
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Line/bar/area chart with viewers, contributors, comments and content versions |
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Line/bar/area chart with engaged users, likes on content, likes on comments. |
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List report of all spaces |
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List report of all contents |
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List report of all users |
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User audit |
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Page Actions (delete, archive, access page history etc. directly from the reports) |
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KPIs for administrators to manage Confluence licenses and storage (see “System Reports” below) |
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Filters in Reports
Filters help you to understand your data better. See which filters are offered in the respective app solution.
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Filter by content type |
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Filter by content status |
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Filter by Label |
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Filter views by source (JSM, Confluence App, Scroll Viewport etc.) |
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Filter by CQL queries |
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Filter for Confluence users vs Anonymous users |
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Filter for space type (exclude personal spaces) |
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Filter to list only spaces/content with or without views, with or without edits, newly created etc. |
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Filter by Space status |
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System Reports for Confluence and space administrators
Viewtracker provides a comprehensive view of instance-wide usage and activity, making it an invaluable tool for administrators by providing support towards more informed decision-making and efficient instance management.
The table below compares the instance reporting features of Viewtracker (Cloud/DC) and Confluence Analytics (Cloud/DC).
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Total number of users per space and in the entire instance |
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Number of active and inactive users |
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Total number of spaces |
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Number of viewed spaces compared to total spaces |
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Total number of Pages/blog posts per space and in the entire instance |
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Number of view pages compared to non-viewed |
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Total number of attachments |
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Number of viewed attachments compared to total attachments |
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Attachment storage per space and in the entire instance |
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Graphs to visualize the total number of content across time |
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Graphs to visualize changes over time for active users, bandwidth usage, attachments, content, and spaces. |
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Heatmap to display active and quiet periods in the entire instance or specific space |
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Top spaces based on storage increase, active users, new pages, and newly added attachments. |
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Content inventory to include content without any tracked views in the reports |
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List of existing public links and their views |
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Data export
The export of data can be very useful when you need to present insights about Confluence usage to management.
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Export reports to CSV |
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API |
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Data Import
Data import allows you to analyze views that happened before the app’s installation
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Import views by using Cloud Migration Assistant |
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Manual import of views (for on-premise to on-premise migration) |
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Import views tracked by Analytics for Confluence |
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Attachments
Compare the app's capabilities regarding the tracking of attachments.
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Report for attachment views |
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Report for attachment creations, edits and deletions |
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Filter by Content Status |
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Filter by viewed / not viewed attachments (via the Content & Usage Report with content type filter: attachment) |
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Multiple graphic chart styles (line, bar, area) |
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Attachment report on a global level |
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Attachments - global level:
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Attachment report on a space level |
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Attachments - space level: Changes across time for Attachment storage, attachment bandwidth, storage growth (see “System Reports”) |
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Report on a content level |
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Exclude file formats from tracking |
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Confluence Searches
Confluence searches are a powerful tool for understanding user behavior. By analyzing search terms, you can optimize page titles and content to align with user needs, ensuring they quickly find what they’re looking for.
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Report of all search terms, number of searches and searchers |
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Popular Searches |
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Click-through rate |
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Most-clicked content and spaces |
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Number of search results for each search term |
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Multiple graphic chart styles (line, bar, area) |
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Detection of keywords made to Atlassian Intelligence and Rovo |
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Macros
With macros, you can showcase the data on the Confluence page or in the space you are working on.
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Confluence Analytics |
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Analytics Report: Chart – Displays selected metrics (e.g., likes, views, comments) as Line, Bar, or Area Charts. |
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Analytics Report: Tiles –Displays selected metrics in the shape of tiles. |
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Analytics Report: Text – Displays selected metrics in text fields. |
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Viewtracker macro Used to track and display metrics. It is now replaced by the macros above. |
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deprecated |
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Viewtracker Report macro Used to display a specific page’s view count and viewer list. It is now replaced by the macros above. |
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Popular Content macro Used to display the top content of a space. |
Replaced This macro has been updated to the Tab Wizard version. |
deprecated
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⏲️ Options for Performance Improvements on-premise
These features are pure Data Center features. They ensure that the performance of the on-premise Confluence instance is not put under too much strain.
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Report Caching |
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Batch insertion of tracked data into the database |
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Data Retention |
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Event Retention (Max number of events to retain) |
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Max. simultaneous reports |
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Max. simultaneous concurrent sessions |
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List of running queries Detect and, if necessary, stop any running query. |
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Related content
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