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External Share for Confluence

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External Share for Confluence

is an app that allows sharing Confluence pages, securely with users inside and outside your organization, even without access to the Confluence instance. The app ensures real-time, bidirectional interaction with shared content while offering extensive customization and advanced security options.

Key features:

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Real-time live data
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Bidirectional access
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Share pages, i.e.: documentation, tutorials, release notes
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Expose selective documentation
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Get your content proofread (commenting including inline comments)
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Supports different types of macros (internal/external)
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High security on several levels
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No third-party apps involved
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Share beyond your team, department, organization
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Involve contractors, vendors, and outsourcing teams directly within the organization
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Keep customers updated with the watch option
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Customize external view
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Outgoing email customization
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Outgoing sender SMTP customization
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Domain customization
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Expose Jira data externally on Confluence pages
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Hierarchical configuration access (page/space/global)
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API
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How does it work

️What you can share

  •  Single page

  •  Page with child pages

With just a few clicks, you can create a secure, shareable link. You have full control over what parts of the content are visible (i.e., comments or attachments), and can decide whether the external user can edit them. Additional security options, like setting a password, an expiration date, IP validation, or even SSO ensure further protection. Once the link is generated, external stakeholders can access the content without needing a Confluence account or license.

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For more detailed information on the app, check our

Confluence page share view

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App security

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While creating this app, we kept in mind the security.

There are several levels of content protection we provide:

Internal users - Share configuration control

As in Jira/Confluence, global admins define (globally or per project) what options project admins and basic users can use while creating any external share.

External users - SSO integration

Global admins can integrate the External Share app with an SSO provider. This way only external users listed in the directory can access the shared content (after creating the account on the External Share platform).

External users - Share configuration

Users creating external shares can decide what content external users can view and the way they can interact with it (i.e. if they should be able to see and add comments).

External users - Password & Expiry date protection

For every share created, users can (optionally) set a password and a date after which the share link will expire.

Internal users - Permission schemes

Thanks to the Permission Scheme integration, global admins can decide who has access to the External Share and how they can interact with the app.

External users - Email & Domain validation

The email and domain validation allows setting the restriction, that only people with a specified email or email domain can see the shared content only (after creating an account on the External Share platform).

External users - IP Validation

IP validation restricts access to the shared content only for people entering it from a particular IP (no need to create an account).

We also value data privacy. That’s why we don’t save any information when handling your data - when a verified user accesses the share, the content is rendered in a web browser. This way no data is shared with third-party applications.

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When to use the App

It is hard to write down all possible use cases for this app, or even most of them. Below you can find a few sample use cases, but this list is not exhaustive:

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Real-time reporting: updates for a customer, teams from another department, and outsourced teams can see project updates as soon as those changes are applied
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Communication with a customer: sharing project timeline, and tasks, asking for feedback
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Enhancing the cross-departmental workflow (some companies have multiple instances - for every department, the External Share apps allow them to cooperate closely)

Target Audience

Companies working with outsourcing teams, external teams (such as QA and development), and vendors. It's also valuable for project-oriented companies needing to include customers in their projects. It's also useful internally for large enterprises with multiple instances and departments, helping cross-team communication and knowledge sharing, and reporting to the C-suite and management.

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How the app benefits you

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Decide what piece of data you want to share - issues (including JSM tickets), boards, filters, timelines
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Allow regular users to share the content outside the instance (no admin is needed)
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The number of shares to be created is unlimited
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No third-party app has access to your data - it’s being rendered on-demand in a browser
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Shares can be embedded in an iframe (i.e., to display EULA/Privacy policy within other apps or websites)
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Several security levels: Permission Scheme support, UUID in link, password-protected page, share only for selected users (particular email, domain or IP) SSO, share expiration date
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Save on Confluence seats by using the app to share and collaborate with external users, without having Confluence account
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See all changes on shared data live (and receive an email about updates)
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Shares are user’s friendly as they mimic the Jira interface
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Audit and export all users' activity upon shares
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Having External Share for Confluence allows displaying on the shared page embedded Confluence data
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Customize outgoing email templates and shared pages at the HTML/CSS level, including displaying shares with custom domains
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Decide how data is shared: enable read-only mode or allow external users to edit, change status, add attachments (50GB+), or create new issues
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Use API for automation.
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What Customers say about us

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Juan Leon  •  Jul 20, 2024
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This app provides far more control over how and what a page on my Confluence Cloud site shares than any other approach I have tried. Both the display of page content and user access to a variety of page functions are configurable. Security can be set to public or restricted by password, domains, and a variety of other ways. The technical support is also remarkable--fast, detailed, and effective.
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John Smerek  • Apr 19, 2024
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Great support team and a very useful App. If you need to share Confluence pages with your customers, look no further.
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Andy The Admin  •  Jul 25, 2023
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I can't live without this app... as someone who's won prestigious awards in both the Atlassian ecosystem and the Augmented Reality industry, I am not joking when I say this app has contributed to my success...!! #TrophyEmoji I currently use it over 5 different companies raging from tiny R&D starts ups, to monster Enterprises. It is critical to my daily work with multiple external collaborators, across many different industries and it's not only saving costs in unnecessary license fees, but making sure my collaborators & I have nigh-on perfect communication, plus a real, genuine, Single Source Of Truth! Our work is beyond Agile... it's next level Fast & Efficient.
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Pereyro Gustavo Alberto  •  Feb 2. 2023
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Support team, thank you for your quick and effective responses. The application was very well accepted by our users
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Vasudeva Murthy Niranjan  •  Aug 11, 2022
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We have been using the plugin for over a year and found it a great way to share the confluence space/pages. Today this is our default way to share READ ONLY data. The team is also FAST in providing us enhancements or updates to the app. Great job keep it up. Thanks.
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Alexander Deliyannis — SYMPRAXIS Team  •  Apr 15, 2020
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As straightforward as it gets, just what we needed to share specific pages of our wiki with a broader audience via a link, without them needing to log in. Relatively new offering, keeps being improved on by its responsive developer.
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Arthur Mack  •  Dec 11, 2019
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Amazing app, great for sharing confluence pages outside the team. Very responsive vendor who is open to suggestions. Good options for managing shares globally and via spaces
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3.6 /4 (40)
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What do you want to know

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How does the app work?
With just a few clicks, you can create a secure, shareable link. You have full control over what parts of the content are visible (i.e., comments or attachments), and can decide whether the external user can edit them. Additional security options, like setting a password, an expiration date, IP validation, or even SSO ensure further protection. Once the link is generated, external stakeholders can access the content without needing a Confluence account or license.
You are welcome to visit our YouTube channel and watch Explaining video for more information
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Is the application secure?
The app was designed with security in mind. No third-party apps are involved and it provides several levels of security, from link expiration dates and password protection to IP validation or SSO.
To learn more click here
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How can I benefit from using this app?
Using the External Share for Confluence app allows you to easily collaborate with external clients or partners by securely sharing Confluence pages without requiring them to have Confluence accounts, saving on licensing costs. You maintain control over what information is shared and for how long, improving transparency and streamlining communication without compromising security.