HelpSmith Pricing Overview

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Last updated on Apr 09, 2026

HelpSmith offers 3 pricing editions, starting from $199 to $399. HelpSmith pricing tiers are designed to support different usage levels and team sizes. HelpSmith also offers a free trial. Compare the HelpSmith pricing table below to figure out the best fit for your needs. Some plans may require you to contact Divcom Software for custom pricing.

HelpSmith Standard Edition — $199 / 1 Seats With One-Time Purchase

HelpSmith Professional Edition — $299 / 1 Seats With One-Time Purchase

HelpSmith Ultimate Edition — $399 / 1 Seats With One-Time Purchase

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*Pricing information is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations must be conducted with the seller.

HelpSmith Standard Edition

$199.00

1 Seats With One-Time Purchase

HelpSmith Standard includes basic features needed to create help files and manuals.

Create help files and documents in multiple formats: CHM help, Web Help, Printed Manual, PDF, MS Word, ePub eBook, Markdown

Banner free output formats

Easy import from: CHM, DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, HHP, TXT, Markdown (the ability to split imported MS Word files into topics).

Editable templates to customize appearance of topics

Visual word-processor with dynamic styles

User-defined variables

Flexible settings for Web Help customization

Single media repository to manage images and videos

Build tags and conditional compilation

Project Merge tool to import topics from other projects

Header file generation for C#, VB.NET, Delphi, C++, VB/VBA

Use custom JavaScripts and CSS styles in HTML documentation

Syntax Highlighter to format code in various programming languages

The ability to generate blocks of Related Links in associated topics

HelpSmith Professional Edition

$299.00

1 Seats With One-Time Purchase

HelpSmith Professional includes all the features of HelpSmith Standard plus the following features.

HelpSmith Ultimate Edition

$399.00

1 Seats With One-Time Purchase

HelpSmith Ultimate includes all the features of HelpSmith Professional plus the following features.

HelpSmith Standard Edition - $199 USD
HelpSmith Professional Edition - $299 USD
HelpSmith Ultimate Edition - $399 USD

Pricing information for HelpSmith is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase HelpSmith must be conducted with the seller.

Volume discounts available

Pricing information was last updated on October 09, 2024

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The following is a quick overview of editions offered by other Help Authoring Tools (HAT)

Product	Price	Features
MadCap Flare Subscription	Contact UsPer Year	Includes Maintenance and Support Free Product Upgrades and Updates Unlimited Email and Phone Support Free Web-based MadCap Flare Introductory Training Free Licenses of MadCap Capture and MadCap Mimic for Rich Multimedia
Dr. Explain Business License	$290.001 User Per Year	No watermarks or credits labels Collaboration Allows create manuals in any format: Web, CHM, DOCX, PDF
Help & Manual Server Edition	$1099	Floating server license for one user at a time. The total number of users is unlimited. Server licenses are great for small to medium authoring teams.

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