Alternatives to Confluence
Atlassian's enterprise wiki
Confluence ranks #2 of 9 in Team wikis, with an Alt Score of 89. It is proprietary, freemium and available on Web, iOS and Android. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Teams and organizations across functions like product, engineering, marketing, and HR who need a shared place to create and organize documentation and knowledge.
Pages, whiteboards, and databases for documentation and structured content, organized into spaces with search and linking. Real-time co-editing and commenting support team collaboration, with native integration into Jira and other Atlassian tools. AI features (Rovo) assist with summarizing content, cross-tool search, and generating formats like timelines or slides from existing pages.
Users create pages or other content types (often from templates), organize them into spaces, and collaborate via real-time editing and comments. Pages can link to related content and to Jira issues, keeping documentation connected to project work.
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Team wikis checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Confluence is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-11
Free forever for 10 users
https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing -
Platforms Web, iOS, Android verified 2026-07-11
Confluence Mobile gives you instant access to your team, projects, and customers
https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/mobile-app -
License Proprietary verified 2026-07-11
Atlassian grants Customer a non-exclusive, worldwide right to use the Products and related Support and Advisory Services for its and its Affiliates' internal business purposes
https://www.atlassian.com/legal/customer-agreement -
Status active verified 2026-07-11
We're excited to present Confluence 10.2
https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-10-2-release-notes-1652924013.html -
Markdown support Partial verified 2026-07-11
You can use markdown to quickly format text in the Confluence Cloud editor.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/available-markdown-commands/ -
Real-time collaboration Yes verified 2026-07-11
Up to 40 users can edit the same live doc at the same time and see each other's changes instantly.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-and-collaborate-in-real-time-with-live-docs/ -
Page permissions Yes verified 2026-07-11
Controls who can view content in your space. If the view permission is granted to the user or group, they can view all content in your space.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/assign-space-permissions/ -
Version history Yes verified 2026-07-11
Confluence creates a new version of your work each time you edit and update.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-edit-and-publish-a-page/ -
Search quality Yes verified 2026-07-11
Confluence gives you a few ways to find what you're looking for.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/search-for-pages-and-posts/ -
Self-hostable Partial verified 2026-07-11
Data Center is our self-managed edition of Confluence built for enterprises.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/spaces/ENTERPRISE/pages/612959397/Confluence+Data+Center -
Public publishing Yes verified 2026-07-11
When you make your content available to anonymous users, this means anyone on the internet.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/make-a-space-public/ -
Comments & review Yes verified 2026-07-11
Inline comments — added to a highlighted section of the page, doc, slide, or post you are editing or viewing; good for targeted comments on a specific word, phrase or section
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/comment-on-pages-and-blog-posts/ -
API access Yes verified 2026-07-11
This is the reference for the Confluence Cloud REST API v2, with definitions and performance intended to be an improvement over v1.
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/intro/ -
Import from competitors Yes verified 2026-07-11
Easily bring existing work over to Confluence from Word, Google Docs, or OneDrive documents.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/import-content-into-confluence-cloud/ -
Diagrams support Partial verified 2026-07-11
Create diagrams, wireframes, flowcharts and more with Gliffy.
https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/use-confluence-for-technical-documentation/ -
SSO / SAML Yes verified 2026-07-11
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular an identity provider and a service provider (such as C
https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/configure-saml-single-sign-on/
FAQ
Yes. BookStack, Wiki.js and Nuclino have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Outline, BookStack and Wiki.js — every license claim links its source.