Looking for a Questions for Confluence alternative?
An honest comparison, with sources — updated July 2026.
The short version: Questions for Confluence (Atlassian's own Q&A app) holds a ★3.0 rating across 77 Marketplace reviews, and its most-cited gaps — questions that don't show up anywhere, no permissions control, no export and no REST API on Cloud, no macro — have been reported by paying customers since 2019. Answers was built specifically to close those gaps by storing every question as native Confluence content.
What paying users say about Questions for Confluence
Public reviews on its Atlassian Marketplace listing (July 2026):
"Asked questions are nowhere visible…" (★1, March 2026)
"No import or export function, and no availability of a REST API when used with Atlassian Cloud." (★1, 2025)
"You cannot specifically restrict who can submit questions vs. who answers them." (★1, 2025)
"The search is awful, making it difficult for people to find the answers they are looking for." (★2, 2022)
"Without a proper macro that lets us link questions to pages, I don't really see the value of this app." (★1, 2020)
Answers vs Questions for Confluence
| Capability | Questions for Confluence | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Questions appear in Confluence search | Weak — top user complaint | Yes — every question maintains a native, auto-synced page |
| Accepted answer becomes a knowledge-base page | No | Yes — the page updates itself when you accept an answer |
| Votes, accepted answers, tags | Yes | Yes |
| Embeddable macro | No (requested since 2020) | Yes — recent-questions panel on any page |
| Export your data (Cloud) | No export on Cloud | One-click CSV export |
| REST API access to Q&A data (Cloud) | Not available | Yes — questions are Confluence custom content, reachable via Confluence's own REST API |
| Import / migration path | — | Imports Questions for Confluence Server/DC JSON and Answers CSV backups |
| Space permissions | Partial | Native — content follows your Confluence space permissions |
| Languages | English | English + Spanish |
| Where your data lives | App storage | Your Confluence site — Runs on Atlassian, zero egress |
| Price | ~$1.04/user/month | Free ≤10 users · $1.00/user/month |
Sources: public Atlassian Marketplace listing data and reviews, and Atlassian support documentation ("How to export Confluence Questions data"), as of 16 July 2026.
Migrating from Data Center? Don't lose your Q&A
The Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant does not migrate Questions for Confluence data.
Teams moving from Server/Data Center to Cloud lose years of questions and answers. Answers is the bridge:
export your questions from the Server/DC REST API (/rest/questions/1.0/question) and import the
JSON into Answers in one step — questions, answers and accepted answers included.
Answers — Q&A for Confluence
Launching on the Atlassian Marketplace. Free for teams up to 10 users.
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