Comparison of Confluence Alternatives

A comparison of supported alternatives to Confluence
Confluence alternatives and their features

Feature

Confluence

Knowledge Base (KB)

WiscWeb

GitLab

Google Workspace

Box

Office 365 

Spaces/Sites
Contain pages/articles for individuals, teams, and projects

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Pages/Articles

Pages with content used for various purposes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Notifications

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Commenting

Y

Y

N
(commenting on news posts only, comments can be turned on and off)

N

Y

Y

Y

Macros

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N N

Real-time editing and collaboration

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Page versioning

Y

Y

Y
(last 14 revisions)

Y

Y

Y

Y

Permissions at the group, space, and page/article level

Y

Y

Y
(limited to access per website based on user roles)


(limited to group and project level)

Y

Y

Y

Internal content accessed using permissions

Y

Y

Y
(limited - can protect a single page using a password, improvements in progress)

Y

Y Y

Y

External/public content

Y

Y

Y

Y
(using GitLab pages)

Y

Y

Y

Personalized feed and home page

Y

N

N

N

N N N

Landing page

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Announcements

Y

N

Y

N N N N

Blogs

Y

Y

Y

N N N N

Structured page tree

Y

Y

Y

Y N N N

Templates

Y

Y

N
(can duplicate content)

N

Y

Y

Y

Search

Y

Y
(semantic search in progress)

Y

Y
(limited search capabilities)

Y
(limited search capabilities)

Y
(limited search capabilities)

Y
(limited search capabilities)



KeywordsConfluence, Knowledge Base (KB), WiscWeb, GitLab, Google Workspace, Box, Office 365, Atlassian, Service, Change   Doc ID132402
OwnerTeresa A.GroupShared Tools
Created2023-10-30 13:14:44Updated2024-10-09 12:40:18
SitesDoIT Help Desk, Shared Tools
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