WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Version TWiki 4.2.0 2.7 does not apply
Last Release Date 2008-01-22 3 Jan 2008 does not apply
Author Peter Thoeny, TWiki community Atlassian Software Systems Socialtext
URL twiki.org and www.twiki.net www.atlassian.com www.socialtext.com
Free and Open Source Yes No does not apply
License GPL Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use does not apply
Programming Language Perl Java does not apply
Data Storage Files, RCS Database does not apply
License Cost/ Fee 0 from US $1200 installed (unlimited wikis) or US $49/month hosted www.socialtext.com
Development status Mature Mature does not apply
Intended Audience Large enterprise; small to medium businesses Enterprise Businesses, individuals & developers
Hosting FeaturesTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Storage Quota does not apply  Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage
Bandwidth Quota does not apply  Unlimited
Other Limits does not apply  Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages
Topic Restrictions does not apply  None
Corporate Branding does not apply  Yes
Own Domain does not apply  Yes
Ads allowed does not apply  No
System RequirementsTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Operating System Linux, Windows, OS-X and other Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants does not apply
Root Access No No does not apply
Webserver Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 Tomcat, Resin, Weblogic, JBoss, Orion, Websphere does not apply
Other Requirements RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies JDK 1.4+ does not apply
DatastorageTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Text Files Yes No does not apply
MySQL No Yes does not apply
PostgreSQL No Yes does not apply
Oracle No Yes does not apply
SQLite No No does not apply
BerkeleyDB No No does not apply
RCS Yes No does not apply
Other RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase ASE does not apply
Security/Anti-SpamTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Page Permissions Yes Yes Yes
ACL Yes Yes Yes
Authentication Backends Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more does not apply
Host Blocking Plugin No Yes
Mail Encryption Yes Optional Optional
nofollow Plugin Optional Optional
Blacklist Plugin No Yes
CAPTCHA Plugin Yes Optional
Delayed Indexing Plugin No Optional
Development/SupportTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Commercial Support Yes, 18 listed Yes, 9 listed No
Preconfigured Hosting Yes Yes does not apply
Code Repository twiki.org Source included with commercial license does not apply
Issue Tracker twiki.org jira.atlassian.com www.socialtext.net
Mailing List twiki.org www.atlassian.com www.socialtext.net
Support Forum twiki.org forums.atlassian.com www.socialtext.net
IRC Channel twiki.org Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com #socialtext
Common FeaturesTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Preview Yes Yes Yes
Minor Changes Yes Yes Optional
Change Summary Yes Yes Yes
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 FeaturesTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Unicode Support Yes Yes Yes
Right-to-Left Support No No Optional
Interface Languages 14 English + 10 others see socialtext.net
Email notification Yes Yes Yes
Comments Threaded Threaded Flat
Categories Yes Yes Yes
Namespaces Yes Yes Yes
Page Redirection Yes Plugin Optional
Conflict Handling Conflict Resolution Conflict Resolution Conflict Detection
Search Full Text Full Text Full Text
LinksTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
CamelCase Yes No Optional
Freelinks Yes Yes Yes
Backlinks Yes Yes Yes
InterWiki Plugin Optional Yes
SisterWiki Plugin No Optional
Image Links Yes Yes Yes
Windows Shares Yes Yes Yes
Syntax FeaturesTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
HTML Tags All Plugin All
Math formulas Plugin Plugin Optional
Tables simple + complex simple + complex simple + complex
CREOLE support No No Optional
Markdown Support No No Optional
Textile Support Plugin Yes Optional
BBCode Support No No Optional
Emoticon Images Plugin Yes Optional
Syntax Highlighting Plugin Yes Optional
Footnotes Plugin No Optional
Quoting Yes Yes Yes
Internal Comments Yes Plugin Optional
Custom styles Yes Yes Optional
FAQ Tags Yes Yes Optional
Scripting JavaScript; TWiki variables; powerful API Macros, plugins, JavaScript and more Javascript
Content Includes Yes Yes Yes
Feed Aggregation Plugin Yes Yes
UsabilityTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Section Editing Plugin No Optional
Double-Click Edit Plugin No Yes
Toolbar Yes Yes Yes
WYSIWYG Editing Yes Yes Yes
Access Keys Yes Yes Yes
Auto Signature Yes No Yes
StatisticsTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
Recent Changes Yes Yes Yes
Wanted Pages No Yes Yes
Orphaned Pages Plugin Yes Yes
Most/Least Popular Yes Yes Yes
Recent Visitors No Optional Yes
Analysis Yes No Optional
OutputTWiki DetailsConfluence DetailsSocialtext Details
HTML XHTML 1.0 Transitional HTML 4 HTML 4
CSS Stylesheets Yes Yes Yes
Printer Friendly Print View Print CSS Print View
Themes & Skins Yes Yes Yes
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