The Front Desk Review

Best Internal Wiki · head-to-head

Confluence vs Slab

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for internal wiki. Confluence has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Confluence has the lower entry price — Confluence starts at $0/user/mo, Slab at $0/user/mo. Free tier: Confluence Yes, Slab Yes. HIPAA: Confluence Yes, Slab No.

As of 2026-11-01 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Confluence

$0/user/mo entry
Entry price$0/user/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forSoftware engineering teams using Jira

Slab

$0/user/mo entry
Entry price$0/user/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)No
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forEngineering and product teams

Sources — Confluence: atlassian.com (verified 2026-11-01) · Slab: slab.com (verified 2026-11-01)

Key features

Confluence: Deep Jira integration for software teams linking docs to issues; Extensive marketplace of 3,000+ apps and integrations; AI-powered page summaries and content generation; SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP authorized

Slab: Unified search across Slab and connected apps; Topic-based organization with nested hierarchies; Real-time collaborative editing; SOC 2 Type II certified

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