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Comparison

GitBook vs Docusaurus

GitBook

gitbook.com

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy if you publish developer or API docs and can accept flat per-site pricing; the editor, organization, and AI features are well reviewed.

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Pick GitBook when

  • Developer and API documentation teams
  • Public docs and help centers
  • Docs-as-code teams syncing with Git/GitHub
  • Teams wanting AI search on docs

When GitBook is not a fit

  • Teams needing several separate doc sites . per-site billing multiplies fast
  • Buyers wanting self-hosting or full data control . it's a hosted SaaS
  • Small teams wanting a free internal wiki . use Notion or similar instead
  • Non-technical teams; it is built for developer-facing documentation

Sources

  1. GitBook Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features (G2)g2.com
    review
  2. GitBook Products | Read 207 Reviews on G2g2.com
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  3. Read Customer Service Reviews of gitbook.com (Trustpilot)trustpilot.com
    review
  4. We Used GitBook for Two Years. Here's the Honest Post-Mortemdev.to
    review
  5. CMS help and suggestions (Reddit, r/technicalwriting)reddit.com
    review
  6. Looking for a good Gitbook Alternative in 2025 (Reddit)reddit.com
    review
  7. GitBook Review 2026: Features, AI Agent, and Is It Worth It?ferndesk.com
    review
  8. GitBook vs Documentation.AI: Multi-Site Cost in 2026documentation.ai
    review
  9. GitBook pricing & plans (official)gitbook.com
    official
  10. AI documentation tools for teams & users (official)gitbook.com
    official
  11. How GitBook serves 30,000 sites with sub-second content updates (Vercel)vercel.com
    news
  12. NVD-CVE-2017-16019nvd.nist.gov
    security
  13. GitBook: Trust Centersecurity.gitbook.com
    security