What is ReadMe?
ReadMe provides a full documentation stack for creating and managing API documentation, technical guides, and developer resources. It includes AI-powered writing assistance, version control, bi-directional Git sync, and interactive API reference generation.
ReadMe pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available. Pro from $250/month (billed annually). Enterprise from $3000/month (contact sales).
Starter
Free- projects
- 1
- versions
- 1
- 1 project
- Custom domain
- Bi-directional Sync
- Interactive API reference
- Usage metrics
- Markdown editor
- Customizable themes
- AI Dropdown
- LLMs.txt
- MCP Server
Pro
- admins
- 5
- projects
- 1
- versions
- unlimited
- All Starter features
- Invite teammates
- Branching and reviews
- Notifications
- Private docs
- Landing page
- Changelog, recipes & forums
- Custom MDX components
- Reusable content
- CSS/HTML
- Ask AI Lite
- Agent
- Owlbert
- AI Linter
- GitHub AI Writer
Enterprise
Contact sales- All Pro features
- Multiple combined projects
- No ReadMe branding
- User roles & access control
- Branch review permissions
- Global reusable content library
- Audit logs
- SSO
- OAuth
- Dedicated support
- Implementation services
- Docs Audit
- Private AI Context
- Global Lint Rules
Add-ons
- Ask AI$150/mo
- Extended history & logs$100/mo
What ReadMe does
The capabilities that matter for documentation tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Tool kind
- Hosted platform
- Engine / language
- API and technical documentation platform
- Authoring format
- Markdown
- API reference from OpenAPI / code
- ✓
- Multi-version docs
- ✓
- Internationalisation
- ✓
- Search
- Built-in
- Theming / custom design
- ✓
- Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✗
- Official managed host
- ✓
- Built-in usage analytics
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- GitHub
- GitLab
- Slack
- Zendesk
- Google Analytics
ReadMe alternatives
Other documentation tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- VitePressVite & Vue Powered Static Site Generatorlow · 40%
- GitBookThe knowledge layer for AI — AI made docs easy to write. Not easy to trust.medium · 59%
- HugoThe world's fastest framework for building websiteslow · 21%
- FumadocsA fast, flexible documentation framework for Reactlow · 40%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for ReadMe, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 16.00 | 1387.5 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 8.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 55 | 13.00 | 715.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 8.00 | 400.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 31 | 8.00 | 248.3 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 25 | 6.00 | 150.0 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"i18n":true,"kind":"hosted_platform","engine":"API and technical documentation platform","search":"built_in","git_sync":true,"analytics":true,"authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"versioning":true,"api_reference":true,"self_hostable":false,"hosted_offering":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 11 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |