Outline
by Outline · Team knowledge base and wiki, hosted or self-hosted
61.4 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Homepage Pricing page
Overview
Outline is a team knowledge base and wiki for internal documentation, specs and meeting notes. Documents are written in a markdown editor with slash commands and embeds, edited in realtime, and controlled by read and write permissions, groups and guest access. Search covers the workspace, AI answers questions about documents, and it runs hosted or on your own server.
- Best for
- Teams of up to 200 people wanting an internal wiki they can host themselves or run in the cloud
- Pricing
- Cloud plans are $10/month for 1–10 members, $79/month for 11–100 and $249/month for 101–200 after a 30-day free trial, with annual pricing available but not priced on the page.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Source code is public; self-hosting on your own server is supported
- Realtime collaborative editing with comments and threads
- 20+ integrations including Slack, Figma and Loom, plus an open API
- Translations for 20 languages and RTL support
Trade-offs
- Priced per team-size band, so an 11-person team pays the 11–100 rate
- Cloud plans stop at 200 users; larger teams must contact sales
- After the 30-day trial the knowledge base is read-only until you pay
- No free cloud tier is offered, only the 30-day trial
Pricing
Published plans from Outline’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.
| Plan | Monthly | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 – 10 team members | $10per team |
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| 11 – 100 team members | $79per team |
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| 101 – 200 team members | $249per team |
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How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 80 out of 100
- API quality
- 20 out of 100
- Documentation
- 50 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 50 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 65 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 40 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 60 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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