Confluence often arrives alongside Jira, and it is a capable wiki: spaces and page trees, page permissions, databases, whiteboards and Rovo AI on every paid plan. The reasons teams look elsewhere mostly show up on the invoice or in the admin console, not in the editor.
This guide compares seven Confluence alternatives for internal team knowledge: Notion, Coda (now sold as Superhuman Docs), Slite, Slab, GitBook, Nuclino and Guru. For each one we cover what it does better or worse than Confluence, what it costs for a 10-person and a 50-person team, and how to move your existing Confluence pages across using the import tools each vendor documents. Every price, limit and feature was checked on the vendor's own pricing page and help center in October 2026. Where a vendor does not publish prices, we say so.
Why teams leave Confluence
Prices went up on October 13, 2026
Atlassian raised the list price of Confluence Cloud Standard, Premium and Enterprise (and Jira and Atlassian Guard) on October 13, 2026, for new purchases, renewals and upgrades; monthly subscriptions pay the new price on any bill from that date. Atlassian's before-and-after tables show:
- Standard, monthly billing (1 to 100 users): $6.70 to $7.15 per user per month, an increase of $0.45 (about 6.7%).
- Premium, monthly billing (1 to 100 users): $13.20 to $14.10 per user per month, an increase of $0.90 (about 6.8%).
- Standard, annual billing: the 10-user tier went from $680 to $720 a year, and the 50-user tier from $3,350 to $3,600 a year (about 7.5% more).
Atlassian says the increase reflects new capabilities, especially Rovo AI, which is now included in every paid plan with a monthly credit allowance (25 credits per user on Standard, 70 on Premium, 150 on Enterprise). If your team does not use Rovo, you are paying for it anyway.
Annual pricing is sold in user tiers
Monthly billing is per user and falls slightly above 100 users. Annual billing is a fixed price per user tier: $720 a year covers 1 to 10 users on Standard, $1,050 covers 11 to 15, $1,800 covers 16 to 25, $3,600 covers 26 to 50 and $7,200 covers 51 to 100. Growing from 50 to 51 people moves you from $3,600 to $7,200 a year on Standard.
SSO and SCIM cost extra
On Free, Standard and Premium, SAML single sign-on, SCIM user provisioning and mobile app management need a separate Atlassian Guard Standard subscription. Guard Standard is only included on Enterprise, which Atlassian's calculator prices from 801 users (smaller teams contact sales). Guard Standard's new annual tiers are $300 a year for 10 users and $2,200 a year for 50 users, so a 50-person team on Confluence Standard with SSO pays $3,600 + $2,200 = $5,800 a year. Guard's own prices also rose on October 13, 2026 (the 50-user tier went from $2,100 to $2,200).
Guests and the Free plan are limited
Confluence Free is generous on paper (up to 10 users, 2 GB of storage), but Atlassian's comparison table gives it no space or page permissions, no guests, no public links and no anonymous access, and no Rovo AI. On paid plans guests are free, but only up to 5 guests per paid user, and each guest "can only have access to one space at a time".
The Jira tie-in cuts both ways
The strongest reason to stay is Jira. Atlassian documents two-way links between the two products: you can turn highlighted Confluence text or whiteboard stickies into Jira work items, embed Jira dashboards, gadgets and backlogs in Confluence pages, view and create Confluence pages from inside Jira, and ask Rovo to search and act across both. Any changes in Jira are "automatically reflected in Confluence, and vice versa". No alternative below matches that. If your wiki is used mostly by non-engineering teams, or you are leaving Jira too, it matters much less.
What to look for in a Confluence alternative
- A documented Confluence importer, and a clear list of what it keeps: hierarchy, attachments, links, comments, @mentions, permissions.
- Who you pay for. Coda bills only doc creators; Nuclino bills guests and read-only members. Guest rules move the bill more than the headline price.
- SSO and SCIM on the plan you will buy, not on the cheapest plan.
- Upkeep tools. Verification, where an owner confirms a page is still correct, is built into Notion Business, Slite, Slab and Guru.
Confluence: what you are comparing against
Confluence organizes knowledge into spaces with page trees, and every plan includes databases, macros, whiteboards and templates. Standard adds space and page permissions, guests, public links, audit logs, data residency, 250 GB of storage and Rovo AI. Premium adds analytics, inspect permissions, IP allowlisting, unlimited storage and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Pricing: Free for up to 10 users. Standard is $7.15 and Premium $14.10 per user per month on monthly billing (1 to 100 users); annual Standard is $720 a year for up to 10 users and $3,600 for 26 to 50. Enterprise is sold through sales.
Strong: Jira integration, page permissions from Standard, AI on every paid plan. Weak: the October 2026 price rise, SSO and SCIM sold through Guard, a Free plan without permissions or guests, and guests limited to one space at a time.
Notion: full review
Notion is a block-based workspace where pages, wikis and databases live together. For a Confluence team, the closest equivalents are teamspaces (instead of spaces) and nested pages (instead of the page tree), plus databases that are more flexible than Confluence's.
What Notion does better than Confluence
- Guests are free, and unlimited on paid plans. Notion charges per member; guests can only open the pages they are invited to. There is no "one space at a time" rule and no 5-per-user cap (the Free plan allows 10 guests).
- SAML SSO is included on Business ($20 per member per month billed annually) without a separate security product. SCIM and audit logs need Enterprise.
- Page verification. Business lets you "verify any page", and the verified badge shows in search and in AI citations.
- AI search beyond the wiki. Business includes Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search (beta), which covers connected tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams and GitHub, with Jira listed as beta.
- Databases with row-level permissions on Business.
What Notion does worse
- Jira is a one-way connection. Notion offers Jira link previews and a 1-way database sync from Jira; it does not offer Confluence's two-way Jira workflow.
- AI costs more. Free and Plus get only a limited AI trial; AI is included from Business up, whereas Confluence includes Rovo on Standard.
- Page history is shorter on cheaper plans: 7 days on Free, 30 days on Plus, 90 days on Business, unlimited on Enterprise.
Pricing
Free: $0, with a limited block trial for workspaces of 2 or more members, 5 MB uploads and 10 guests. Plus: $10 per member per month billed annually, $12 monthly. Business: $20 billed annually, $24 monthly. Enterprise: custom. Custom Agents are free to try, then $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits.
Migrating from Confluence
Notion documents a dedicated Confluence importer for Cloud and Server/Data Center:
- Zip importer: imports part of a workspace, up to 5 GB (15 GB on request).
- API importer: imports the whole workspace, up to about 50,000 pages or 30 GB, and keeps comments and user mapping.
- On Business and Enterprise, up to 10 Confluence spaces can be imported at once through the UI.
- Not imported: permissions (imported pages land private to the person who ran the import), private pages, page history and most macros, which are flattened to text, images or links.
Who it is for: teams that want one workspace for docs, wikis and lightweight project tracking, and that work with many outside guests.
Coda (Superhuman Docs): full review
Coda is a doc editor with built-in tables, formulas, buttons and automations. It is now sold as Superhuman Docs, part of a Superhuman suite with Grammarly, Go and Superhuman Mail; coda.io/pricing redirects to Superhuman's plans page, though the coda.io home page still loads under the Coda name.
What Coda does better than Confluence
- You pay only for Doc Makers. Doc Makers create docs, templates and folders. Editors can edit content and build tables, formulas, buttons, Packs and automations in existing docs, and Editors, Viewers and Guest Editors are free. "Even on Enterprise, you pay only for Doc Makers." On Confluence every user is billed.
- Docs that act like apps. Tables, formulas and automations sit inside pages, so a process doc can also be the tracker for that process.
- Unlimited version history on Business, plus doc and page locking and private folders for teams.
What Coda does worse
- SSO and SCIM are Enterprise-only. SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs and the SOC 2 Type 2 report are listed only on Enterprise, which has custom pricing. That is a step back from Confluence's Guard add-on, which at least has a public price.
- Less of a wiki structure. Coda is organized into docs, pages and folders rather than a company-wide page tree, so a large Confluence space usually becomes one or several large docs.
Pricing
Free: $0, with shared docs limited in size, 1 GB of attachments per doc and 7-day version history. Pro: $12 per Doc Maker per month billed annually, $15 monthly; unlimited doc size, Docs AI (beta, fair use), 30-day version history; Grammarly is included on annual billing. Business: $33 per Doc Maker per month billed annually, $40 monthly; databases (beta), unlimited automations, attachments and version history. Enterprise: custom.
Migrating from Confluence
The Superhuman Docs help center documents a Confluence importer: type /Confluence on a blank line in a doc (or use Insert, then Import), then choose Confluence Cloud or On-premises. Several spaces can be imported into one doc, and "Copy to Doc" can split them out afterwards. To keep @mentions of people, share the blank doc with those people before importing; usernames must match in both tools.
Who it is for: teams where a handful of people build docs and many people read or edit them, and where docs need tables and automations.
Slite: full review
Slite is a knowledge base built around search and AI answers, with doc verification and ownership to keep content current.
What Slite does better than Confluence
- Upkeep tools on every plan. Basic includes doc verification, doc ownership, a Knowledge Management Panel for bulk actions and doc insights, which helps clean up the stale pages that pile up in older Confluence spaces.
- AI answers in Slack. The Slack integration can answer questions from Slite docs. Basic includes 30 AI questions per seat per month; Pro adds Slite Agent, which searches across connected tools, and doc fact-checking with suggested fixes.
What Slite does worse
- No free plan. There is a 14-day trial of Basic and Pro (no credit card), then you must buy a plan. Confluence is free for up to 10 users.
- SSO is OpenID, not SAML, on Pro. Pro adds OpenID SSO; SCIM, audit logs and reader-only seats need Enterprise (custom pricing).
- Fewer power features. Slite's plan lists include no whiteboards or Jira reporting.
- EU hosting only. All production data is hosted in Belgium on Google Cloud.
Pricing
Basic: $10 per user per month billed annually, $12 monthly; 5 GB storage per user, 200 MB file uploads, Slack integration, API and MCP access. Pro: $20 per user per month billed annually, $25 monthly; Slite Agent, 50 credits per seat per month, unlimited AI edits, 10 GB storage per user, OpenID SSO. Enterprise: custom. SOC 2 Type II on all plans.
Migrating from Confluence
Slite's help center documents the steps: export each Confluence space as HTML (Space settings, Export space; you need the Confluence "Export Space" permission), then import the file into Slite. Structure and most formatting carry over, including bold text, checkboxes, tables, images and document links. Comments, blog posts and whiteboards do not, because Confluence's HTML export does not include them. User mentions become plain text, and Slite warns that very large docs can import empty, so check long pages after the import.
Who it is for: teams whose main problem is finding answers and keeping docs current, rather than building complex page structures.
Slab: full review
Slab is a focused internal wiki: posts organized into topics, real-time editing, verification and unified search across connected tools.
What Slab does better than Confluence
- SAML SSO and SCIM included on Business at $12.50 per user per month billed annually, with no separate security subscription. On Confluence Standard you add Guard.
- Free for up to 10 users, like Confluence Free, but Slab Free includes verification, unified search, real-time collaboration and 90 days of version history.
- Long version history. 365 days on Startup and unlimited on Business.
- Verification on every plan, so page owners can confirm content is still correct.
What Slab does worse
- Guests are capped and Free has none. Startup allows 3 guests per user and Business 5 per user; Free has no guests. Only Enterprise has unlimited guests.
- No read-only seats. Slab bills every user who can log in, and has no read-only user accounts.
- Audit logs are Enterprise-only, and Enterprise requires at least 100 users. Confluence has audit logs on Standard.
- Fewer structural features. Slab's plan lists include no databases or whiteboards.
Pricing
Free: $0 for up to 10 users, 10 MB attachments, 10 standard integrations. Startup: $6.67 per user per month billed annually; private topics and AI Autofix. Business: $12.50 per user per month billed annually; custom domains, AI Predict and AI Ask, SAML SSO, SCIM, webhooks and an uptime SLA. Enterprise: custom, at least 100 users. Slab's pricing page code lists monthly prices of $8 (Startup) and $15 (Business); the cost math below uses the annual prices shown on the page. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee, and Startup is free for non-profits and education.
Migrating from Confluence
Slab's help center documents a Confluence importer for admins: in Team Settings, open Import & Export, choose Confluence and upload either a full Confluence backup or a single space exported as XML. Slab says imports "can take 1-3 days depending on size and complexity" and emails you when the import is finished. The help article does not list what is and is not preserved, so test one space first.
Who it is for: teams of 10 to 100 that want a clean wiki with SSO and SCIM at a published price.
GitBook: full review
GitBook is a documentation platform built for product docs, API references and developer content, with a block editor and two-way Git Sync with GitHub or GitLab.
What GitBook does better than Confluence
- Docs as code. Git Sync, change requests, merge rules and preview deployments let engineers review docs like code.
- API documentation. Auto-updating, interactive OpenAPI docs and versioned API docs are on every plan.
- Built for publishing. Unlimited page views, built-in SEO, an auto-generated MCP server for published docs, llms.txt and custom domains from Essential.
What GitBook does worse
- It is priced per site, not just per user. Essential costs $65 per site per month and Ultimate $249 per site per month (billed annually), plus $12 per user per month.
- Private internal docs likely need Ultimate. Authenticated access is listed only on Ultimate and Enterprise.
- The free plan is for one person. Free includes 1 user, and real-time collaboration starts on Essential.
- SAML SSO is Enterprise-only.
Pricing
Free: $0, 1 user. Essential: $65 per site per month billed annually or $79 monthly, plus $12 per user per month annually or $15 monthly; includes $20 of AI credits a month. Ultimate: $249 per site per month billed annually or $299 monthly, plus the same per-user price; includes $100 of AI credits a month. Enterprise: custom. Essential and Ultimate have a 14-day free trial.
Migrating from Confluence
GitBook lists Confluence as an import source alongside Markdown, HTML, .docx, Notion, GitHub Wiki and Google Docs. A single import is limited to 20 pages and 20 files; for large migrations GitBook recommends Git Sync, which "supports up to 5,000 Markdown pages".
Who it is for: product and engineering teams moving public or developer docs out of Confluence, not company-wide wikis.
Nuclino: full review
Nuclino is a lightweight wiki with real-time collaboration and list, board, table and graph views of the same content.
What Nuclino does better than Confluence
- Lower published price. Starter is $6 per user per month billed annually ($8 monthly); Business is $10 annually ($12 monthly). Confluence Standard is $7.15 monthly.
- SAML SSO included on Business, along with an audit log, advanced security controls and unlimited version history.
- Several views of the same content. List, board, table and graph views, plus web, desktop and mobile apps, on every plan including Free.
What Nuclino does worse
- Guests and readers are paid users. Nuclino counts "anyone who joins your team in Nuclino, including guests and read-only members" as a user. Confluence gives up to 5 free guests per paid user.
- Free is small. Up to 50 items, 3 canvases, 2 GB in total and no version history.
- SCIM is not listed on the pricing page, and teams over 100 users are asked to contact Nuclino for volume pricing.
Pricing
Free: $0, up to 50 items. Starter: $6 per user per month billed annually ($72 per user per year), $8 monthly; unlimited items, roles, private workspaces, 30-day version history. Business: $10 per user per month billed annually ($120 per user per year), $12 monthly; Sidekick AI, audit log, SAML SSO, unlimited version history. 14-day free trial of Starter.
Migrating from Confluence
Nuclino's help center documents a Confluence import from an HTML space export zip, keeping the structure, internal links, attachments and Gliffy diagrams. It also imports Markdown, Word, text and HTML files, Google Docs and Quip.
Who it is for: small internal teams that want a fast, inexpensive wiki and have few outside guests.
Guru: full review
Guru is an AI knowledge platform rather than a page-tree wiki. Content lives in Cards and Collections, and Knowledge Agents deliver cited, permission-aware answers in Slack, Microsoft Teams and a browser extension.
What Guru does better than Confluence
- It does not have to replace Confluence. Guru can connect Confluence spaces as a Source and answer questions from those pages, re-syncing every two hours. You can keep writing in Confluence and use Guru as the answer layer.
- Automated verification. Guru says its automated verification and maintenance handles "~80–90% of verification automatically", with expert review workflows and auto-archival.
- 100+ connectors with permission-aware ingestion: each source keeps its original access controls.
- Security in the package: SSO (SAML), SCIM, role-based access, audit logs and DLP masking are listed, and Guru states SOC 2 Type II audits.
What Guru does worse
- No public prices, no free plan and no self-serve trial on the pricing page. Guru sells a tailored package scoped on a sales call, so you cannot compare costs until you get a quote.
- Not a traditional wiki. Teams that want a navigable page tree, databases or whiteboards will find Confluence's structure closer to what they had.
Pricing
Custom pricing only. The package bundles platform access, Knowledge Agents, integrations, verification workflows, SSO/SCIM and audit logs, and a team of solution engineers for setup and ongoing optimization. Eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits get reduced pricing through Guru for Good.
Migrating from Confluence
Guru documents two routes:
- One-time import: export the Confluence space as HTML with Custom Export and "Include comments" unchecked, then upload it in Guru under Manage, Collections, Import Content, Confluence. Files over 2 GB should be split into smaller zips. Page hierarchy is kept, panels become callouts and expand sections become collapsible sections. Comments are not migrated.
- Live sync: connect Confluence spaces as a Source through OAuth so Guru can answer from them without moving anything.
Who it is for: support, sales and customer-facing teams that need fast answers inside Slack or Teams, and companies that want AI answers over Confluence before deciding whether to leave it.
Pricing comparison: 10-person and 50-person teams
All figures are list prices on annual billing unless stated, calculated as users x monthly price x 12. Confluence's annual prices are its fixed tier prices. Guru does not publish prices, so it is not included.
10-person team
| Tool and plan | Calculation | Cost per year |
|---|---|---|
| Confluence Free | Up to 10 users | $0 |
| Confluence Standard (annual) | 1 to 10 user tier | $720 |
| Confluence Standard (monthly billing) | 10 x $7.15 x 12 | $858 |
| Confluence Standard + Guard Standard (SSO) | $720 + $300 | $1,020 |
| Confluence Premium (annual) | 1 to 10 user tier | $1,400 |
| Notion Plus | 10 x $10 x 12 | $1,200 |
| Notion Business (SAML SSO) | 10 x $20 x 12 | $2,400 |
| Coda Pro, 3 Doc Makers | 3 x $12 x 12 | $432 |
| Coda Pro, all 10 as Doc Makers | 10 x $12 x 12 | $1,440 |
| Slite Basic | 10 x $10 x 12 | $1,200 |
| Slite Pro | 10 x $20 x 12 | $2,400 |
| Slab Free | Up to 10 users | $0 |
| Slab Startup | 10 x $6.67 x 12 | $800.40 |
| Slab Business (SAML SSO, SCIM) | 10 x $12.50 x 12 | $1,500 |
| GitBook Essential, 1 site | ($65 + 10 x $12) x 12 | $2,220 |
| GitBook Ultimate, 1 site | ($249 + 10 x $12) x 12 | $4,428 |
| Nuclino Starter | 10 x $6 x 12 | $720 |
| Nuclino Business (SAML SSO) | 10 x $10 x 12 | $1,200 |
At 10 people, Confluence Standard on annual billing ($720) ties with Nuclino Starter as the cheapest plan that bills every user; only Coda, where 3 Doc Makers would cost $432, comes in lower. Both Confluence Free and Slab Free cost nothing, but Slab Free includes verification and version history while Confluence Free has no page permissions or guests. Once you need SAML SSO, Nuclino Business ($1,200) and Slab Business ($1,500) are close to Confluence Standard plus Guard ($1,020), and Notion Business costs more than twice as much ($2,400). For the GitBook rows we assume every user is billed at $12, matching GitBook's own calculator, which priced 1 Ultimate site plus 1 user at $261 a month on annual billing ($249 + $12).
50-person team
| Tool and plan | Calculation | Cost per year |
|---|---|---|
| Confluence Standard (annual) | 26 to 50 user tier | $3,600 |
| Confluence Standard (monthly billing) | 50 x $7.15 x 12 | $4,290 |
| Confluence Standard + Guard Standard (SSO) | $3,600 + $2,200 | $5,800 |
| Confluence Premium (annual) | 26 to 50 user tier | $7,100 |
| Notion Plus | 50 x $10 x 12 | $6,000 |
| Notion Business (SAML SSO) | 50 x $20 x 12 | $12,000 |
| Coda Pro, 10 Doc Makers | 10 x $12 x 12 | $1,440 |
| Coda Business, 10 Doc Makers | 10 x $33 x 12 | $3,960 |
| Slite Basic | 50 x $10 x 12 | $6,000 |
| Slite Pro | 50 x $20 x 12 | $12,000 |
| Slab Startup | 50 x $6.67 x 12 | $4,002 |
| Slab Business (SAML SSO, SCIM) | 50 x $12.50 x 12 | $7,500 |
| GitBook Essential, 1 site | ($65 + 50 x $12) x 12 | $7,980 |
| GitBook Ultimate, 1 site | ($249 + 50 x $12) x 12 | $10,188 |
| Nuclino Starter | 50 x $6 x 12 | $3,600 |
| Nuclino Business (SAML SSO) | 50 x $10 x 12 | $6,000 |
At 50 people, Confluence Standard's annual tier ($3,600) works out to $6 per user per month, the same as Nuclino Starter ($3,600). With SSO the picture changes: Confluence Standard plus Guard is $5,800, Nuclino Business is $6,000, Slab Business is $7,500 (and includes SCIM) and Notion Business is $12,000. Coda is the outlier: if only 10 of the 50 people create docs, Pro costs $1,440 a year, but SSO there needs Enterprise, which has no public price.
Watch the tiers and guests: a 51st user moves Confluence Standard to the $7,200 tier, and while Confluence allows 50 paid users up to 250 free guests (one space each) and Notion guests are free, Nuclino bills every guest as a user.
How to choose
- Engineers live in Jira: stay on Confluence, or move only non-engineering teams.
- Smoothest full migration: Notion, whose API importer keeps comments and user mapping (reset permissions afterwards).
- SSO and SCIM at a published price: Slab Business; Nuclino Business adds SAML SSO for less, but SCIM is not listed.
- Few writers, many readers: Coda (Superhuman Docs), where only Doc Makers pay.
- Stale pages everywhere: Slite, Slab or Guru, which build verification into the workflow.
- Product or API docs: GitBook. AI answers without migrating yet: Guru.
Migration checklist
- Export and test one representative space first (HTML or XML, depending on the importer).
- List what the importer drops: permissions (Notion), comments (Slite, Guru), whiteboards and blog posts (Slite), most macros (Notion).
- Recreate permissions and guest access before announcing the move, and keep Confluence read-only for a while.
- Check your renewal date: Atlassian annual quotes generated on or after October 13, 2026 use the new prices.
Conclusion
Confluence remains the best wiki for teams that depend on Jira, and on annual billing it is not expensive at 10 or 50 users. The case for leaving is strongest when you need SSO without buying Guard, work with many guests across spaces, or sit near a tier boundary after the October 2026 price rise.
Notion is the best all-round replacement, with the most complete documented importer and free guests. Slab is the best value when SAML SSO and SCIM are required, and Nuclino is the cheapest paid wiki for small teams with few guests. Slite, Coda (Superhuman Docs), GitBook and Guru each fit a narrower need: AI answers and verified docs, few writers, product and API docs, and AI answers on top of Confluence.
Sarah Chen