Papyrs vs. XWiki vs. Zoho Wiki vs. PBwiki vs. EditMe vs. Confluence

General Features Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Version
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16.2.0
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5.2
Last Release Date
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2024-03-24 (1 month ago)
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2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-08-06 (3 years ago)
2024-03-25 (1 month ago)
2010-10-07 (13 years ago)
2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
2010-07-12 (13 years ago)
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
Author
Stunf BV
XWiki Development Team
Zoho - Free Online Hosted Services
PBworks
EditMe, LLC
Atlassian
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
License
N/A
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
Programming Language
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Java
N/A
N/A
N/A
Java
Data Storage
N/A
Database, RCS
N/A
N/A
N/A
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Paid plans from $89/mo. Free for personal use.
0
Free - 1 wiki, 3 users, 3 workspaces
Determined by Solution Needs
From $4.95/mo
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
Development status
N/A
Mature
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N/A
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Companies, teams and professionals.
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Any users. No Download, No Installation
Business Enterprises
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Hosting Features Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Storage Quota
161061273600
Unlimited
No limit
25MB to 4GB
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
No limit
1GB to 25GB
Other Limits
Unlimited users & pages (Attachment Storage Space 50MB free)
None
None
No
Topic Restrictions
No restrictions
None
None
No
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ads allowed
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Operating System
N/A
Any platform supporting Java 11 or greater
N/A
N/A
N/A
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Root Access
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Servlet 3.1+
N/A
N/A
N/A
Apache Tomcat
Other Requirements
N/A
Java 11, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
Datastorage Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Text Files
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Oracle
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
SQLite
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
RCS
N/A
Plugin
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Other
N/A
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
N/A
N/A
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
XWiki, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
N/A
N/A
N/A
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
No
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
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
N/A
N/A
Common Features Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
13
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Links Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
HTML Tags
All
All
All
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
not allowed
Javascript
JavaScript
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Usability Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Statistics Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Output Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Papyrs XWiki Zoho Wiki PBwiki EditMe Confluence
Internal Link
[Link](/page)
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
Automatic Linking, CamelCase, WYSIWYG linking
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
External Link
[Link](https://papyrs.com)
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
Automatic or WYSIWYG linking
[http://www.externallink.com]
[[http://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
Headlines
## Heading
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
WYSIWYG with shortcut keys (CTRL + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Use WYSIWYG editor
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
WYSIWYG with shortcut key
**bold**
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
*bold*
Italics Format
*italic*
//Italics//
WYSIWYG with shortcut key
''italics''
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
_italics_
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
WYSIWYG with shortcut key
__underline__
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
+underline+
Monospace Format
`mono`
##monospace##
WYSIWYG
<code>monospace</code>
Use WYSIWYG editor
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
--Strike--
WYSIWYG
-strikethrough-
Use WYSIWYG editor
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
WYSIWYG
<sup>superscript</sup>
Use WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
WYSIWYG
<sub>subscript</sub>
Use WYSIWYG editor
~subscript~
Images
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
WYSIWYG Upload, Alignment, and Resizing
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
WYSIWYG with shortcut keys
<left>, <center>, <right>
Use WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
WYSIWYG
Indented block
Use WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
- list
- list
* List
** list
*** list
WYSIWYG
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
Use WYSIWYG editor
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
Numbered Lists
1. list
2. list
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
WYSIWYG
# Number #1
# Number #2
Use WYSIWYG editor
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
Definition Lists
Link to [^1]

[^1] some definition
; term
: definition
<dl>
</dl>
<dl>
</dl>
Use WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
***
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WYSIWYG
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Use WYSIWYG editor
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