Comparison

Wiki.js vs Docmost

Wiki.js and Docmost both land on Depends.

Wiki.js

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Great fit if a technical person will own hosting, upgrades, and patching of a free, powerful wiki.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you want a cheap, self-hosted Confluence/Notion replacement and have someone who can run a server.

Wiki.js versus Docmost
Compare	Wiki.js	Docmost
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Technical self-hosters	Regulated teams requiring self-hosting
Who it's not for	Non-technical teams wanting one-click setup	Non-technical teams with nobody to run a server
Privacy	Multiple public CVEs including recent authentication bypass (through 2.5.314) and privilege escalation . patch discipline is mandatory.^⁷	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality	Community support; paid help via hosts	No support evidence in sources reviewed
Public sentiment	Self-hosters praise its power and flexibility but repeatedly flag it as heavy to run and maintain.^⁵	Self-hosters on Reddit and forums pitch it as a lighter, cheaper Confluence/Notion alternative, but in-depth user reviews are still scarce.
Biggest gotcha	Running it well needs ongoing ops: upgrades, backups, CVE patching. Recent bypass CVEs hit older versions.^⁷	Community Edition has no SSO . a hard blocker for many companies; Enterprise pricing isn't public.¹⁶