| General Features | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
5.2
|
8.08.13
|
5.0.0.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
|
| Author |
Atlassian
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
Eduardo Mauro
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
|
MIT/X
|
Commercial
|
| Programming Language |
Java
|
Lua
|
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
0
|
39,95
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
Small teams or private users
|
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
|
| Hosting Features | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Storage Quota |
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Other Limits |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
Optional
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache Tomcat
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
No need
|
| Other Requirements |
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
gcc or Lua
|
none
|
| Datastorage | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Git
|
Firebird
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
Yes
|
No need
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
No
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Links | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
Some
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
Yes
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Usability | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
No
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Confluence | Sputnik | ConnectedText |
| Internal Link |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
[[Sputnik]] |
[[wiki page]] [[wiki page|Title]] |
| External Link |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]] [[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]] |
| Headlines |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
# Sputnik |
= Head1 = == Head 2 == === Head 3 ==== |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
//italic// |
| Underline Format |
+underline+ |
|
__Underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
{{monospace}} |
|
{{{Monospace}}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
|
--Strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
^superscript^ |
|
^^Superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
~subscript~ |
|
vvSubscriptvv |
| Images |
|
|
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]] |
| Aligning Text |
|
|
~~Centered text~~ |
| Text Indentation |
|
> Sputnik |
: First level of indenting :: Second level |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Sputnik |
* First item * Seconditem |
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
1. Sputnik |
1. First item 1. Second item |
| Definition Lists |
|
|
;Term:Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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