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This '''comparison of [[wiki hosting service]]s''' details notable online services which host [[wiki]]-style editable [[web page]]s. General characteristics of cost, presence of advertising, licensing, and [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank are compared, as are technical differences in editing, features, wiki engine, multilingual support and syntax support.

An alternative to this page can be found on [[MediaWiki]]'s site, [[mw:Hosting services|here]].

== General comparison ==
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The following tables compare general information for several of the more than 100 wiki hosting services that have been created.<ref name="wikmat">
"WikiMatrix - Compare them all" (selectable table),
WikiMatrix, 2007, webpage:
[http://www.wikimatrix.org/ wikimatrix-org-main].
</ref> The [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] traffic rankings are a snapshot that will vary over time. For wiki hosting services that allow hosted wikis to have separate domain names, the Alexa count might not be complete, as such wikis may have their own Alexa rankings.
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;"
! Wiki hosting service
! Cost
! Ads
! Content license
! [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank{{efn|Approximative rank according to Alexa Internet. Click on the rank to get the last figures.}}
|-
| '''[[Confluence (software)|Confluence Hosted]]'''
| {{Nonfree}}{{efn|Confluence has no free hosted option, but offers free software for charitable nonprofits and open source projects.}}
| {{dunno}}
|
| {{nts|1680}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/atlassian.com |title=Atlassian.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Central Desktop|iMeet Central]]'''
| Paid <!-- no community edition is available anymore -->
| {{dunno}}
|
| {{nts|793079}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/centraldesktop.com |title=Centraldesktop.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Nuclino]]'''
| Free/paid<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuclino.com/pricing |title=Pricing - Nuclino |publisher=[[Nuclino]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes|No}}
|
| {{nts|187027}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nuclino.com |title=Nuclino.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |date=2018-04-22 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Ourproject.org]]'''
| {{Free}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Copyleft]] (choice of [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]], [[GNU FDL]], other licenses)
| {{nts|1008706}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ourproject.org |title=Ourproject.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[PBworks]]'''
| {{Nonfree}}
| {{Yes|No}}
|
| {{nts|10485}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pbworks.com |title=Pbworks.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors|author= |date=2018-04-22 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Socialtext]] Workspace Hosted'''
| {{Nonfree}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialtext.com/products/pricing.php |title=SocialText Packages & Pricing |publisher=Socialtext.com |date= |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes|No}}
| Wiki creators can set their own.
| {{nts|763031}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/socialtext.net |title=Socialtext.net Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Tettra]]'''
| Free trial/paid<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tettra.co/pricing |title=Pricing - Tettra |publisher=[[Tettra]] |accessdate=2017-01-16}}</ref>
| {{Yes|No}}
|
| {{nts|181141}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tettra.co |title=Tettra.co Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |date=2018-07-26 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Wikia]]'''
| {{Free}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]]
| {{nts|49}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikia.com |title=Wikia.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-07-26 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Wikidot]]'''
| Free/paid
| {{Yes|No}}
| By default [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]], [[GNU FDL]], other licenses as requested
| {{nts|2180}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikidot.com |title=Wikidot.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-07-26 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Wikispaces]] (Closed in 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikispaces.com/ |accessdate=2018-02-19}}</ref>)'''
| Free/paid{{efn|Wikispaces private and plus accounts are free for K-12 educators.}}
| {{Yes|No}}
| Choice of [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]], [[GNU FDL]], other licenses; only educational wikis are free<ref>[http://blog.wikispaces.com/2014/09/wikispaces-is-no-longer-offering-free-non-education-wikis.html Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis], September 16, 2014</ref>
| {{nts|3823}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikispaces.com |title=Wikispaces.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-07-26 |work= |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref>
|- class="sortbottom"
! Wiki hosting service
! Cost
! Ads
! Content license
! [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank
|}

== Technical comparison ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Wiki hosting service
! [[WYSIWYG]] editing
! Features
! Base wiki engine
! Multilingual support
! Syntax support
|-
| '''[[Confluence (software)|Confluence Hosted]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Wiki markup language, plugins, SSL, file storage, permissioning, WebDAV.
|
|
| [[HTML]] plugin<br />script plugin<br />No&nbsp;formulas
|-
| '''[[Central Desktop|iMeet Central]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Access control, full-text search, calendaring, single sign-on to multiple projects, project templates, [[RSS]] enabled.
| [?] (custom)
|
| HTML,<ref name=wikmat/><br />CSS/templating<br />No&nbsp;formulas
|-
| '''[[Nuclino]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Lightweight [[real-time collaborative editor]], [[Markdown]] commands, search-as-you-type, graph visualizations, flexible import and export.
|
|
| On the fly conversion of [[Markdown]] input
|-
| '''[[Ourproject.org]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Wikis, mailing lists, FTP, SSH, subdomains, hosting, ddbb, email alias, backups, CVS/SVN, forums, task management.
| [[MoinMoin]] by default; custom supported
| Supports English, Spanish, French, and many other languages.
|
|-
| '''[[PBworks]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Subdomain. No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, ZIP backups, diffs, colour schemes, email notifications, file management, page access settings. Over 800,000 workspaces hosted. One level of folders used to organize pages. Free accounts limited to 50 MB. Available to paying users: Folder- and page-level access controls, custom domain, unlimited storage.
| [?] (custom)
|
| All HTML,<ref name=wikmat/><br />[[JavaScript]],<br />[[LaTeX]] formulas
|-
| '''[[Socialtext]] Workspace'''
| {{Yes}}
| [[Enterprise Wiki]]. Supports text, rich text, embedded images, video, and attachments (including from email).
| Derived from [[Kwiki]]
|
|
|-
|-
| '''[[Tettra]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| [[Markdown]] support, page requests, [[Slack (software)|Slack]] integration, internal page linking, embedded images and video.
|
|
| Basic [[HTML]], Inline [[Markdown]] conversion
|-
| '''[[Wikia]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Common login and common preferences to all wikis of Wikia for the same user. Database download available. Domains, names, and identifiers owned by Wikia Inc. No longer configures [[Semantic MediaWiki]] on request.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Semantic_MediaWiki |title=wikia.com, Help:Semantic MediaWiki |publisher=wikia.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-22}}</ref> Blog, User Page, and User Talk pages for users.
| [[MediaWiki]]
| All languages Wikipedia exists for (and some more); Community Support in English, Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and several other languages.
| Same as [[Wikipedia]] due to the same Wiki engine - MediaWiki: Some HTML,<ref name=wikmat/> [[Wikitext]], <br />JavaScript,<br />Math&nbsp;formulas
|-
| '''[[Wikidot]]'''
| {{dunno}}
| [[Subdomain]]. Can map a custom domain if previously registered for free. User can allow ads to be displayed on their wiki and get 80% of revenue. [[RSS (file format)|RSS]], customizable themes with CSS, advanced forum for each site. Custom page hierarchies, searching, advanced page (full/section/append) edit locking, blocking users and IP addresses. Private messages between users. Uses [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]]. No limit on site size. Public and private wikis. Widgets. Each user can create up to 20 wiki sites and be a member of an unlimited number of wikis.
| Modified [[Text_Wiki]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Wiki/|title=Text_Wiki|work=php.net}}</ref> engine
| Multilingual interface possibilities (translations done by users-volunteers)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.wikidot.com/stats|title=Translate Wikidot!|work=wikidot.com}}</ref> and Community support in French and German
| No HTML,<ref name=wikmat/><br />CSS&nbsp;styling<br />LaTeX math formulas
|-
| '''[[Wikispaces]]'''
| {{Yes}}
| Subdomain. No limits on numbers of pages, spaces, or members. Full [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] support; easy space backups in [[ZIP (file format)|zip]] and [[Tar (file format)|tgz]]. Blog import function/ integration. Themes and stylesheets can be customized. Private label service available.
| [?] (custom)
|
| Optional HTML,<ref name=wikmat/><br />Unknown&nbsp;script<br />Math&nbsp;formulas
|- class="sortbottom"
! Wiki hosting service
! [[WYSIWYG]] editing
! Features
! Wiki engine
! Multilingual support
! Syntax support
|}

== See also ==
* [[Collaborative real-time editor]]
* [[Collaborative software]]
* [[Comparison of wiki software]]
* [[List of collaborative software]]
* [[List of wiki software]]
* [[List of wikis]]
* [[Wiki software]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|32em}}

== External links ==
{{sister project|project=mediawiki|text=[[MediaWiki]] has media related to: '''''[[mw:Hosting services|Hosting services]]'''''}}
* {{dmoz|Computers/Software/Groupware/Wiki/Wiki_Farms|Wiki farms}}
* [http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Wikimatrix, with interactive selection of wikihosting services based on user preference]
* [https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Farm:Farms Farms on WikiApiary] [[List of MediaWiki-powered wiki farms]] with various statistics.
* [http://wikiindex.org/Category:WikiFarm Category:WikiFarm] at [[WikiIndex]].
* [http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805279&pgno=3 InformationWeek, Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems, page 3-4]
* [https://github.com/WikiTeam/wikiteam/wiki/WikiFarms WikiFarms - wikiteam - tools for archiving wikis].

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[[Category:Multimedia software comparisons|Wiki farms]]
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