About Public Edition
If you're using PBworks to create an open online community or as a publishing solution for public information and documentation, you should use Public Edition. Organizations like Twitter, Digg, and Barcamp use PBworks to host their public-facing communities and documentation.
- Unlimited users with no per-user fees
- Full customization of look and feel, including logos, colors, and custom CSS/JavaScript
- Custom domain (e.g. www.mydomain.com or public.mydomain.com)
- Specially tuned to provide faster page load times for large workspaces with massive audiences
- Full backup of all content and page revisions
- 40GB of storage and unlimited file downloads
- Granular permissions, from read-only to admin (Note: All pages in Public Edition are publicly viewable, but you get to choose which are publicly editable)
- Easy sharing and commenting for community involvement
- Search across pages and uploaded files
- $499/wiki/year
Note that all PBworks editions, including the free Basic Edition, can be set to be "public". What the Public Edition offers is the ability to support unlimited users and traffic with full branding and customization, along with other premium features like backups and search within documents.