Our take
Pick Fern if aPI teams who will stay on Docs Free at $0/mo (10 members, 1,000 pages) while they open a first API Reference, then Enterprise custom when they need SSO / multiple docs instances — not a paid Docs middle tile (the page we fetched prints only Free and Enterprise). Pick Mintlify if product teams who will keep docs in Git and want a Try-it playground on every endpoint. Skip Mintlify if people who want a
hosted API Reference desk
Best for
Fern An API reference you start at a public $
Mintlify Developer docs with a live Try-it pane
Free plan
Fern $0 · /mo (Free forever). 10 team members. 1,000 pages. 250 AI credits / month. 2,000 page generations / month. Custom domain and subpath. Guides, API references, changelogs. API explorer and web editor. Ask Fern, Fern Agent, and MCP. Version and product switching
Mintlify $0 · 5 seats
Lowest paid
Fern Not published by the vendor
Mintlify Overage $0.01
Next step up
Fern
Mintlify Pro $450/mo
Coding agent
Fern Ask Fern / MCP
Mintlify
Runs where
Fern Hosted
Mintlify
Watch out
Fern There is no public Docs Pro $
Mintlify Starter is 5 seats
Last checked
Fern 2026-10-23 · buildwithfern.com/pricing.md
Mintlify 2026-10-21 · mintlify.com/pricing
aPI teams who will stay on Docs Free at $0/mo (10 members, 1,000 pages) while they open a first API Reference, then Enterprise custom when they need SSO / multiple docs instances — not a paid Docs middle tile (the page we fetched prints only Free and Enterprise).
Read the Fern pageproduct teams who will keep docs in Git and want a Try-it playground on every endpoint.
Read the Mintlify page