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Confluence pricing in 2026: Standard vs Premium for 50 users
Every Confluence plan in plain numbers, how annual user tiers work, and the SSO cost that sits outside the plan.
The short answer
Confluence Standard costs USD 7.15 and Premium USD 14.10 per user per month on monthly billing for up to 100 users, from 13 October 2026. Annual plans are priced by user tier: a 50-person team pays USD 3,600 a year on Standard or USD 7,100 on Premium. Confluence is free for up to 10 users.
- Cheapest paid planStandard at USD 7.15 per user per month, or USD 3,600 a year for a 26 to 50 user tier.
- What company wikis needPremium, for analytics, unlimited whiteboards and a 99.9% SLA.
- Biggest hidden costSSO and SCIM need a separate Atlassian Guard subscription below Enterprise.
- Best way to saveBuy annual at the right user tier and remove readers who never log in.
Written by Procurement VMS Editorial Team · Reviewed by Michael, Procurement Advisor Expert · Price data dated · 10 minute read
Confluence plans and prices
Confluence is where teams write specs, policies and how-to pages, and it tends to become the company wiki everyone needs a login for. Because every reader is a licensed user, the bill grows with headcount, not with the number of people who actually write.
This guide prices Free, Standard, Premium and Enterprise from Atlassian's official pricing page and future pricing tables. Issue tracking lives in Jira, a separate subscription with its own guide.
Prices below were recorded on 12 October 2026. The headline figure is the lowest price you can get for that plan. Check the official page before you buy, because vendors change prices without notice.
Standard
USD6
per user per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly: USD7.15
Best for: Team and engineering wikis
- Free guests
- advanced permissions
- 10 whiteboards per user
- 250GB storage
- Rovo AI
- business-hours support
Premium
USD11.83
per user per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly: USD14.10
Best for: Company intranets and knowledge bases
- Analytics
- admin insights
- unlimited whiteboards and storage
- dynamic intranet
- 24/7 critical support
- 99.9% SLA
Enterprise
Custom
per user per month
Best for: Organizations with 801 or more users
- Up to 150 sites
- Atlassian Guard Standard included
- 500 automation steps per user
- 99.95% SLA
How billing works
Monthly subscriptions are billed on the exact number of Confluence users, at USD 7.15 on Standard and USD 14.10 on Premium per user for the first 100 users, with lower progressive rates above that. Annual subscriptions are billed for the user tier that covers your count: 26 to 50 users costs USD 3,600 on Standard and USD 7,100 on Premium, and the 51st user moves you to the 100-user tier. Every person who can log in counts as a user, guests are free on paid plans, and Enterprise is annual only from 801 users. SSO and SCIM need Atlassian Guard Standard below Enterprise.
The tier trap
Annual Confluence plans are sold in user tiers, so the 51st user moves a Standard team from USD 3,600 to the 100-user tier at USD 7,200 a year. Because every reader needs a license, a company wiki crosses tier boundaries faster than you expect.
Read this first. Atlassian raised Confluence list prices on 13 October 2026. This page uses the new prices from Atlassian's official future pricing tables, while the live page still showed the old prices (USD 6.70 and USD 13.20 monthly, USD 3,350 and USD 6,600 annual at 50 users) on 12 October 2026. Confirm that the pricing page has switched. Annual per-user figures (USD 6 Standard, USD 11.83 Premium) are derived from the 26 to 50 user annual tier, so the calculator reproduces the tier price at 50 users only. No Confluence-specific buyer benchmark was found, and Vendr publishes only an Atlassian-wide median, which is used on the Jira page.
Confluence cost calculator
Move the slider to see what each plan costs at your size. The figures use the list prices on this page and leave out tax, add-ons and any discount you negotiate.
What 50 users cost on Standard annually, with Guard SSO and on Premium
Fifty users shows how much SSO and Premium add on top of the headline Standard tier.
| Scenario | Cost per year | Against the headline |
|---|---|---|
| Standard, billed annually (50-user tier) | USD3,600 | Headline price |
| IT requires SAML SSO, so add Atlassian Guard Standard (50 users) | USD5,800 | +USD 2,200 |
| Premium for analytics and SLA, plus Guard Standard (50 users) | USD9,300 | +USD 3,500 |
What each Confluence plan includes
Compare the plans side by side. Where a cell says Check page, the vendor's pricing page was not specific enough for us to fill it in.
| Feature | Free | Standard | Premium | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User limit | 10 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 |
| Storage | 2GB | 250GB | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Whiteboards | 3 active per user | 10 active per user | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Automation steps | 50 per month | 100 per user per month | 250 per user per month | 500 per user per month |
| Rovo AI credits per user per month | Check page | 25 | 70 | 150 |
| SSO and SCIM (Atlassian Guard) | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | Included |
| Uptime SLA | Check page | Check page | 99.9% | 99.95% |
Features we could not place by plan: Free guest access. Check the official page for which plan includes each one.
Which Confluence plan should you pick?
Free
Pick it if 10 or fewer people share pages and 2GB of storage is enough.
Standard
Pick it if a team needs permissions, free guests, 250GB of storage and Rovo AI.
Premium
Pick it if Confluence is your company intranet and you need analytics, admin insights and a 99.9% SLA.
Enterprise
Pick it if you have 801 or more users, need multiple sites or want Guard included.
Our view
Confluence Standard is fair value as a team or engineering wiki, especially alongside Jira. Premium is worth it when Confluence becomes the company intranet and admins need analytics. The cost lever is licensing, because paying for every occasional reader adds up fast.
You may be overpaying if
You license every employee to read a handful of pages, you sit just above an annual user tier, or you renewed automatically after 13 October 2026 without asking for a quote first.
How to pay less for Confluence
Size the annual tier
Remove users who have not logged in recently so your count lands in the lowest tier that fits.
Use guests and public links
Guests are free on paid plans, and public links can replace licenses for read-only audiences.
Lock a quote before price changes
Atlassian honors quotes generated before a price change until they expire.
Commit annually
Annual billing saves up to 17%, USD 690 a year for 50 Standard users.
Buy Guard only where needed
Guard bills per user, so apply SSO to the users who need it.
Price the alternatives
Notion and ClickUp give you a competing number before renewal.
Price changes we know of
- 15 October 2025: Confluence Standard list prices rose 5%, Premium 7.5% and Enterprise 7.5% to 10% (Atlassian fiscal 2026 cloud pricing notice).
- 13 October 2026: Standard rose from USD 6.70 to USD 7.15 and Premium from USD 13.20 to USD 14.10 per user per month (1 to 100 users, monthly), and the 50-user annual Standard tier rose from USD 3,350 to USD 3,600 (Atlassian future pricing tables).
Renewal email you can copy
Fill in the brackets and send it about 90 days before the renewal date. It works best next to your renewal tracker.
Subject: Confluence renewal on [renewal date] Hi [account manager], Our Confluence [plan] subscription renews on [renewal date]. Over the last 90 days, [active users] of the [paid users] we pay for used it. We would like to renew with [target users] on a [term] term. Before we sign, please send: 1. The current list price and the price you are offering us, line by line. 2. The cap on any price increase at the next renewal. 3. The notice period if we want to cut users or move to another plan. We are comparing this against [alternative] and plan to decide by [decision date]. If you can offer [target discount] percent off list, or a lower price for a longer term, we are ready to talk this week. Thank you, [name] [company]
Free PDF and Excel
Confluence pricing sheet and cost model
A one page summary of every plan, plus an Excel model that adds up your own seat count.
- All plans and prices on one page
- Excel model with your seat count and yearly cost
- Renewal checklist and the email above, ready to edit
- Date of the price data and the source links
Confluence alternatives and what they cost
If this vendor does not fit, these are the closest options and what they charge.
| Alternative | Starting price | Pick it when |
|---|---|---|
| Notion | USD10 per member per month (Plus) | You want docs, wikis and light databases in one flexible workspace Read our Notion pricing guide |
| ClickUp | USD7 per user per month (Unlimited, billed yearly) | You want docs and task management together at a lower price Read our ClickUp pricing guide |
| Confluence Free | Free | 10 or fewer users can live with 2GB of storage |
Keeping Confluence spend under control
Wikis spread to every department, and each new reader is a license. Atlassian renewals bill at the then-current rate, so price changes arrive without a negotiation.
- Track who holds a seat. Keep one list of paid seats, their owners and the date each was last used. Our guide to vendor management shows how to set that up.
- Put renewals on a calendar. Log every renewal date and notice period in a contract renewal tracker so nobody finds out after the term rolls over.
- Route new buys through one request. Cards and expense claims hide duplicate subscriptions. A short purchase requisition step catches them before the first payment.
- Know your whole software bill. Pull every vendor into one view with a spend analysis template, then look at the tools with the fastest growth.
Bottom line. Start on Standard, move to Premium only when Confluence becomes the company intranet, and budget Guard separately if SSO is required. Clean up inactive readers 90 days before renewal and lock a quote before Atlassian's next price change.
Confluence pricing questions
How much does Confluence cost per user?
From 13 October 2026, Confluence Standard costs USD 7.15 and Premium USD 14.10 per user per month on monthly billing for up to 100 users. On annual billing a 50-user tier costs USD 3,600 on Standard and USD 7,100 on Premium, about USD 6 and USD 11.83 per user per month.
Is Confluence free?
Yes, for small teams. Confluence Free supports up to 10 users with 2GB of storage, 3 active whiteboards per user, 50 automation steps a month and community support. Above 10 users you need a paid plan.
How much is Confluence Enterprise?
Confluence Enterprise is billed annually and available from 801 users. From 13 October 2026, Atlassian's list price for a 1,000-user Enterprise tier is USD 137,000 a year, and it includes Atlassian Guard Standard for SSO and SCIM.
Can you get a discount on Confluence?
Yes. Annual billing saves up to 17%, larger user tiers cost less per user, and quotes generated before a price change are honored until they expire. Free guest access on paid plans also avoids licensing outside collaborators.
Is Confluence cheaper billed annually?
Usually. For 50 users, Standard costs USD 4,290 a year billed monthly against USD 3,600 annually, a saving of USD 690. Annual plans are priced by user tier, so check the tier boundary before committing.
What is the cheapest alternative to Confluence?
ClickUp Unlimited includes docs and wikis for USD 7 per user per month billed yearly. Notion Plus costs USD 10 per member per month. For 10 or fewer users, Confluence Free costs nothing.
Sources
How we put this page together
We start from the vendor pricing page and note the date. Where a figure comes from a third party instead, we say so on the page. Procurement VMS is a ratings and comparison site, not a software vendor, and nobody paid for a place in this guide. Spot a number that has changed? Tell us on the contact page and we will check it.
Take the Confluence cost model to your renewal meeting
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