Dokiel vs HelpSmith
Dokiel
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| Figure | Dokiel | HelpSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €35/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Help Authoring Tools | 9.3 (#1) | 7.6 (#16) |
| Purpose | Dokiel creates technical documentation and training media. | HelpSmith is an XML-based help authoring tool for creating CHM Help, Web Help, printed manuals, PDF, Word, ePub, and Markdown documentation from a single source. |
| Support | Scenari provides documentation, tutorials, community training, a forum and access to service providers for assistance. | Technical and ordering questions are handled through support tickets in the online Help Center. |
| Teamwork | The documentation describes writing, review and validation in a client/server environment. | The Ultimate Edition supports an unpacked XML project format that can be used with version control systems such as GitHub and Subversion and with external translation tools. |
Plans
HelpSmith
- Standard$199, paid once
- Professional$299, paid once
- Ultimate$399, paid once
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.