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Feature List
| General Features | Confluence  |
|---|---|
 Version |
 3.3 |
| Last Release Date |
7 July 2010 |
| Author |
Atlassian |
| URL |
www.atlassian.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
| License |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
| Programming Language |
Java |
| Data Storage |
Database |
| License Cost/ Fee |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis) |
| Development status |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise |
| Hosting Features | Confluence |
| Storage Quota |
10 to 100GB+ |
| Bandwidth Quota |
100GB/month |
| Other Limits |
No |
| Topic Restrictions |
No |
| Corporate Branding |
 Yes |
| Own Domain |
 Optional |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
| System Requirements | Confluence |
| Operating System |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
| Root Access |
No |
| Webserver |
Tomcat, Resin, Weblogic, JBoss, Websphere |
| Other Requirements |
Java 5 |
| Datastorage | Confluence |
| Text Files |
No |
| MySQL |
Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
Yes |
| Oracle |
Yes |
| SQLite |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
| RCS |
No |
| Other |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase ASE |
| Security/Anti-Spam | Confluence |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
| Host Blocking |
No |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
| nofollow |
Optional |
| Blacklist |
No |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
| Development/Support | Confluence |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 30 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
Source included with commercial license |
| Issue Tracker |
jira.atlassian.com |
| Mailing List |
www.atlassian.com |
| Support Forum |
forums.atlassian.com |
| IRC Channel |
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
| Common Features | Confluence |
| Preview |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
| Special Features | Confluence |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
No |
| Interface Languages |
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes |
| Comments |
Threaded |
| Categories |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
 Plugin |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Yes |
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
| Links | Confluence |
| CamelCase |
Yes |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Optional |
| SisterWiki |
No |
| Image Links |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
| Syntax Features | Confluence |
| HTML Tags |
Optional |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
| Markdown Support |
No |
| Textile Support |
Yes |
| BBCode Support |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Plugin |
| Quoting |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
Yes |
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
| Usability | Confluence |
| Section Editing |
Plugin |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
No |
| Statistics | Confluence |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
Optional |
| Analysis |
Yes |
| Output | Confluence |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
No |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
| Media and Files | Confluence |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
Plugin |
| SVG Editing |
Plugin |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
| Media Search |
Contents |
| Extras | Confluence |
| Calendar |
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
| Forums |
Plugin |
| Blogs |
Yes |
| Ticket System |
No |
| Syntax Examples | Confluence |
| Internal Link |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
| External Link |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
| Headlines |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
| Underline Format |
+underline+ |
| Monospace Format |
{{monospace}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
| Superscript Format |
^superscript^ |
| Subscript Format |
~subscript~ |
| Images |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
| Text Indentation |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
| Definition Lists |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
» Confluence DocumentationConfluence Details
Confluence 3.3 is the world's most powerful commercial wiki. Designed for enterprise use with unlimited wiki spaces, user networking, grandular security, edit in Word, rich text editing, document management, enterprise search, email archiving, HTML/PDF/Word export, clustering and a remote API.
Plugins provide custom themes, multiple languages, Office integration, advanced PDF generation, document workflow/reviews, advanced templates, attachment checkout, access as a network drive and integration with software development tools.
Confluence starts at only $10 for 10 users and is free for open source projects and eligible charities. Academic institutions also receive a 50% discount. Choose between an installed version or dedicated hosting.
Read about the features of the latest Confluence 3.3 release:
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