Confluence vs Hudu

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

Hudu

• Managed service providers documenting many client environments
• Internal IT teams keeping credentials, assets and how-tos in one system
• Organizations that need to host their IT documentation on their own servers

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.

Hudu

• There is no free plan: after the 14-day trial each user who can log in costs $27 a month billed annually, or $30 monthly.
• It is built for IT documentation, so the feature set centers on assets, credentials, networks and client companies.
• Automatic network discovery is the separate Hudu Radar add-on, from $44 a month billed annually for 5 collectors.
• The mobile app does not cover every web feature; Hudu's release notes say the rest are still being added.

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.

Hudu

Structured documentation

Knowledge base articles, checklists and SOPs follow consistent layouts and templates, with version histories, flags and reviews, and links between related records.

Password vault

Company and personal credential vaults store passwords and one-time passcodes, with role-based access, group permissions and a full audit history.

Assets, IP addresses and racks

Devices, vendors and systems are tracked through structured forms, alongside IP address management, rack layouts and a photo gallery.

Expirations and monitoring

Domains, SSL certificates, warranties and contract renewals are tracked with alerts before they lapse, and the plan includes website and SSL monitoring.

Client portal

Clients get limited access to their own documentation through a portal. Read-only portal users are unlimited and do not count toward the license total.

Hudu AI and MCP server

Plain-English questions are answered from assets, articles and client data with source links, and an MCP server connects Hudu to Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot. Included in the plan.

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.

Hudu

• Hudu$27

  per user / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)

  One plan, cloud-hosted or self-hosted: documentation, password vault, assets, IPAM, client portal with unlimited free portal users, AI assistant, API and SSO.

• Hudu Radar Starter$44

  per month, billed annually at $529 ($49 billed monthly)

  Optional network discovery add-on with 5 collectors. One collector is one Radar install in a client environment.

• Hudu Radar Growth$89

  per month, billed annually at $1,068 ($99 billed monthly)

  The Radar network discovery add-on with 25 collectors.

• Hudu Radar Scale$269

  per month, billed annually at $3,229 ($299 billed monthly)

  The Radar network discovery add-on with 150 collectors.

• Hudu Radar Enterprise$449

  per month, billed annually at $5,389 ($499 billed monthly)

  The Radar network discovery add-on with 500 collectors. Larger deployments are quoted on request.

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.

Hudu

• Annual discount

  Save 10% with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual billing as saving 10%: $27 per user a month instead of $30 billed monthly, with no minimums or contracts.