Comparisons
Honestly, we are not right for everyone.
Most comparison pages exist to tell you the other tool is bad. These do not. Each one opens by describing who should pick the other product, because a customer who buys the wrong thing costs us more than the sale was worth.
Before the comparisons
Three questions that decide it
Feature tables are the last thing that matters. These three answers narrow the field faster than any of them.
Do you already run WordPress?
If not, none of this applies and a hosted platform is almost certainly the right answer. WP Super Docs is a WordPress plugin, not a service. It needs a site to live in.
Do you ship versioned software?
If readers are spread across releases, you need versioned docs, and that is where most knowledge base tools stop. If everyone uses the current version, a simpler tool will serve you fine.
Who edits the docs?
If it is engineers working in Git, a static site generator fits their workflow. If support and product people need to fix things without a deploy, that argues the other way.
Every comparison
Who you are probably weighing us against
Each card gives the short answer both ways. Open one for the full version.
BetterDocs
WordPress pluginYou want a knowledge base that matches your theme, and a free version to start with.
You ship versioned software and need docs that live outside your theme.
weDocs
WordPress pluginYou want something small and free for one set of help articles.
You have outgrown a single flat tree and need products and versions.
GitBook
Hosted platformYou want a polished editor and do not mind docs living on someone else infrastructure.
You already pay for WordPress and want the content in your own database.
ReadMe
Hosted platformYour documentation is mostly interactive API reference generated from an OpenAPI spec.
Your documentation is mostly guides, and per project pricing has stopped making sense.
Mintlify
Hosted platformYou want a modern hosted docs site and your team is comfortable in a Git workflow.
You want the same look without a second platform to pay for and maintain.
Document360
Hosted platformYou need enterprise knowledge base features like advanced workflows and analytics at scale.
You want most of that inside WordPress at a fraction of the cost.
Docusaurus
Static site generatorEngineers write the docs, review them in pull requests, and like it that way.
Support and product people need to edit docs without opening a pull request.
Help Scout Docs
Support toolYour docs exist mainly to deflect tickets and sit beside your support inbox.
Your docs are a product surface in their own right, with versions and developer content.
Intercom Articles
Support toolYour articles mainly feed the Messenger and your support workflow.
You want documentation on your own domain that outlives the subscription.
Where we lose
Six reasons to buy something else
Written plainly, without a but at the end of each one.
You do not run WordPress
This is a plugin. It needs a WordPress site. Standing one up purely to host documentation is a worse idea than paying for a hosted platform.
There is no free version
Several WordPress competitors have one, and that is a real advantage if you want to try before deciding. What we offer instead is a money back guarantee and a straight answer before you buy.
Your writers live in Git
If docs are reviewed in pull requests alongside the code, a static site generator fits that workflow properly. Content here lives in WordPress and is edited there.
We are the newer product
The older tools have more tutorials, more forum answers, and more people who have already hit your problem. That is worth something and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
You want someone else running the servers
Hosted platforms handle uptime, scaling, and the CDN as part of the price. Self hosting means those become your problem, along with backups and updates.
You document one thing, one version
Products, versions, and changelogs are the reason to be here. If you have a single product on a single release, most of that is overhead you will never open.
Still deciding
Tell us what you are weighing it against.
Describe your setup and we will tell you straight whether this is the right fit. If it is not, we would rather say so now than refund you later. There is a 14 day money back guarantee either way.
All product names and trademarks on this page belong to their respective owners and none of those companies are affiliated with Nahnu Plugins. Comparisons reflect publicly available information at the time of writing, so check each vendor site for their current features and pricing.
