Smart Tables and Smart Images for Confluence are now available for both Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC) and Atlassian Isolated Cloud (IC). They help teams work with structured information and visual documentation within Confluence.

This guide explains the differences between these environments, what to check when evaluating apps, and where Smart Tables and Smart Images can fit into your workflows.

What is Atlassian Government Cloud?

Atlassian Government Cloud is a separate cloud environment for eligible U.S. government agencies and organizations working with the U.S. government on government-related work. Atlassian describes AGC as FedRAMP Moderate authorized.

For Confluence users, it provides an environment for organizing documentation, sharing knowledge, and supporting collaboration around government work. App selection also needs to account for AGC availability and feature support.

Read Atlassian’s Government Cloud overview for eligibility and platform information.

What is Atlassian Isolated Cloud?

Atlassian Isolated Cloud provides a dedicated cloud environment managed by Atlassian for organizations with strict security, compliance, or data isolation requirements.

It includes dedicated compute, storage, and networking. Atlassian also documents data egress blocked by default and customer-managed encryption keys.

For teams evaluating Confluence extensions, this makes deployment compatibility an essential part of the selection process.

Read Atlassian’s Isolated Cloud guide for details.

How do AGC and Isolated Cloud differ?

Both support organizations with demanding requirements, but they address different deployment needs.

Atlassian’s cloud environment comparison explains the deployment and app compatibility distinctions.

Can you use Confluence marketplace apps in these environments?

Yes, when the app supports the relevant environment. Availability on commercial Confluence Cloud does not establish availability on AGC or Isolated Cloud.

Before selecting an app, check its deployment support, permissions, data handling, and environment-specific feature documentation. Build your shortlist around the workflow you need: filtering a program tracker, calculating table values, or annotating screenshots for a procedure.

Smart Tables: Work with Confluence tables and reports

Smart Tables is a relevant option for teams looking for table filtering, calculations, and reporting in Confluence. Its capabilities include advanced filters, Excel-like functions, pivot tables, and charts.

Consider a program manager maintaining a table of work-streams, owners, statuses, and budgets. A useful workflow could involve filtering the table to a particular team, calculating totals, and summarizing the data for a review meeting.

Other examples include:

• A project lead reviewing outstanding actions by owner or status.
• A finance team calculating totals in a budget tracking table.
• An operations team summarizing a register for its monthly review.

These are illustrative workflows, rather than reported customer results. Match each workflow to the features supported in your deployment.

Check the AGC feature differences

Creativas’ current Smart Tables AGC documentation lists exceptions to commercial Cloud functionality: live editing in the Smart Tables macro, collaborative editing in the Live Spreadsheet macro, Smart Links, attached-file previews, and chart export.

That distinction helps teams evaluate their actual requirements. If simultaneous spreadsheet editing is central to your workflow, include it explicitly in your deployment review.

Explore Smart Tables for Confluence and review its environment-specific documentation before choosing your configuration.

Smart Images: Make visual documentation easier to follow

Smart Images is a relevant option for teams that need image editing and annotations, image maps, sliders, and galleries in Confluence.

For example, a technical writer preparing a procedure can use arrows, shapes, and text to highlight the relevant parts of a screenshot. A process owner can use an image map to connect areas of a visual overview to the corresponding Confluence pages.

Potential uses include:

• Annotated screenshots for internal instructions.
• Visual guides explaining a multistep procedure.
• Clickable diagrams that help readers navigate related documentation.
• Galleries presenting a sequence of reference images.

The goal is practical: help readers understand what they need to do and where they need to go next. Confirm the supported configuration for AGC or Isolated Cloud when planning your rollout.

Explore Smart Images for Confluence to discuss your visual documentation requirements.

How to choose the right app for your team

Start with a representative Confluence page and a specific task. For Smart Tables, this could be a project tracker that needs filtering and calculations. For Smart Images, it could be a procedure that needs annotated screenshots.

Then assess:

1. Deployment support: Is the app available for your exact environment?
2. Workflow fit: Are the features you need supported there?
3. Data handling and permissions: Does the documented configuration meet your organization’s review requirements?
4. Installation: What is the installation process for your environment?

Atlassian documents different installation routes: support-assisted installation for AGC and the in-product Marketplace for production Isolated Cloud sites. Confirm the current steps with your administrator.

The timeline has been designed to give organizations time to plan. Key milestones include 2026, when new customers will no longer be able to purchase DC subscriptions; 2028, when existing customers will lose the option to expand their licenses; and finally, 2029, when support and updates will officially end. Until then, customers can continue using their DC environments while preparing for the future.

What This Means for Our DC Customers

For teams currently running on Data Center, this announcement may raise understandable questions: What will happen to my existing setup? How will this impact my daily operations? When do I need to act?

In simple terms, you can continue using your DC apps for now. However, over the next few years, you will need to plan your path to the Cloud. After March 2029, your DC environment will no longer allow edits, updates, or expansions; only viewing will remain possible. Atlassian’s intention is to give every customer sufficient time to evaluate their options, design a migration plan, and make the move without unnecessary disruption.

What You Need to Know About Our Apps

At Creativas, we want to assure you that you are not alone in this transition. All our apps are already available on Atlassian Cloud, ensuring continuity for your teams when the time comes to migrate. Our portfolio is not only Cloud-ready but also Cloud Fortified and backed by SOC 2 Type II certification, which means you can trust our solutions to meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and compliance.

As an Atlassian Gold Marketplace Partner, we are deeply committed to supporting our customers through this change. We provide clear migration pathways and hands-on assistance, from evaluating your current setup to mapping out the steps needed for a smooth migration. For customers who want more tailored guidance, we also offer one-to-one meetings to discuss specific requirements, and we provide live demos so you can see exactly how our apps perform in the Cloud environment before making the switch.

Moving Forward with Confidence

Atlassian has confirmed that future development will focus on Cloud, while support for Data Center will be gradually phased out. Over the coming years, DC products will no longer receive new features, and customers will need to plan when and how to migrate.

With our apps already in place and our support services designed to ease the journey, you can be confident that your organization will make this transition smoothly and successfully.

If you would like to explore what this means for your team, visit our profile on the Atlassian Marketplace or get in touch with us directly. We will work with you to ensure that your transition to Cloud is carried out in a structured and well-supported way, aligned with your organization’s requirements and timeline.