Dokiel vs Mintlify
Dokiel
doc.scenari.software
Mintlify
mintlify.comSide by side
| Figure | Dokiel | Mintlify |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €35/mo | $450/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Technical Documentation Software | 9.2 (#1) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Company founded | French company records list Kelis conseil & développement as created on 1 May 2004. | LinkedIn lists Mintlify as founded in 2022. |
| Company headquarters | Kelis lists its headquarters at 9 rue du Gros Buisson, 60150 Thourotte, France. | LinkedIn lists headquarters in San Francisco, California. |
| Company legal name | The maker is Kelis conseil & développement, a variable-capital cooperative SARL (SCOP). | Crunchbase lists the legal name as Mintlify, Inc. |
| Company size | LinkedIn lists Kelis in the 11–50 employee range and identifies it as founded in 2004. | LinkedIn lists 51–200 employees, while Crunchbase lists 51–100. |
| Deployment | Dokiel can run in client-server mode on an organization's infrastructure or be hosted and administered by a service provider. | Mintlify provides a GitHub App that automatically deploys documentation when repository changes are pushed. |
| Self-hosting | Dokiel can run client-server on an organization’s infrastructure or be hosted by a service provider. | Self-hosting is listed as an Enterprise capability, while static export is available through the CLI. |
| Support | Scenari provides documentation, tutorials, community training, a forum and access to service providers for assistance. | Support is offered by email and in-product chat, with a stated response target of two business days; a Slack agent is also available for connected workspaces. |
| What it does | Dokiel creates technical documentation and training media for software publishers, manufacturers, IT teams and support services. | Mintlify is a documentation platform that creates, maintains and publishes developer documentation and API references. |
Plans
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.
Mintlify
Mintlify is a documentation and knowledge platform built for developers and AI agents. Its GitHub App deploys documentation when repository changes are pushed, and its API playground can be generated from OpenAPI or AsyncAPI schemas. Mintlify also generates a search MCP server that lets AI clients such as Claude, Cursor, Goose, and ChatGPT search and retrieve site content. Documentation sites can embed Intercom or Front support widgets through the integrations field in docs.json. The collaborative editor is intended for contributors across engineering, product, customer support, marketing, and writing. Starter costs nothing and includes five editor seats, a custom domain, web editor, authentication, MCP server, and API playground. Pro costs $450 a month, billed monthly, and includes unlimited editor seats, 10,000 credits per month, and $0.01 per credit in overages. Mintlify Desktop is in beta for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with stated minimum operating-system requirements. Mintlify says sensitive organizational and user data is encrypted at rest with AES256-GCM and that it responds to support requests within two business days.