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Help & Manual vs. HelpSmith

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricHelp & Manual

by EC Software

HelpSmith

by Divcom Software

Overall rating4.84.8
Review count2216
Ease of use8.99.8
Ease of setup9.29.9
Quality of support9.69.2
Meets requirements9.59.8
NPS9093.75
Small Business86.4%75.0%
Mid-Market4.5%25.0%
Enterprise9.1%0.0%
Total page views6454
Total LLM citations18469

Help & Manual

Help+Manual is the most popular authoring tool for writing and publishing help and technical documentation in multiple formats. While it is as easy to use like Word, Help+Manual gives you the full power of a true WYSIWYG XML editor. You can focus your energy on writing and immediately get productive! This is combined with powerful features for editing documentation files, including full support for multimedia and complex modular projects.

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    HelpSmith

    HelpSmith is a help authoring tool that you can use to create HTML Help (CHM), Web Help, Printed Manuals, Adobe PDF, MS Word, ePub eBooks, and Markdown documentation from a single source. HelpSmith includes a rich feature set combined with an easy-to-use user interface with a slight learning curve. Among the advanced features available in HelpSmith is the built-in Image Tool that significantly simplifies the way of writing documentation for user interfaces.

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