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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Confluence  | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 4.0 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Last Release Date |
19th September, 2011 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Author |
Atlassian |
PBworks |
Central Desktop |
| URL |
www.atlassian.com |
pbworks.com |
www.centraldesktop.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| License |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Programming Language |
Java |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Data Storage |
Database |
does not apply | does not apply |
| License Cost/ Fee |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis) |
Determined by Solution Needs |
Free Version Available |
| Development status |
Mature |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise + Technical Teams |
Business Enterprises |
Director, VP, & C-Level Managers; Enterprise & SMB; Anyone who wants to put up a hosted corporate intranet, wiki, project workspace, or extranet. |
| Hosting Features | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Storage Quota |
10 to 100GB+ |
No limit |
from 25MB and up |
| Bandwidth Quota |
100GB/month |
No limit |
unlimited |
| Other Limits |
No |
None |
Depends on plan |
| Topic Restrictions |
No |
None |
No |
| Corporate Branding |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Own Domain |
 Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| System Requirements | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Operating System |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Root Access |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Webserver |
Apache Tomcat |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other Requirements |
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+ |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Datastorage | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Text Files |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| MySQL |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| PostgreSQL |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Oracle |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| SQLite |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| RCS |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Security/Anti-Spam | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Host Blocking |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
No |
|
| nofollow |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Blacklist |
No |
Optional |
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
No |
|
| Development/Support | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 34 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Code Repository |
Source included with commercial license |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Issue Tracker |
jira.atlassian.com |
|
|
| Mailing List |
www.atlassian.com |
|
|
| Support Forum |
answers.atlassian.com |
getsatisfaction.com |
forum.centraldesktop.com |
| IRC Channel |
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
|
|
| Common Features | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Special Features | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
No |
Yes |
|
| Interface Languages |
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
Not localized |
Not localized |
| Email notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Flat |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
 Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Links | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| CamelCase |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| InterWiki |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
|
|
| Syntax Features | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| HTML Tags |
Optional |
All |
Some |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
No |
|
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
No |
| Textile Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more |
Javascript |
html/css/templating |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usability | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Section Editing |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Statistics | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Analysis |
Yes |
Optional |
Optional |
| Output | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media and Files | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| SVG Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Media Search |
Contents |
Contents |
Contents |
| Extras | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Calendar |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Forums |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Blogs |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Ticket System |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Syntax Examples | Confluence | PBwiki | CentralDesktop |
| Internal Link |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
WikiPage |
| External Link |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
http://www.example.com |
| Headlines |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
<h1>headline1</h1> <h2>headline1</h2> |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
**bold** |
<b>text</b> |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
''italics'' |
<i>text</i> |
| Underline Format |
+underline+ |
__underline__ |
<u>text</u> |
| Monospace Format |
{{monospace}} |
<code>monospace</code> |
<pre>text</pre> |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
-strikethrough- |
<strike>text</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
^superscript^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
~subscript~ |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
<img src="image.gif" /> |
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
<left>, <center>, <right> |
<span align="right">text</span> |
| Text Indentation |
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| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
<ul> <li>test</li> </ul> |
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
<ol> <li>test</li> </ol> |
| Definition Lists |
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<dl> </dl> |
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| Last updated | 2011-09-19 | 2010-08-16 | 2011-11-07 |
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