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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

The SCHEMA Group, a medium-sized software company with over 130 employees, was founded in Nuremberg in 2015. The SCHEMA Group provides content delivery and component content management solutions for authoring departments that create product-related content. The SCHEMA ST4 component management system is one of most commonly used systems for modularised documentation, package inserts, and marketing documentation. The system covers all aspects of creation, revisioning, variant control and publication of product-related material - from authoring assistance during input until the final layout for the printed catalog.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Fluid Topics Yes 
Amazon Bedrock Yes 
Claude Yes 
Cornerstone Content Anytime Yes 
Elastic Cloud Yes 
Gemini Yes 
Honeycomb Yes 
Microsoft Copilot Yes 
Microsoft Word Yes 
Moodle Yes 
OpenAI Yes 
Trados Studio Yes 

Integrations

Fluid Topics Yes 
Amazon Bedrock No 
Claude No 
Cornerstone Content Anytime No 
Elastic Cloud No 
Gemini No 
Honeycomb No 
Microsoft Copilot No 
Microsoft Word No 
Moodle No 
OpenAI No 
Trados Studio 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
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

Upon request
Free Trial No 
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 No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
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 Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Author-it

Founded

2000

Country

New Zealand

Website

www.author-it.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

SCHEMA Group

Founded

1995

Country

Germany

Website

www.schema.de/en/software/schema-st4/

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

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 No 

Document Control

Archiving & Retention Yes 
Automated Routing Yes 
Change Management Yes 
Compliance Management Yes 
Electronic Signature Yes 
Escalation Management Yes 
Periodic Review Yes 
Version Control Yes 

Document Generation

Batch Processing Yes 
Collaboration Yes 
Digital Signature Yes 
Interaction Tracking Yes 
Multiple Output Formats Yes 
Templates Yes 

Document Management

Access Controls Yes 
Archiving & Retention No 
Collaboration Tools No 
Compliance Tracking No 
Document Archiving Yes 
Document Assembly Yes 
Document Capture No 
Document Conversion No 
Document Delivery Yes 
Document Indexing Yes 
Document Retention No 
Electronic Signature Yes 
Email Management No 
File Recovery Yes 
File Type Conversion No 
Forms Management Yes 
Full Text Search Yes 
Offline Access No 
Optical Character Recognition No 
Print Management Yes 
Version Control Yes 

Document Version Control

Access Controls/Permissions Yes 
Approval Process Control Yes 
Archiving & Retention Yes 
Audit Trail Yes 
Commenting / Notes Yes 
Document Check-in / Check-out Yes 
For Engineering Documents Yes 
Revision History Yes 
Version Comparison Yes 
Version Rollback Yes 

eLearning Authoring Tools

Content Import / Export Yes 
Course Publishing No 
Gamification No 
Instructor-Led Courses No 
Interactive Content Yes 
PowerPoint Conversion Yes 
Self-Paced Courses No 
Storyboarding No 
Template Management Yes 
Test / Quiz Creation Yes 
Video Management Yes 

Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Archiving & Retention Yes 
Collaboration Tools Yes 
Content Lifecycle Management Yes 
Digital Asset Management Yes 
Document Management Yes 
Electronic Signature Yes 
Information Governance Yes 
Mobile Access No 
Search Yes 
Version Control Yes 
Workflow Management Yes 

Forms Automation

Approval Process Control Yes 
Archiving & Retention Yes 
Collaboration Yes 
Document Indexing Yes 
Drag & Drop No 
Full Text Search Yes 
Remote Document Access No 
Rules-Based Workflow Yes 
Text Editing Yes 
Version Control Yes 

Instructional Design

Content Import / Export No 
Course Publishing No 
Gamification No 
Instructor-Led Courses No 
Interactive Content No 
PowerPoint Conversion No 
Self-Paced Courses No 
Storyboarding No 
Template Management No 
Video Management No 
Assessments No 
SCORM No 

PDF

Annotations Yes 
Convert to PDF Yes 
Digital Signature Yes 
Encryption Yes 
Merge / Append Yes 
PDF Reader Yes 
Watermarking Yes 

Proofreading

Contextual Speller No 
Dictionary / Thesaurus Yes 
Grammar Check No 
Plagiarism Detection No 
Punctuation Check Yes 
Reporting & Statistics Yes 
Spell Check Yes 
Style Check Yes 
Text Editor Yes 

Review Management

Campaign Management Yes 
Dashboard No 
Negative Feedback Management Yes 
Response Management Yes 
Review Monitoring Yes 
Review Notification Yes 
Review Request Yes 
Sentiment Analysis No 
Social Sharing No 
White Label No 

Translation Management

Billing & Invoicing No 
CRM No 
Collaboration Yes 
For Software Yes 
For Websites No 
Localization Automation Yes 
Machine Translation No 
Marketing Management No 
Order Management No 
Permission Management Yes 
Project Tracking Yes 
Quality Control No 
Quotes / Estimates Yes 
Resource Management Yes 
Terminology Management Yes 
Translation Analytics Yes 
Translator Database No 
Version Control Yes 
Workflow Management Yes 

Video

Analytics No 
Brand Overlay No 
Bulk Uploading Yes 
Closed Captions Yes 
Mobile Screen Support No 
Privacy Options Yes 
Social Sharing No 
Video Looping Yes 
Video Streaming No 

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