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Comparison

Eleventy vs Read the Docs

No clear leader: Read the Docs (62.2) 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.

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Eleventy60
Read the Docs62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Eleventy60 / 100high · 77%
Read the Docs62 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✓
Model
Eleventyopen_source
Read the Docscommercial
Price level
Eleventyfree
Read the Docsmid
Starting price
Eleventy–
Read the Docs$50
Transparent
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✓
Integrations
Count
Eleventy11
Read the Docs7
Security
Disclosure policy
Eleventy–
Read the Docs✓
Scorecard
Eleventy7.8
Read the Docs7.7
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Eleventy–
Read the Docs✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Eleventy0
Read the Docs–
Github stars
Eleventy19,963
Read the Docs8,392
Package downloads weekly
Eleventy212,310
Read the Docs–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Eleventy48
Read the Docs66
Release
Cadence days
Eleventy2
Read the Docs6
History
Eleventy20 items
Read the Docs20 items
License
Spdx
EleventyMIT
Read the DocsMIT
Language
Primary
EleventyJavaScript
Read the DocsPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Eleventy6 items
Read the Docs6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Tool kind
EleventyStatic-site generator
Read the DocsHosted build service
Engine / language
EleventyJavaScript
Read the DocsSphinx, MkDocs, Docusaurus, and others
Authoring
Authoring format
EleventyMarkdown
Read the DocsMarkdown
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✓
Content
Multi-version docs
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs✓
Internationalisation
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs-
Discovery
Search
Eleventy-
Read the DocsBuilt-in
Design
Theming / custom design
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs-
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs-
Official managed host
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs✓
Insight
Built-in usage analytics
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs✓

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

Read the Docs

A hosting service for software documentation that allows projects to build, version, and publish their documentation automatically

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 ↗

Read the Docs

from $50/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

Free for open source. Paid plans from $50/month for commercial projects. 30-day free trial available.

  • Read the Docs CommunityFree
    • Clone public repositories
    • Public documentation
    • Ads-supported hosting
  • Basic$50/month, billed monthly or annually
    • 2 concurrent builds
    • Shared domain
    • SSO with GitHub and GitLab
    • 50 redirects
    • 3 business day support
    • +5 more
  • Advanced$150/month, billed monthly or annually
    • 4 concurrent builds
    • 5 custom domains
    • 250 redirects
    • 2 business day support
    • Automatic builds
    • +4 more
  • Pro$250/month, billed monthly or annually
    • 6 concurrent builds
    • 15 custom domains
    • SSO with Google
    • 500 redirects
    • 1 business day support
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SAML SSO
    • Dedicated builders
    • Advanced audit tracking
    • Support SLA
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs✓
macOS
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✗
Windows
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✗
CLI
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Eleventy✗
Read the Docs✓
Self-hosted
Eleventy✓
Read the Docs✗

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

Read the Docs

7 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Google
  • Sphinx
  • MkDocs
  • Docusaurus
Independently observed
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Eleventy or Read the Docs: which one depends on you

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