Direct answer
Approvals for Confluence - Page Review & Sign-off (AppFox) routes and records approval of a page or section: reviewer notifications, approval teams, an audit trail, and CSV export of the sign-off. Compliance Glossary governs the reusable term definitions those pages rely on: controlled definitions with owners, four-eyes approval, version history, page scanning, and CSV evidence export. If the question is "who signed off this page," AppFox answers it. If the question is "are the regulated terms on every page defined, approved, and current," that is the job Compliance Glossary is built for.
Feature comparison
| Capability | Compliance Glossary | AppFox Approvals |
|---|---|---|
| Runs in Confluence Cloud | Yes | Yes |
| Page and section approval workflow | No | Yes |
| Reviewer notifications and approval teams | No (approval is term-scoped) | Yes |
| Controlled term lifecycle (draft, review, approved, deprecated) | Yes | No term-level equivalent found in current public docs |
| Four-eyes approval for definition changes | Yes | No term-level equivalent found in current public docs |
| Term version history with change reasons | Yes | No term-level equivalent found in current public docs |
| Scanner for undefined-term candidates, unapproved, deprecated, or synonym terms on pages | Yes | No term-level equivalent found in current public docs |
| Audit trail | Yes: term-level version history and approval evidence | Yes: page approval history |
| CSV export | Yes: approved definitions, version history, findings | Yes: approval records |
Where AppFox Approvals is stronger
Where Compliance Glossary is stronger
Boundary
AppFox Approvals capabilities are summarized from the public Marketplace listing and vendor documentation, which change over time; verify current features on the Approvals for Confluence Marketplace listing before a purchase decision. Compliance Glossary is not a page-approval system; if you need page or section sign-off routing, AppFox is the right tool, and the two are complementary: approve the page with AppFox, govern the terms with Compliance Glossary.
Useful next checks
- Decide whether the approval target is the whole page or the reusable definitions inside it.
- Confirm who approves definition changes today and where that evidence lives.
- Confirm whether the same terms recur across more than one page, policy, procedure, or evidence record.
Common questions
What is the difference between Approvals for Confluence (AppFox) and Compliance Glossary?
Approvals for Confluence (AppFox) provides page and section approvals with notifications, an audit trail, and CSV export. Compliance Glossary governs controlled term definitions in Confluence: approval evidence, version history, page scanning for terminology findings, and CSV evidence export.
Can Approvals for Confluence (AppFox) and Compliance Glossary be used together?
Yes. Approvals for Confluence (AppFox) covers page and section approvals with notifications, an audit trail, and CSV export; Compliance Glossary adds term-level governance for the regulated vocabulary used across those pages and documents.
Does Compliance Glossary replace a QMS, GRC platform, or audit tool?
No. Compliance Glossary covers terminology governance only: approved definitions, review workflow, version history, scanner findings, and CSV evidence export.