Confluence Compare Editions

Confluence comes in Hosted, Enterprise Hosting and Install versions. Depending on your collaboration needs and IT environment, you may find that one version is more appropriate for your organisation.

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Which one is right for you? Read the differences in detail below.

  Hosted Version Enterprise Hosting Install Version
Sign up and begin using immediately  
No IT infrastructure necessary  
Automatically upgraded with new versions  
Includes SSL  
Install behind your firewall for added security    
Complete control over configuration and customisation  
Integrate into corporate application environment  

Core Features

Confluence's core feature set is the same across all versions.

  Hosted Version Enterprise Hosting Install Version
Unlimited pages
Unlimited spaces
Unlimited news
Attachments
10 GB limit on Hosted. 35-600 GB limit for Enterprise Hosting (more info).
Comments
Images

Additional Functionality

Confluence contains a variety of other enterprise features, many of which are available in all versions.

  Hosted Version Enterprise Hosting Install Version
Page linking
Notifications
Mail archiving  
Personal spaces  
Content search
Attachment search
User search  

Administration

Everything you need to manage your Confluence site is available through Confluence itself: no messing with configuration files or scripts required.

  Hosted Version Enterprise Hosting Install Version
Edit users & groups
Add themes  
Add plugins  
Space level permissioning
Page level permissioning
Backup
Local date and time
Anonymous viewing  
System administrator access  
The following administrative options are not available in Hosted version: enabling CamelCase-style linking, enabling flat (vs. threaded) comments, enabling trackbacks, show email addresses, monitor memory usage, and plugin/extension management.

Integration

Confluence is designed to be integrated — both into your daily workflow tools and into your organisational systems.

  Hosted Version Enterprise Hosting Install Version
RSS / News aggregator
SOAP / XML-RPC interfaces
JIRA integration  
Java API access  
LDAP integration  
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