4 content formatting apps for Confluence

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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

Features teams ❤️

• 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

Features teams ❤️

• 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

Features teams ❤️

• 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 

Features teams ❤️

• 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}

[Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps]

I'll add Space Content Manager. A suite of tools to bulk edit pages with granular restriction options.  Built in Forge.

[Graham Carrick]

I can also share another new app in the category Crafted Panels (also built in Forge).

Panels are a great tool for formatting in Confluence and Crafted panels give greater flexibility on the content which can be inside panels plus many styling and interaction options  

[Hamza El filali]

Handy Macros for Confluence It looks interesting for me I'll try it . 

[Christie Gera _Appfire_]

I use Aura daily. Love it, and its sister apps, Karma and Mantra! 🔥

[Shannon Gagliardi]

These all sound interesting to try? 

[Alvaro Fabian Hernandez Ramirez]

great applications

[Patricia Modispacher _appanvil_]

Hi @Kelsey Van Scoy

thanks for mentioning Aura Content Formatting Macros. As a Content Manager, I especially love the latest macro: Dynamic Content Macros. You can create FAQs, Overviews of content like Blogs, Posts, Pages or even create org charts. And any change in the content will automatically be applied to the Confluence overview page. 

Also thanks for liking, @Christie Gera _Appfire_ 😊

[Ncumisa Booi]

They all sound interesting don't know where to start

[Fadoua]

Since I am a visual person and like very well designed Confluence spaces I will go with Content Formatting Macros.

[Summer Hogan]

Great apps highlighted here! Thanks @Kelsey Van Scoy!

[María Ferreño_TecnoFor]

Thanks for sharing! Really interesting💡

[Carlos Bulnes]

Muchas gracias por la nota. Estoy descubriendo este mundo y me resulta fascinante.