Requirements
Default Confluence wiki syntax makes it difficult to create any kind of sophisticated table. e.g. a BigAdmin page
A workaround for some issues might be to use syntax like this:
|col1|col2|
|{quote}
long text here
with many lines
{quote}|
{quote}
long text here
with many lines
{quote}|
But that doesn't solve all the problems.
Candidates
Table Plugin
cons: 3rd party
pros: open source
Table Plus macro
This macro is part of Table Plugin
pros: powerful
cons: complicated syntax