Confluence Pricing in May 2026

Confluence's standard pricing follows tiered per-user structure: Free for up to 10 users, Standard at $5.16/user/month, Premium at $9.92/user/month, Enterprise at $11.55+/user/month. Real-world Confluence bills for typical 25-person teams on Standard land at $130/month; mid-stage 100-person teams hit $516-992/month at Standard or Premium.

The 1 year free Standard offer covers approximately $62-1,548 of value depending on team size. Eligibility focuses on early-stage SaaS companies with verified documentation needs. The strategic decision: Confluence's value is the deep Jira integration combined with the maturity of being the documentation tool inside thousands of enterprises. For Atlassian-standardized organizations using Jira for project management, Confluence is the default for team wikis. The free year is the right time to validate whether Confluence's specific pricing tier and feature depth match your team's documentation needs. The major comparison is Confluence vs Notion. Notion has captured significant market share with modern UX, faster editing, and a workspace model combining docs + projects + databases. For startups not committed to Atlassian, Notion typically wins on UX and ecosystem. For organizations on Microsoft 365, SharePoint plays the same role bundled with M365 at no extra cost. For specifically internal-knowledge management with cleaner UX, Slab and Slite target that niche. For specifically polished documentation with versioning, GitBook handles that workflow. For specifically engineering-team docs near code, Docusaurus and similar open-source alternatives handle docs-near-code. Confluence's specific niche remains Atlassian/Jira-anchored organizations; for everyone else, Notion is typically the better default.