Fern vs Mintlify vs Code Wiki vs ReadMe

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Fern
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Mintlify
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Code Wiki
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ReadMe
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Fern
buildwithfern.com
Fern is a developer platform that produces documentation websites, client libraries and a command-line interface for an API from one definition.
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Competitor Mintlify
mintlify.com
Documentation that writes itself from your code
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Competitor Code Wiki
codewiki.google
Your codebase documents itself—that's the core promise here
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Competitor ReadMe
readme.com
ReadMe builds interactive API documentation that developers can read, test and search.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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387.9Kvisits/mo
152.5Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 4.0%
▼ 17.8%
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6-month growth
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-37.3%
-70.8%
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Global rank web
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#114,864
#251,881
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Avg. last 3 months
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367.8K
225.3K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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47%
41%
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Pages / visit
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3.5
3.0
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Visit duration
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1m 51s
55s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 25%
● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
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FernMintlifyCode WikiReadMe
0348.9K697.7K1M1.4MMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 331.3KMintlify · 338.6KMintlify · 353.9KMintlify · 618.3KMintlify · 1.4MMintlify · 718.1KMintlify · 342.3KMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 387.9KCode Wiki · 485KCode Wiki · 826KCode Wiki · 542.2KCode Wiki · 522.7KCode Wiki · 400.3KCode Wiki · 227.3KCode Wiki · 338.1KCode Wiki · 185.4KCode Wiki · 152.5K100K1M10MMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 331.3KMintlify · 338.6KMintlify · 353.9KMintlify · 618.3KMintlify · 1.4MMintlify · 718.1KMintlify · 342.3KMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 387.9KCode Wiki · 485KCode Wiki · 826KCode Wiki · 542.2KCode Wiki · 522.7KCode Wiki · 400.3KCode Wiki · 227.3KCode Wiki · 338.1KCode Wiki · 185.4KCode Wiki · 152.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
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$450per month · free tier available
Free
$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Starter FreePro $450/moEnterprise Custom
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Starter FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
CodeText
Code
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
AppsCode
Documents
ImagesText
DocumentsText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Developer ToolsAI Documents Generator
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeEducation & LearningAI Developer ToolsAI Knowledge Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.