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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

Description

Help+Manual is a fully featured documentation tool. It is as simple as a word processor but much more powerful. It gives you the power and flexibility of an XML editor. This tool also includes powerful features to generate and edit help and documentation files, including full support of multimedia and complex modular projects. It doesn't matter if you want to publish documentation for desktop, mobile, iOS, Android, Windows help, or PDF user manuals. Help+Manual makes it easy! Single source documentation is more than simply putting the same information in different formats. Conditional tags can be used to mark content and create different outputs for each publication channel. No post-processing is necessary. Help+Manual takes care of the complicated aspects of documentation generation. However, power users can access the code to modify topic and layout templates, and much more. Help+Manual offers the best of both worlds.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Microsoft Word Yes 
Adobe RoboHelp No 
Amazon Bedrock Yes 
Claude Yes 
Cornerstone Content Anytime Yes 
DeepL No 
Elastic Cloud Yes 
Fluid Topics Yes 
Gemini Yes 
Honeycomb Yes 
Microsoft 365 No 
Microsoft Copilot Yes 
Moodle Yes 
OpenAI Yes 
SnipSVG No 
Trados Studio Yes 
Visual Studio No 
XML No 

Integrations

Microsoft Word Yes 
Adobe RoboHelp Yes 
Amazon Bedrock No 
Claude No 
Cornerstone Content Anytime No 
DeepL Yes 
Elastic Cloud No 
Fluid Topics No 
Gemini No 
Honeycomb No 
Microsoft 365 Yes 
Microsoft Copilot No 
Moodle No 
OpenAI No 
SnipSVG Yes 
Trados Studio No 
Visual Studio Yes 
XML Yes 

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
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

€498 one-time payment
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version 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 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App Yes 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Author-it

Founded

2000

Country

New Zealand

Website

www.author-it.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Help+Manual

Country

Austria

Website

www.helpandmanual.com/index.html

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 

Product Features

Help Authoring Tools

Collaboration Tools No 
Content Library No 
Drag & Drop Editing No 
Image Library No 
Import HTML / Word No 
Multi-Format Output No 
Offline Editing No 
Preview Output No 
Screenshot Tool No 
Search No 
Templates No 
Text Editor / Word Processor No 
Translation Tools No 
Version Control No 

Software Documentation

Access Roles / User Permissions No 
Automatic Documentation Generation No 
Collaboration Tools No 
Docs Web Hosting No 
Feedback Capture No 
Markdown Support No 
Multiple Formats Support No 
Multiple Versions Support No 
Version Control No 
WYSIWIG Editor No 
Webhooks No 
reStructured Text Support No 

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