--- title: HelpSmith Reviews meta\_title: 'HelpSmith Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 16 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how HelpSmith works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.8 review\_count: 16 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # HelpSmith Reviews & Product Details HelpSmith is a help authoring tool that you can use to create HTML Help (CHM), Web Help, Printed Manuals, Adobe PDF, MS Word, ePub eBooks, and Markdown documentation from a single source. HelpSmith includes a rich feature set combined with an easy-to-use user interface with a slight learning curve. Among the advanced features available in HelpSmith is the built-in Image Tool that significantly simplifies the way of writing documentation for user interfaces. For example, you can easily capture screenshots, create various annotations for images (balloons, arrows, ellipses, text labels, etc.), add clickable hotspots, and also use control annotations for UI elements that can be exported into the help topic where you can provide a detailed description for each control. * * * Seller [Divcom Software](https://www.g2.com/sellers/divcom-software) Discussions [HelpSmith Community](https://www.g2.com/products/helpsmith/discuss) Languages Supported English Overview by Eugene Ivanov Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by HelpSmith. ### HelpSmith Standard Edition $199.00 1 Seats With One-Time Purchase ### HelpSmith Professional Edition $299.00 1 Seats With One-Time Purchase [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/helpsmith/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![MadCap Flare](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MadCap Flare") MadCap Flare 4.4/5(491) ](https://www.g2.com/products/madcap-flare/reviews) [ ![Dr. Explain](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dr. Explain") Dr. Explain 4.5/5(30) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dr-explain/reviews) [ ![Help & Manual](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Help & Manual") Help & Manual 4.8/5(22) ](https://www.g2.com/products/help-manual/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/helpsmith/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 16 real user reviews. 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