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Comparison

Mintlify vs Starlight

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

Mintlify full profile →Starlight full profile →
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Mintlify64
Starlight62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mintlify64 / 100medium · 73%
Starlight62 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Mintlify✓
Starlight✓
Model
Mintlifyfreemium
Starlightopen_source
Price level
Mintlifyhigh
Starlightfree
Starting price
Mintlify$189
Starlight–
Transparent
Mintlify✓
Starlight✓
Integrations
Count
Mintlify2
Starlight4
Security
Disclosure policy
Mintlify✓
Starlight–
Gdpr
Mintlify✓
Starlight–
Soc2
Mintlify✓
Starlight–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Mintlify99.99
Starlight–
Status page
Mintlify✓
Starlight–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mintlify–
Starlight35
Github stars
Mintlify–
Starlight9,407
Package downloads weekly
Mintlify–
Starlight1,439,772
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mintlify–
Starlight69
Release
Cadence days
Mintlify–
Starlight4
History
Mintlify–
Starlight20 items
License
Spdx
Mintlify–
StarlightMIT
Language
Primary
Mintlify–
StarlightTypeScript
Market
Availability
MintlifyAvailable worldwide
Starlight–
Content
Faq
Mintlify6 items
Starlight5 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Starlight

A static documentation platform built on Astro with integrated search, multi-language support, code formatting, color theme options, and TypeScript-validated metadata for page organization and discovery.

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 ↗

Starlight

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✓
Starlight✓
CLI
Mintlify✗
Starlight✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mintlify✓
Starlight✗
Self-hosted
Mintlify✓
Starlight✓

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

Starlight

4 total
  • React
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • Solid
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Mintlify or Starlight: 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.