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Confluence vs XWiki: catalog facts
Confluence	XWiki
Freemium Hosted plans from Atlassian, with paid tiers for larger teams and more features.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1 licence; professional support is available.
Web	Self-hosted
Central wiki for team documentation and knowledge AI drafting, summaries and answers from existing pages	Extension-based architecture for adding applications WYSIWYG editor with real-time collaboration
Hosted service; your content lives on Atlassian's servers Built for teams rather than personal notes	Heavier to install and run than lightweight wikis Breadth of features takes time to learn
Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-2.1
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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