Confluence server vs cloud features

[Sigrid Schoepel]

Is there a nice summary somewhere of what features you do/don't get with the server and the cloud versions of Confluence? It's cumbersome to page through the cloud documentation for each piece.

Thank you.

[Nic Brough [Adaptavist]]

I'd start by reading the Cloud stuff.

Everything you can do on Cloud, you can do on Server. The differences are

• You need to support the infrastructure underneath the service
• You need to do system administration for yourself (making sure it's running, adding plugins, backups, upgrades etc)
• Server will always be a little way behind Cloud in terms of version. Cloud functions will make it to server, but not immediately on release
• You can add whatever functions you want to your Server by way of plugins. (Cloud has a limited and fixed set of plugins you can add, plus a Connect framework which lets you install some stuff, but it does not support the plugins that reach into the core of the product to do really clever stuff)

[David Nicholson]

This page also reviews what is restricted in the Cloud environment - https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand