Author-it vs Dokiel
Author-it
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| Figure | Author-it | Dokiel |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €35/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Help Authoring Tools | 7.8 (#12) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Spec score · Technical Documentation Software | 7.8 (#23) | 9.2 (#1) |
| Deployment | Author-it offers a cloud service and an on-premise installer; its customer resources page provides Cloud login links and an on-premise update link. | Dokiel can run in client-server mode on an organization's infrastructure or be hosted and administered by a service provider. |
| Support | Customer Resources links to the Knowledge Centre, support tickets, community hub, system status, training videos, and on-premise downloads. | Scenari provides documentation, tutorials, community training, a forum and access to service providers for assistance. |
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In their own words
Dokiel
Dokiel is a free authoring tool for technical documentation and training media. It can produce user guides, tutorials, installation guides, specifications, reference websites, e-learning modules and self-assessments. Authors organize content into reusable pieces such as concepts, operating processes, interactive screens and synoptic trees. A single source can be published as PDF, web content or SCORM, and updates to reused pieces propagate to documents that use them. Variables, conditions, profiling and skins let teams adapt content and visual identity. Dokiel supports writing, review and validation in a client-server environment, and uses XML standards to store and exchange content. It can run on an organization's infrastructure or be hosted by a service provider. Options include the Dokiel desktop application, SCENARIchain or the MyScenari desktop application and service. MyScenari online production is available to Scenari association members, and it permits only Opale, Dokiel and OptimOffice document models.