Confluence
Mural
| Feature | Confluence | Mural |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $6.05/mo | Free / from $9.99/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.1 / 5 | 4.3 / 5 |
| Best For | atlassian-users, enterprise, engineering-teams, product-teams | enterprise-teams, facilitators, agile-teams, design-thinking |
| Founded | 2004 | 2011 |
| Pages | ✓ | ✗ |
| Spaces | ✓ | ✗ |
| Templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inline Comments | ✓ | ✗ |
| Macros | ✓ | ✗ |
| Analytics | ✓ | ✗ |
| Digital Whiteboard | ✗ | ✓ |
| Facilitation Tools | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ai Clustering | ✗ | ✓ |
| Voting | ✗ | ✓ |
| Timers | ✗ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ✗ | ✓ |
| Enterprise Security | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Confluence Pros
- Jira integration
- Structured spaces
- Templates
- Enterprise-ready
✗ Confluence Cons
- Can be slow
- Complex permissions
- Editing quirks
✓ Mural Pros
- Excellent facilitation features for workshops
- Strong enterprise security and compliance
- AI-powered features for clustering and summarizing
- Built-in timer, voting, and icebreaker activities
✗ Mural Cons
- Can feel overwhelming with many features
- Performance issues with very large murals
- More expensive than simpler alternatives
The Verdict
Confluence is built for atlassian users and enterprise, with a focus on pages and spaces. Mural targets enterprise teams and facilitators and leads with digital-whiteboard and facilitation-tools.
Pricing is close: Confluence starts at $6.05/mo versus $9.99/mo for Mural — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Feature-wise, Mural offers broader built-in capabilities (8 features vs 6), while Confluence takes a more focused approach — which can mean a simpler, faster onboarding experience.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.
