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Description
Transform your content for any device, format, and language with remarkable speed and efficiency. Revolutionary. Efficient. Robust. Prepared for the future. Enhance your performance with the cutting-edge 64-bit FrameMaker. Craft engaging, dynamic content featuring unparalleled image management capabilities. Experience a significant boost in the speed of opening and publishing PDF and HTML5 files. Explore new horizons with advanced features that leverage the newest technologies. Begin your journey with XML/DITA authoring in a user-friendly workspace, complete with numerous productivity improvements and additional functionalities. The innovative 64-bit framework allows for a dramatic increase in productivity, accommodating larger, intricate documents with ease. Open files up to 40% quicker than before, and engage with images like never before, benefiting from support for transparency and high-quality imports among other impressive upgrades. Unlock endless opportunities with state-of-the-art technologies, contemporary libraries, and robust Duden hyphenation and spell-checking support, all designed to elevate your content creation experience. Embrace these advancements to maximize your creative potential and streamline your workflow like never before.
Description
Most content teams are drowning in documents - not because they lack writers, but because their tools weren't built for the scale, complexity, or compliance demands they're actually working under. Author-it was.
For over 25 years, Author-it has been the CCMS of choice for organisations where documentation accuracy isn't optional. Manufacturing teams managing hundreds of product variants across 20+ languages. Software companies decoupling their help content from product release cycles. Utilities teams where a procedure gap isn't a typo problem - it's a regulatory one.
The core architecture is built around component content: Topics (individual content units), assembled into Books (deliverables), stored in a central Library. Write once, publish everywhere - to HTML5, PDF, Word, SCORM/eLearning, XML, DITA, and AION, Author-it's structured JSON format built specifically for LLM and RAG pipeline consumption. This is the AI Content Foundation angle: your structured content, already tagged, already resolved, already formatted for machine ingestion.
Built-in modules cover the full content lifecycle: structured authoring (no DITA or XML expertise required), translation workflow management with XLIFF export, multi-stage Review & Approve with full audit trails, variant and conditional content management, and publishing to multiple simultaneous output formats.
Customer outcomes include $3M+ annual savings and 60–70% content reuse in global manufacturing, $2M+ savings and 90% reuse in enterprise software, and ISO/508 compliance achieved unlocking government procurement.
Author-it is cloud-hosted SaaS, headquartered in New Zealand, with offices in Seattle and the Netherlands.
Pricing: Contact for pricing @ author-it.com
API Access
Has API
No
API Access
Has API
Yes
Integrations
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
Yes
Amazon Bedrock
No
Claude
No
Congree
Yes
Cornerstone Content Anytime
No
Elastic Cloud
No
Fluid Topics
No
Gemini
No
Honeycomb
No
Microsoft Copilot
No
Integrations
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
No
Amazon Bedrock
Yes
Claude
Yes
Congree
No
Cornerstone Content Anytime
Yes
Elastic Cloud
Yes
Fluid Topics
Yes
Gemini
Yes
Honeycomb
Yes
Microsoft Copilot
Yes
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Pricing Details
Author-it Cloud is priced on a modular, per-seat basis. Contact for a tailored quote.
Core platform includes the Library, structured authoring, and publishing. Additional modules are licensed separately:
Translations module — Full translation workflow management, XLIFF export/import, locale variant management, change tracking to minimise retranslation costs
Reviews module — Multi-stage review and approval workflows, SME collaboration, deadline management, full audit trail
AION publishing (Included in all with no extra charge) — Structured JSON output for LLM and RAG pipeline ingestion (AI Content Foundation)
Honeycomb eLearning — SCORM-compatible course authoring and publishing
Magellan web portal — HTML5 help portal publishing with search integration
Professional Services — Information architecture consulting, implementation, onboarding, and migration support
Core platform includes the Library, structured authoring, and publishing. Additional modules are licensed separately:
Translations module — Full translation workflow management, XLIFF export/import, locale variant management, change tracking to minimise retranslation costs
Reviews module — Multi-stage review and approval workflows, SME collaboration, deadline management, full audit trail
AION publishing (Included in all with no extra charge) — Structured JSON output for LLM and RAG pipeline ingestion (AI Content Foundation)
Honeycomb eLearning — SCORM-compatible course authoring and publishing
Magellan web portal — HTML5 help portal publishing with search integration
Professional Services — Information architecture consulting, implementation, onboarding, and migration support
Free Trial
No
Free Version
Yes
Deployment
Web-Based
No
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
Yes
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
Yes
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
No
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
No
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
Yes
Vendor Details
Company Name
Adobe
Founded
1982
Country
United States
Website
www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.html
Vendor Details
Company Name
Author-it
Founded
2000
Country
New Zealand
Website
www.author-it.com
Product Features
Desktop Publishing
For Newspapers / Magazines
Yes
For Printing
Yes
For eBooks
Yes
HTML Import / Export
Yes
Handles Database Formats
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Multiple Editing Layers
Yes
Object Snapping / Grouping
Yes
PDF Export / Import
Yes
Templates
Yes
Publishing and Subscriptions
Advertising Management
No
Books
No
Campaign Management
No
Catalogs
No
Circulation Management
No
Content Management
No
Layout & Design
Yes
Magazines
Yes
Newsletters
Yes
Newspapers
Yes
Product Features
Content Management
Audio Content
Yes
Customizable Templates
Yes
Document Indexing
Yes
E-forms
Yes
Full Text Search
Yes
Image Editor
Yes
SEO Management
No
Text Editor
Yes
Version Control
Yes
Video Content
Yes
Website Management
Yes
Help Authoring Tools
Collaboration Tools
No
Content Library
Yes
Drag & Drop Editing
No
Image Library
No
Import HTML / Word
Yes
Multi-Format Output
Yes
Offline Editing
No
Preview Output
No
Screenshot Tool
No
Search
Yes
Templates
Yes
Text Editor / Word Processor
No
Translation Tools
Yes
Version Control
Yes
Software Documentation
Access Roles / User Permissions
Yes
Automatic Documentation Generation
No
Collaboration Tools
Yes
Docs Web Hosting
No
Feedback Capture
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Multiple Formats Support
Yes
Multiple Versions Support
Yes
Version Control
Yes
WYSIWIG Editor
No
Webhooks
Yes
reStructured Text Support
Yes