Confluence AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Wiki Engines

The best Wiki Engine alternative to Confluence is Nuclino, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Confluence and 15 are Wiki Engines so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Wiki Engine alternatives to Confluence are Notion, BookStack, Docmost and XWiki.

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  1. Nuclino icon

    Nuclino

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    Nuclino is a unified workspace where teams can bring all their knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place. It’s a modern, simple, and blazingly fast way to collaborate, without the chaos of files and folders, context switching, or silos.

    328 Nuclino alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
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    Comments about Nuclino as an Alternative to Confluence
    Comment summary: Users find Nuclino to be a faster, simpler, and more efficient alternative to Confluence. The real-time collaboration features, minimalism, and intuitive UI are highlighted as major benefits. Many comments mention Confluence's sluggishness and complexity, praising Nuclino for its clean design and straightforward functionality.
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    I like that it's lightweight and much faster to work with.

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    Guest
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    Easy to edit, promotes collaboration

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Alin Marsico
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    Way faster and easier to use. Fewer formatting features but all the essentials work flawlessly.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Nuclino is a great Confluence alternative.

    • Nuclino is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Confluence.

    • Nuclino is the most popular free alternative to Confluence.

    • Nuclino is Freemium and ProprietaryConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
    • Nuclino is Lightweight and MinimalisticConfluence is not according to our users
  2. Notion icon

    Notion

     645 likes
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    Enhance team collaboration and content organization with Notion. Experience real-time access, intuitive drag-and-drop functionalities, and visually simple interfaces designed for productivity in managing tasks, notes, and databases effectively. Ideal for teams of every size.

    153 Notion alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Almost everyone thinks Notion is a great Confluence alternative.

    • Notion is the most popular SaaS & Android Tablet alternative to Confluence.

    • Notion is Freemium and ProprietaryConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
    • Notion is CustomizableConfluence is not according to our users
  4. BookStack icon

    BookStack

     129 likes
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    BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

    107 BookStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    Comments about BookStack as an Alternative to Confluence
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    Bookstack is completly free and also has a WYSIWYG Editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think BookStack is a great Confluence alternative.

    • BookStack is Free and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
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    Notion

    Enhance team collaboration and content organization with Notion. Experience real-time access, intuitive drag-and-drop functionalities, and visually simple interfaces designed for productivity in managing tasks, notes, and databas...

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  6. Docmost icon

    Docmost

     44 likes
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    Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

    91 Docmost alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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    • Docmost is the most popular commercial alternative to Confluence.

    • Docmost is Paid and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
    • Docmost is Privacy focusedConfluence is not according to our users
  7. XWiki icon

    XWiki

     98 likes
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    XWiki is the ultimate open-source structured wiki designed to enhance business collaboration and efficiency. Tailored for tech-savvy professionals, XWiki’s extensibility, customization, and flexibility make it indispensable for managing large projects and datasets, while...

    109 XWiki alternatives

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    • Docker
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    Guest
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    Provides similar functions and look & feel.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    It's Open Source and has the closest feature set compared to Confluence. It also has additional features such as structured wiki pages. There is also a migration toolkit.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Clément Aubin
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    I like XWiki as an alternative to Confluence as it comes with tools allowing a seamless migration from one to another. It also has similar macros and the same extension mechanism as Confluence, which allows to not loose features when migrating.

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    • Almost everyone thinks XWiki is a great Confluence alternative.

    • XWiki is Free and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
    • XWiki is Privacy focusedConfluence is not according to our users
  8. MediaWiki icon

    MediaWiki

     183 likes
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    MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.

    86 MediaWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Sandstorm
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    Daniel Pinto
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    4

    It's free and reliable. The interface is a bit dated and it's not that easy to set up and use, but in general, a good alternative.

    Lisa Bowman
    Positive
    0

    Free and flexible. Let modern than Confluence, but more reliable.

    Guest
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    Very flexible with lots of use cases and extensions.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think MediaWiki is a great Confluence alternative.

    • MediaWiki is Free and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
  10. DokuWiki icon

    DokuWiki

     189 likes
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    DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and...

    93 DokuWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    Karim Abud
    Positive
    3

    A bit dated but tested by time - and free!

    Guest
    Negative
    -5

    no friends, live chat and pms

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think DokuWiki is a great Confluence alternative.

    • DokuWiki is Free and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
    • DokuWiki is LightweightConfluence is not according to our users
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    Wiki.js

     51 likes
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    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    76 Wiki.js alternatives

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    BlueSpice for MediaWiki

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    BlueSpice is your tool for documentation and centrally collecting and sharing knowledge. BlueSpice turns Wikipedia’s popular software engine MediaWiki into a fully-fledged EnterpriseWiki solution.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • MediaWiki
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  13. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware icon

    Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

     99 likes
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    Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, web-based, multilingual (40+ languages), tightly integrated, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, Free Source Software (GNU/LGPL), using PHP + Smarty, MySQL, Zend Framework, jQuery and Bootstrap.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • PHP
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  14. Documize icon

    Documize

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    Documize creates the Enterprise Knowledge Backbone by unifying docs, wiki, reporting and dashboards — composition + coordination + discovery + distribution + workflows = faster business outcomes

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

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    Comments about Documize as an Alternative to Confluence
    manuelrodriguez
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    once you reach a large number of files managing security, workflows and dated content becomes chaos, and you need many add-ons to confluence as well as jira and still it doesnt work, a simpler solution that worked for us is Documize

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    • Most users think Documize is a great Confluence alternative.

    • Documize is Paid and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
  15. ProWiki icon

    ProWiki

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    ProWiki is a collaborative knowledge management tool for teams and organizations.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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