What Atlassian product -- if any -- can be used to build a forum-like interaction?

[Mike Sullivan]

Similar if not just like the jira... communities function.  Just like this what I'm doing now.

[Walter Buggenhout · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mike Sullivan,

The previous Atlassian Answers was based on Confluence Questions (now known as Questions for Confluence).

You can find it - with a lot more information - on the Atlassian Marketplace. 

[Mike Sullivan]

hey @Walter Buggenhout That's what I was looking for. 

I'm guessing "Questions for Confluence" is a for-fee-add-on for Confluence not just part of it.

[Walter Buggenhout]

That's correct, @Mike Sullivan. You can find pricing for your specific hosting option and user tier through the Marketplace link I included above.

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

community.atlassian.com is not based on any Atlassian product. As far as I know it is based on Lithium.

Like others suggested, for Confluence you should check out the Confluence Questions and the Community Forums add-ons.

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hi Mike,

did you try Hipchat already? Soon, there will be a new platform called Stride, but it is not yet available for public. 

If you need more like a "Question and Answer"-Style - there's an app for Confluence called "Questions for Confluence".

You can find more information about these tools on atlassian.com

[Mike Sullivan]

hey tom. quick look at HC is not quite what I had in mind.  I was hoping that communities was itself based on some portion of the Atlassian suite.