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title: "Confluence vs Dropbox Business: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Dropbox Business? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Document management systems set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Confluence vs Dropbox Business: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Dropbox Business? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Document management systems set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Confluence and Dropbox Business
- **Competitive set**: Document management systems
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Confluence Share of Search**: 19.8%
- **Dropbox Business Share of Search**: 0.15%

## Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Dropbox Business?

- In August 2026, Confluence had more branded searches than Dropbox Business among document management systems worldwide. Confluence was estimated to have 694K branded searches compared to Dropbox Business’ 5.4K, and held a 19.8% Share of Search versus Dropbox Business’ 0.15%.
- Confluence was ahead of Dropbox Business in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Confluence’s estimated Share of Search among document management systems worldwide moved from 23.1% to 19.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 849K to 694K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Dropbox Business’ estimated Share of Search among document management systems worldwide moved from 0.22% to 0.15%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.1K to 5.4K.

## How did search popularity change for document management systems worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Dropbox Business worldwide fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 8.1K to 5.4K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Confluence worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 849K to 694K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Confluence estimated searches | Confluence Share of Search | Confluence rank | Dropbox Business estimated searches | Dropbox Business Share of Search | Dropbox Business rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 849K | 23.1% | 2 | 8.1K | 0.22% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 694K | 19.7% | 2 | 6.6K | 0.19% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 694K | 23.1% | 2 | 5.4K | 0.18% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 850K | 23.1% | 2 | 8.1K | 0.22% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 695K | 19.7% | 2 | 6.6K | 0.19% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 849K | 23.1% | 2 | 6.6K | 0.18% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 694K | 19.7% | 2 | 6.6K | 0.19% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 694K | 19.8% | 2 | 5.4K | 0.15% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 850K | 23.2% | 2 | 4.4K | 0.12% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 695K | 19.8% | 2 | 4.4K | 0.13% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 694K | 19.8% | 2 | 5.4K | 0.15% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Confluence’s and Dropbox Business’ names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Confluence**: Measured on the search terms “confluence”, “confluence app”, “confluence knowledge base” and “confluence software”, summed into one figure.
- **Dropbox Business**: Measured on the search term “dropbox business”.

- [Confluence profile](/demand/global-en/brands/confluence)
- [Dropbox Business profile](/demand/global-en/brands/dropbox-business)
- [All document management systems worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/document-management-systems): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Dropbox Business?

In August 2026, Confluence had more branded searches than Dropbox Business among document management systems worldwide. Confluence was estimated to have 694K branded searches compared to Dropbox Business’ 5.4K, and held a 19.8% Share of Search versus Dropbox Business’ 0.15%.

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