IT documentation · November 2026 Edition
Hudu vs Confluence
Six of fourteen models named Hudu first on the direct prompt; eight named Confluence. Both were named by all fourteen models and Hudu carries 53 labels and Confluence 73, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share29%21%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5373A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Hudu reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Document360 was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Hudu vs BookStack · Hudu vs Freshservice · Hudu vs IT Glue
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the IT documentation page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HuduFirst choices, of fourteen modelsConfluence
Direct681 against Hudu
Paraphrase802 against Confluence
Comparative22
Budget-constrained021 against Hudu · 1 against Confluence
Scale-constrained22
Negative402 against Hudu · 10 against Confluence
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Hudu and Confluence were named in the same answer 124 times, of the 129 answers naming Hudu and the 228 naming Confluence. In those answers Confluence took the first choice twenty times and Hudu forty-two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Hudu and Confluence stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | | |
Hudu Confluence first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hudu on the left and Confluence on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Hudu and Confluence stood in it.
Both were the first choice
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Claude Haiku 4.5Confluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, Tettra
DeepSeek V4 FlashConfluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, Notion
Hudu first, Confluence an alternative
4 of 14 modelsConfluence was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashHudu alternatives: Confluence, Document360, GitBook, IT Glue, Scribe, Tango
Perplexity SonarHudu alternatives: Confluence, Document360, Freshservice, SharePoint
Qwen 3.7 FlashHudu alternatives: Confluence, Guidde, Scribe
GPT-6 LunaHudu alternatives: Confluence, IT Glue, SharePoint
Confluence first, Hudu an alternative
6 of 14 modelsHudu was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniConfluence alternatives: Document360, Guru, IT Glue
Grok 4.20Confluence alternatives: GitBook, Hudu, IT Glue, Notion
Mistral SmallConfluence, Document360 alternatives: Freshservice, GitBook, IT Glue, Mintlify
Llama 4 MaverickConfluence alternatives: Document360, Freshservice, GitBook
Kimi K2Confluence alternatives: Document360, Notion
Muse Glimmer 30BConfluence alternatives: Document360, Freshservice, Notion
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GLM 4.7 FlashXDocument360 alternatives: Confluence, GitBook
MiniMax M2.5Document360 alternatives: Confluence, Freshservice, GitBook, Hudu
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: Confluence leads at enterprise.
Confluence24%#1 of 15Hudu2%#7 of 15What the models said about Hudu
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Its external-sharing links reportedly lack automatic expiration and remain valid until manually revoked.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Also MSP-focused; good value for MSPs but unnecessary complexity for internal teams” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid IT Glue or Hudu unless you are an MSP” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Go with Hudu if your internal IT team already has a ticketing system and specifically needs a secure IT knowledge base, asset map, and vault.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Highly recommended for mid-market internal IT. Fast, modern, offers both SaaS and self-hosted options, robust API, and strong asset relation modeling” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Hudu (highly popular for its flexibility, self-hosting or cloud options, transparent pricing, and good data export options)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Confluence
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Generic Wikis (Confluence, Notion, MediaWiki, Dokuwiki) - Why to avoid: These are widely criticized as "considered harmful" for serious documentation” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Confluence is the enterprise standard for a shared searchable knowledge base, "though it often requires plugins to feel complete." It is also heavily criticized” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you are already Atlassian-heavy, Confluence's structured documentation with deep Atlassian ecosystem integration is a natural fit.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
“Confluence offers the best balance of: Enterprise-grade features, IT-specific workflows, Reasonable pricing, Proven scalability” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Gold standard for IT teams. Excellent with Jira, strong permissions, templates, and integrations... Good for 500 users.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.