| General Features | Confluence | Wikia |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
5.2
|
N/A
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| Last Release Date |
2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
|
N/A
|
| Last Update here |
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
|
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
|
| Author |
Atlassian
|
Wikia, Inc.
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
N/A
|
| License |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
|
N/A
|
| Programming Language |
Java
|
N/A
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
$0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
All users
|
| Hosting Features | Confluence | Wikia |
| Storage Quota |
Unlimited
|
unlimited
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
unlimited
|
|
| Other Limits |
No
|
none
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No
|
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Own Domain |
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | Confluence | Wikia |
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
N/A
|
| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
| Webserver |
Apache Tomcat
|
N/A
|
| Other Requirements |
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
N/A
|
| Datastorage | Confluence | Wikia |
| Text Files |
No
|
N/A
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| SQLite |
No
|
N/A
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
| RCS |
No
|
N/A
|
| Other |
N/A
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Confluence | Wikia |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
N/A
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | Confluence | Wikia |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
|
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel |
##wikia on freenode
|
|
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Confluence | Wikia |
| 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
|
No
|
| Special Features | Confluence | Wikia |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
0
|
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Links | Confluence | Wikia |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Optional
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | Confluence | Wikia |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
Yes
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | Confluence | Wikia |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | Confluence | Wikia |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Output | Confluence | Wikia |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Confluence | Wikia |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Keywords
|
| Extras | Confluence | Wikia |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Confluence | Wikia |
| 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 |
|
|
| Aligning Text |
|
|
| Text Indentation |
|
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
|
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
|
| Definition Lists |
|
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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|
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