8 Best Internal Wiki in 2024: From Free to Paid

WESEEK, Inc.
4 min readApr 2, 2024

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4 Free Internal Wiki /OSS

Wiki.js

Wiki.js
  • Hierarchical structure can be automatically created by simply specifying file paths
  • In addition to folders, files can also be managed by tags
  • User privileges can be configured in detail
  • External authentication such as single sign-on (SSO) and LDAP authentication can be used

GROWI

GROWI
  • Powerful editing functions based on Markdown notation, allowing you to write more and more text and figures
  • Elasticsearch is used as the search engine, so you can find the information you want quickly and accurately
  • High cost performance due to a fixed monthly fee that is not affected by the number of users
  • High security with support for various authentication methods such as LDAP/OAuth/SAML

DokuWiki

DokuWiki
  • One of the OSS used around the world and highly reliable in terms of security and other aspects
  • High-performance plugins are available to customize various extensions
  • Install and edit the configuration screens with 29 different languages' support

MediaWiki

MediaWiki
  • Software originally developed to manage Wikipedia
  • Requires databases such as MySQL and PostgrSQL in addition to PHP, making it suitable for managing large amounts of information
  • Extended functions are abundant
  • Designed to withstand millions of accesses per day, making it suitable for managing large-scale sites

4 Paid Internal Wiki

GROWI.cloud

GROWI.cloud
  • The cloud service of GROWI OSS, with the same functions but is easier to manage for the users
  • Allow simultaneous multi-person editing
  • High-cost performance, offer a FREE personal plan with a maximum of 25 users
  • Start with a one-month free trial here and go to price & features to learn about the details.

Notion

Notion
  • Over 500 apps can be embedded in a page, including Google Maps and Figma
  • Large selection of templates
  • Simple, easy-to-read UI

Review

πŸ‘ Rich functionality and a high degree of freedom in document creation

πŸ‘ Good UI and easy-to-read documents without any resistance

πŸ‘ Convenient to use not only for knowledge management but also for task management

πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ Too many functions to use

πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ Hard to use intuitively

Confluence

Confluence
  • Text can be written in WYSIWYG format
  • Can be linked to various external tools
  • View and edit permissions can be set on a page-by-page basis

Review

πŸ‘ Good history management and easy to know exactly who updated what and when

πŸ‘ Nice to integrate with other Atlassian products

πŸ‘ Almost all the desirable features are included

πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ Documents are not easy to search, and information comes up differently from the search intent

πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ Heavy when co-editing, and in some cases, the application shutdowns

Scrapbox

Scapbox
  • Simple to use with no hierarchy
  • Unique management design with internal links connecting pages to pages
  • Unique notation, different from Markdown

Review

πŸ‘ Simple structure allows you to write quickly when you have an idea.

πŸ‘ Stress-free use due to lightweight operation

πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ As the number of documents increases, searches do not always return the intended results

πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ Page viewing and editing permissions cannot be set in detail for each member

About UsπŸ’‘

We, WESEEK, offer the internal Wiki service called β€œGROWI.cloud” that supports Markdown and provides powerful functions.

GROWI.cloud origins in Japan and now also offered in the Philippine and other countries which allows customers to use the service in English.

Go to GROWI.cloud to know more about us. You can also follow our Facebook to see updates about our service.

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