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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (53.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us Per Year
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MadCap Flare
Star Rating
(485)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (53.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us Per Year
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(57)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
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Browse all 3 pricing plansMadCap Flare vs Paligo
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Paligo easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Paligo overall.
- Reviewers felt that Paligo meets the needs of their business better than MadCap Flare.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Paligo is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Paligo over MadCap Flare.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
MadCap Flare
Subscription
Contact Us
Per Year
Includes Maintenance and Support
- Free Product Upgrades and Updates
- Unlimited Email and Phone Support
- Free Web-based MadCap Flare Introductory Training
Paligo
Professional
Contact Us
Full CCMS with single-sourcing:
- Powerful single-sourcing
- Topic-based Authoring
- Translation management
Free Trial
MadCap Flare
Free Trial is available
Paligo
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
402
9.0
40
Ease of Use
7.4
402
8.7
40
Ease of Setup
7.9
300
8.5
27
Ease of Admin
8.0
288
9.1
30
Quality of Support
8.6
376
9.3
40
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
290
9.4
30
Product Direction (% positive)
7.6
370
8.3
35
Features by Category
Content
9.3
56
Not enough data
9.2
52
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
8.3
37
Not enough data
8.1
51
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
Design
7.8
50
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Platform
8.3
45
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.7
35
Not enough data
8.4
26
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.6
23
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
XML Data Model Type
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.9
6
Software Model
Not enough data
8.9
23
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
26
Creation Features
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.4
31
Design
7.5
88
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
7.8
73
Not enough data
Collaboration
7.9
75
Not enough data
7.2
61
Not enough data
File Types
8.7
97
Not enough data
7.5
91
Not enough data
9.1
87
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
8.5
77
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
8.7
96
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
6.7
31
Not enough data
8.7
57
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
Operating System
8.7
101
Not enough data
4.5
17
Not enough data
4.2
13
Not enough data
Generative AI
5.7
7
Not enough data
5.2
7
Not enough data
5.2
7
Not enough data
5.5
7
Not enough data
5.5
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
MadCap Flare and Paligo share no categories
Unique Categories
MadCap Flare is categorized as Help Authoring Tool (HAT), Document Creation, and Web Content Management
Paligo is categorized as Component Content Management Systems
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
MadCap Flare
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Paligo
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
36.6%
Information Technology and Services
15.2%
Writing and Editing
3.4%
Computer & Network Security
3.4%
Financial Services
2.5%
Other
38.9%
Computer Software
40.4%
Industrial Automation
7.0%
Computer & Network Security
7.0%
Machinery
5.3%
Hospital & Health Care
5.3%
Other
35.1%
Discussions
Is MadCap Flare cloud-based?
2 Comments
MM
MadCap Flare is not cloud-based per se. However, MadCap Central recently enabled cloud-based authoring that syncs up with Flare. Here's the link to their...Read more
How much is MadCap Central?
2 Comments
MM
MadCap is pretty transparent about their pricing plans, which you can find on there site at https://www.madcapsoftware.com/pricing/. The current rate for an...Read more
How long does it take to learn how to use MadCap Flare?
1 Comment
MM
For the very basic features like moving around the interface, adding topics, and creating targets (i.e., output), you can be productive within a couple of...Read more
Does Paligo use DITA?
3 Comments
RL
No, it uses DocBook, another XML language, which does most if not all of the things that make DITA useful to tech pubs groups.Read more
Table Alignment
2 Comments
RC
All layout issues are handled in the output and not from the topics. Use the Layouts in Paligo (depending on your output) as well as customizing the output...Read more
Who uses Paligo?
2 Comments
SZ
Hi, for the users role, there can be Technical writer, Information Architect, Translator, Document engineer, document reviewer,ect.Read more
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