| General Features | Sputnik | Confluence |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
8.08.13
|
5.2
|
| Last Release Date |
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
|
| Author |
Yuri Takhteyev
|
Atlassian
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
MIT/X
|
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
|
| Programming Language |
Lua
|
Java
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Small teams or private users
|
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
| Hosting Features | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
No
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
No
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Optional
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
|
| System Requirements | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Operating System |
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
Apache Tomcat
|
| Other Requirements |
gcc or Lua
|
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
| Datastorage | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
| SQLite |
Plugin
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Git
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Yes
|
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Sputnik | Confluence |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Links | Sputnik | Confluence |
| CamelCase |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Optional
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | Sputnik | Confluence |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
Lua, JavaScript
|
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
| Usability | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Printer Friendly |
No
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Sputnik | Confluence |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
| Extras | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Calendar |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Sputnik | Confluence |
| Internal Link |
[[Sputnik]] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
| External Link |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
| Headlines |
# Sputnik |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
| Bold Format |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
_italics_ |
| Underline Format |
|
+underline+ |
| Monospace Format |
|
{{monospace}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
-strikethrough- |
| Superscript Format |
|
^superscript^ |
| Subscript Format |
|
~subscript~ |
| Images |
|
|
| Aligning Text |
|
|
| Text Indentation |
> Sputnik |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* Sputnik |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Sputnik |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
| Definition Lists |
|
|
| Horizontal Rule |
- - - |
---- |
| remove Sputnik | remove Confluence |