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| General Features | SharePoint Wiki Plus  | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 2.1.00 |
4.0 |
does not apply | 3.3.6 (probably later, check the site) |
| Last Release Date |
2011-13-02 |
19th September, 2011 |
does not apply | 01/20/2010 |
| Author |
KWizCom Corporation |
Atlassian |
PBworks |
Dan Vis |
| URL |
www.kwizcom.com |
www.atlassian.com |
pbworks.com |
www.boltwire.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
No |
does not apply |  Yes |
| License |
per server |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
does not apply | Custom - Free |
| Programming Language |
.NET - C# |
Java |
does not apply | php |
| Data Storage |
Database |
Database |
does not apply | Files |
| License Cost/ Fee |
$2640 |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis) |
Determined by Solution Needs |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
| Intended Audience |
SharePoint users who desire enterprise wiki capabilities |
Enterprise + Technical Teams |
Business Enterprises |
General Users & Advanced Developers |
| Hosting Features | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | 10 to 100GB+ |
No limit |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | 100GB/month |
No limit |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | No |
None |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | No |
None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
does not apply |  Optional |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Operating System |
Windows Server 2003/2008 |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
does not apply | Windows, Mac, Unix, etc. |
| Root Access |
Yes |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Webserver |
Microsoft IIS |
Apache Tomcat |
does not apply | Any with PHP support |
| Other Requirements |
SharePoint 2007/2010 - All editions supported |
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+ |
does not apply | None |
| Datastorage | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Text Files |
No |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
| MySQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| RCS |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other |
MS SQL Server |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server |
does not apply | Easily Customizable Datastorage |
| Security/Anti-Spam | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Active Directory/.NET Authentication provider |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
does not apply | Easily Customizable Authentication |
| Host Blocking |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
No |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| nofollow |
No |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Development/Support | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 1 listed |
Yes, 34 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 1 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| Code Repository |
|
Source included with commercial license |
does not apply | www.boltwire.com |
| Issue Tracker |
|
jira.atlassian.com |
|
www.boltwire.com |
| Mailing List |
|
www.atlassian.com |
|
www.boltwire.com |
| Support Forum |
|
answers.atlassian.com |
getsatisfaction.com |
www.boltwire.com |
| IRC Channel |
|
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
|
None |
| Common Features | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
To current |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
|
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
Not localized |
6 languages German, English, Italian, Swedish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Threaded |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Optional |
 Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection |
Conflict Resolution |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Yes |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| Structured Data |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Links | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| CamelCase |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
Yes |
| Syntax Features | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| HTML Tags |
All |
Optional |
All |
Some |
| Math formulas |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Textile Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scripting |
javascript |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more |
Javascript |
Yes, multiple kinds |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usability | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Statistics | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Recent Visitors |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Analysis |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Output | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Abbreviations |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Media and Files | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| SVG Editing |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| MindMap Editing |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Media Search |
No |
Contents |
Contents |
No |
| Extras | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Calendar |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Forums |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Blogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Ticket System |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Syntax Examples | SharePoint Wiki Plus | Confluence | PBwiki | BoltWire |
| Internal Link |
[[SPD]] [[SharePoint Designer | SPD]] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[link|label]] |
| External Link |
[http://en.wikipedia.org/] [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[[www.example.com]] |
| Headlines |
==Section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
! Header 1 !! Header 2 !!! Header 3 |
| Bold Format |
'''Bold text''' |
*bold* |
**bold** |
**bold** <b>bold</b> |
| Italics Format |
''Italicized text'' |
_italics_ |
''italics'' |
//italics// <i>italics</i> |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined text</u> |
+underline+ |
__underline__ |
__underline__ <u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
=monospaced text= |
{{monospace}} |
<code>monospace</code> |
<pre>monospace</pre> |
| Strikethrough Format |
<s>strike through</s> |
-strikethrough- |
-strikethrough- |
<strike>strike</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^superscript^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^^superscript^^ <sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
~subscript~ |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
[[Image:KWizCom-logo.gif|KWizCom – Knowledge Worker Components]] |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
img:image.gif [^image.gif parameters^] |
| Aligning Text |
<div align="right"> |
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
<left>, <center>, <right> |
<center>text</center> <right>text</right> <left>text</left> |
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
|
-> Text <- |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
|
<dl> </dl> |
<dl><dt><dd> |
| Horizontal Rule |
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--- |
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| Last updated | 2011-02-28 | 2011-09-19 | 2010-08-16 | 2010-02-17 |
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