The GitBook
alternative for
builders on a budget.
Collaborative docs with per-user pricing. Dokly is a visual MDX editor with AI that generates whole doc sites, custom domains, auto-generated llms.txt, and flat pricing starting at $0.
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What is Dokly?
Dokly is a documentation platform for shipping beautiful MDX docs without git. Visual editor, AI writing, auto-generated llms.txt, and custom domains from $19/month. Built as a simpler, cheaper GitBook alternative — Dokly Pro is $49/month vs GitBook's $309.
Teams switching from GitBook to Dokly typically migrate in an afternoon. Pages are written in a WYSIWYG editor with slash commands and AI inline edits, with full MDX components — callouts, tabs, steps, code groups, accordions. Every published site is server-side rendered, ships with a machine-readable llms.txt manifest, and is indexed by ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and Perplexity. Pricing is flat: Free $0, Starter $19, Pro $49, Scale $99 — no per-seat surprises. Built with Next.js 15 and Supabase, deployed on Vercel, with sub-100ms page loads via static generation and on-demand revalidation. Most teams ship their first docs site in under 10 minutes.
GitBook is polished and great for large orgs with many editors. The collaboration story is solid and the two-way GitHub sync works.
Premium is $65/site + $12/user with GitBook Assistant capped at 500 successful answers/mo. Unlimited AI, AI Insights, Channels, and adaptive content all require Ultimate at $249/site + $12/user. SAML SSO is Enterprise-only.
Why teams pick Dokly over GitBook
Docs that write themselves.
Docs AI agents can actually read.
Start with a paragraph describing your product. Dokly AI scaffolds the whole site. Every page ships with llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can cite you.
Generate a whole doc site from a brief
Describe your product in a paragraph. Dokly drafts the full site structure — quickstart, guides, API reference — as real MDX pages you can edit.
Generate individual pages on demand
Need a new page? Hit 'Generate with AI' in the editor, describe what it should cover, and get a draft in seconds. Edit in place — it's just MDX.
Improve writing in place
Rewrite for clarity, tighten prose, fix tone. Highlight a paragraph and the AI edits exactly that — not the whole page.
llms.txt, auto-generated
Every Dokly site exposes an llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can parse and cite your docs. No config, no plugin.
AI-powered search for readers
Pro tier gives readers an AI answer box on top of fuzzy search. Ask a question, get a cited answer pulled from your pages.
More coming
Semantic linking between pages, AI-drafted changelogs from git diffs, automated translation, and an /llms-full.txt endpoint. Shipping through Q2.
Dokly vs GitBook
We call the wins honestly — and the places GitBook is still stronger.
| Feature |  Dokly | GitBook |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat per-plan | $X/site + $12/user/mo |
| Free tier | Forever (1 project) | 1 user per site |
| Entry paid plan | $99/mo (Team, 3 members) | $65/site + $12/user (Premium) |
| 5-editor teamGitBook Premium caps AI at 500 answers/mo. Unlimited AI needs Ultimate: $249 + 5×$12. | $199/mo (Business, unlimited AI) | $125/mo Premium or $309/mo Ultimate |
| Reader-facing AI AssistantGitBook wins here | Not yet | 500/mo cap (Premium), unlimited (Ultimate) |
| AI writing (authoring) | Included, no meter | 10 messages/week (Free), included on paid |
| AI Insights / analytics | Basic analytics | Ultimate ($249+) only |
| Custom domain | Team ($99) | Premium ($65 + users) |
| MDX + React components | Full MDX | Block-based (~17 blocks) |
| Visual editor | ||
| API Playground | Team | Free (included) |
| GitHub / GitLab syncGitBook wins here | ||
| Auto-translationsGitBook has the most accessible translation pricing in the field | $25 first 50K words + $0.20/1K (Premium) | |
| llms.txt / LLM optimizations | Auto-generated | Available |
| SAML SSOGitBook wins here — but SAML isn't on Premium or Ultimate | Enterprise only | |
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The six features you'll use every day
Moving from GitBook
Honest take: there's no magic importer. It's a copy-paste job today. For most sites it takes an afternoon.
Export from GitBook
GitBook exports spaces as Markdown via the UI or API. Grab the archive for the space you want to move.
Paste into Dokly
Create a project, paste each Markdown file page-by-page into the editor. Images and code blocks transfer cleanly.
Customize + launch
Set your brand color, add a logo, point a custom domain if you're on Team. You're live.
Moving a large site? Email support@dokly.co — we'll help you move it.
Real numbers. No footnotes.
Pricing pulled from GitBook's own pricing page on Aug 13, 2026.
Dokly BusinessUltimate ($249/site + $12/user) is the smallest GitBook config with unlimited AI Assistant. Premium ($65 + users) caps at 500 answers/mo. Dokly Business bundles 10 seats and uncapped writing AI at $199 flat.
DoklyFlat ratePrices verified Aug 13, 2026 from www.gitbook.com/pricing.
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