Help-Center PlatformIntuitive and affordable Read the Docs alternative

A beautiful, Notion-inspired help center designed for tech startups and small teams - so your customers find answers fast, and your brand shines.

Trusted by SaaS founders

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We had a problem with the increasing complexity of our product. Users were unsure how to fully utilize its potential. Creating a help-center in Produkt.so turned out to be a great success.

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Patrick BaconCEO at AirGuide Aviation Software

Help Center that your users will thank you for

Build beautiful help centers

Write articles using blazing fast Notion-inspired article editor. Use multiple blocks to compose contents. Unlike Read the Docs' Git-based workflow, Produkt offers a Notion-inspired editor that's faster and more intuitive for creating help center content without Git knowledge.

Publish and share under your own domain.

Organize articles into collections. Share help center link to your users, they will thank you for. Both platforms offer free custom domains. Produkt offers team collaboration starting at $20/month, while Read the Docs uses Git-based collaboration.

Core features

Collections

Help center structure is around collections and articles. Both platforms support content organization. Produkt offers team collaboration starting at $20/month, while Read the Docs uses Git integration.

Attachments

You may insert images or attachments into your articles. We have big file size limit - 50MB. Produkt offers generous 50MB file size limits, perfect for large documentation assets. Read the Docs supports file attachments via repository.

SEO-friendly

Help Center webpage is SEO-optimized and loads ultrafast (under 100ms). Both platforms offer SEO optimization, but Produkt's help centers load in under 100ms.

Translate help center

You can easily translate articles and collections into multiple languages. Read the Docs offers multilingual support via multiple language projects. Produkt will offer translations in the upcoming Pro plan.

Custom domain

Always free

Connect custom company-owned domain. Produkt would automatically issue SSL certificate for help center. Both platforms offer free custom domains. Read the Docs supports up to 2 custom domains, while Produkt offers unlimited custom domains.

Built-in image annotator

Only in Produkt.so

Annotate uploaded images with free draw or text. Perfect for creating tutorials, highlighting important details, or adding explanations directly on screenshots. This unique feature isn't available in Read the Docs. Annotate images directly in Produkt without external tools.

We take privacy seriously

Privacy-first Help Center

Produkt is privacy-focused platform from ground up. We don't use any tracking software, we truly delete your data on your request. Data are hosted in Poland, encrypted in transit and at rest. Both platforms are GDPR compliant. Produkt is EU-hosted, privacy-first, and fully encrypted.

Quickly compare Read the Docs and Produkt

Feature	Produkt.so	Read the Docs
Free tier	✅ Full-featured free	🟡 Free Community plan (open-source projects, ad-supported)
Custom domain	✅ Always free	✅ Free (up to 2 custom domains)
Team collaboration	✅ 1 user free, $20 for unlimited users	🟡 Via Git integration
Articles	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited
Built-in image annotator	✅ Available	🟥 Not available
Translations	🟡 Pro (coming soon)	✅ Supported (multiple language projects)
Privacy & data hosting	✅ EU-hosted, GDPR	✅ GDPR compliant
SEO optimization	✅ Built-in, fast	✅ Available
File attachments	✅ Up to 50MB	✅ Supported (via repository)
Article drafts	✅ Free	✅ Supported (via Git)
Search functionality	✅ Built-in	✅ Built-in
Free subdomain	✅ produkt.so	✅ readthedocs.io