Choosing the right documentation tool is foundational to the success of your business. Invest in a long-term partner who does not only satisfies your needs now but years ahead as moving between partners is time consuming. See our comparison of the two documentation platforms - DeveloperHub and Archbee - to help you choose the platform that’s right for you.
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Overview
While Archbee was initially created as a tool for knowledge bases, focusing on graphing document relations and internal documentation, it has evolved into a platform that can be used for customer-facing documentation as well. However, despite this evolution, Archbee still lacks several vital features needed for fully functional developer portals. On the other hand, DeveloperHub was built with developer portals in mind from the start, providing the specialized tools and capabilities necessary for creating seamless, interactive, and customizable documentation experiences for both internal and customer-facing use. This page will help you understand the differences between DeveloperHub and Archbee, so you can choose the right tool for building your developer portal and growing your business.
What does DeveloperHub do?
DeveloperHub is a documentation tool for product and API docs which helps businesses boost customer satisfaction, minimise onboarding time and decrease support tickets volume by providing a self-service experience for their clients. DeveloperHub boasts a modern editor and authoring tools which technical writers rely on heavily, but in an easy-to-use fashion for everyone on the team to use.
What does Archbee do?
Archbee is a cloud-based platform primarily designed for managing documentation. It helps teams create, organize, and collaborate on general technical content of any kind. While it can also be used for customer-facing developer portals, its focus is on writing general documentation, lacking some key features needed for full-fledged developer portals.
Capabilities
Your docs are the foundation of your clients' ability to use your products. As your product grows, your docs must be able to scale with it. See how DeveloperHub and Archbee compare across some of the most critical documentation tool capabilities.
| DeveloperHub | Archbee | |
|---|---|---|
| Limited Storage | There is no limit to how much you can upload to DeveloperHub. | Archbee offers different tiers of storage for different plans. ( source) |
| API Editor | OpenAPI editor that supports adding/modifying/removing paths, data types, operations, info, request parameters, response parameters... basically everything you need. | Archbee does not offer an OpenAPI editor. However, you can create API endpoints outside of an OpenAPI definition right inside the pages. ( source) |
| API Playground | Allow your readers to test the API directly from the documentation. The API Playground supports all HTTP methods, request headers, request body, and query parameters. | Archbee offers an API Playground for API endpoints originating from OpenAPI definitions but not standalone API endpoints. ( source) |
| Link Analyzer | Links will be broken, no doubt. Links in DeveloperHub are dynamic, so you can change the page slugs as needed without worrying about breaking links. The link analyzer tool will help you identify and fix broken links if they occur. | Archbee does not offer a link analyzer. |
| Find & Replace | No need to manually find and replace content across all pages. The find and replace tool allows you to search for content and replace it across all pages. | Archbee does not offer a find and replace tool. |
| Code Steps | Help developers implement code step-by-step using a specialised interface. | Archbee does not offer code steps. |
| Glossary | Glossary helps readers understand terms in-page in the context of your product. | Archbee does not offer a glossary feature. |
| Related Pages | Tag pages to group them into related pages in order to help the reader identify what other sources can they read to learn more. | Archbee does not offer a related pages feature. |
| Multi-Project Search | A unified search experience with multiple views is available for enterprises. The unified search bar searches within multiple projects at once. | Archbee does not offer multi-project search. (source) |
| Audit Logging | Get detailed information about every action done on your DeveloperHub projects for enhanced security. | Archbee does not offer audit logging. |
Both DeveloperHub and Archbee provide the following features:
User guides, API References, Customisation, Versioning, PDF Export, SSO, RBAC, Private Docs, Search Analytics, Export, Variables, Feedback, Custom Domains
Pricing
To help you understand the difference in total monthly cost of ownership between DeveloperHub and Archbee, we provide the following comparison:
| DeveloperHub | Archbee | |
|---|---|---|
| Full Plan | $199 includes 20 editors | $200 includes 3 editors (add $10/month/editor). Effective equal plan is $370/month for 20 editors. |
| Enterprise Plan | Starting from $499 | Unknown |
While DeveloperHub prices are lower, Archbee packs features which DeveloperHub does not provide such as: Display Rules, Questions & Answers and Automatic Translation.
Switching from Archbee to DeveloperHub is really easy. Just get an export file from Archbee and send it over to us. They're already using Markdown, so we'll structure the files and give you a ready-to-import file. All you need to do is to hit the publish button!
Read MoreLots of time was saved for our customers and us internally. The ability for us to just send them the link, so they can easily navigate all of our documentation makes it all more cohesive, professional and put together. They can now find the answers they are looking for on their own. By doing that, we are avoiding having multiple calls to go through things. So we get a happy customer and time savings on our end.
Ronny Flaatten
Founder & CEO, CTIntegrations
DeveloperHub saves us a lot of time during the content creation process and simplifies documentation version management. Support for rich media, including videos on our documentation portal, is an added advantage. This makes it easy for customers and developers to quickly understand our product's value proposition and get started.
Anita CJ
Technical Writer, Infoworks
DeveloperHub provide a cloud-based authoring tool that is second to none. Multiple documentation areas with superb presentation from the get-go enable you to create the documentation you envision.
Adam Garrod
Technical Communications Manager
Relax Gaming Group
3 projects later, we do confirm that Developerhub is THE choice for API documentation sites. It helps us to effortlessly create (and more importantly keep it up-to-date!) our evolving API reference, backed by world-class support
Victor Martin
Chief Technology Officer, iBroker
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