BookStack vs Slite
BookStack
bookstackapp.com
Slite
slite.comSide by side
| Figure | BookStack | Slite |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £37.50/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · HR Knowledge Base Software | 9.0 (#2) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Spec score · Knowledge Management Software | 9.0 (#2) | 8.2 (#17) |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.9 (#8) | 8.9 (#7) |
| Publishing audience | both | both |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2015 | 2017 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Product | BookStack is a simple, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information. | Slite describes itself as an AI knowledge base that syncs with tools and helps teams keep knowledge accurate and verified. |
| SSO support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Official paid support services are provided by HTTP Functions Ltd., while community support is available through discussions, Codeberg, Reddit, documentation and YouTube. | Enterprise includes priority support, a dedicated account manager, and migration and onboarding support; Slite lists [email protected] for contact. |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
Plans
BookStack
- BookStack self-hostedFree
- Community SupportFree
- Professional Support Plan£450 a year
- Enterprise Support Plan£4,500 a year
Slite
- Basic$10 a month
- Pro$20 a month
- Basic$120 a year
- Pro$240 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
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.
Slite
Slite is an AI knowledge base for teams, with tools for keeping shared information accurate and verified. Its Knowledge Management Panel surfaces documents that need attention and supports bulk actions; verification helps teams identify relevant information. Slite Agent searches connected tools, detects knowledge drift, drafts document changes, and routes them to a reviewer. Integrations include Google Drive, Slack, Linear, GitHub, Jira, Notion, Airtable, and BigQuery, with Figma and Loom embeds. The Basic plan includes MCP and API access; Slite describes using verified knowledge with tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor. Basic costs $10.00 per user per month billed yearly, and Pro costs $20.00 per user per month billed yearly. Signup starts a 14-day trial of Basic and Pro features without a credit card; a subscription is required afterward, and there is no free plan. Slite says production data is hosted in the EU, protected with TLS in transit, and encrypted at rest. It does not currently offer end-to-end encryption. The company says customer data used for AI features is not used to train external models.