Confluence vs MoinMoin
Confluence
atlassian.comMoinMoin
moinmo.inSide by side
| Figure | Confluence | MoinMoin |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 8.0 (#83) |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.3 (#13) |
| Collaboration | Teams can edit content in real time, comment inline or on pages, and receive notifications when teammates are tagged or assigned tasks. | Features include configurable edit locking or warnings to help avoid editing conflicts, plus RSS feeds for RecentChanges. |
| Founded | 2002 | 2000 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| History | Atlassian says Confluence 1.0 was born and released in 2002. | The wiki keeps backups of page revisions and supports revision lists and diffs between arbitrary versions. |
| App integrations | Confluence integrates with other apps teams already use | The feature list names email and Jabber notifications, email import, wiki synchronization, and XML-RPC. |
| Purpose | Confluence is an organization’s single source of truth for knowledge management and project collaboration. | MoinMoin is an extensible wiki engine for collaboration on easily editable web pages. |
| 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. | Free support is available through the project wiki, mailing list, and chat channel; paid support is also offered by MoinMoin consultants and developers. |
| 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.
MoinMoin
MoinMoin is a free, extensible wiki engine for creating and collaborating on editable web pages. It offers a WYSIWYG editor as well as text markup, and keeps page revision backups with lists and comparisons between versions. Search covers titles, full text, multiple terms, Boolean expressions, attachments, and older revisions through Xapian indexing. Configurable edit locks or warnings can help reduce editing conflicts, while RSS feeds report RecentChanges. Access controls include permission lists, multiple authentication methods, reuse of web server authentication, and modular single sign-on. Extensions include macros, parsers, actions, formatters, XML-RPC, and themes. MoinMoin stores page content in directories and does not require an external SQL database. It can run on Linux, UNIX, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows, and OpenVMS through several server options. The download page lists version 1.9.11, released in 2020; the 2.0 repository is described as unstable and alpha quality at best. Free project support is available, and consultants and developers also offer paid support.