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Comparison

Mintlify vs Read the Docs

No clear leader: Mintlify (64.0) and Read the Docs (62.2) 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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Mintlify64
Read the Docs62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mintlify64 / 100medium · 73%
Read the Docs62 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✓
Model
Mintlifyfreemium
Read the Docscommercial
Price level
Mintlifyhigh
Read the Docsmid
Starting price
Mintlify$189
Read the Docs$50
Transparent
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✓
Integrations
Count
Mintlify2
Read the Docs7
Security
Disclosure policy
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✓
Gdpr
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs–
Scorecard
Mintlify–
Read the Docs7.7
Soc2
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Mintlify99.99
Read the Docs–
Status page
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✓
Adoption
Github stars
Mintlify–
Read the Docs8,392
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mintlify–
Read the Docs66
Release
Cadence days
Mintlify–
Read the Docs6
History
Mintlify–
Read the Docs20 items
License
Spdx
Mintlify–
Read the DocsMIT
Language
Primary
Mintlify–
Read the DocsPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Mintlify6 items
Read the Docs6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 ↗

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
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✓
Self-hosted
Mintlify✓
Read the Docs✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Google

Mintlify

11 total - 10 not shared
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
  • OpenAPI
  • OAuth
  • JWT
  • MCP servers
  • Webhooks
  • Websockets
  • Google Drive
Independently observed

Read the Docs

7 total - 6 not shared
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Sphinx
  • MkDocs
  • Docusaurus
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Mintlify or Read the Docs: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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