BasePress vs BookStack
BasePress
basepresskb.com
BookStack
bookstackapp.comSide by side
| Figure | BasePress | BookStack |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6.58/mo | £37.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 7.3 (#124) | 8.9 (#8) |
| Publishing audience | both | both |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Installation | The maker documents installing BasePress through the WordPress plugin directory, by ZIP upload, or via FTP. | Installation requires PHP 8.2 or newer, MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.6 or newer, Git, Composer 2.2 or newer and a PHP-compatible web server. |
| Organization | Users can create unlimited section hierarchy and reorder knowledge bases and sections with drag and drop. | Content is organized into Books, Chapters and Pages. |
| Product | BasePress is a WordPress knowledge base and wiki plugin for building a documentation hub. | BookStack is a simple, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information. |
| Search | Its search shows live results with snippets and highlighted query terms. | Content is fully searchable at book level or across all books, chapters and pages, with direct paragraph linking. |
| Support | The pricing page includes one year of product support in all plans, with priority support for Pro and Elite. | Official paid support services are provided by HTTP Functions Ltd., while community support is available through discussions, Codeberg, Reddit, documentation and YouTube. |
Plans
BookStack
- BookStack self-hostedFree
- Community SupportFree
- Professional Support Plan£450 a year
- Enterprise Support Plan£4,500 a year
In their own words
BasePress
BasePress has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
BookStack
BookStack is a free, open-source platform for organizing and storing information on a self-hosted instance. It organizes content into Books, Chapters and Pages, with a WYSIWYG editor and an optional Markdown editor with live preview. Search works within a book or across books, chapters and pages, and users can link directly to paragraphs. The editor includes diagrams.net drawing capability. Authentication supports OIDC, SAML2 and LDAP, as well as social-based secondary authentication options. Built-in multi-factor authentication can be enforced by role and uses TOTP and static backup codes. Content exports include contained HTML, PDF, plain text, Markdown and Portable ZIP. The project describes a growing REST API for automation and importing content. The MIT-licensed software has no cost to download and install. Setup requires PHP 8.2 or newer, MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.6 or newer, Git, Composer 2.2 or newer and a PHP-compatible web server. BookStack does not currently support shared PHP hosting. Community support is free but does not assure a response, support or resolution; paid support plans are also listed.