Confluence
Knowledge Base · by Atlassian
Team wiki and knowledge base for documentation.
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Summary
Team wiki and knowledge base for documentation.
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Pricing
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| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | – | |
| Standard | from $5.78/mo per user | Not offered or not recorded | 7 days |
| Premium | $11.16/mo per user | Not offered or not recorded | 7 days |
| Enterprise | Pricing on request (contact sales) | – | |
Free
Free
Standard
- Billed monthly
- from $5.78/mo per user
- Billed annually
- Not offered or not recorded
7-day free trial
Premium
- Billed monthly
- $11.16/mo per user
- Billed annually
- Not offered or not recorded
7-day free trial
Enterprise
Pricing on request
Features
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Capabilities
| Feature | Overall |
|---|---|
| Access permissions | Included |
| Custom assistants | Included |
| File uploads | Limited |
| Full-text search | Included |
| Two-factor authentication | Included |
| Version history | Included |
- Access permissionsIncluded
- Custom assistantsIncluded
- File uploadsLimited
- Full-text searchIncluded
- Two-factor authenticationIncluded
- Version historyIncluded
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What users say about Confluence
Themes from 63 public Hacker News comments that mention Confluence (Aug 5 to Oct 29). These are people’s opinions, not facts we have verified. Counts are comments, not a survey.
What people like
Useful for AI and internal search
8 commentsSeveral commenters say Confluence content, connected through MCP or internal tools, helps AI agents and internal assistants find documentation.
“it'll go off and find info buried in the corporate abyss.”
Hacker News · Oct 12(opens in a new tab) “It also had access to our internal docs (Confluence), JIRAs, Slack conversation history… All via MCPs.”
Hacker News · Sep 13(opens in a new tab) Easy-to-use wiki for non-developers
3 commentsA few commenters say Confluence is the wiki that non-developer staff can use without difficulty, which is why some companies moved to it.
“non-developers have to use this and Markdown+plugins is hard”
Hacker News · Aug 5(opens in a new tab) “Confluence is slow but pretty simple, standard wiki otherwise.”
Hacker News · Oct 16(opens in a new tab)
Common complaints
Prefer git and markdown over Confluence
5 commentsSeveral developers say git and markdown are a better way to keep documentation than Confluence's wiki format.
“git + markdown is the way, especially in these agentic days.”
Hacker News · Oct 16(opens in a new tab) “people would want to keep using Markdown in place of WYSIWIG”
Hacker News · Aug 12(opens in a new tab) Security and data sovereignty concerns
5 commentsSome commenters say hosted Confluence raises data sovereignty and exfiltration worries, especially for EU data and Rovo AI processing.
“many EU companies have sensitive data on hosted JIRA / Confluence that simply cannot be in the possession of a non-European company.”
Hacker News · Oct 29(opens in a new tab) “surrender their data to Atlassian and use Confluence and JIRA over countless alternatives.”
Hacker News · Sep 4(opens in a new tab) Slow, bloated, and heavy to run
4 commentsSeveral commenters describe Confluence as slow and bloated, with one saying a single browser instance can consume over a gigabyte of memory.
“Confluence is slow but pretty simple, standard wiki otherwise.”
Hacker News · Oct 16(opens in a new tab) “confluence is bloated an unweildy.”
Hacker News · Oct 16(opens in a new tab) Weak search and editing compared to alternatives
4 commentsCommenters say Confluence search is fuzzy and frustrating, and that alternative wikis have trouble matching its multi-user table editing.
“It does really feel bad when you have been for years been trained to do exact word searches.”
Hacker News · Sep 27(opens in a new tab) “it's difficult to find worthy competitors to Confluence.”
Hacker News · Aug 5(opens in a new tab)
Grouped by AI on Oct 30, 2026. Every quote is copied word for word from the linked comment, and a theme needs at least two separate comments.
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