Confluence public pages

Confluence Public Pages: A Cleaner Alternative to Public Links

Create public Confluence pages for customers, prospects, partners, or anyone on the web without giving them access to your internal workspace. Compare Confluence public links, anonymous access, and Satori Cloud to find the right way to publish your content.

Join early access Compare your options

Keep Confluence private while publishing selected pages as external-facing web content.

Confluence publishing advisor

How should you share your Confluence content?

Answer four quick questions to find the best way to share Confluence pages with customers, partners, employees, or the public.

Get a clear recommendation in under a minute

We will compare public links, anonymous access, guest access, manual sharing, and publishing as a simple website.

How can you make a Confluence page public?

There are three main ways to make Confluence content available to people outside your workspace: use a public link for individual content, enable anonymous access for a broader public space, or use a publishing layer to turn selected pages into a separate public website.

Option 1

Confluence public links

Share an individual Confluence page or supported content item with anyone who has the link, without giving them normal workspace access.

Best for: quick, occasional sharing

Option 2

Anonymous access

Make content within a Confluence space available to people who are not logged in, depending on how the space and its permissions are configured.

Best for: broader public access to a space

Option 3

Publish with Satori Cloud

Keep Confluence private and turn selected pages into branded, searchable public web pages designed for external readers.

Best for: customer-facing publishing

Why public Confluence pages need more than a basic public link

Public links are useful when you need to share a page quickly. They can be less suitable when you want a repeatable publishing process, a clearer external reader experience, and public-facing content that feels separate from your internal Confluence workspace.

Public links are made for sharing

A public link is useful when you want to send someone an individual page. Public documentation, release notes, and knowledge bases often need a more intentional publishing experience.

The page can still feel like Confluence

Confluence is designed for collaboration. Customers and prospects may instead expect a simpler public web page with focused navigation and your own branding.

Publishing needs a clearer workflow

Teams publishing multiple pages need to decide what should be public, keep it current, and prevent unrelated internal content from being exposed.

Public content should be easy to browse

External readers should not need to understand Confluence page trees, Atlassian navigation, permissions, or your internal team structure.

Public links are not the same as anonymous access

Confluence public links are usually suited to sharing individual pages or content items. Anonymous access is broader and can make content within a Confluence space available without requiring the reader to log in.

If you only want selected Confluence content to become polished public-facing pages, a publishing layer can be a better fit than relying on either individual public links or broader anonymous access.

Compare Confluence public links and anonymous access

Confluence public links vs anonymous access vs Satori Cloud

All three options can make Confluence content available externally. The right choice depends on whether you want quick sharing, broader access, or a separate public publishing experience.

Feature	Public links	Anonymous access	Satori Cloud
Best for	Sharing individual pages quickly	Making broader space content public	Publishing selected pages as a public website
Reader login	Not normally required	Not required	Not required
Scope	Individual shared content	Content made available within a public space	Selected pages chosen for publication
External experience	Shared Confluence content	Public Confluence space	Separate branded public website
Internal workspace	Remains private outside shared content	Approved space content becomes public	Remains private
Branding and presentation	Standard shared Confluence experience	Standard Confluence space experience	Designed as customer-facing web content
Publishing workflow	Useful for one-off sharing	Controlled through space access	Built for repeatable external publishing

Need a deeper comparison between the two native Confluence options? Read Confluence public links vs anonymous access .

When Confluence public links are still the right choice

Public links are not a bad option. They are useful when you simply need to share individual Confluence content with someone outside your workspace and do not need a separate public documentation experience.

• You only need to share one or two pages occasionally.
• You are happy for external readers to view the standard shared Confluence experience.
• You do not need a public documentation site, knowledge base, or structured page navigation.
• You want the quickest possible way to send an individual page to someone externally.

Examples of public Confluence pages

Confluence public pages can be useful anywhere your team already manages external-facing content in Confluence but wants readers to experience it as a proper website.

Public product documentation

Publish product instructions, technical guidance, and feature documentation without sending customers into your internal workspace.

Customer guides

Turn setup guides, FAQs, onboarding instructions, and customer resources into cleaner public web pages.

Release notes

Write release notes in Confluence, then publish selected updates externally for customers and prospects.

Public knowledge bases

Build a lightweight public knowledge base from selected Confluence pages without moving the source content into another platform.

Partner resources

Publish selected instructions, process guides, and enablement material for external partners.

Security and trust information

Share approved security, privacy, and compliance information while keeping the rest of your Confluence workspace private.

When Satori Cloud is a better fit

Satori Cloud is better suited to teams that want to keep their source content in Confluence but publish selected pages externally in a cleaner and more intentional way.

You are publishing more than one page

Create a repeatable publishing experience rather than managing a collection of unrelated public links.

The content is customer-facing

Give customers a focused website experience instead of asking them to navigate a collaboration workspace.

Branding and presentation matter

Present selected Confluence content as part of your own external web presence.

Confluence should remain private

Publish only the selected content while keeping the internal workspace and unrelated pages out of view.

Turn selected Confluence pages into public-facing content

Satori Cloud gives teams a lightweight way to publish selected Confluence pages for customers, prospects, partners, and other external readers.

Join early access

Frequently asked questions about public Confluence pages

Can a Confluence page be public?: Yes. Depending on your Confluence setup and plan, you may be able to share individual content using public links or make broader content available through anonymous access. You can also use a publishing layer to turn selected pages into a separate public website.
How do I create a public page in Confluence?: The available options include creating a public link for supported content, enabling anonymous access where appropriate, or publishing selected pages through a separate external publishing service.
Can someone view a public Confluence page without an account?: Yes. Public links and anonymous access are designed for external viewing without a normal Confluence login. Satori Cloud is also intended to let external readers view published pages without accessing your workspace.
What is the difference between a Confluence public link and anonymous access?: Public links are generally suited to sharing individual content items. Anonymous access can make broader content within a space publicly available, depending on how permissions are configured. For a fuller comparison, see Confluence public links vs anonymous access .
Can I publish selected Confluence pages without making the whole space public?: Yes. Public links can be used for supported individual content, while a publishing layer such as Satori Cloud is intended to publish only the pages you deliberately select.
What can I use public Confluence pages for?: Common uses include product documentation, customer guides, release notes, public knowledge bases, partner resources, onboarding content, and approved security or trust information.
Is Satori Cloud a replacement for Confluence?: No. Your team can continue writing and managing content in Confluence. Satori Cloud is being built as a publishing layer for selected external-facing pages.
Is Satori Cloud an alternative to Confluence public links?: Yes, when your goal is to publish selected Confluence pages as cleaner public-facing content rather than simply share individual pages using public links.

Want cleaner public pages from Confluence?

Join early access and help shape a simpler way to publish selected Confluence pages without opening your internal workspace.