by AtlassianDocs and wikis
Team wiki with a free plan for 10 users, every page version kept, and audit logs, data residency and a HIPAA BAA from Standard.
A team wiki that keeps every page version, with audit logs, data residency and a self-serve HIPAA BAA from the Standard plan.
Confluence puts the controls a security review asks about on its first paid plan: Standard includes audit logs, a choice of data location (EU, US and other regions) and a HIPAA BAA you request from Atlassian Administration, alongside Atlassian’s SOC 2 and ISO 27001 reports. Pages keep their whole version history on every plan, and the Free plan covers 10 users with unlimited spaces and pages. Standard also includes Rovo AI credits for every user.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Docs and wikis: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Confluence | Notion | Coda | GitBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Compliance includedA team wiki that keeps every page version, with audit logs, data residency and a self-serve HIPAA BAA from the Standard plan. | Worth the priceDocs, wikis, databases, forms and published sites in one workspace for $10 per member a month, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. | Worth the priceDocs with tables, formulas and automations where only the people who create docs are billed: $12 a Doc Maker, with Editors and Viewers free. | Saves engineering timePublished docs with two-way GitHub and GitLab sync, auto-generated API references and an MCP server, where people who only read the site are not billed. |
| Overall score | 8.8Best | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $7.15/user/mo | $10/member/mo | $12/Doc Maker/mo | $65/site/mo + $12/member |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Seat + usage |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billed per | User (annual prices by user tier) | Member (guests free) | Doc Maker (Editors and Viewers free) | Published site plus each member; site readers free |
| Free plan | Up to 10 users, 2 GB storage | Yes; blocks limited for 2+ members, 7-day history | Yes; shared docs limited, 7-day history | 1 member, unlimited basic sites |
| 30 people, 10 who write | $214.50/mo (Standard, monthly); $300/mo billed annually | $300/mo (Plus, billed yearly) | $120/mo (Pro, billed annually, 10 Doc Makers) | $369/mo (Ultimate site + 10 members, readers via authenticated access); $425/mo with all 30 as members on Essential |
| Version history, entry paid plan | Every page version kept | 30 days | 30 days | Every change listed, with rollback |
| Page analytics, entry paid plan | View counts and a views chart | Viewers list and views chart | Enterprise only | Page views, visitors and site searches |
| AI on the entry paid plan | Rovo, 25 credits per user a month | Trial; Notion Agent from Business | Docs AI (beta), fair use | 2,000 AI credits per site a month; AI Assistant Ask for readers |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both | Both | Both (SOC 2 report for Enterprise customers) | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Standard and up, signed in Atlassian Administration | Enterprise | Enterprise (contact sales) | Not stated |
| Data residency | Standard and up (EU, US and other locations) | Enterprise (EU, US, Japan, Korea) | Not stated | Not offered; data stored and processed in the US |
| SAML SSO and SCIM | Atlassian Guard Standard add-on; included on Enterprise | SAML on Business; SCIM on Enterprise | Enterprise | SAML on Enterprise; SCIM not listed |
| Audit log | Standard and up | Enterprise | Enterprise (audit events) | Enterprise (audit events API) |
| Bulk export | Space as PDF, CSV, HTML or XML | Workspace as HTML, Markdown and CSV | Own docs as .txt and .csv | Space as Markdown through Git Sync (GitHub or GitLab) |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Confluence puts the most security-review controls on its first paid plan and keeps every page version. Budget for Atlassian Guard if you need SAML SSO, and compare monthly and annual billing at your team size. | From its public pages, Notion is the broadest workspace here, with open export formats on every plan and viewer analytics on Plus. Paying for every member and keeping audit logs and residency on Enterprise are what hold its score back. | From its public pages, Coda (now Superhuman Docs) costs the least here when few people create docs, because Editors and Viewers are free. Admin, analytics and compliance controls sit on Enterprise, which is what lowers its score. | From its public pages, GitBook is strongest for published and developer docs: Git Sync, full history and free readers on published sites. As an internal wiki, readers inside the app are paid seats and admin controls sit on Enterprise, which lowers its score. |
Evidence: Confluence: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Notion: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Coda: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; GitBook: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Confluence's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 15, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Atlassian's Confluence pricing page, the Atlassian Guard pricing page, the trust center and the Confluence and administration help docs on Oct 15, 2026; we did not sign up for this review. The pricing page has a team-size box and a monthly or annual switch. At 30 users, Standard shows $7.15 per user a month billed monthly; switched to annual it shows $3,600 a year for the 26–50 user tier, which is more than twelve monthly bills for 30 users. Annual prices are set per tier, so they suit teams near the top of a tier.
The plan table is generous on Standard: audit logs, data residency, page insights, archiving, public links and free guests. The HIPAA docs say Standard and Premium admins request a BAA in Atlassian Administration; free and trial plans cannot sign one. SAML SSO and SCIM are a separate product, Atlassian Guard Standard, on every plan except Enterprise.
The help docs add two things the pricing page does not: all page history is retained, and a space admin can export a whole space as PDF, CSV, HTML or XML.
Audit logs, data residency and a self-serve HIPAA BAA all start on Standard.
vs Notion: Notion lists the audit log, data residency and a BAA on Enterprise; Coda lists audit events and HIPAA on Enterprise.
The help docs say all page history is retained, on every plan including Free.
vs Notion: Notion keeps 30 days on Plus; Coda 30 days on Pro.
Up to 10 users with unlimited spaces and pages and 2 GB of storage.
vs Notion: Notion and Coda limit shared content on their free plans.
Space admins can export a space as PDF, CSV, HTML or XML; CSV imports into another Confluence Cloud site and XML into Data Center.
Standard includes Rovo search, chat and agents with 25 credits per user a month.
The plan table says SSO and SCIM require Atlassian Guard Standard on Free, Standard and Premium; it is included on Enterprise.
Workaround: Guard Standard lists $4.35 per user a month billed monthly, or $2,200 a year for 26–50 users.
Annual billing charges for the whole tier: 30 users pay the 26–50 tier price of $3,600 a year, while monthly billing at 30 users comes to $2,574 a year.
Standard shows view counts and a views chart; the viewers list, date ranges and space analytics need Premium or Enterprise.
Confluence bills per user. At 30 users Standard is $7.15 a user a month billed monthly ($214.50), or $3,600 a year for the 26–50 user tier ($300 a month); Premium is $14.10 monthly or $7,100 a year. Readers count as users; guests are free. SAML SSO and SCIM need Atlassian Guard Standard: $4.35 a user a month at 30 users ($130.50), or $2,200 a year for the tier. Standard includes 25 Rovo credits per user a month. Atlassian also sells Confluence in the Teamwork Collection with Jira, Loom and Rovo.
Space admins can export a space as PDF, CSV, HTML or XML; the help docs say CSV suits import into another Confluence Cloud site and XML suits import into Confluence Data Center, Atlassian’s self-managed edition. Single pages export to Word or PDF.
From its public pages, Confluence puts the most security-review controls on its first paid plan and keeps every page version. Budget for Atlassian Guard if you need SAML SSO, and compare monthly and annual billing at your team size.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Billed per | User (annual prices by user tier) |
| Free plan | Up to 10 users, 2 GB storage |
| 30 people, 10 who write | $214.50/mo (Standard, monthly); $300/mo billed annually |
| Version history, entry paid plan | Every page version kept |
| Page analytics, entry paid plan | View counts and a views chart |
| AI on the entry paid plan | Rovo, 25 credits per user a month |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Standard and up, signed in Atlassian Administration |
| Data residency | Standard and up (EU, US and other locations) |
| SAML SSO and SCIM | Atlassian Guard Standard add-on; included on Enterprise |
| Audit log | Standard and up |
| Bulk export | Space as PDF, CSV, HTML or XML |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 15, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Confluence yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 15, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Confluence yet.
Confluence lists 4 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Standard (monthly billing, 30 users), costs $7.15/user/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-15.
Source: atlassian.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, security and help pages of three docs and wiki tools on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. Who each one bills, what 30 people cost, and who should pick which.
