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Make ideas actually happen

Now you can brainstorm, visualize, and turn ideas into action – without ever leaving Confluence.

Image of a whiteboard

Say goodbye to your boring old whiteboard!

A whiteboard is worth 1,000 words

Bring all your work together in one view, for every project

  • Import Jira issues to quickly visualize your tasks
  • Create smart sections to take bulk actions in Jira
  • Embed needed plans and attachments for the full picture

Turn ideas into action

Make work less work by converting your whiteboards into actual deliverables

  • Convert stickies into Jira issues and Confluence pages
  • Connect Jira issues together to map out work
  • Edit Jira issues and Confluence pages without leaving your whiteboard

Freedom of expression

Brainstorm, collaborate, and diagram on an endless canvas

  • Collaborate quickly together, in real-time or async
  • Illustrate with stickies, lines, sections, and more
  • Engage teammates with stamps, votes, and timers

Keep your friends close and your ideas closer

Why did we add whiteboards in Confluence? Because great ideas come to life in Confluence!

Single source of truth

Align teams by keeping your ideas, plans, and tasks connected in one hub

Access for all

Create transparency by automatically ensuring every team can access information – even brainstorms

Cost savings

Consolidate tools with a digital whiteboard at no extra cost. Confluence whiteboards is always included with Confluence

Develop your creativity and generate fresh ideas with a disruptive visual brainstorm

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Create a safe space for feedback, celebrate wins, and visualize a way for your team to take action and improve.

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Prioritize the work that matters and convert ideas into action from sticky notes to Jira issues.

Brainstorming post-its

Make planning easy by facilitating an open discussion with sticky notes, stamps, and votes.

Brainstorming post-its

Map out ideas, concepts, and projects all within Confluence whiteboards

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FAQ

What is Confluence whiteboards?

Confluence whiteboards is the collaborative way for teams to turn ideas into action, faster than ever before. With your whiteboard inside Confluence, you can have everything in one place to see the whole picture of your work.

How can customers enable Confluence whiteboards?

Product admins can enable whiteboards beta in Confluence via the following steps:

  1. Select the settings cog in the top right corner of the Confluence navigation
  2. Go to Beta features in the sidebar
  3. Read through the ‘Things to know’ and if you agree, click ‘Agree and enable

Go to settings to get started.

How much does Confluence whiteboards cost?

All Confluence whiteboards capabilities will be free for open beta customers who opted in until the product general availability is announced. Moving forward, there will be a mix of capabilities based on your Confluence edition.

Is Confluence whiteboards coming to Data Center?

Confluence whiteboards is a cloud-only offering, and there are currently no plans to bring Confluence whiteboards to Data Center. We will continue to investigate the opportunity and share plans if that changes.

How does Confluence whiteboards differ from other digital whiteboard tools?

Confluence whiteboards has fundamental whiteboard features like shapes, voting, timers, etc. We are not aiming to develop feature parity with other digital whiteboard tools. However, we are focused on helping teams turn ideas into action and visualize their work. Our deeper integration within the Atlassian suite will help you build a real single source of truth, with fewer tools, for a more economical price.

Do the Confluence compliance certifications cover the whiteboards feature?

Upon enabling this feature, Product Admins will be presented with beta terms & conditions that outline the current state of whiteboards. Currently, we are in Open Beta, meaning not all Confluence compliance certifications extend to whiteboards. However, we are actively working on achieving SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance and expect to achieve compliance by approximately April 2024. Please ensure you read the beta terms & conditions before proceeding.

What features won’t be available for whiteboards during Beta?

During the Open Beta, whiteboards will not support or work with certain Confluence features, such as Data Residency, Backup & Restore, Anonymous Access, Admin Key, Atlassian Analytics, Atlassian Data Lake and Data Connectors, and will not be available in languages other than English. Please note that most of these features may not be initially supported for whiteboards even after General Availability (GA); however, our plan is to support many of these features following GA launch. Please ensure you read the beta terms & conditions before proceeding.

If I opt-in to the Open Beta, will I be able to opt-out at a later date?

At this time, customers that opt-in to the beta will not be able to opt-out during the Open Beta period. Please ensure you read the beta terms & conditions before proceeding.

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