Comparison

Antora vs Mintlify

On the evidence we track, Mintlify leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Antora53
★Mintlify64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Antora53 / 100low · 25%
Mintlify64 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Antora✓
Mintlify✓
Model
Mintlifyfreemium
Price level
Antorafree
Mintlifyhigh
Starting price
Antora–
Mintlify$189
Transparent
Antora–
Mintlify✓
Integrations
Count
Antora19
Mintlify2
Security
Disclosure policy
Antora–
Mintlify✓
Gdpr
Antora–
Mintlify✓
Soc2
Antora–
Mintlify✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Antora–
Mintlify99.99
Status page
Antora–
Mintlify✓
Adoption
Package downloads weekly
Antora29,351
Mintlify–
License
Spdx
AntoraMPL-2.0
Mintlify–
Market
Content
Faq
Antora6 items
Mintlify6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for documentation tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool kind
AntoraStatic-site generator
MintlifyHosted platform
Engine / language
AntoraRuby
Mintlifyweb-based
Authoring
Authoring format
AntoraAsciiDoc
MintlifyMDX
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code
Antora-
Mintlify✓
Content
Multi-version docs
Antora✓
Mintlify✓
Internationalisation
Antora-
Mintlify✓
Discovery
Search
Antora-
MintlifyBuilt-in
Design
Theming / custom design
Antora✓
Mintlify✓
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
Antora✓
Mintlify✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
Antora✓
Mintlify✓
Official managed host
Antora-
Mintlify✓
Insight
Built-in usage analytics
Antora-
Mintlify✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Antora

Asciidoctor is a publishing toolchain for processing AsciiDoc markup into HTML, DocBook, PDF, and other formats. It includes native PDF generation capabilities and integrations with various diagram and visualization tools.

Independently observed

Mintlify

Leader

A cloud-based documentation system that keeps technical content automatically updated and optimized for both human developers and AI agents to discover and understand products.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Antora

Open source
as of verify ↗

Mintlify

Leader
from $189/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $189/mo. First month free, no credit card required.

  • Starter$189/mo; first month free
    • 5 editor seats
    • Full platform access
    • Custom domain
    • Web editor
    • Authentication
    • +2 more
  • Pro$450/mo
    • Unlimited editor seats
    • Everything in Starter
    • Agent
    • Assistant
    • Automations
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Pro
    • SSO, SCIM & RBAC
    • Performance SLA
    • Advanced insights
    • Enterprise security & legal
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Antora✗
Mintlify✓
CLI
Antora✓
Mintlify✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Antora✗
Mintlify✓
Self-hosted
Antora✓
Mintlify✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Antora

19 total
  • Visual Studio Code
  • GraphViz
  • PlantUML
  • Mermaid
  • BlockDiag
  • Ditaa
  • Erd
  • AsciiToSVG
  • Msc
  • Shaape
  • SvgBob
  • Syntrax
  • UMLet
  • Vega
  • Vega-Lite
  • WaveDrom
  • SeqDiag
  • ActDiag
  • NwDiag
Independently observed

Mintlify

Leader
11 total
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
  • OpenAPI
  • OAuth
  • JWT
  • Google
  • MCP servers
  • Webhooks
  • Websockets
  • Google Drive
Independently observed
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