Confluence Server and Data Center feature comparison

If you manage your own Confluence site (it's not hosted by Atlassian), you'll have either a Confluence Server or Confluence Data Center license. 

Your Confluence license determines which features and infrastructure choices are available.  

Feature comparison

Here's a summary of what you get with each license. 

Core featuresServer licenseData Center license
Create spaces
Create spaces to store your team or project work.

Create pages
Create pages and blog posts, and work on them with your team.

Collaborative editing
Up to 12 people can work on the same page at the same time. Learn more

Browser and mobile
Use your browser, or use the iOS or Android app. Learn more

User management

External user directories
Store users in Active Directory, Crowd, Jira or another LDAP directory. Learn more

SAML single sign-on
Use a SAML identity provider for authentication and single-sign on. Learn more

6.1 +

High availability and performance at scale

Clustering
Run Confluence on multiple nodes high availability. Learn more

Infrastructure and Control

Read-only mode
Limit what users can do in your site while you perform maintenance. Learn more

6.10 +

Sandboxed processes
Run resource intensive tasks in external sandboxes for greater stability. Learn more

6.12 +

Deployment options

Your own hardware
Run Confluence on your own physical servers, virtualized servers, or in the data center of your choice.

AWS Quick Start
Use our Cloud Formation Templates to deploy Confluence on AWS. Learn more

6.1 +

Azure template
Use our template to deploy Confluence on Azure. Learn more

6.6 +

How do you decide what is included in each license?

We want all teams to get the most out of Confluence, so the core features are available for everyone - including creating pages, working together, organising your work. 

Some features are developed specifically for customers with a Data Center license. These may be specific to the needs of larger enterprises, or may provide additional infrastructure or administrative options to help you when Confluence is essential to getting work done in your organization. 

Find out more about how we prioritize features for our Server and Data Center products in our blog.

Which license is right for your organization?

Considering switching? The following articles may help you decide if a Data Center license is right for your organization.

Last modified on Sep 3, 2020

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