Confluence publishes edits. VersoDocs publishes approved versions.
Confluence is a capable team wiki. In VersoDocs, review and approval are the only way a document changes, with no add-ons to configure.
What Confluence does well.
Confluence is a mature wiki with spaces, templates, page versions you can compare and restore, real-time editing, and deep Jira integration. Audit logs and analytics come with paid tiers, and document-approval workflows are available through Marketplace apps.
Side by side.
| Confluence | VersoDocs | |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | ||
| Real-time co-editing | ✓ | No, by design |
| Comments & @mentions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Jira integration | ✓ | Via JSON webhooks |
| Version workflow | ||
| Explicit Current version | Limited (latest published page) | Yes |
| Drafts kept separate from what readers see | Limited (unpublished changes) | Yes, private proposals |
| Approval required before a change goes live | Via add-ons | Yes, require-approval rule |
| Published versions locked | Limited (page history) | Yes, every published version |
| Review scoped to one change | Limited (compare after publish) | Yes, diff + per-revision delta |
| Record | ||
| Version history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reason, reviewers & approver on every version | Via add-ons | ✓ |
| Audit log | Paid tiers | Team: activity log · Pro: org-wide |
| Read tracking | Analytics, paid tiers; acknowledgements via add-ons | Pro: read acknowledgements |
| Exports stamped with version + “is this still current?” link | Via add-ons | ✓ |
| Owner + periodic review reminders | Via add-ons | ✓ |
| Re-authentication on approval (e-signature) | Via add-ons | Pro |
| Developers & AI agents | ||
| AI agents read only the approved version (MCP) | MCP server (live pages) | Yes, Current only |
| Pull approved docs into a repo, with a lockfile | Via API | Yes, CLI + GitHub auto-sync |
| CI check for PRs built from an outdated doc | – | Team |
Competitor capabilities as of 2026 and vary by plan. Corrections welcome.
Pick the tool for the job.
- You need a large team wiki tightly tied to Jira
- You already run Atlassian and have approval apps configured
- Most pages are reference notes that change informally
- Approval before publish should be built in, not bolted on
- Reviewers should see one change at a time, before it goes live
- Small team, no admin to configure workflow add-ons
Keep Confluence as your wiki and move the few documents that need sign-off to VersoDocs. Export a space as HTML and drop the .zip into Import; the page tree becomes folders.
Compare and explore.
VersoDocs vs Google Docs →
Real-time co-writing vs one approved version: when to use each, and how teams use both.
VersoDocs vs Notion →
A flexible workspace vs controlled publishing for the documents that need one approved version.
Technical specs →
One approved version of every spec, reviewed by engineering and approved by product before anyone builds from it.
SOPs & procedures →
Controlled SOPs with approval before publish, proof of which version was in force, and read-and-acknowledge.
Developers & AI agents →
A remote MCP server, a CLI with a lockfile, GitHub auto-sync and a REST API that only ever return the approved version.
Bring one document that has to be right.
Free for two people, no card. Publish it as v1 and run your next change through review.