CompassDocs vs XWiki

CompassDocs is a self-hosted team knowledge base for writing, organizing, and searching SOPs, technical documentation, policies, and internal reference material. Staff can ask plain-English questions about documents and receive answers with inline citations; without an AI key, the product instead uses keyword search. Documents can be edited in rich text or Markdown, with AI proofreading and support for diagrams, tables, checklists, and embeds. Viewer, Editor, Approver, and Admin roles, custom roles, private spaces, and an optional review queue govern access and publishing. Integrations include a Claude connector, Microsoft 365 and Entra sync, Google Workspace directory sync, and notifications through Webex, Teams, Slack, email, or webhooks. Teams can run it with Docker or install Node.js and PostgreSQL manually. Self-hosted backups can be scheduled, restored, and mirrored to off-site storage. Community is free and self-hosted; Enterprise is $599 a year. A Cloud plan at $8 a month per user is listed as coming soon, not yet launched.

XWiki is a wiki-based collaboration platform for organizing knowledge and supporting shared work. Its editing tools include a WYSIWYG editor, in-place changes, attachments, previews, comments, annotations, notifications, and version history. Teams can also build structured pages and forms with AppWithinMinutes, then browse the resulting information in filterable livetables. The extension library has over 700 ready-to-use options, alongside hundreds of APIs in XWiki’s scripting language. Enterprise features include Active Directory and LDAP connections, single sign-on, office document import or preview, PDF viewing and export, and data imports. XWiki Standard is open source and available free, with cloud and on-premises deployment options. XWiki Cloud covers setup, hosting, upgrades, maintenance, backups, security updates, and 24/7 monitoring. The free Community plan is on-premises with community support and no guarantees. The pricing note lists paid service from €1/user/mo and a 30-day trial; the homepage says the trial can be extended on request and requires no credit card.