XWiki competitors
Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2022/08/22 13:25
Discussion: Comparing XWiki to other solutions
XWiki competitors list
Here is the list of XWiki competitors coming from the community:
| Name | Editor | Type | Licence | Links | Pros and Cons against XWiki | Kind of competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confluence | Atlassian | Wiki | Website | Direct | ||
| Foswiki | Foswiki community | Wiki | GPL2 or later | Website | very similar to XWiki: wiki+ structured data + programmable pages. Claims to have best-in-class security and WYSIWYG. | Direct |
| TWiki | Wiki | Website | ||||
| DekiWiki | Mindtouch | Wiki | Website | |||
| MediaWiki | Wiki | Website | Direct | |||
| TikiWiki | Wiki | Website | ||||
| CubeTree | Wiki | Website | ||||
| Drupal | CMS | Website | Medium | |||
| Exo Platform | Exo | CMS | Article | Indirect | ||
| Social Text | CMS | Website | ||||
| Jive | Jive Software | Discussion | Website | Complementary | ||
| Google Site | CMS | Website | Indirect | |||
| Google Docs | DMS | Website | Direct | |||
| BlueKiwi | Discussion | Website | Direct | |||
| Joomla | CMS | Website | ||||
| Moodle | Education CMS | Website | ||||
| Elgg | Social Network | Open Source | Website | |||
| OpenCMS | CMS | Website | ||||
| Knowledge Plaza | Website | |||||
| Jamespot Pro | Social Network | Website | ||||
| Yoolink Pro | Social Network | Website | ||||
| SeeMy | Social Network | Website | ||||
| Teamshaker | Social Network | Website | ||||
| Liferay | Groupware | Website | ||||
| BlackBoard | Website | |||||
| Alfresco | CMS | Website | ||||
| Personall | Portal | Website | ||||
| Jalios | Social network | Website | ||||
| Silverpeas | Portal | Open Source | Website | |||
| Portaneo | Portal | Open Source | Website | |||
| Lotus Notes | IBM | Groupware | Website | Direct | ||
| SharePoint | Microsoft | Groupware | Website |
| Direct | |
| AFFiNE | AFFiNE | Open Source | Website |
Known comparison sites
- Social Software Matrix: http://socialsoftwarematrix.org/
- USEO repository: http://communaute.useo.fr/home/login?referer=%2Fhome
- http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Known used criterias to compare solutions
| Criteria | Weight | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Backend system requirements | critical | |
| Extensibility | very high | The ability to add features through some sort of add ons. |
| WYSIWYG Editor / Ease of access | very high | |
| Usability and ergonomy | very high | |
| MS Office Import Feature | very high | The ability to import Documents,Spreadsheets, etc directly to the wiki as a page |
| Performance / Resources in client | high | The efficient use of web technology to keep the impact lw on the end user device. Important for the ever increasing mobile device population. Efficient use of database resources |
| Cost | high | The cost of not only the software but also the cost of the implementation and operational costs after implementation |
| Search | high | Ability to search not just pages, but also attachments |
| User Management | high | Ease of setup of new users, integration to directory services, such as OpenLDAP, OpenID, Facebook, Microsoft AD |
| Consulting / Professional support / Training | high | Availability of resources locally and via the internet for any services to support a wiki |
| Attachments, images, etc. | high | Easy of attaching single and multiple images, and other attachments, creating galleries, adding to galleries |
| Maintenance of the backend | high | Log Management, Database management |
| Branding | medium | Ability to and ease of adding logo's and other artifacts such as colours to create a desired effect |
| Categories | medium | |
| Templates (for Site Layout) | medium | |
| PDF Export | medium | |
| Themes, Skins, Customizations | low | |
| Versioning | low | |
| Plug-Ins | low | |
| Latex formulas | low | |
| Comments | low | |
| Unicode Support (e.g. for Chinese characters) | low | |
| Localization | low |
