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This comparison of wiki hosting services details notable online services which host wiki-style editable web pages. General characteristics of cost, presence of advertising, licensing, and 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, here.
General comparison
The following tables compare general information for several of the more than 100 wiki hosting services that have been created.[1] The 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.
Wiki hosting service | Cost | Ads | Content license | Alexa rank[a] |
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Confluence Hosted | Non-free[b] | ? | 1,426[2] | |
iMeet Central | Paid | ? | 762,167[3] | |
Miraheze[4] | Free | No | Creative Commons | 48,888[5] |
Nuclino | Free/paid[6] | No | 146,737[7] | |
Ourproject.org | Free | ? | Copyleft (choice of Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses) | 1,079,474[8] |
PBworks | Non-free | No | 11,248[9] | |
Socialtext Workspace Hosted | Non-free[10] | No | Wiki creators can set their own. | 534,330[11] |
Tettra | Free trial/paid[12] | No | 175,329[13] | |
Wikia | Free | Yes | Creative Commons | 52[14] |
Wikidot | Free/paid | No | By default Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses as requested | 2,996[15] |
Wikispaces (Closed in 2018[16]) | Free/paid[c] | No | Choice of Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses; only educational wikis are free[17] | 3,823[18] |
Wiki hosting service | Cost | Ads | Content license | Alexa rank |
Technical comparison
Wiki hosting service | WYSIWYG editing | Features | Base wiki engine | Multilingual support | Syntax support |
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Confluence Hosted | Yes | Wiki markup language, plugins, SSL, file storage, permissioning, WebDAV. | HTML plugin script plugin No formulas | ||
iMeet Central | Yes | Access control, full-text search, calendaring, single sign-on to multiple projects, project templates, RSS enabled. | [?] (custom) | HTML,[1] CSS/templating No 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,[1] JavaScript, 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 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.[19] 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,[1] Wikitext, JavaScript, Math formulas |
Wikidot | ? | 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, 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. 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[20] engine | Multilingual interface possibilities (translations done by users-volunteers)[21] and Community support in French and German | No HTML,[1] CSS styling LaTeX math formulas |
Wikispaces | Yes | Subdomain. No limits on numbers of pages, spaces, or members. Full RSS support; easy space backups in zip and tgz. Blog import function/ integration. Themes and stylesheets can be customized. Private label service available. | [?] (custom) | Optional HTML,[1] Unknown script Math formulas | |
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
References
- ^ a b c d e f "WikiMatrix - Compare them all" (selectable table), WikiMatrix, 2007, webpage: wikimatrix-org-main.
- ^ "Atlassian.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Centraldesktop.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Miraheze - MediaWiki". www.mediawiki.org. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ^ "Miraheze.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ^ "Pricing - Nuclino". Nuclino. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Nuclino.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Ourproject.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Pbworks.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "SocialText Packages & Pricing". Socialtext.com. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Socialtext.net Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Pricing - Tettra". Tettra. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Tettra.co Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Wikia.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Wikidot.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ http://blog.wikispaces.com/. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
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(help) - ^ Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis, September 16, 2014
- ^ "Wikispaces.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "wikia.com, Help:Semantic MediaWiki". wikia.com. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Text_Wiki". php.net.
- ^ "Translate Wikidot!". wikidot.com.
External links
- Template:Dmoz
- Wikimatrix, with interactive selection of wikihosting services based on user preference
- Farms on WikiApiary List of MediaWiki-powered wiki farms with various statistics.
- Category:WikiFarm at WikiIndex.
- InformationWeek, Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems, page 3-4
- WikiFarms - wikiteam - tools for archiving wikis.