Confluence features: tier-by-tier list (2026)
Atlassian's team wiki and knowledge platform with deep Jira integration, priced per user with a free tier for up to 10 users.
Core capabilities (15)
From chaos to context
Teamwork Graph intelligently discovers, understands, and connects data to maximize collaboration and productivity across all your apps and collections.
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Unleash the power of all data
Effortlessly unify data across Atlassian, marketplace, and third-party apps, dissolving siloes and providing essential context right when needed.
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Simplify how work unfolds
Pre-loaded platform apps help you map how work unfolds across your System of Work by connecting data across teams, goals, and work.
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Where ambition meets outcomes
The Goals app unifies and aligns individual, team, and organizational objectives with work ensuring visibility into progress at all levels for all teams.
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Where it all comes together
The Home app creates a centralized view of work across all apps, goals, teams, and projects, enabling users to focus on the most impactful tasks.
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Teamwork without the guesswork
The Teams app makes it easy to find all of your collaborators, both human and agentic.
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Automation that powers productivity
Unleash the true capacity and velocity of your organization by automating manual tasks across teams and tools with Atlassian Automation.
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Foundations built for success
Scale confidently with a platform that is purpose-built to meet current and future enterprise requirements Learn why you can trust Atlassian 1/3 “We saw that Atlassian’s platform had the ability to be customized and tailored to the way we work.
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The Atlassian Cloud Platform connects teams with all
The Atlassian Cloud Platform connects teams with all the curated data, context, and goals they need as they work across their favorite Atlassian and third-party applications.
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“We saw that Atlassian’s platform had the ability
“We saw that Atlassian’s platform had the ability to be customized and tailored to the way we work.
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“Work becomes a lot more visible when it’s all in one place
“Work becomes a lot more visible when it’s all in one place. It makes collaboration a whole lot easier and facilitates that transparency.”
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Discontinuation of wiki markup
[ edit ] As of version 4.0, in 2011, [ 17 ] Confluence ended support for wiki markup language. [ 18 ] This led to pushback by some previous versions' users who objected to the change. [ 19 ] In response, Atlassian provided a source code
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Security
[ edit ] Confluence Cloud data is encrypted in transit and at rest. [ 23 ] In June 2022, Atlassian disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Confluence Server allowing remote code execution , which had been present for over a decade. [ 24 ] In Octo
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The company markets Confluence as enterprise software
The company markets Confluence as enterprise software , licensed as either on-premises software or software as a service running on AWS .
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Additionally, wiki markup can be typed into the
Additionally, wiki markup can be typed into the editor, and Confluence's autocomplete and auto-format function converts the wiki markup to the new format.
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AI features (4)
Quality AI starts with quality data
Maximize your AI investment by connecting data and relationships across all applications for consistent, accurate, and enriched AI experiences.
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The power of AI, everywhere
Rovo transforms teamwork with AI-driven apps and experiences powering knowledge discovery, collaboration, and agents across Atlassian apps and collections.
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Intelligent experiences to streamline work
Minimize context switching and improve collaboration with platform experiences across all Atlassian Applications.
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Join our upcoming Forrester + Atlassian webinar to
Join our upcoming Forrester + Atlassian webinar to learn how knowledge graphs can make AI truly useful at work.
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Reporting and analytics (3)
Insights into actions, for all teams
The Analytics app is a powerful BI application, built on the Atlassian Data Lake, that empowers teams to accelerate data-driven decisions by exploring and visualizing all their teamwork data.
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Hamdam Bishop, Technology Operations Lead
Belong Read the story 2/3 "Now we can start connecting our work to actual customer ata so we can track outcomes, in addition to outputs."
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"Now we can start connecting our work to
"Now we can start connecting our work to actual customer ata so we can track outcomes, in addition to outputs."
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Security and compliance (2)
Your one-stop-shop for administration
Effortlessly manage and secure your organization with insights, management, and compliance features all from the Administration app
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In October 2023, Atlassian disclosed a critical broken
In October 2023, Atlassian disclosed a critical broken access control vulnerability allowing exploitation remotely.
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Sources
Features evolve. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase decisions. This list was last refreshed on 2026-05-27.
Frequently asked questions
What features does Confluence include?
This page tracks 24 verified Confluence features across 4 categories, sourced from Confluence's official site and Wikipedia.
Which tier do I need for Confluence?
Confluence's feature availability varies by plan. Compare the public Confluence tiers, calculator, and hidden fees on the Confluence pricing page.
How does Confluence compare on features to alternatives?
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