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Comparison

Eleventy vs Mintlify

No clear leader: Mintlify (64.0) and Eleventy (59.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Eleventy full profile →Mintlify full profile →
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Eleventy60
Mintlify64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Eleventy60 / 100high · 77%
Mintlify64 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Eleventy✓
Mintlify✓
Model
Eleventyopen_source
Mintlifyfreemium
Price level
Eleventyfree
Mintlifyhigh
Starting price
Eleventy–
Mintlify$189
Transparent
Eleventy✓
Mintlify✓
Integrations
Count
Eleventy11
Mintlify2
Security
Disclosure policy
Eleventy–
Mintlify✓
Gdpr
Eleventy–
Mintlify✓
Scorecard
Eleventy7.8
Mintlify–
Soc2
Eleventy–
Mintlify✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Eleventy–
Mintlify99.99
Status page
Eleventy–
Mintlify✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Eleventy0
Mintlify–
Github stars
Eleventy19,963
Mintlify–
Package downloads weekly
Eleventy212,310
Mintlify–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Eleventy48
Mintlify–
Release
Cadence days
Eleventy2
Mintlify–
History
Eleventy20 items
Mintlify–
License
Spdx
EleventyMIT
Mintlify–
Language
Primary
EleventyJavaScript
Mintlify–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Eleventy6 items
Mintlify6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Eleventy

A JavaScript-based command-line tool that transforms various template formats into static HTML output, offering a flexible alternative to traditional site generators.

Independently observed

Mintlify

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.

Eleventy

Open source
as of verify ↗

Mintlify

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
Eleventy✗
Mintlify✓
macOS
Eleventy✓
Mintlify✗
Windows
Eleventy✓
Mintlify✗
CLI
Eleventy✓
Mintlify✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Eleventy✗
Mintlify✓
Self-hosted
Eleventy✓
Mintlify✓

Integrations

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

Eleventy

11 total
  • HTML
  • Markdown
  • JavaScript
  • Liquid
  • Nunjucks
  • WebC
  • Sass
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • TypeScript
  • JSX
Independently observed

Mintlify

11 total
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
  • OpenAPI
  • OAuth
  • JWT
  • Google
  • MCP servers
  • Webhooks
  • Websockets
  • Google Drive
Independently observed
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Eleventy or Mintlify: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.