| General Features | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
N/A
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N/A
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5.2
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N/A
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| Last Release Date |
N/A
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N/A
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2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
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N/A
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| Last Update here |
2012-04-12 (13 years ago)
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2020-08-06 (5 years ago)
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2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
|
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
Bloomfire, Inc.
|
Stunf BV
|
Atlassian
|
PBworks
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
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N/A
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No
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N/A
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| License |
N/A
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N/A
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Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
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N/A
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| Programming Language |
N/A
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N/A
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Java
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N/A
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| Data Storage |
N/A
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N/A
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Database
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N/A
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| License Cost/ Fee |
$5/user/month
|
Paid plans from $89/mo. Free for personal use.
|
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
Determined by Solution Needs
|
| Development status |
N/A
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N/A
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Mature
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N/A
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| Intended Audience |
Internal wiki or company wiki for teams and companies of all sizes. Enterprise to SMB to small product team and everything in between.
|
Companies, teams and professionals.
|
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
Business Enterprises
|
| Hosting Features | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Storage Quota |
Unlimited
|
161061273600
|
Unlimited
|
No limit
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
Unlimited
|
No limit
|
||
| Other Limits |
No
|
None
|
||
| Topic Restrictions |
No
|
No
|
None
|
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Own Domain |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Operating System |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
N/A
|
| Root Access |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Apache Tomcat
|
N/A
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
N/A
|
| Datastorage | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Text Files |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| MySQL |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Oracle |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| SQLite |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| RCS |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
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| Other |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
N/A
|
N/A
|
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
N/A
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
English |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Links | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| CamelCase |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
Optional
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript
|
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
Javascript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Output | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
| Extras | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Bloomfire | Papyrs | Confluence | PBwiki |
| Internal Link |
|
[Link](/page) |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
| External Link |
|
[Link](https://papyrs.com) |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
| Headlines |
|
## Heading |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
|
**bold** |
*bold* |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
|
*italic* |
_italics_ |
''italics'' |
| Underline Format |
|
<u>underline</u> |
+underline+ |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
|
`mono` |
{{monospace}} |
<code>monospace</code> |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
~~strikethrough~~ |
-strikethrough- |
-strikethrough- |
| Superscript Format |
|
|
^superscript^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
|
|
~subscript~ |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
|
|
|
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
|
|
|
<left>, <center>, <right> |
| Text Indentation |
|
|
|
Indented block |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
- list - list |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
| Numbered Lists |
|
1. list 2. list |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
Link to [^1] [^1] some definition |
|
<dl> </dl> |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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