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Comparison

Confluence vs Notion

On the evidence we track, Confluence leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Confluence full profile →Notion full profile →
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★Confluence79
Notion57
Score
Vioscale score
Confluence79 / 100medium · 54%updating
Notion57 / 100medium · 62%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Model
Confluencefreemium
Notionfreemium
Price level
Confluencelow
Notionlow
Transparent
Confluence✓
Notion✗
Integrations
Count
Confluence6
Notion13
Security
Disclosure policy
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Fedramp
Confluence✓
Notion–
Gdpr
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Hipaa
Confluence–
Notion✓
Iso27001
Confluence–
Notion✓
Soc2
Confluence–
Notion✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Confluence99.9
Notion–
Status page
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for knowledge base software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Collaboration
Real-time co-editing
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Content
Structured database / table blocks
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Bidirectional links / backlinks
Confluence-
Notion-
Markdown-native
Confluence-
Notion✗
Version history
Confluence✓
Notion-
Storage
Local-first / offline files
Confluence-
Notion✗
AI
AI writing / Q&A over content
Confluence✓
Notion✓
Publishing
Publish pages to the web
Confluence-
Notion✓
Access
Permissions granularity
Confluence-
NotionPage
Knowledge
Answer verification / expiry
Confluence-
Notion-
Deployment
Hosting
ConfluenceCloud only
NotionCloud only
Enterprise
SSO / SCIM
Confluence-
Notion✓
Extensibility
Public API
Confluence-
Notion✓
Pricing
Free tier
Confluence✓
Notion✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Confluence

Leader

Confluence is a cloud platform where teams collaboratively create and maintain documentation, knowledge bases, and shared content. It provides AI-powered features for automating tasks, searching information, and summarizing content to help teams work more efficiently together.

Independently observed

Notion

A collaborative platform that unifies notes, structured databases, and AI agents to help teams organize information, get instant answers, and automate repetitive work in a single workspace.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Confluence

Leader
from $5.42/moHybridFree tier

Free plan for 10 users. Standard: $5.42/user/month. Premium: $10.44/user/month (recommended). Enterprise by quote. Annual billing available with up to 17% savings.

  • FreeFree
    • Pages
    • Spaces
    • Confluence databases
    • Templates
    • Whiteboards
    • +3 more
  • Standard$5.42/user/month
    • Everything from Free
    • Rovo Search, Chat, and Agents
    • AI-powered work features
    • Free guest access
    • Public link sharing
    • +4 more
  • Premium$10.44/user/month. Annual billing saves up to 17%.
    • Everything from Standard
    • Unlimited pages
    • Unlimited spaces
    • Dynamic intranet
    • 1,000 automations per user per month
    • +6 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Advanced analytics
    • Enterprise-grade scale
    • Enhanced security
as of verify ↗

Notion

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from Plus onwards (prices undisclosed in provided text). Custom domains $8–10/month per domain (up to 25 domains).

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited Notion Sites publishing
    • notion.site domain requests
    • Search engine indexing
    • AI features trial period
    • Basic forms
    • +2 more
  • Plus-
    • Unlimited Notion Sites
    • Up to 5 notion.site domain requests
    • Search engine indexing
    • Site homepage customization
    • Site personalization
    • +2 more
  • Business-
    • All Plus features
    • Notion Agents for custom automation
    • AI-powered task execution and automation
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Business features
    • SSO via SAML 2.0
    • SCIM user provisioning
    • Audit logging
    • Granular permission controls
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Confluence✓
Notion✓
iOS
Confluence✗
Notion✓
Android
Confluence✗
Notion✓
macOS
Confluence✗
Notion✓
Windows
Confluence✗
Notion✓
CLI
Confluence✗
Notion✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Confluence✓
Notion✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • Slack
  • Jira
  • Figma

Confluence

Leader
6 total - 3 not shared
  • Trello
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Bitbucket
Independently observed

Notion

13 total - 10 not shared
  • GitHub
  • Amplitude
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Calendar
  • Gmail
  • Google Drive
  • Cursor
  • Claude Agents
  • Zendesk
  • Salesforce
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.