Alternatives to Confluence
Atlassian's web-based team workspace for writing, organizing and sharing documentation and internal knowledge. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Confluence
Atlassian's web-based team workspace for writing, organizing and sharing documentation and internal knowledge.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Confluence.
Docmost
An open-source, self-hosted wiki for team documentation with real-time collaborative editing.
Docmost is an open-source wiki you host yourself, with real-time editing and migration from Confluence, though you must run and maintain the server.
Slite
A hosted team knowledge base with AI features that keeps company documentation verified and current.
Slite is another hosted team knowledge base, adding verification status on documents and AI review of pages that may be outdated.
Nuclino
A collaborative team workspace for wiki pages, documents and projects in one place.
Nuclino offers a lighter hosted wiki with a simple editor and instant search, aimed at small and mid-sized teams rather than large Atlassian setups.
Microsoft Loop
A collaborative workspace app from Microsoft with shared pages and live components across Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Loop provides shared pages with live components that sync across Microsoft 365 apps, but it is tied to Microsoft accounts rather than Atlassian tools.
Superhuman Docs
A collaborative workspace, formerly called Coda, that combines documents, tables, apps and AI features.
Superhuman Docs, formerly Coda, combines documents with structured tables, formulas and integration packs, going beyond wiki pages toward lightweight internal apps.
Notejoy
A collaborative notes app for individuals and teams with quick find and full-text search.
Notejoy is a hosted collaborative notes app with fast search and desktop and mobile apps, suited to smaller teams building a shared knowledge base.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Jira
Atlassian's issue and project tracking tool for planning, assigning and tracking team work.
HackMD
A web-based Markdown editor for writing and editing notes and documents together in real time.
Etherpad
Real-time collaborative plain-text editor you host yourself.
Huly
An open-source team platform combining project tracking, chat, documents, planning and video meetings.
Plane
An open-source project management tool for work items, cycles, wikis and AI, cloud or self-hosted.
Google Workspace
Google's online office suite with Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Drive and Meet in one account.
