Atlassian

Confluence

Atlassian killed Server licenses in 2024, forcing teams onto its cloud or far pricier Data Center.

  • BetrayalChanged the deal after you committed: relicensed, shut down or bricked.
  • Lock-inProprietary formats or cloud storage that make leaving painful.
  • Forced subscriptionYou rent it. Stop paying and you lose it.

The exits

  1. A collaborative wiki with real-time editing, spaces and permissions.

    Status
    Stable Mature and ready for daily work.
    License
    AGPL-3.0
    Get Docmost ↗View source ↗

  2. Simple self-hosted documentation organized into books, chapters and pages.

    Status
    Stable Mature and ready for daily work.
    License
    MIT
    Get BookStack ↗View source ↗

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Bending Spoons
  • Paywall
  • Betrayal

Evernote

In 2023 the free plan was cut to one notebook and 50 notes. A decade of notes became a ransom note.

  1. JoplinStableAGPL-3.0

    End-to-end encrypted notes in Markdown, synced through any service you choose. Imports .enex files.

    Site ↗Source ↗
Miro
  • Paywall

Miro

The free plan allows three editable boards. Your fourth idea is a paid feature.

  1. ExcalidrawStableMIT

    A hand-drawn-style collaborative whiteboard with end-to-end encrypted sharing.

    Site ↗Source ↗
Notion Labs
  • Lock-in
  • Account wall
  • Paywall

Notion

Your company brain on someone else's servers, with AI upsold on top.

  1. AppFlowyStableAGPL-3.0

    The open-source Notion: docs, databases and kanban, local-first and self-hostable.

    Site ↗Source ↗
  2. AFFiNEStableMIT (client)

    Docs, whiteboards and databases on one canvas. Local-first.

    Site ↗Source ↗
Mozilla
  • Betrayal

Pocket

Shut down in July 2025. Years of saved reading, gone.

  1. KarakeepStableAGPL-3.0

    A self-hosted read-it-later and bookmark manager with full-page archiving.

    Site ↗Source ↗
  2. wallabagStableMIT

    Save articles and read them distraction-free. Imports from Pocket.

    Site ↗Source ↗