Comparison of wiki hosting services
This comparison of wiki hosting services details only 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.
A more comprehensive comparison of wiki farms can be found on MediaWiki's site, at.
The following table compares general information for several of the more than 100 wiki hosting services that have been created. 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 | Year founded | Cost | Ad supported | Content license | Alexa rank | WYSIWYG editing | Subdomain | Customisable themes / CSS | Database download / backup | Other Features | Base wiki engine | Multilingual support | Syntax support |
| Confluence Hosted | 1426 | Plugins, SSL, file storage, permissioning, WebDAV. | Wiki markup language, HTML plugin script plugin No formulas | ||||||||||
| iMeet Central | Access control, full-text search, calendaring, single sign-on to multiple projects, project templates, RSS enabled. | HTML, CSS/templating No formulas | |||||||||||
| Nuclino | Free/paid | 146737 | Lightweight real-time collaborative editor, search-as-you-type, graph visualizations, flexible import and export. | On the fly conversion of Markdown input | |||||||||
| Ourproject.org | Copyleft | 1079474 | 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 | 11248 | No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, email notifications, file management, page access settings. | All HTML, JavaScript, LaTeX formulas | ||||||||||
| Socialtext | Wiki creators can set their own. | 534330 | Enterprise Wiki. Supports text, rich text, embedded images, video, and attachments. | Derived from Kwiki | |||||||||
| Fandom/Wikia | Creative Commons | 105 | Common login and common preferences to all wikis of FANDOM for the same user. No longer configures Semantic MediaWiki on request. Blog, User Page, and User Talk pages for users. | MediaWiki | All languages Wikipedia exists for ; 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, Wikitext, JavaScript, Math formula | |||||||
| Wikidot | Free/paid | By default Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses as requested | 2996 | 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, advanced forum for each site.Private messages between users. No limit on site size. Public and private wikis. | Modified Text_Wiki engine | Multilingual interface possibilities and Community support in English, French and German | No HTML, CSS styling LaTeX math formulas | ||||||
| Wikispaces ''' | Free/paid | Choice of Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses; only educational wikis are free | 3823 | No limits on numbers of pages, spaces, or members. Full RSS support. Blog import function/ integration. | Optional HTML, Unknown script Math formulas |