ReadMe vs Sourcegraph Cody vs Code Wiki vs Fern

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

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ReadMe
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Sourcegraph Cody
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Code Wiki
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Fern
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ReadMe
readme.com
ReadMe builds interactive API documentation that developers can read, test and search.
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Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows your codebase
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Competitor Code Wiki
codewiki.google
Your codebase documents itself—that's the core promise here
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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185.6Kvisits/mo
152.5Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 10.6%
▼ 17.8%
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6-month growth
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-40.6%
-70.8%
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Global rank web
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#204,583
#251,881
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Avg. last 3 months
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209.7K
225.3K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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42%
41%
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Pages / visit
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2.9
3.0
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Visit duration
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1m 39s
55s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
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ReadMeSourcegraph CodyCode WikiFern
0206.5K413K619.5K826KSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KCode Wiki · 485KCode Wiki · 826KCode Wiki · 542.2KCode Wiki · 522.7KCode Wiki · 400.3KCode Wiki · 227.3KCode Wiki · 338.1KCode Wiki · 185.4KCode Wiki · 152.5K100K1MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KCode 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
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$250per month · free tier available
$16,000per month
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsTextWeb pages
CodeText
Code
Code
Output
DocumentsText
Code
ImagesText
AppsCode
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeEducation & LearningAI Developer ToolsAI Knowledge Management
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code documentation
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Code explanations
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AI search
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APIs
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Prompt management
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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.