Confluence Alternatives

Confluence is described as 'Trusted by 8,000 businesses, Confluence is the leading collaboration software and enterprise wiki for intranets and knowledge management. Free 30-day trial' and is a popular team collaboration tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Confluence for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Windows, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Confluence alternative is Nuclino, which is free. Other great apps like Confluence are Notion, Anytype, Trello and AppFlowy.

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Confluence alternatives are mainly Team Collaboration Tools, but if you're looking for Note-taking Tools or Project Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Self-Hosted, Self-Hosted + Free, Self-Hosted + Open Source and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Confluence.
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  1. DokuWiki icon
     189 likes

    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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    Comments about DokuWiki as an Alternative to Confluence
    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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    • DokuWiki is Free and Open SourceConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
    • DokuWiki is LightweightConfluence is not according to our users
  2. QOwnNotes icon
     96 likes

    Plain text notepad with markdown support and todo list manager for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that works together with the notes application of ownCloud.

    266 QOwnNotes alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Qt
     
  3. ClickUp icon
     100 likes

    All-in-one system integrates project, task, and time management with customizable modular dashboards, collaborative image annotation, multiple task views, and granular workflow customization for teams of any size or industry, streamlining complex to simple projects.

    176 ClickUp alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Foam icon
     52 likes

    Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  5. Wiki.js icon
     51 likes

    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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    • Mac
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  6. Wrike icon
     319 likes

    Provides project, task, and folder management, automated workflows, templates, blueprints, AI-driven work creation, resource allocation, timeline views, and integrations to centralize, visualize, and manage collaborative work across multiple teams and channels.

    138 Wrike alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • iPhone
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Comments about Wrike as an Alternative to Confluence
    bbchase
    Negative
    0

    Though both have project management tools, Confluence is Primarily a Wiki while Wrike is primarily a project management tool. Wrike does not have wiki, knowledge base, or documentation tools.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Wrike is Freemium and ProprietaryConfluence is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Plane icon
     22 likes

    Open source alternative supporting project management, issue and task tracking, custom workflows, Kanban, list, calendar views, analytics, imports, secure encryption, Slack and GitHub integrations, Agile and Waterfall frameworks, and advanced customization.

    69 Plane alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. acreom icon
     26 likes

    acreom is an actionable personal knowledge base for developers. It helps developers ship faster by centralizing personal and team context in one place.

    86 acreom alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Walling icon
     44 likes

    Working on a project, researching a topic or writing an article? Walling makes it easy to break down your ideas, refine them and visually organize them.

    281 Walling alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Outline icon
     23 likes

    Your team’s knowledge base Team wiki, documentation, meeting notes, playbooks, onboarding, work logs, brainstorming, & more….

    93 Outline alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Cloudron
     
  11. Archbee icon
     15 likes

    Generate and manage technical documentation with AI-powered tools, real-time collaboration, GitHub content sync, custom domains, automated onboarding support, 30 customizable blocks, external integrations, JavaScript and React widgets, and secure distribution.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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