8 posts tagged with "Comparison"

Developer teams use Confluence differently than marketing or HR. You document APIs, share architecture diagrams, write runbooks, and collaborate on code reviews. The default Confluence editor works, but it wasn't built for technical documentation.

This guide covers the best Confluence apps for developers in 2026, organized by use case. We built several of these apps at NGPILOT, so we'll be transparent about where our apps fit and where competitors offer better solutions.

Need diagram tools for Confluence without paying for a large team? NGPILOT's three diagramming apps — Mermaid Plus, Excalidraw Plus, and Graphviz Charts — are all free for up to 10 users. This guide compares them so you can pick the right free diagram plugin for your Confluence.

Adding diagrams to Confluence pages helps teams communicate architecture, processes, and workflows visually. This guide covers the three main approaches to creating diagrams in Confluence and helps you choose the right tool for your needs.

Confluence ships with a fixed set of system fonts. For most teams that works fine, but if your company has brand guidelines, an accessibility requirement for specific typefaces, or simply wants documentation that looks polished and professional, the default typography falls short.

The Atlassian Marketplace now offers several apps that let you use custom fonts on your Confluence pages. But with different feature sets, pricing models, and levels of maturity, choosing the right one takes more than a quick glance at star ratings.

This post compares the leading Confluence custom font apps side by side so you can make an informed decision for your team.

Confluence stores every page as XML in a format called "Confluence storage format." Most users never see it. But if you have ever tried to fix a broken macro, remove hidden formatting artifacts, or bulk-edit repetitive markup, you know the rich text editor alone is not enough. You need direct access to the underlying source.

At NGPILOT, we built two apps for exactly this purpose: Raw Storage Source Editor for Confluence (free) and Raw Storage Source Editor Pro for Confluence (paid). Both let you open, view, and edit the raw XML behind any Confluence page. This post compares them feature by feature so you can pick the right one for your team.

Jira issues accumulate attachments fast -- screenshots from QA, log files from production incidents, design mockups from product, contracts from legal. Before long, a single project can hold thousands of files across hundreds of issues. Two questions come up repeatedly: "How do I download all of these at once?" and "How do I make sure the right files -- and only the right files -- are attached?"

NGPILOT builds two apps that address these questions from different angles. Simple Bulk Attachment Downloader for Jira handles bulk exports -- downloading many attachments in one organized ZIP. Attachment Reviewer for Jira handles inbound control -- enforcing file type and size policies on every upload. This post compares both in detail so you can decide which one your team needs (or whether you need both).

Choosing the right diagram tool for Confluence depends on what you need to draw and how you prefer to work. This guide compares three NGPILOT apps — Mermaid Plus for Confluence, Excalidraw plus Whiteboards for Confluence, and Excalidraw & Mermaid Diagrams for Confluence — so you can pick the best fit.