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

General Features PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper 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 (5 days ago)
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2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
2010-07-12 (13 years ago)
2024-03-25 (4 days ago)
2010-10-07 (13 years ago)
2008-01-12 (16 years ago)
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
Author
PBworks
EditMe, LLC
XWiki Development Team
Zoho - Free Online Hosted Services
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Atlassian
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
No
License
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LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
N/A
N/A
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
Programming Language
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N/A
Java
N/A
N/A
Java
Data Storage
N/A
N/A
Database, RCS
N/A
N/A
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Determined by Solution Needs
From $4.95/mo
0
Free - 1 wiki, 3 users, 3 workspaces
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
Development status
N/A
N/A
Mature
N/A
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Business Enterprises
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Any users. No Download, No Installation
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Hosting Features PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Storage Quota
No limit
25MB to 4GB
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
No limit
1GB to 25GB
Unlimited
Unlimited
Other Limits
None
None
Unlimited users & pages (Attachment Storage Space 50MB free)
None
No
Topic Restrictions
None
None
No restrictions
No Restrictions
No
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ads allowed
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
System Requirements PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Operating System
N/A
N/A
Any platform supporting Java 11 or greater
N/A
N/A
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Root Access
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
N/A
Servlet 3.1+
N/A
N/A
Apache Tomcat
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
Java 11, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
N/A
N/A
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
Datastorage PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Text Files
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
No
MySQL
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Oracle
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
SQLite
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
No
RCS
N/A
N/A
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
Other
N/A
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
Security/Anti-Spam PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
N/A
XWiki, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
N/A
N/A
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
N/A
Yes
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 PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
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
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
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
HTML Tags
All
All
All
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Javascript
JavaScript
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
not allowed
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
No
No
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
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Analysis
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Output PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper 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
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PBwiki EditMe XWiki Zoho Wiki BrainKeeper Confluence
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
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
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
[[http://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
Automatic or WYSIWYG linking
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Use WYSIWYG editor
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
WYSIWYG with shortcut keys (CTRL + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
Bold Format
**bold**
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
**bold**
WYSIWYG with shortcut key
*bold*
Italics Format
''italics''
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
//Italics//
WYSIWYG with shortcut key
_italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
__underline__
WYSIWYG with shortcut key
+underline+
Monospace Format
<code>monospace</code>
Use WYSIWYG editor
##monospace##
WYSIWYG
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
Use WYSIWYG editor
--Strike--
WYSIWYG
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Use WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
WYSIWYG
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Use WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
WYSIWYG
~subscript~
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
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
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
Use WYSIWYG editor
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
WYSIWYG with shortcut keys
Text Indentation
Indented block
Use WYSIWYG editor
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

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

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
WYSIWYG
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
Use WYSIWYG editor
* List
** list
*** list
WYSIWYG
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
Numbered Lists
# Number #1
# Number #2
Use WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
WYSIWYG
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
Use WYSIWYG editor
; term
: definition
<dl>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
Use WYSIWYG editor
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WYSIWYG
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