makandra Wisera Knowledge management for highly sensitive data
A highly secure wiki for organizations that want to manage their sensitive knowledge without the cloud – for all data that deserves special protection.
- Secure
- Made and hosted in Germany
- GDPR compliant
Knowledge management without the cloud
Standard wikis and cloud tools often do not offer the necessary control when the protection of particularly sensitive information and full data sovereignty are paramount. In scenarios where data security and data protection are a top priority and cloud solutions are not an option, makandra Wisera enables
- Compliance with even the strictest regulatory requirements – ideal for the financial, healthcare, and security sectors, for example
- complete control over all data, without external dependencies or data transfer across national borders
- reliable access even with limited or no internet connection, including maximum availability and performance
Security integrated as standard
Our knowledge management platform is designed to run on dedicated servers in a high-security data center in Germany. You retain full control over your data and benefit from sophisticated security features.
Your sensitive data securely hosted in Germany
Protect your sensitive data with wiki software hosted in Germany – highly available and scalable. While many providers operate their wikis in the US or with US corporations, we offer secure hosting on our own dedicated servers in a high-security data center in Germany. Your servers are:
- Accessible only via VPN upon request
- On solid ground in terms of data protection with our own AVV
Prices
License for up to 75 users
License for up to 150 users
License for 150 users or more
Included in all packages:
- Hosting in German data centers
- Backups and monitoring
- Bug fixes (current browser)
Wisera in practice
What does knowledge management with Wisera look like in day-to-day work?
With our makandra cards, we offer an open look into our own knowledge system, refined and expanded over many years of real project work. Here, we document best practices, technical solutions, reusable patterns, and practical insights from client projects – all structured, searchable, and continuously evolving.
This gives you a realistic impression of how Wisera works in practice and how it supports everyday work beyond theory.
Knowledge management makes the difference
Read our blog post to find out what consequences a lack of knowledge management can have, what advantages and practical examples there are for structured approaches, and how typical challenges can be solved.
FAQ about Wisera
Because data protection is non-negotiable. More and more companies and organizations are deliberately moving their highly sensitive data from the cloud back to their own networks or to high-availability data centers in Germany. Initial concerns about cloud-based solutions for sensitive data have not been dispelled.On the contrary, they are now more relevant than ever. Did you know that the CLOUD Act allows US authorities to access data held by US cloud providers?
Operation with a focus on security and data sovereignty gives you full control over your data and creates the foundation for a secure, GDPR-compliant information architecture – without external dependencies and without cloud lock-in.
Yes – Wisera was developed from the ground up for use on dedicated servers. You retain full data sovereignty and operate the system in a German high-security data center.
This makes it the ideal solution for organizations looking for a secure, GDPR-compliant wiki alternative following the discontinuation of Atlassian Confluence Data Center.
Wisera isn’t a traditional wiki tool, but a specialized platform for secure knowledge management without the cloud.
Unlike Confluence Cloud & Co.:
- With Wisera, you retain full data control
- you avoid compliance risks and external data transfers
- Depending on the setup, operation is offline-capable and, in any case, independent of US cloud providers
Wisera protects your sensitive data with comprehensive encryption (at rest and in transit), two-factor authentication, and role-based access control.
Yes – Wisera meets the highest data protection and compliance requirements (GDPR, KRITIS, ISO 27001, TISAX, and many more) through:
- local data storage
- configurable retention periods
- Transparency and traceability of all changes
- We offer customized data processing agreements
Wisera is ideal for:
- Companies in critical infrastructure (KRITIS)
- Research institutions
- Works councils & human resources departments
- Government agencies & regulated industries
- Organizations that are unable or unwilling to use cloud wikis for compliance reasons
Yes – we offer:
- technical support,
- individual setup assistance,
- and, upon request, admin and user training for productive operation.
Wisera is specially designed for use in small and large organizations with complex structures and sensitive content. The platform is horizontally and vertically scalable and is suitable for small teams as well as large companies with several hundred or thousand users.
You can structure knowledge by subject area, map workflows, and clearly define responsibilities – ideal for scaling organizations with high compliance standards.
Content can be classified according to confidentiality levels and deletion periods to ensure clarity and security even as the volume of data grows.
