10 Best European Alternatives to Confluence (2026)
Confluence is Atlassian's team wiki, often used alongside Jira. Atlassian was founded in Sydney in 2002 and now files in the US with a San Francisco head office. It's also known as Atlassian Confluence and Confluence Cloud. The European alternatives that replace it best are XWiki (France) for organisations replacing Confluence with open source, Slite (France) for remote teams that want a simple company wiki and Nuclino (Germany) for small teams that want a quick, simple wiki.
European alternatives
10
From 6 countries
Keep data in Europe
2
By default, no setting needed
With a free plan
7
No time limit
Open source
3
Can run on your own servers
Confluence alternatives from Europe, compared
Best first for someone replacing Confluence. Headcount and founding year come from LeadWave's database; prices, hosting and G2 ratings from each company's own pages and G2, checked in November 2026.
Open-source wiki for company knowledge, with structured pages, fine-grained rights and extensions. Run it on your own servers or as XWiki Cloud; XWiki SAS sells support and hosting.
Compared with Confluence: Open-source wiki built to replace Confluence, self-hosted or as XWiki Cloud. Self-hosting means more admin work than Confluence Cloud.
Organisations replacing Confluence with open source
2. Slite
Team knowledge base with AI search
Docs and knowledge base for company teams, with AI answers drawn from the team's pages and connected tools. Runs on Google Cloud with production data in Belgium. Remote-first; contracts are with a Delaware entity.
Compared with Confluence: Hosted docs and knowledge base with AI answers, data on Google Cloud in Belgium. No self-hosting option.
Knowledge base for organisations that keeps procedures and expertise current and answers questions with AI. Runs as SaaS, in a private cloud or on-premises.
Compared with Confluence: Knowledge base for larger organisations, offered as SaaS, private cloud or on-premises. From €15 per user a month, billed yearly.
Open-source wiki that groups pages into books and chapters, run on your own server. Created by Dan Brown; paid support comes from UK company HTTP Functions Ltd.
Compared with Confluence: Free, open-source wiki you host yourself; paid support comes from a UK company. No hosted version from the maker.
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Founded
2015
Your data
Self-hosted
Price
From £450/account/year, billed yearly
Free plan
Yes
Best for
IT teams wanting a free, self-hosted documentation wiki
6. Zenkit
Project boards plus Hypernotes wiki, hosted in Germany
Suite of work tools from Axonic GmbH, including project databases and Hypernotes for wikis and notes. Content is stored only in Germany.
Compared with Confluence: Combines a wiki (Hypernotes) with project boards, with content stored only in Germany. No free plan.
Writing app for notes and shareable documents on Apple devices, Windows, Android and the web, with team spaces. Built by a Budapest team; the UK company Craft Docs Ltd is the legal parent.
Compared with Confluence: Document tool with shared team spaces from $5 per user a month. Better for polished documents than structured company wikis.
Workspace that combines pages, tasks and an AI assistant, with links to Google Drive and other apps. Free for up to three members per workspace.
Compared with Confluence: Docs, tasks and AI in one workspace for small teams. No self-hosting option.
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2021
Employees
21
Your data
Not stated
Price
From $6/user/month, billed yearly
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Small teams wanting a Notion-like workspace
9. Anytype
Local-first, encrypted workspace for notes and data
Notes, pages and databases stored on your devices first and synced with end-to-end encryption. Sync nodes can be self-hosted. Made by Any, a Swiss association; the code is source-available.
Compared with Confluence: Encrypted, local-first workspace for small teams. Not built for large company wikis with detailed permissions.
Headquarters
Switzerland
Founded
2018
Employees
185
Your data
Self-hosted
Price
From $4/account/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Privacy-minded people who want Notion-style pages offline
10. CryptPad
End-to-end encrypted documents in the browser
Open-source office tools (rich text, sheets, kanban, forms) with end-to-end encryption, used in the browser. Free on public instances; paid storage on cryptpad.fr or a dedicated instance.
Compared with Confluence: Encrypted collaborative documents, self-hosted or on cryptpad.fr. Suits sensitive drafts more than a full wiki.
Headquarters
Paris, France
Owned by
XWiki SAS (France)
Your data
Self-hosted
Price
From €5/account/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Groups drafting sensitive documents together
Why look for a European alternative to Confluence?
Confluence is headquartered in San Francisco, United States and owned by Atlassian (United States). These are the reasons buyers in Europe most often give for looking elsewhere:
Atlassian Corporation is US-listed with a San Francisco business address, so US laws such as the CLOUD Act apply to it.
EU data residency is offered on the Standard, Premium and Enterprise cloud plans, but not on Free.
Some teams want a wiki they can host themselves in Europe or one that is open source.
How this list was made
A company counts as European if it's headquartered in Europe: the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, the UK, or elsewhere in geographic Europe, never Russia or Belarus. Headquarters means where it's run from, not a registered office. Companies founded in Europe but headquartered elsewhere today are listed separately, and a non-European owner is always named.
Each company was checked against its own legal notice, pricing page and data-processing terms, and its G2 page. Headcount, funding and founding year come from LeadWave's database of SaaS companies. No company paid to be listed or ranked.
It depends on what you use Confluence for. XWiki (France) for organisations replacing Confluence with open source, Slite (France) for remote teams that want a simple company wiki and Nuclino (Germany) for small teams that want a quick, simple wiki. All 10 on this page are headquartered in Europe; the table compares their hosting, prices and G2 ratings.
No. Confluence is headquartered in San Francisco, United States and owned by Atlassian (United States). As a US company it falls under US law, including the CLOUD Act, wherever it stores your data.
XWiki, Nuclino, BookStack, Craft, Saga, Anytype and CryptPad have a free plan with no time limit.
Slite and Zenkit store customer data in Europe by default.
Yes: XWiki, BookStack and CryptPad. Open-source tools can also be self-hosted on your own servers in Europe.
XWiki documents an import from Confluence; the details are under each one below.
Both, historically. Atlassian was founded in Sydney in 2002; today Atlassian Corporation files with the US SEC and gives San Francisco as its business address.
Yes. Data residency, including EU regions, is available on Confluence Standard, Premium and Enterprise plans. The Free plan does not include it.
