BlueSpice vs Confluence
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
BlueSpice
Open-source enterprise wiki built on MediaWiki
Confluence
Team wiki and docs workspace from Atlassian, tied to Jira
Where they differ
- BlueSpice starts at $1,620 per year for up to 25 users, cloud-hosted (about $5.40 per user / month). Confluence starts at $6.70 per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users).
- Only Confluence lists iOS and Android apps.
- BlueSpice is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- BlueSpice also covers diagrams and forms.
- Confluence also covers databases, whiteboard and documents.
At a glance
| BlueSpice | Confluence | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1,620 per year for up to 25 users, cloud-hosted (about $5.40 per user / month) | $6.70 per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users) |
| Free plan | BlueSpice free is a community edition to download and run yourself: MediaWiki plus a visual editor, search and about 100 extensions. It has community support only and no approvals or workflows. | Free plan for up to 10 users: pages, spaces, databases and templates, 2 GB of file storage, 3 active whiteboards per user and 50 automation steps a month. No space or page permission settings. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of BlueSpice pro in the cloud, for up to 25 users | 7-day free trial of Standard or Premium; no payment information required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Hallo Welt! GmbH | Atlassian |
| Price read from | bluespice.com | atlassian.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
BlueSpice
- Organizations that want an open-source wiki with vendor support
- Quality and compliance teams that need approvals and read confirmations
- Companies that must keep documentation on their own servers or in German data centers
- Teams already familiar with MediaWiki
Confluence
- Teams that run Jira and want documentation linked to their issues
- Company wikis and intranets organized into spaces per team or project
- Small teams: the Free plan covers up to 10 users
Worth knowing
BlueSpice
- The free edition is self-hosted only and lacks approvals, workflows, forms, central authentication and professional support.
- Paid editions are yearly subscriptions sold in user tiers: 25 users is the smallest cloud tier and 50 the smallest for farm.
- Cloud hosting adds a one-time setup fee, listed at $450, and single sign-on costs extra in the cloud.
- The vendor's edition page quotes euros, from 4.50 € per user a month; dollar prices come from its price configurator.
Confluence
- The Free plan stops at 10 users and 2 GB of storage and has no space or page permission settings.
- The pricing page's default prices ($5.42 Standard, $10.44 Premium) are per-user averages for a 300-user team; the first 100 users cost $6.70 or $13.20 each.
- Enforced SSO and SCIM need a separate Atlassian Guard Standard subscription on every plan except Enterprise, which is sold on annual contracts only.
- The self-managed Data Center edition reaches end of life on March 28, 2029, when its subscriptions expire and it becomes read-only.
Key features
BlueSpice
- Visual editor on MediaWiki
- Pages are written in a visual editor or in wiki syntax and organized with subpages and hierarchical categories. BlueSpice pro ships with about 180 extensions.
- Approvals and workflows
- The pro edition adds drafts and approvals, workflows, read confirmations, reminders and page assignments for keeping controlled documents current.
- Forms and semantic metadata
- Structured data is captured through forms with semantic metadata support, which the vendor lists among the pro edition's additions.
- Bookmaker and exports
- The bookmaker compiles wiki pages into manuals or training material. Pages export to PDF with custom templates and to XML, CSV and Excel, and Word files can be imported.
- Process diagrams
- Processes and relationships are drawn inside the wiki with the draw.io extension or modelled as BPMN diagrams.
- Cloud or on-premises
- The cloud version is hosted in Germany with a daily backup kept for 7 days and 99.9% stated availability. On premises it is delivered as Docker containers or a virtual machine.
Confluence
- Pages and spaces
- Pages hold project plans, meeting notes and policies, and are grouped into spaces with a page tree. Several people can edit at once, with inline and page comments and version history.
- Whiteboards
- Freeform canvases for brainstorming and diagrams, with built-in links to Jira. Free allows 3 active whiteboards per user, Standard 10, and Premium and Enterprise have no limit.
- Databases
- Structured collections that gather information from Jira and other apps and can be laid out as tables, cards or boards.
- Rovo AI
- Rovo Search, Chat and Agents come with paid plans and are metered in monthly credits: 25 per user on Standard, 70 on Premium and 150 on Enterprise.
- Automation
- Rule-based automation with templates and a low-code builder. Monthly allowances run from 50 steps per subscription on Free to 500 steps per user on Enterprise.
- Permissions and external sharing
- Paid plans add space and page permissions, view-only public links, anonymous access and up to 5 free guests per paid user, each limited to a single space.
Plans
BlueSpice
BlueSpice freeFree
Self-hosted community edition: all MediaWiki features plus a visual editor, search, improved design and security, with community support.
BlueSpice pro$1,620
per year for up to 25 users, cloud-hosted, before tax
About $5.40 per user a month; $3,240 a year for up to 50 users. Adds approvals, workflows, forms and metadata, the bookmaker and professional support.
BlueSpice farm$6,120
per year for up to 50 users, before tax
About $10.20 per user a month. Everything in pro plus multiple wikis, search across them, content transfer and multilingual content.
BlueSpice indigoCustom
Custom offer for non-standard contract and purchasing terms, separate compliance requirements and customer-specific deployments.
Confluence
Free$0
Up to 10 users on one site with 2 GB of file storage, 3 active whiteboards per user and community support.
Standard$6.70
per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users)
250 GB of storage, page permissions, guests, public links and 25 Rovo credits per user. Annual billing is $680 a year for up to 10 users.
Premium$13.20
per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users)
Unlimited storage and whiteboards, analytics, company hub, 24/7 critical-issue support and a 99.9% uptime SLA. $1,300 a year for up to 10 users.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual contracts through sales: Atlassian Guard Standard included, up to 150 sites, Atlassian Analytics and a 99.95% uptime SLA.
Ways to pay less
BlueSpice
- Nonprofit
Discount for registered non-profits
The pricing FAQ gives registered non-profit organizations a discount on the software subscription, excluding governmental, academic and commercial bodies. No amount is published.
Confluence
- Annual discount
Save up to 17% with annual billing
The pricing page's billing toggle states a saving of up to 17% on annual plans. Annual prices are set by user tier: Standard is $680 a year and Premium $1,300 a year for up to 10 users.
- Nonprofit
75% off for eligible nonprofits
Atlassian's licensing page offers Confluence Cloud at 75% off to eligible Community customers: registered nonprofits and social enterprises, verified through Goodstack.
- Education
75% off for academic institutions
Academic licenses give eligible schools, colleges and affiliated research institutes 75% off the list price of Confluence Standard, Premium and Enterprise.
- Education
75% off Classroom licenses
Eligible college students, graduate students and teachers using Confluence for classroom or learning activities get 75% off Standard and Premium.
