# Mintlify vs VuePress

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Mintlify

| Attribute | Mintlify | VuePress |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.6 (73% (medium)) | 52.1 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 14,372 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 22,741 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 73,387 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Open-source static site generator powered by Vue.js that transforms Markdown content into fully rendered documentation websites. Supports TypeScript configuration and plugin development. |
| features.capabilities | `{"i18n":false,"kind":"hosted_platform","engine":"web-based","search":"built_in","git_sync":true,"analytics":true,"authoring":"mdx","themeable":true,"versioning":true,"api_reference":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":true}` | `{"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Vue.js","git_sync":true,"authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"self_hostable":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)"},{"name":"OpenAPI"},{"name":"OAuth"},{"name":"JWT"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"MCP servers"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Websockets"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | JavaScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free, with 10,000 credits/month and $0.01 per overage credit","features":["5 editor seats","Full platform access","Custom domain","Web editor","Authentication","MCP server","API playground"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individuals and small teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"10,000/month","editor_seats":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Custom pricing; see sales for details","features":["Unlimited editor seats","Everything in Starter","Agent","Assistant","Automations","Preview deployments","Admin APIs","Multi-repo","Webhooks","Websockets","Developer API","Platform analytics","Agent analytics","Integrations","Built-in components","Custom components","Custom CSS and JS","Search filters","White labeling","SEO optimizations","Agent optimizations","Grammar and spelling checks","OAuth, JWT, SSO","Personalization","PDF export","Role-based permissions"],"description":"For startups and growing teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"editor_seats":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; contact sales","features":["Unlimited editor seats","Everything in Pro","SSO, SCIM & RBAC","Performance SLA","Advanced insights","Enterprise security & legal","Migration & support","Dashboard SSO","SCIM","Audit logs","Audit log streaming","Session IP allowlist","BYOK","Security review","Legal review","Custom SLAs","Self-hosting","EU hosting","Custom developer portals","Migration services","Slack support","Dedicated customer success","24/7 Incident monitoring"],"description":"For scaling and global teams","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"editor_seats":"Unlimited"}}],"summary":"Free tier available; Pro and Enterprise pricing custom. Starter free with credits, additional credits at $0.01 each.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mintlify.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:28:48.014Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vuepress.vuejs.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:18:46.220Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 19 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.9.10","date":"2023-08-14T08:09:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.9.2","date":"2021-12-23T19:56:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.9.0","date":"2021-12-22T20:40:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.8.3","date":"2021-12-20T19:54:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.8.2","date":"2021-02-18T16:16:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.8.1","date":"2021-02-11T14:18:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.8.0","date":"2021-01-21T06:10:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.7.1","date":"2020-10-15T17:36:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.7.0","date":"2020-10-13T20:10:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.6.0","date":"2020-09-25T16:28:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.5.4","date":"2020-08-23T16:20:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.5.3","date":"2020-08-05T14:07:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.5.2","date":"2020-08-05T14:07:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.5.1","date":"2020-08-05T14:07:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.5.0","date":"2020-05-11T14:32:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.4.1","date":"2020-10-21T14:20:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.4.0","date":"2020-03-18T11:39:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.3.1","date":"2020-02-20T08:31:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.3.0","date":"2020-01-31T14:15:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2019-10-11T23:28:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 3.3 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40vuepress%2Fshared-utils&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Documentation Tools)

| Capability | Mintlify | VuePress |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool kind | Hosted platform | Static-site generator |
| Engine / language | web-based | Vue.js |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Authoring format | MDX | Markdown |
| **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 | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:37:33.857Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*