# Confluence vs Google Docs

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Confluence

| Attribute | Confluence | Google Docs |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 79.1 (54% (medium)) | 68.3 (39% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A cloud-hosted word processor that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit, comment, and format documents with real-time visibility into changes. Includes AI-powered writing assistance and works with or without internet connectivity. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","free_tier":true,"ai_assistant":true,"version_history":true,"databases_tables":true,"real_time_coediting":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","sso_scim":true,"api_access":true,"local_first":true,"ai_assistant":true,"real_time_coediting":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 21 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Figma"}]` | `[{"name":"Gmail"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"Google Meet"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Google Slides"},{"name":"Google Forms"},{"name":"Google Sites"},{"name":"Google Keep"},{"name":"Google Tasks"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Gemini Notebook"},{"name":"Google Vids"},{"name":"Studio"},{"name":"Apps Script"},{"name":"Google Voice"},{"name":"AppSheet"},{"name":"Vault"},{"name":"Endpoint Management"},{"name":"Admin Console"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever for up to 10 users","features":["Pages","Spaces","Confluence databases","Templates","Whiteboards","Automation rules","App integrations","Atlassian Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free forever for up to 10 users","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"10","storage":"2 GB","whiteboards":"3 active per user","automation_runs":"10/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$5.42/user/month","features":["Everything from Free","Rovo Search, Chat, and Agents","AI-powered work features","Free guest access","Public link sharing","Advanced permissions","100 automation rule runs per month","250 GB storage","9/5 regional support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":5.42,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything you need to get started","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"250 GB","max_users":"250,000 per site","free_guests":"5 per paid user","automation_runs":"100/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$10.44/user/month. Annual billing saves up to 17%.","features":["Everything from Standard","Unlimited pages","Unlimited spaces","Dynamic intranet","1,000 automations per user per month","Unlimited whiteboards","Advanced Jira integrations","Admin controls and insights","Unlimited storage","24/7 support for critical issues","99.9% uptime SLA"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":10.44,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Connect work across teams (Recommended)","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"pages":"Unlimited","spaces":"Unlimited","storage":"Unlimited","whiteboards":"Unlimited","automation_runs":"1,000 per user per month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales. Billed annually.","features":["Advanced analytics","Enterprise-grade scale","Enhanced security"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Advanced analytics, scale and security for enterprises","contactSales":true}],"summary":"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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T14:24:09.024Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5.42,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"£5.90/user/month","features":["30 GB pooled storage per person","Secure custom business email","Gemini AI assistant in Gmail","Video meetings (100 participants)","Google Vids","Security and management controls"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":5.9,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"30 GB pooled"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"£11.80/user/month","features":["2 TB storage","Secure custom business email with custom layouts and mail merge","Gemini AI assistant in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and more","Gemini Notebook with expanded features","Video meetings with recording and noise cancellation (150 participants)","Appointment booking pages","eSignature with Docs and PDFs","Google Workspace Migrate tool"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":11.8,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"2 TB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"£18.40/user/month","features":["5 TB storage","Secure custom business email with eDiscovery","Video meetings with attendance tracking (500 participants)","Vault for data retention and search","Secure LDAP","Advanced endpoint management","Enhanced security and management controls"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":18.4,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"5 TB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["5 TB storage (upgradeable)","Secure custom business email with S/MIME encryption","Video meetings with in-domain live streaming (1000 participants)","Data loss prevention (DLP)","Context-aware access","Enterprise data regions","Cloud Identity Premium","Enterprise endpoint management","AI Classification for Google Drive","Enhanced Support for critical issues"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"storage":"5 TB or more"}}],"summary":"From £5.90/user/month. 14-day free trial.","currency":"GBP","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T14:21:03.438Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":5.9,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Knowledge Base Software)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:37:52.463Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*