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HelpSmith vs. Author-It

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

MetricHelpSmith

by Divcom Software

Author-It

by Author-It Software Corporation

Overall rating4.83.9
Review count1645
Ease of use9.87.8
Ease of setup9.96.9
Quality of support9.28.6
Meets requirements9.88.5
NPS93.7526.666667
Small Business75.0%26.7%
Mid-Market25.0%51.1%
Enterprise0.0%22.2%
Total page views54414
Total LLM citations69800

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.

Pros

    Author-It

    Create. Collaborate. Manage. Reuse. Translate. Publish. All on one platform. Author-it is a true and complete Component Content Management System (CCMS) for the creation, management, localization, and publishing of a wide variety of information products. Single sourcing is the core of Author-it, and with loads of functionality like multi-channel publishing, variant management, review and approval workflows, and authoring assistance, we offer a collaborative solution capable of dealing with the needs of any organization, from SMBs to Enterprise.

    Pros