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Comparison

Mintlify vs Sphinx

No clear leader: Mintlify (64.0) and Sphinx (64.0) 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.

Mintlify full profile →Sphinx full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Mintlify64
Sphinx64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mintlify64 / 100medium · 73%
Sphinx64 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Mintlify✓
Sphinx✓
Model
Mintlifyfreemium
Sphinxopen_source
Price level
Mintlifyhigh
Sphinxfree
Starting price
Mintlify$189
Sphinx–
Transparent
Mintlify✓
Sphinx✓
Integrations
Count
Mintlify2
Sphinx1
Security
Disclosure policy
Mintlify✓
Sphinx–
Gdpr
Mintlify✓
Sphinx–
Scorecard
Mintlify–
Sphinx5.4
Soc2
Mintlify✓
Sphinx–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Mintlify99.99
Sphinx–
Status page
Mintlify✓
Sphinx–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mintlify–
Sphinx68,751
Github stars
Mintlify–
Sphinx8,061
Package downloads weekly
Mintlify–
Sphinx15,422,418
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mintlify–
Sphinx1
Release
Cadence days
Mintlify–
Sphinx1
History
Mintlify–
Sphinx20 items
Language
Primary
Mintlify–
SphinxPython
Market
Availability
MintlifyAvailable worldwide
Sphinx–
Content
Faq
Mintlify6 items
Sphinx4 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Sphinx

Converts reStructuredText and Markdown into multiple output formats including HTML, PDF, and ePub, with support for automatic API documentation, customizable themes, and internationalization.

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 ↗

Sphinx

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Mintlify

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

Sphinx

1 total
  • Jupyter
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Mintlify or Sphinx: 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.