What does documentation software cost?
Most tools charge for every person who reads. Glitter doesn't. Enter your team - see what each tool really costs.
With Glitter, viewers are free.
5 viewers or 5,000 - you only ever pay for the people who create.
Glitter wins. Save $50/moThat's $600 a year - with every viewer signed in.
At this size Scribe already costs more than Glitter - and every new viewer adds another $13/mo.
Extras you get with Glitter
that you don’t get with Scribe
How this calculator prices each tool
I make Glitter, so read this page the way you'd read any vendor's comparison - except the math is shown, the sources are linked, and the calculator concedes when a competitor is cheaper for your team. Every price below comes from the vendor's public pricing page, last verified August 2026.
One assumption: your docs need sign-in. That's what internal documentation needs - SOPs full of screenshots of your own systems shouldn't live on open URLs. Where a vendor sells a cheaper public-link plan, the fine print names it instead of quietly pricing your team on it.
Scribe
Pro Personal is $25/seat/mo (annual) for one seat; Pro Team is $13/seat/mo with a 5-seat minimum. Every human needs a paid seat - Scribe has no free authenticated viewer below Enterprise, so if your docs require sign-in, every viewer needs a paid seat that costs the same as a creator's. Public share links are free for viewers, but anyone with the URL can open them. Version history is 7 days on Pro tiers. Enterprise (viewer roles, SSO, redaction) is quote-only; verified contracts run around a median of $8,640/year.
Whale
Scale is $249/mo billed yearly ($399 monthly) with 3 creators included, extra creators $39/mo, and unlimited members who sign in free - the same reader model as Glitter. AI features run on credits (50 per creator per month) whose per-action cost isn't published; video-to-guide conversion and quiz generation consume them, and running out means requesting more or upgrading. Voiceover, the video editor, and SSO sit on Advance at $499/mo, which is sold through a demo.
Guidde
Pro is $19/creator/mo (annual, $29 monthly); Business is $39/creator/mo ($59 monthly). Viewers join the workspace free at any count. Desktop-app capture and advanced privacy controls require Business - and Business stops at 5 creators, with no published price beyond that. SSO, SCORM export, and translation are Enterprise-only. Output is video-first: viewers watch clips rather than skim written steps.
Glitter
Growth is $249/mo billed yearly ($399 monthly) with 3 creators included and extra creators at $39/mo. Viewers are unlimited, free, and signed in on every plan - including Free. Growth includes turning up to 15 hours of video into guides each month, pooled across creators, with no credits and no overage billing anywhere. SSO, AI voiceover, and integrations live on Scale at $499/mo. Both plans are self-serve with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
What the calculator doesn't price
Compliance (HIPAA, data residency), SSO enforcement, and volume video processing are enterprise-shaped on every vendor including Glitter - if you need those, the honest answer is a quote on any platform. The calculator compares the self-serve tiers a team can actually buy with a credit card.