# Mintlify

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/docs-platforms/mintlify/

Hosted documentation platform that publishes developer docs and API references from Markdown and OpenAPI files in a Git repository, with an AI assistant and MCP server.

## Who it suits

A team that wants docs and an API reference built from Markdown, MDX and OpenAPI files in a git repository, with an AI assistant, llms.txt and an MCP server, at a flat price per account rather than per seat. Pro is $540 a month billed monthly with unlimited editors; the free Starter plan allows five.

Consider something else if You want SDKs generated from the same spec. Mintlify shows SDK code samples and points to Speakeasy for the SDKs themselves, where Fern generates them. The AI assistant is a Pro feature and is not on the free plan.

## iScore

79 / 100 (80% interval 71–87), rank 6 of 10 in docs-platforms — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every docs-platforms peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/docs-platforms/mintlify/alternatives/

- Price: 66 (46–86), weight 38%, 3 of 3 criteria scored
- Capabilities: 87 (81–93), weight 40%, 9 of 9 criteria scored
- Trust and compliance: 62 (56–69), weight 8%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Evidence: 100 (100–100), weight 14%, 4 of 4 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)
- Kind of free offer: Free tier ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)
- What the free plan includes: The Starter plan, free forever: hosting at a mintlify.site address, a custom domain, the web editor, authentication, an MCP server, the API playground and up to 5 editor seats. AI features are not on Starter; new accounts also get a separate 14-day Pro trial. ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)
- Entry paid plan: $540/month billed monthly for Pro ($450/month when billed annually): unlimited editor seats, the AI assistant and automations, preview deployments and admin APIs. Starter is free and Enterprise is custom. ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)
- Pricing model: Flat monthly price per account rather than per seat: Starter is free with 5 editor seats, Pro and Enterprise have unlimited editor seats. AI features are metered in credits: Pro includes 10,000 credits a month, overage is $0.01 per credit, an assistant answer costs 25 credits and an automation update 250. Enterprise is custom. ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)

### Limits

- Sites or apps included: Unlimited editor seats on Pro, the entry paid plan (Starter has up to 5). The pricing page does not state a cap on the number of documentation sites. ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)

### Observability

- Self-hostable: Limited — Enterprise plan only; each deployment is a scoped engagement with the account team ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/deploy/self-host), read 2026-10-25)

### Auth

- SAML single sign-on: Limited — Enterprise plans only; covers sign-in to the Mintlify dashboard ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/dashboard/sso), read 2026-10-25)

### Documentation

- Docs as code in a git repository: Supported ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/pricing), read 2026-10-25)
- API reference from an OpenAPI spec: Supported ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/api-playground/openapi-setup), read 2026-10-25)
- Interactive API playground: Supported ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/api-playground/overview), read 2026-10-25)
- Client SDK generation: Limited — Displays SDK code samples; the page points to Speakeasy for generating the SDKs themselves ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/api-playground/adding-sdk-examples), read 2026-10-25)
- llms.txt and markdown for AI tools: Supported ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/ai/llmstxt), read 2026-10-25)
- MCP server for the docs or API: Supported ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/ai/model-context-protocol), read 2026-10-25)
- Built-in AI assistant over the docs: Supported — Pro and Enterprise plans only, billed in credits; not on the free Starter plan ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/assistant/index), read 2026-10-25)
- Multiple documentation versions: Supported ([source](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/organize/navigation), read 2026-10-25)

### Compliance

- SOC 2: SOC 2 Type 2 report listed among the documents in Mintlify's Trust Center; ISO 27001 appears only as a letter of intent. ([source](https://security.mintlify.com), read 2026-10-25)
- GDPR / data residency: The Trust Center lists Amazon Web Services as the cloud infrastructure subprocessor with data location Northern Virginia, and a GDPR Article 27 Verification document. ([source](https://security.mintlify.com), read 2026-10-25)

## Compared with

- [Mintlify vs Fern](https://inetgeek.com/compare/mintlify-vs-fern/)
- [Mintlify vs ReadMe](https://inetgeek.com/compare/mintlify-vs-readme/)
- [Mintlify vs GitBook](https://inetgeek.com/compare/mintlify-vs-gitbook/)
- [Mintlify vs Scalar](https://inetgeek.com/compare/scalar-vs-mintlify/)
- [Mintlify vs Fumadocs](https://inetgeek.com/compare/mintlify-vs-fumadocs/)