Confluence vs Slite

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

Slite

• Teams that want an internal knowledge base with owned, verified docs
• Companies that want cited AI answers drawn from their own documentation
• Remote teams documenting handbooks, processes and runbooks

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.

Slite

• There is no free plan: after the 14-day trial, a paid subscription is needed to keep using the workspace.
• The pricing page shows yearly-billed prices only; a monthly plan exists, but its price is not published there.
• The Slite Agent, search across connected tools, OpenID SSO and custom domains for public docs need Pro at $20 per user / month.
• Basic limits each member to 30 AI questions and 30 AI edits a month, 5 GB of storage and 200 MB file uploads.

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.

Slite

Collaborative editor

A real-time editor with comments, mentions, custom templates, recurring scheduled docs and doc history. Docs can be exported as PDF, Markdown or HTML.

Doc verification and ownership

Each doc can have an owner and a verification status, and the Knowledge Management Panel lets admins review and act on many docs at once.

Ask: AI search and answers

Answers questions with cited sources. Basic searches Slite docs with 30 questions per member a month; Pro and Enterprise search connected tools with 100 per member.

Slite Agent

On Pro and Enterprise, an agent watches connected tools, drafts updates to out-of-date docs and routes them to a person for approval. It draws on pooled credits, 50 per seat a month.

MCP and public API

Every plan includes a public API and an MCP server, so assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can search, read and edit docs under the user's permissions.

Public docs

Docs can be shared publicly on every plan, with AI answers for readers. Search-engine indexing, custom branding and a custom domain for public docs start on Pro.

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.

Slite

• Basic$10

  per user / month, billed yearly

  Unlimited docs, doc verification, the Knowledge Management Panel, Ask within Slite docs (30 questions per member a month), and MCP and API access.

• Pro$20

  per user / month, billed yearly

  Adds the Slite Agent with 50 monthly credits per seat, search across connected tools, doc fact-checking, OpenID SSO and a custom domain for public docs.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds reader-only seats, SCIM provisioning, audit logs, a service level agreement, a dedicated account manager and migration support.

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.

Slite

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit discount on the Basic plan

  Slite's pricing FAQ says eligible non-profit organizations get a discount on the Basic plan, arranged by contacting support. No percentage is stated.

• Education

  Academic discount on the Basic plan

  The same FAQ extends the Basic plan discount to eligible academic organizations, also arranged through support and with no percentage stated.