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| {{checkmark|yes}} almost anything
| {{checkmark|no}} mostly Atlassian products
| MediaWiki can be, and is, integrated with a wide variety of other systems. Most importantly for the Enterprise user, a whole open [[authentication framework ]] allows MediaWiki to be integrated with just about any existing authentication system. Because MediaWiki is open source software, with rich internal and external APIs, you can see exactly how you should integrate new functionality, new systems, etc. In contrast, Confluence is a closed system that supports only what is built into the system. "If you attempt to use an unsupported or custom JDBC driver collaborative editing will fail. You must use a supported driver." <ref>https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-jdbc-drivers-171742.html</ref>
Atlassian likes to brag about how integrated Confluence is with their other systems (BitBucket, JIRA, Bamboo, FishEye, Crucible, HipChat). While it's true that these might be integrated <ref>On their '''own installation''' of Confluence, there is an ''[https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/page-and-space-operations-troubleshooting-211648541.html error displaying integrated content]'' from JIRA at the bottom of the page.</ref>, these extra products come at extra cost. Integrating Confluence with any product that is not sold by Atlassian is a different question.