The Ultimate Confluence vs Coda Evaluation Guide in 2024

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Features

The difference in capabilities between Confluence and Coda.

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There’s a ton to cover when comparing features between Confluence and Coda, but I’ve tried to distill it down so you can look for what you care about and find the key differences in capabilities. In the table below you’ll find a long list of nearly every feature I can think to compare broken down into categories. They’re also colored to highlight the key differences:

Orange: Coda only

Blue: Confluence only

Gray: Both Coda & Confluence

Feature Comparison

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Category

Feature

Coda

Confluence

Text / Canvas

27

Canvas Buttons

✅

❌

Headers (H1, H2, H3)

✅

✅

Checklist

✅

✅

Bulleted list

✅

✅

Numbered list

✅

✅

Toggle list

✅

✅

Collapsible header

✅

✅

Collapsible bullets

✅

✅

Code

✅

✅

Quote

✅

✅

Callout

✅

✅

@mentions (Person, Page, etc)

✅

✅

Files & Media

✅

✅

Equation

✅

✅

Divider

✅

✅

Integrations / Embeds

✅

✅

Coloring & Highlighting

✅

✅

Bold / Italicize / Underline / Strikethrough / Code

✅

✅

Column formatting

✅

✅

Image resizing

✅

✅

Custom icons

✅

✅

Canvas Formulas

✅

❌

Canvas Reactions

✅

❌

Text Alignment

✅

❌

Page Width Control

✅

❌

Breadcrumb

❌

✅

Synced Blocks

❌

✅

Table Column Types

21

Text

✅

✅

Number

✅

✅

Relation

✅

✅

Select / Multi-select List

✅

✅

Person / Email

✅

✅

Canvas

✅

✅

Pack / Integration

✅

✅

Progress bar

✅

✅

Date & Time

✅

✅

Rollup

✅

✅

Properties

✅

✅

AI

✅

✅

Files & media

✅

✅

Formula

✅

✅

Compose / Message builder

✅

❌

Reaction

✅

❌

Button

✅

❌

Scale / Rating

✅

❌

Slider

✅

❌

Duration

✅

❌

Column descriptions

✅

❌

Table Views

11

Table

✅

✅

Board / Kanban / Card

✅

✅

Timeline

✅

✅

Calendar

✅

✅

Gallery

✅

✅

Charts

✅

❌

Detail

✅

❌

Form / Survey

✅

❌

Word Cloud

✅

❌

Filter bar

✅

❌

List

❌

✅

Table / Database Editing

4

Table Grouping

✅

✅

Conditional Formatting

✅

❌

Designable row layout

✅

❌

Full-width table images

✅

❌

Extensions

8

Integrations

✅

✅

Automations

✅

✅

Buttons

✅

✅

Public API

✅

✅

Integrations Gallery

✅

✅

Full-page embeds

✅

❌

Admin API

✅

❌

Integrations studio (online IDE)

✅

❌

Sharing / Collaboration

13

Commenting

✅

✅

Publishing

✅

✅

Stats / Analytics

✅

✅

Share with Groups

✅

✅

Suggest Changes

✅

❌

Secure Database Sharing (Cross-Doc in Coda)

✅

❌

Multi-Homed Pages (One page can live in many places)

✅

❌

Doc Map

✅

❌

Locking

✅

❌

Personalization

✅

❌

Custom page & table notifications

✅

❌

Quiet mode

✅

❌

Single Page Sharing

❌

✅

Security

11

SSO Compliance

✅

✅

SOC 2 Compliance

✅

✅

Magic Link login

✅

✅

Share to Google Groups or SCIM

✅

❌

Audit event API support

✅

❌

DLP Integration with third-party products

✅

❌

Authentication optionality

✅

❌

Control over sharing policy

✅

❌

Integration security

✅

❌

Legal hold

✅

❌

eDiscovery

✅

❌

Formulas

13

Formula Builder

✅

❌

Modern Formula Language

✅

❌

Connection to integrations

✅

❌

Formula naming and referencing

✅

❌

Expandable formula editor

✅

❌

Auto-complete

✅

❌

Resilient to name changes

✅

❌

Inline help

✅

❌

Inline comments

✅

❌

Variables (With Name)

✅

❌

Loops (For Each)

✅

❌

Button action support

✅

❌

Formula Auto-fix

✅

❌

AI

7

AI Q&A

✅

✅

AI summarizer

✅

✅

AI block

✅

❌

AI assistant

✅

✅

AI column

✅

❌

AI reviewer

✅

❌

AI chat

✅

❌

Platform

2

Mobile App

✅

✅

Desktop App

❌

✅

Pricing

1

Maker billing (Free editors/collaborators)

✅

❌

Support

2

Customer support

✅

✅

Community

✅

✅

Organization & Search

1

Page menu/list

✅

❌

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`Organization & discoverability Two different approaches to storing and finding your information.`⁠

`AI capabilities Coda AI and Confluence AI (Atlassian Intelligence) capabilities.`⁠

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