Switching from Confluence to Notion
Confluence-to-Notion is Notion’s flagship migration path, backed by a mature native importer that Notion has marketed for years and that can handle large Confluence spaces.
Why teams switch from Confluence to Notion
A faster, more flexible writing and editing experience
Teams frustrated with Confluence’s heavier page templates often prefer Notion’s lighter, block-based editor for day-to-day documentation.
Consolidating docs, wikis, and project tracking in one tool
Notion’s databases can double as lightweight project trackers alongside documentation, reducing the need for a separate Jira-Confluence pairing for smaller teams.
A mature, well-tested native importer
Notion’s Confluence importer has been refined over multiple years and is built to handle large spaces (reportedly up to tens of gigabytes) with good formatting fidelity.
Switching Cost & Friction Estimator
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How to migrate your data
Notion’s native Confluence importer does the heavy lifting, but large or heavily macro-based spaces still need manual review.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Connect Notion’s Confluence importer | From Notion’s settings, launch the built-in Confluence importer and authenticate against your Confluence instance. |
| 2. Select spaces to import | Choose which Confluence spaces to bring over, importing large instances space-by-space if you want more control over the process. |
| 3. Run the import and check the summary | Let Notion convert pages, then review the import summary for pages or macros flagged as only partially converted. |
| 4. Rebuild unsupported macros | Manually recreate Confluence macros (like Jira issue tables or complex layout macros) as Notion blocks or embeds where the importer couldn’t translate them directly. |
| 5. Reapply workspace and page permissions | Set sharing and permission levels in Notion to match your old Confluence space permissions, since these reset during import. |
| 6. Spot-check formatting on complex pages | Review pages with heavy macro use, nested page trees, or nonstandard layouts before retiring the old Confluence space. |
Pricing during the transition
Here’s how Confluence and Notion plans stack up as of late 2026, from free tier to the mid-market plan most switching teams land on.
| Plan | Confluence | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free: $0 — up to 10 users | Free: $0 — unlimited pages for individuals, limited blocks for small teams |
| Entry paid tier | Standard: around $5.42/user/month | Plus: around $10-12/member/month |
| Mid tier | Premium: around $10.44/user/month, adds analytics and unlimited storage | Business: around $20-25/member/month, adds SAML SSO and advanced permissions |
Notion’s per-member pricing can look higher than Confluence’s entry tier, but its AI features and database flexibility are bundled in rather than sold as separate add-ons.
Feature-parity checklist
Notion trades Confluence’s Jira-linked structure for more flexible, lightweight documentation and light project tracking.
| Feature | Confluence | Notion equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Page/block editing flexibility | More structured, page-and-template based editor | Highly flexible block-based editor |
| Database/structured content | Tables and structured macros, less flexible than Notion databases | Native relational databases with custom properties |
| Enterprise permissions & spaces | Space-based permissions built for larger orgs | Workspace/page-level sharing, less granular |
| Native importer coverage | Official Notion Importer app available (reverse direction) | Mature, dedicated Confluence importer |
| AI writing/search assistant | Atlassian Rovo AI on eligible plans | Notion AI on paid plans |
Frequently Asked Questions
How large a Confluence space can Notion’s importer handle?
Notion has publicized handling large spaces (reportedly up to around 30GB) without requiring you to split the import, though very large or complex spaces still benefit from a space-by-space approach.
Do Jira issue links inside Confluence pages survive the import?
No, live Jira macros and issue tables generally don’t convert automatically and need to be manually rebuilt as embeds or plain links inside Notion.
Will comments and page history come over?
Typically no — the importer focuses on current page content, so comment threads and version history are usually left behind unless separately archived.
Is Notion a good replacement if we still use Jira for engineering?
It can work as a hybrid setup (Jira for tickets, Notion for docs), but you’ll lose the tight native linking Confluence has with Jira, so weigh that against Notion’s editing experience.
How long does importing a mid-size Confluence space take?
For a few hundred pages, the import itself usually completes within an hour or so, but budget several days afterward for reviewing conversion issues and rebuilding permissions.
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