outlineFinally, a Real Alternative to Confluence
Outline is the fast, modern, alternative to Confluence that your team has been looking for – on-premises or in the cloud.
Great looking docs, without even trying.
An easy to use editor with markdown shortcuts, slash commands, and media embeds that looks great by default.
Access control & permissions.
Manage access to your knowledge base with read & write permissions, user groups, guest users, public sharing, and more…
Structured & instantly searchable.
Nest documents in a hierachy, automatically build a network of backlinks and search across everything in ms.
AI answers & built-in MCP.
Get instant answers from your knowledge base, or connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI assistants to search, read, and edit docs with the built-in MCP server.
Cloud hosted or on-premises.
Outline is available as a cloud hosted service that’s always up-to-date or as a self-hosted install on your own network.
Outline vs Confluence, feature by feature
| Outline | Confluence | |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited documents | Yes | Yes |
| Multiplayer collaboration | Yes | Yes |
| Full version history | Yes | Yes |
| Team templates | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Audit log | Yes | Yes |
| SAML single sign-on | Yes | Paid add-on |
| Install on-premises | Yes | Being retired (2029) |
| Fast, really fast | Yes | No |
| Open source | Yes | No |
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