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Confluence

Atlassian's team wiki for pages, spaces and project docs, tightly linked to Jira.

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About Confluence

Confluence is Atlassian's wiki and documentation tool, organised into spaces that hold trees of pages. Teams use it for product specs, meeting notes, runbooks, HR policies and anything else that needs a shared home. Templates cover common page types, and recent versions add whiteboards, databases, embedded Loom videos and Atlassian's Rovo AI for search, summaries and drafting. Its biggest draw is the Jira connection: issues, roadmaps and sprint reports can be embedded and linked both ways, so engineering-heavy companies often treat the pair as a default. The Marketplace adds thousands of apps for diagrams, approvals and macros. The downsides are a sometimes slow, cluttered editor, search that struggles in large instances, and permissions that need careful planning. Pricing is per user per month with a free tier for small teams and Standard, Premium and Enterprise plans above it. Atlassian is moving customers to its cloud, and the self-managed Data Center edition has an announced end of support. It runs in the browser with mobile apps.

Best for: Companies already on Jira that want a structured, permissioned wiki next to their issue tracker.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Deep two-way integration with Jira
  • Large Marketplace of apps and macros
  • Space and page permissions suit big organisations
  • Free tier for small teams

Why people leave

  • Editor and navigation feel heavy in large instances
  • Search quality drops as content grows
  • Self-managed Data Center edition is being retired

Top Confluence alternatives

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  1. 1Slab logo
    Slab

    Much cleaner and faster for a pure wiki, with a free plan for small teams.

    77.6
  2. 2Outline logo
    Outline

    A fast, modern wiki with a self-hosting option and Slack-style search.

    59.6
  3. 3XWiki logo
    XWiki

    Open-source, European wiki with a Confluence migration toolkit and on-prem deployment.

    57.2
  4. 4Docmost logo
    Docmost

    Self-hosted open-source wiki with Confluence import, for teams leaving Data Center.

    55.3
  5. 5BookStack logo
    BookStack

    Free, MIT-licensed self-hosted wiki for teams that just want simple shelves and pages.

    53.6

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Confluence: common questions

Is Confluence free?

Confluence has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: Up to 10 users (checked on Confluence's own site).

Is Confluence open source?

No, Confluence is not open source. Open-source alternatives include XWiki, Docmost and BookStack.

What platforms does Confluence run on?

Confluence is available for Web, iOS and Android.

What are the best alternatives to Confluence?

The highest-ranked Confluence alternatives right now are Slab, Outline and XWiki. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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