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Differences Between Comala Document Management and Comala Document Management Cloud

Comala Document Management users moving to Confluence Cloud will need to migrate to our corresponding cloud app, Comala Document Management.

This page compares the functionality of the apps.

Need more help learning about the differences between Comala Document Management for Confluence Server/Data Center and Comala Document Management Cloud?

Contact our support team for assistance.Ā 

Features



Comala Document Management

(Server/Data Center)

Comala Document Management

(Cloud)

Workflows





Page Workflow/Approval

Space Workflow/Approval

Space Workflow/Approval by Labels

Global Workflow/Approval

Custom workflows

Ability to create custom workflows, including custom states and transitions



Workflows Exchange

Import workflows from a repository.Ā 

Workflow Builder

Modify your workflows using our graphicalĀ Workflow Builder.

Custom Triggers

Different range of trigger events, conditions and actions in Cloud

Approvals

Server

Cloud

Approvals

Minimum reviewers

Set how many reviewers are needed to complete the approval.

Limit reviewers

Only user(s) and/or group(s) thatĀ can be assigned to a review and will be able to review the approval. It can be forced to have all the user(s) and/or group(s) to review the content.

Different range of functionality to limit reviewers in Cloud

Exclude reviewers

User(s) and/or group(s) thatĀ cannot reviewĀ the approval but could still add reviewers to the approval.

Limit assigners

User(s) and/or group(s) thatĀ can assign the review. I.e., limit who can assign users in an approval.

Custom buttons labels

Custom approve/reject button captions

Compliance requirements

Server

Cloud

Approval E-signatures

Reviewers need their user/email and password to sign-off.

(Cloud support for this feature is limited to OTP using a third party app )

Confluence audit logging

Full audit trail of key events (e.g., changes to configuration, templates, parameters, etc.) in theĀ Confluence Audit Log.

Views navigation

Server

Cloud

Draft and published views

Users can browse the work-in-progress version or the last approved version of a page

Draft restriction

Work-in-progress versions of pages can be restricted to users and/or groups

Reporting

Server

Cloud

Page activity, space and user reports


No user reports in Cloud
Page Activity in Cloud is Workflow History

CQL advanced searches

Integration with the advancedĀ CQL searchĀ capabilities of Confluence.

Notifications

Server

Cloud

Email notifications

Workbox notifications

(Note: Confluence does not provide an API for cloud notifications)

Custom notifications

Email, page messages, etc.

Tasks

Server

Cloud

Workflow tasks

Parameters

Server

Cloud

Custom workflow parameters

Custom specified parameters, which values are editable and can be referenced from the workflows.

Space parameters

Parameters with a default value specified at space level

Custom

Reviewers and due date

States

Server

Cloud

Add States

Modify State Names

Modify State Colours

Use colors to indicate important states, show rejected pages, specific approval roles...

Add Due Dates

Add due dates in any state

Expiration dates

Modify Due Dates

Change existing due dates

Initialize States

Transition all content for the associated workflow into a specific state within that workflow.

Page Layout

Server

Cloud

Instructions

Messages to provide guidance to content creators about next steps after creating the page.Ā 

Header and footer

Configuration

Server

Cloud

Global

Who can see drafts, require comments, page updates reset approvals.

Security options, default notifications for given workflow events.

Space

Draft visibility, internal page publishing settings

Clear history

Ā Internationalization (i18n)

Server

Cloud

i18n

Dutch, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian andĀ Spanish

Integration

Server

Cloud

Third Party App Support

Communardo Metadata, K15t Versions, K15t Scroll PDF, Comala Publishing

Java API

REST API