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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, at [[mw:Hosting services]].

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The following table compares 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
! Year founded
! Cost
! Ad supported
! Content license
! [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank{{efn|Approximative rank according to Alexa Internet.}}
! [[WYSIWYG]] editing
! [[Subdomain]]
! Customisable themes / [[CSS]]
! Database download / backup
! Other Features
! Base wiki engine
! Multilingual support
! Syntax support
|-
| '''[[Confluence (software)|Confluence Hosted]]'''
| <center>2004</center>
| {{Nonfree}}{{efn|Confluence has no free hosted option, but offers free software for charitable nonprofits and open source projects.}}
| {{dunno}}
|
| {{nts|1426}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/atlassian.com |title=Atlassian.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| Plugins, SSL, file storage, permissioning, WebDAV.
|
|
| Wiki markup language, [[HTML]] plugin<br />script plugin<br />No&nbsp;formulas
|-
| '''[[Central Desktop|iMeet Central]]'''
| <center>2005</center>
| {{Nonfree}}
| {{dunno}}
|
| {{nts|762,167}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/centraldesktop.com |title=Centraldesktop.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| 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]]'''
| <center>2016</center>
| Free/paid<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuclino.com/pricing |title=Pricing - Nuclino |publisher=[[Nuclino]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes|No}}
|
| {{nts|146737}}<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>
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| Lightweight [[real-time collaborative editor]], search-as-you-type, graph visualizations, flexible import and export.
|
|
| On the fly conversion of [[Markdown]] input
|-
| '''[[Ourproject.org]]'''
| <center>2002</center>
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes|No}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ourproject.org/docman/view.php/1/19/file19.html#bases |title=Ourproject.org Manifesto |author= |date=July 2006 |publisher=[[Ourproject.org]] |accessdate=2019-11-25}}</ref>
| [[Copyleft]] (choice of [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]], [[GNU FDL]], other licenses)
| {{nts|1079474}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ourproject.org |title=Ourproject.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| Mailing lists, FTP, SSH, ddbb, email alias, backups, CVS/SVN, forums, task management.
| [[MoinMoin]] by default; custom supported
| Supports English, Spanish, French, and many other languages.
|
|-
| '''[[PBworks]]'''
| <center>2005</center>
| {{Nonfree}}
| {{Yes|No}}
|
| {{nts|11248}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pbworks.com |title=Pbworks.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors|author= |date=2018-04-22 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, email notifications, file management, page access settings.
| [?] (custom)
|
| All HTML,<ref name=wikmat/><br />[[JavaScript]],<br />[[LaTeX]] formulas
|-
| '''[[Socialtext]] (Merged with PeopleFluent in 2012'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=SocialText Merges With PeopleFluent After Sale|url=https://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/socialtext-merges-with-peoplefluent-after-sale-015411.php|website=CMSWire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref>)
| <center>2002</center>
| {{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|534330}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/socialtext.net |title=Socialtext.net Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-04-22 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-07-26}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Enterprise Wiki]]. Supports text, rich text, embedded images, video, and attachments (including from email).
| Derived from [[Kwiki]]
|
|
|-
| '''[[Wikia|Fandom/Wikia]]'''
| <center>2004</center>
| {{Free}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]]
| {{nts|105}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fandom.com |title=fandom.com Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic |date=2020-01-30 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2020-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111165032/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fandom.com|archive-date=2020-01-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Common login and common preferences to all wikis of FANDOM for the same user. 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;formula
|-
| '''[[Wikidot]]'''
| <center>2006</center>
| Free/paid
| {{No|Yes}}
| By default [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons]], [[GNU FDL]], other licenses as requested
| {{nts|2996}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikidot.com |title=Wikidot.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |author= |date=2018-07-26 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| 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]], advanced forum for each site.Private messages between users. No limit on site size. Public and private 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]] (Closed in 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikispaces.com/ |accessdate=2018-02-19}}</ref>)'''
| <center>2005</center>
| 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 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] |accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| No limits on numbers of pages, spaces, or members. Full [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] support. Blog import function/ integration.
| [?] (custom)
|
| Optional HTML,<ref name=wikmat/><br />Unknown&nbsp;script<br />Math&nbsp;formulas
|}

== 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 ==
*[[mw:Hosting services]]. Much longer list of [[MediaWiki]]-based wiki farms and hosting services. It is longer because each host does not have to meet the [[WP:Notability|notability requirements]] of Wikipedia articles.
* {{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.
* [https://github.com/WikiTeam/wikiteam/wiki/WikiFarms WikiFarms - wikiteam - tools for archiving wikis].

{{Wiki topics}}

[[Category:Multimedia software comparisons|Wiki farms]]
[[Category:Technology-related lists]]
[[Category:Wiki farms| ]]

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