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title: Mintlify
description: Decide between Git-native docs.page and Mintlify when evaluating hosted documentation platforms.
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Your team wants polished product docs, and you are weighing a Git-first workflow against Mintlify's hosted editor and dashboard.

## Overview

Both platforms target modern developer documentation with themes, search, and AI features. The split is **where work happens** and **what you optimize for**.

Mintlify is a hosted SaaS product centered on a web editor, dashboard deploys, and a broad feature set that includes API reference tooling. docs.page is free, open-source hosting for **public GitHub repositories**: configuration in `docs.json`, pages in `docs/**/*.mdx`, and a live site on every push, with [agent-ready surfaces](/ai-agents/overview) wired into that same Git source.

See [Introduction](/) for the docs.page file layout and publish model.

## How it works

### Authoring: Git workflow vs web editor

Mintlify's web editor suits teams where non-developers write outside the repository. docs.page keeps **docs-as-code in Git**, the same pull request workflow you use for source. Contributors edit MDX in their IDE or through GitHub's web editor via **Edit page** on any live doc.

That Git-native model is a strength when documentation must stay in sync with code reviews, versioning, and open-source contribution flows. Mintlify fits better when a visual editor and dashboard-centric authoring matter more than repository purity.

### Publishing: push-to-publish vs dashboard deploys

On docs.page, merge to your default branch and the live site updates (no build artifact, no deploy button, no hosting project). Mintlify typically routes changes through its dashboard and deployment flow.

docs.page's push-to-publish model removes a whole class of CI and hosting configuration. Teams that already live in Git get **instant publishing** without maintaining a separate docs pipeline.

### Cost, ownership, and open source

docs.page is **free and open source**. Your `docs.json` and MDX files remain in your repository; there is no proprietary content store.

Mintlify is a paid hosted platform with a managed editorial experience. Choose Mintlify when you want that full SaaS product and are willing to pay for it. Choose docs.page when you want **Mintlify-level presentation** (themes, components, search, custom domains) without a SaaS bill or platform lock-in.

### AI and agents

Both platforms invest in AI. docs.page treats agents as first-class readers from the same Git source: auto-generated [llms.txt](/ai-agents/llms-txt), a per-repo [MCP server](/ai-agents/mcp-server) on by default, optional [agent skills](/ai-agents/agent-skills), and optional [Ask AI](/ai-agents/ask-ai) (**beta**) for in-docs chat. You do not run a separate export job or mirror.

Mintlify bundles AI into its hosted product. docs.page's advantage is **agent surfaces on every public site** without enabling them in a dashboard; they follow from public Git hosting.

### Built for public, open documentation

docs.page hosts **public GitHub repositories** by design, the model open-source maintainers and SDK authors use when docs belong beside code. Agent exports, branch previews, and shareable `~ref` URLs all assume that public Git source.

Mintlify supports private documentation workflows docs.page deliberately does not target. If your docs must stay private, Mintlify or a self-hosted stack is the better fit. If your docs can live in public Git, docs.page turns that visibility into **discoverability for humans and agents**.

### API reference and prose docs

Mintlify ships **OpenAPI and API playground** tooling as a core product vertical alongside prose documentation. docs.page optimizes for **markdown documentation sites** in public Git (guides, handbooks, SDK prose, navigation, and [agent-ready exports](/ai-agents/overview)).

Teams that need interactive API explorers often choose Mintlify or a dedicated API reference product for that layer while keeping long-form docs in Git.

## Related

- [Introduction](/): docs.page hosting model and who it is for
- [Public GitHub hosting](/features/public-github-hosting): push-to-publish and page actions
- [Agent-ready docs](/ai-agents/overview): llms.txt, MCP, and Ask AI
- [docs.page vs Docusaurus](/comparisons/docusaurus): comparing to a static-site generator workflow