4 content formatting apps for Confluence

Kelsey Van Scoy

Confluence is a powerful tool that helps teams create, share, and harness knowledge across the org. 

No matter if you are looking to create a help center, track a sprint, or automate repetitive tasks, Confluence can help your team better collaborate and create. However, teams often want to extend the functionalities of Confluence to suit their specific, unique needs. 

One such need is to further format content within Confluence. Whether your team is looking for dynamic cards, predesigned templates, or other ways to further customize Confluence pages beyond the native features, look no further than these four top-performing apps on the Atlassian Marketplace.

4 top content formatting apps for Confluence 

(💡Pro tip: You can try out any Atlassian-supported app for 30 days for free by downloading it on the Marketplace.)

1. Optics - Content Formatting Macros

With this app, users can unleash their content’s potential with intuitive macros, ready-to-go templates, and powerful AI-generated cards. Teams can utilize powerful and intuitive macros to build pages any way they like or test out predesigned templates that let you transform your content in minutes and boost your brand. ㅤ

Fast facts* ℹ️

• 3,075 Atlassian Marketplace installs

• 4 stars based on 51 reviews

• Cloud Fortified (CF): CF apps offer additional security, reliability, and support

• Free for up to 10 users

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• AI-generated cards

• Predesigned templates

 

2. Aura Content Formatting Macros

This app allows users to create visually appealing and engaging content in Confluence with the easy to use macro suite. By utilizing the macro suite, teams can highlight the content that matters, provide intuitive navigation, and enhance readability.

Fast facts* ℹ️

• 4,195 Atlassian Marketplace installs

• 4 stars based on 114 reviews

• Cloud Fortified (CF): CF apps offer additional security, reliability, and support

• Free for up to 10 users

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• Hundreds of templates
• Ability to create dynamic content 

 

3. Content Formatting Macros for Confluence

With this app, users can more easily create well-designed documentation, knowledge bases, and branded pages. Teams can also improve their page structure for intuitive navigation and extend page functionality for greater context. 

Fast facts* ℹ️

• 4,937 Atlassian Marketplace installs

• 3.2 stars based on 76 reviews

• Cloud Fortified (CF): CF apps offer additional security, reliability, and support

• Free for up to 10 users

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• No-code page customization in minutes

• Advanced cards 

 

4. Handy Macros for Confluence

Users can access content customization tools like cards and buttons to create more engaging Confluence pages and keep their content well-organized. Add page status, time stamp, track changes, and more. 

Fast facts* ℹ️

• 2,297 Atlassian Marketplace installs

• 3.8 stars based on 42 reviews

• Cloud Fortified (CF): CF apps offer additional security, reliability, and support

• $5 a month for 10 users 

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• Dynamic cards

• Automatically generated page previews

 

Visit the Atlassian Marketplace to explore more apps that extend the functionality of Confluence. 

_{*all fast facts are from May 2024}

 

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