There are some important differences between Approvals and Workflow for Confluence. The table below provides more detail about these differencesApprovals for Confluence is a much-loved product used by hundreds of organizations around the world to make approvals quick, easy, and hassle-free. However, we also have another document management tool with built-in approvals named Workflows for Confluence.
The table below gives you a comparison between these two powerful solutions.
| Approvals for Confluence | Workflows for Confluence | More information |
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Deployment | Cloud, Server and DC | Cloud-only |
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Supported | ✅ | ✅ | Both Apps are fully supported |
Functionality | Ad-Hoc Approval | Custom Workflow |
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Attach Process To | Page or Section Macro | Page |
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Email Notifications | Basic | Customizable | Send your own emails with templates |
Two-Factor Approval (2FA) |
| 2FA with an Authenticator App |
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Approval Stages | 1 | Unlimited |
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Minimum Approvers (Quorum) | ✅ | ✅ |
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Expire on Page Update/Preset Time | ✅ | ✅ |
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System, Space and Profile Search | ✅ | ✅ |
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Require Approve/Reject Comment | ❌ | ✅ |
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Custom Status Names/Colors | ❌ | ✅ |
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Customizable Workflow | ❌ | ✅ |
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Built-in Workflows | 1 | 5 |
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Auto-Add Process to Page | ❌ | ✅ |
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Dashboard Panel |
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Automation | ❌ | ✅ |
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Webhooks | ❌ | Send Webhooks to your own API's |
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Integrations | Coming Soon |
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Workflow Parameters | ❌ | 🕓 |
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Languages | English | English | Please contact us to request language |