Guest Accounts

Confluence has added guest accounts! We are able to use these to enable more collaboration within our workspace.

Why Guests?

Confluence is expensive. Like hundreds of dollars per year for 15 users, not to mention add-ons. Guests come with paid users (currently 5 guests per paid user) so adding people as guests allows us to maximize value from our paid plan!

Differences

The following are a few differences we find relevant:

  • Cannot delete or archive pages, except their own

    • Admin can add this permission manually for guests individually

  • Cannot leave comments

  • Cannot @ users inline

See more official documentation here: What can guests see and do in Confluence? | Confluence Cloud | Atlassian Support

Who Gets (and how) Guest Access

Primarily paid counts will go to heads and E-board, guest accounts will go to project leads. Beyond this we should have enough accounts to add more users on a need basis. Ultimately, if you feel you should have your own account, please ask!

How to get added? DM an admin on Slack! @Walter Stadolnik (Unlicensed) @Sofia Varner @President & Vice President

How to Add Guests

For Confluence admins

  1. Invite guests to Confluence | Confluence Cloud | Atlassian Support

  2. Assign space access to guests | Confluence Cloud | Atlassian Support

TL;DR, add user as normal, being careful to not give them any licensed permissions. Provide only guest access and then add space access to “NER”