Confluence vs Paligo (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, we pick Confluence: it is second in our ranking of docs and wiki tools, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 1.8.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Confluence grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Confluence
Team wiki and docs workspace from Atlassian, tied to Jira
Paligo
Structured content authoring for technical documentation
Which one is for you
Pick Confluence if
- Fits if your team runs Jira and wants its docs linked to its issues
- Works for a team of up to 10 that can live with 2 GB and no page permissions, for free
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free: 10 users, 2 GB, 3 active whiteboards each, 50 automation steps a month and no page permissions
- Pricey if you need enforced SSO or SCIM, because that takes a separate Atlassian Guard subscription
- Watch out: the $5.42 the pricing page shows first is a 300-user average; your first 100 users pay $6.70 each
- Not for you if you want to host it yourself, since Data Center reaches end of life on March 28, 2029
- Skip it if you want a desktop app, as it's web, iPhone and Android only
Pick Paligo if
- Fits if your team writes reusable, structured content for several products and languages
- Works for companies with a documentation budget in the tens of thousands a year
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are a small team, as $15,000 a year is the starting price
- Not for you if you want a simple wiki, since it has a steeper learning curve
- Watch out: Business covers 2 authors and 2 languages, with SSO and permissions on Enterprise only
- Watch out: the trial length is not stated, and Enterprise has no listed price
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAConfluenceVery good | 1.8GPAPaligoWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStandard is $6.70 a user a month for the first 100 users and Premium $13.20, mid-pack in a category whose cheapest quarter starts at $6.30. Read the pricing page carefully: the $5.42 it shows first is an average for 300 users. Enforced SSO costs more again, via a separate Atlassian Guard subscription. | DFrom $15,000 a year for 2 authors, about $625 a month each, which is well above the category's dearest tenth at $249. Add-ons Nexus Portal and Nexus Answers start at $5,000 and $6,000 a year. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree for up to 10 users with pages, spaces, databases and templates, and a team that size could really stay there. The walls are 2 GB of storage, 3 active whiteboards each, 50 automation steps a month and no page permissions at all. | DA free trial is offered on the Business plan, but its length is not stated and no free plan exists, so we cannot show it is a week or longer. |
| Features | APages in spaces with a page tree, several people editing at once, comments and version history, and then the parts most rivals don't have in the same product: whiteboards that link to Jira issues, databases laid out as tables, cards or boards, rule-based automation and Rovo AI search and chat on the paid plans. | CSingle-source reuse, publishing to many channels, versioning and review, translation management and an API. Gaps: SSO, permissions, SCORM output and unlimited languages are Enterprise only. |
| Ease of use | B4.64 from about 3,700 App Store ratings, just under our A line. You sign up and it's there, Standard and Premium have a 7-day trial that asks for no payment details, and templates mean you rarely start a page from nothing. | CNo store rating on record. The page itself says it has a steeper learning curve than a wiki, since it is an XML authoring system. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Jira, Jira Service Management, Trello, Loom, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, GitHub and Figma wired in. There's no desktop app on record, so at a computer it's a browser tab, and the self-managed Data Center edition reaches end of life on 28 March 2029. | BWeb only, with a REST API and connections to Zendesk, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Algolia and Phrase. API rates are limited on Business. |
| Best for | team wikis that sit next to Jira | large teams writing structured XML documentation |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Confluence and Paligo. How we grade
Price against what you get
Confluence starts at $6.70 a month for each person and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Paligo starts at $1,250 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
Confluence scores higher and starts $1,243.30 a month lower. Of the other docs and wiki tools on the chart, none scores higher than Confluence for less, and 33 score higher than Paligo for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Confluence also covers databases, wiki and whiteboard.
- Paligo also covers Markdown and workflow automation.
At a glance
| Confluence | Paligo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $6.70 per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users) | $15,000 per year and up, for 2 authors and 2 languages |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Standard or Premium; no payment information required | Free trial offered on the Business plan; the length is not stated |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Atlassian | Paligo AB |
| Price read from | atlassian.com | paligo.net |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Paligo
- The published entry price is $15,000 per year, and the Enterprise plan has no listed price.
- Business includes 2 authors and 2 languages. SSO, permissions, eLearning (SCORM) output and unlimited languages are Enterprise only.
- Nexus Portal and Nexus Answers are separate add-ons, from $5,000 and $6,000 per year, which the page says are targeted for general availability in October 2026.
- It is an authoring system for structured XML content, with a steeper learning curve than a wiki.
Key features
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.
Paligo
- Single-source reuse
- Content is written as topics and reused, down to text fragments, across many publications, with variables and conditional filtering.
- Multi-channel publishing
- One source publishes to HTML5, PDF, eLearning packages and GitHub Flavored Markdown, with batch publishing and Paligo-hosted help centers.
- Versioning and review
- Topic-level revision history, parallel version branches, suggestions mode for tracked changes, and contributor and reviewer roles.
- Translation management
- Manages content in several languages and connects to translation memory systems. AI translation runs on prepaid token packages bought separately.
- Integrations and API
- A REST API and webhooks connect Paligo to other tools, alongside integrations for help desks, Git hosts, search and translation vendors.
Plans
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.
Paligo
Business$15,000
per year and up, for 2 authors and 2 languages
Annual subscription licensed per author. 2 authors, up to 10 contributors or reviewers, 10 GB per author, limited REST API rates and standard support.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Business plus 8 authors, unlimited languages and contributors, SAML single sign-on, permissions, SLAs and a dedicated customer success manager.
Ways to pay less
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.
Paligo
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Confluence or Paligo?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Confluence starts at $6.70 per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users), and Paligo starts at $15,000 per year and up, for 2 authors and 2 languages. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Confluence or Paligo?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Confluence has a free plan. Paligo does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Confluence and Paligo run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Confluence lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.