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Confluence vs Github Actions: What are the differences?
Confluence: One place to share, find, and collaborate on information. Capture the knowledge that's too often lost in email inboxes and shared network drives in Confluence instead – where it's easy to find, use, and update; Github Actions: Automate your workflow from idea to production. It makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.
Confluence belongs to "Project Management" category of the tech stack, while Github Actions can be primarily classified under "Workflow Manager".
Some of the features offered by Confluence are:
- Spaces
- Pages
- Editor
On the other hand, Github Actions provides the following key features:
- Multiple workflow files support
- Free and open source
- Workflow run interface
According to the StackShare community, Confluence has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1932 company stacks & 8525 developers stacks; compared to Github Actions, which is listed in 31 company stacks and 30 developer stacks.
Pros of Confluence
- Wiki search power94
- WYSIWYG editor62
- Full featured, works well with embedded docs43
- Expensive licenses3
Pros of GitHub Actions
- Integration with GitHub8
- Free5
- Easy to duplicate a workflow3
- Ready actions in Marketplace3
- Configs stored in .github2
- Docker Support2
- Read actions in Marketplace2
- Active Development Roadmap1
- Fast1
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Cons of Confluence
- Expensive license3
Cons of GitHub Actions
- Lacking [skip ci]5
- Lacking allow failure4
- Lacking job specific badges3
- No ssh login to servers2
- No Deployment Projects1
- No manual launch1