Confluence vs Gramax

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

Gramax

• Teams that want documentation kept as Markdown files in their own Git repository
• Product and developer documentation published as a reader portal
• Companies with many readers and few authors, since only editors need a license

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.

Gramax

• Corporate SSO, admin-panel access management, analytics, training tests and portal notifications are limited to Enterprise Server.
• Enterprise Server has a 10-license minimum, so the smallest purchase is $200 a month or $7,000 one-time.
• In the open-source version the AI agent and AI search run on a model you supply.
• Sharing work between people depends on a Git storage, and the docs list browser and desktop versions but no mobile apps.

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.

Gramax

Visual editor over Markdown and Git

Articles are edited visually and saved as Markdown files. Syncing and publishing run on Git commands built into the interface, against GitHub, GitLab, Gitea or another Git storage.

Documentation portal

Catalogs are published as a site for readers through Gramax Cloud, a Docker container on your own server or a static site. Portals and readers are unlimited in both versions.

Diagrams, templates and fragments

Articles can include Diagrams.net, Mermaid and PlantUML diagrams, start from article templates and reuse fragments of content across articles.

Versions and change approval

Catalogs keep versions and a change history, and an edit proposed by an author or the AI agent is reviewed line by line before it is accepted.

AI search and AI agent

Readers ask a question and get an answer with links to the source articles, and the agent flags duplicates and conflicts. The free version runs on your own model; Enterprise needs no model setup.

Training and metrics

Enterprise Server adds questions inside articles with test results per employee, plus visit history, search queries and click-through rates for finding gaps.

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.

Gramax

• Gramax Open SourceFree

  Visual editor, diagrams, templates, versions, multilingual catalogs, PDF, DOCX and HTML export, and unlimited portals and readers.

• Enterprise Server (monthly)$20

  per Editor license / month; minimum 10 licenses

  Adds corporate SSO, AI agent and search with no model setup, analytics, training and testing, roles with Active Directory sync and an admin panel.

• Enterprise Server (perpetual)$700

  one-time per Editor license; minimum 10 licenses

  The same features with usage rights that never expire. Updates are free for 12 months; renewing them costs 40% of the license price a year.

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.

Gramax

• Lifetime license

  Perpetual Enterprise license at $700 per editor

  Enterprise Server can be bought once at $700 per Editor license instead of $20 a month. Updates are free for 12 months, then cost 40% of the license price a year.