Confluence vs Quip (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 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 the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and 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
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 Quip if
- Fits if your sales team lives in Salesforce and wants documents tied to its records
- Works for small teams that only need shared docs and chat on Starter
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try before paying, as there is no free plan or trial
- Watch out: Starter cannot be combined with Quip for Salesforce
- Pricey if you want the Salesforce sync, since Advanced is $100 per user a month and sold through sales
- Skip it if you want a general wiki, as it is built for Salesforce customers
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAConfluenceVery good | 1.8GPAQuipWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CStarter is $10 per user a month billed annually ($12 monthly), above the category's cheapest quarter at $7 and below its middle at $18. Plus is $25 and Advanced is $100. |
| 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. | FThe pricing page lists no free plan and no free trial. |
| 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. | CDocuments and spreadsheets, chat in each document, an offline desktop app, Salesforce records in documents and Live Apps. The Salesforce record sync and live-document editing in Salesforce are Advanced 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. Documents and chat are familiar, but linking it to Salesforce is its own job. |
| 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, iOS, Android and an offline desktop app, with single sign-on and an enterprise API on Plus, which is bought through sales. |
| Best for | team wikis that sit next to Jira | documents and chat inside a Salesforce team |
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 Quip. 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. Quip starts at $10 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Confluence scores higher and starts $3.30 a month lower. Of the other docs and wiki tools on the chart, none scores higher than Confluence for less, and 14 score higher than Quip 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, whiteboard and templates.
- Quip also covers spreadsheets and team chat.
At a glance
| Confluence | Quip | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $6.70 per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users) | $10 per user / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly) |
| 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 | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Atlassian | Quip (a Salesforce company) |
| Price read from | atlassian.com | quip.com |
| 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.
Quip
- There is no free plan or free trial listed on the pricing page.
- Starter cannot be combined with Quip for Salesforce. Plus and Advanced are sold through sales; the Salesforce record sync is only in Advanced ($100).
- The vendor describes it as productivity for Salesforce customers, so it is less of a general wiki than most tools in this category.
- The download page names iOS and iPadOS in the App Store; the pricing page also mentions Android. It does not say which desktop systems the desktop app covers.
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.
Quip
- Documents and spreadsheets
- Unlimited documents and spreadsheets on every plan, with spreadsheets that can be embedded inside a document.
- Chat in every document
- Each document and spreadsheet has built-in team chat, and there are also chat rooms and 1-to-1 messages.
- Offline desktop app
- The desktop app syncs documents and messages to the computer's drive so they can be opened offline and searched alongside local files.
- Salesforce records in documents
- Quip Advanced embeds documents in Salesforce records and syncs field, record, report and list data both ways.
- Live Apps and API
- Plus and Advanced add single sign-on, an enterprise API and custom Live Apps built for an organization.
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.
Quip
Quip Starter$10
per user / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly)
Unlimited documents and spreadsheets, group chat, and desktop, tablet and mobile access. Cannot be combined with Quip for Salesforce.
Quip Plus$25
per user / month, billed annually
Everything in Starter plus single sign-on, the enterprise API and custom Live Apps. Contact sales to buy.
Quip Advanced$100
per user / month, billed annually
Everything in Plus plus editing live documents inside Salesforce records and two-way sync with Salesforce data. Contact sales to buy.
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.
Quip
- Other savings
$30 for the first five users on Starter
The pricing page lists a special offer of $30 for the first five Starter users, available only on quip.com. It gives no end date or term.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Confluence or Quip?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Confluence is cheaper to start with: $6.70 a month for each person, against $10 a month for each person for Quip. Confluence starts at $6.70 per user / month, billed monthly (first 100 users), and Quip starts at $10 per user / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Confluence or Quip?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Confluence has a free plan. Quip does not.
More comparisons
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.