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GitLab for Confluence: Cloud and Data Center Comparison

This page summarises the differences between GitLab for Confluence (Data Center) and GitLab for Confluence (Cloud).

Connection

Capability

Data Center

Cloud

Connect via GitLab Personal Access Token

Global (admin-level) connection

Per-user (personal) connection

Multiple integrations support

Supported macros

Macro name

DC

Cloud

GitLab Builds

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Commit

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Epic

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab File content

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Repository

GitLab Groups List

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Issue

GitLab Issues Gantt Chart

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Issues List

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Merge Request

GitLab Merge Requests list

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Milestone

❌ Not yet supported

Gitlab Milestones

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Snippet

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Release

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Projects List

❌ Not yet supported

GitLab Project

❌ Not yet supported

Global configuration settings

Setting

Data Center

Cloud

Request timeout (duration (in seconds) before a macro call times out)

Allowed spaces (restrict macros to specific Confluence spaces)

Forbidden spaces (prevent macros from being used in specific Confluence spaces)

Automatically convert GitLab links into macros

❌ Not configurable on Cloud, auto-conversion is always on

Macro Default Settings (administrator-defined default values applied to GitLab macros)

Hosting & deployment

Capability

Data Center

Cloud

Works with http://gitlab.com (SaaS GitLab)

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Works with self-hosted, internet-reachable GitLab

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Works with self-hosted GitLab that is not reachable from the internet

✅ Yes

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If you have questions about the differences above, please contact the Move Work Forward Support team. We'll be glad to help.

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