Comparison

Eleventy vs Mintlify

On the evidence we track, Mintlify leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Eleventy full profile →Mintlify full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

Eleventy54

★Mintlify61

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Eleventy	MintlifyLeader
Vioscale score	54 / 100high · 79%updating	61 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.8	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40gerhobbelt%2Feleventy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	19,861	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	201,177	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	9	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Eleventy54 / 100high · 79%updating

Mintlify61 / 100medium · 73%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Eleventy✓

Mintlify✓

Model

Eleventyopen_source

Mintlifyfreemium

Price level

Eleventyfree

Mintlifylow

Transparent

Eleventy✓

Mintlify✓

Integrations

Count

Eleventy11

Mintlify10

Security

Disclosure policy

Eleventy–

Mintlify✓

Gdpr

Eleventy–

Mintlify✓

Scorecard

Eleventy7.8

Mintlify–

Soc2

Eleventy–

Mintlify✓

Vulnerabilities

EleventyCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40gerhobbelt%2Feleventy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Mintlify–

Reliability

Status page

Eleventy–

Mintlify✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Eleventy0

Mintlify–

Github stars

Eleventy19,861

Mintlify–

Package downloads weekly

Eleventy201,177

Mintlify–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Eleventy9

Mintlify–

Release

Cadence days

Eleventy2

Mintlify–

History

Eleventy20 items

Mintlify–

License

Spdx

EleventyMIT

Mintlify–

Language

Primary

EleventyJavaScript

Mintlify–

Market

Availability

EleventyAvailable worldwide

MintlifyAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Documentation Tools
Capability	Eleventy	Mintlify
Core
Tool kind	Static-site generator	Hosted platform
Engine / language	JavaScript	web-based
Authoring
Authoring format	Markdown	MDX
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code	✓	✓
Content
Multi-version docs	✗	✓
Internationalisation	✗	✗
Discovery
Search	-	Built-in
Design
Theming / custom design	✓	✓
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip	✗	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	✓
Official managed host	✗	✓
Insight
Built-in usage analytics	✗	✓

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

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

Eleventy is a static site generator that lets you author content in standard formats like Markdown and choose from various template languages without vendor lock-in. It emphasizes simplicity and flexible gradual migration between versions.

Independently observed

Mintlify

Leader

Mintlify is a knowledge management platform that publishes documentation from Git repositories with automatic updates when your code changes. It serves content to both human developers and AI coding agents, with features like API playgrounds, MCP integration, and AI-powered assistance.

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 sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Mintlify

Leader

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available; Pro and Enterprise pricing custom. Starter free with credits, additional credits at $0.01 each.

StarterFree
- 5 editor seats
- Full platform access
- Custom domain
- Web editor
- Authentication
- +2 more
ProCustom pricing; see sales for details
- Unlimited editor seats
- Everything in Starter
- Agent
- Assistant
- Automations
- +21 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited editor seats
- Everything in Pro
- SSO, SCIM & RBAC
- Performance SLA
- Advanced insights
- +18 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Eleventy	Mintlify
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

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

Leader

10 total

Slack
Discord
Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
OpenAPI
OAuth
JWT
Google
MCP servers
Webhooks
Websockets

Independently observed

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