Confluence vs Foswiki
Confluence
atlassian.comFoswiki
foswiki.orgSide by side
| Figure | Confluence | Foswiki |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5.42/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 9.4 (#2) | 8.5 (#38) |
| Spec score · Knowledge Management Software | 9.2 (#1) | 8.8 (#6) |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| History | Atlassian says Confluence 1.0 was born and released in 2002. | Foswiki keeps revision history for pages and attachments. |
| App integrations | Confluence integrates with other apps teams already use | Foswiki supports enterprise LDAP and can combine with web APIs such as Google Maps. |
| Purpose | Confluence is an organization’s single source of truth for knowledge management and project collaboration. | Foswiki is an open, programmable collaboration platform for sharing knowledge and editing pages collaboratively. |
| SSO support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Free includes Atlassian Community support, Standard provides regional business-hours support, Premium provides 24/7 critical-issue support, and Enterprise provides 24/7 support with a 30-minute critical-issue response time. | The feature page points users to IRC for help and lists community consultants who can help install and customize Foswiki. |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Confluence
- FreeFree
- Standard$5.42 a month
- Premium$10.44 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Confluence
Confluence is Atlassian's workspace for knowledge management and project collaboration, with pages, whiteboards, databases and Loom video messaging. Teams can edit content together in real time, comment, and receive notifications when tagged or assigned tasks. Its Jira connection links project tracking with documentation planning, and whiteboards can turn ideas into Jira work. View-only pages can be shared publicly; version history, content analytics and app integrations are also available. Rovo can turn content into timelines, charts, maps, slides and prototypes, while its connectors bring knowledge from services including Google Drive, Slack, Salesforce, GitHub, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint into AI search and workflows. Cloud products are hosted, while Data Center products can run on infrastructure of your choice. The Free plan supports up to 10 users, includes 2 GB of storage and allows three active whiteboards per user. Confluence is available on web, Android, iOS and as self-hosted software. Pricing starts at $5.42/user/mo, and a 7-day trial is listed.
Foswiki
Foswiki is a free, open-source collaboration platform for teams to share knowledge and edit pages in a browser. It can serve as a document repository, authoring space, content or project management tool, blog, or tracking system. Teams can build applications such as status boards, to-do lists, inventory systems, employee handbooks, and bug trackers. Pages can hold structured data for advanced search, and users can edit them with a WYSIWYG editor, topic markup, or HTML. Foswiki keeps revision history for pages and attachments, with flexible access controls to protect pages. It supports enterprise LDAP and can connect to web APIs such as Google Maps. Its plugin architecture offers hundreds of extensions for added features and third-party application integration. The feature list identifies Cross-Site Request Forgery protection and localized interfaces in 20 languages. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and can also run from a USB stick or as a VMware or VirtualBox appliance. Installation is manual, assumes basic server administration knowledge, and requires Perl and required Perl modules; external extension dependencies may need manual installation.