Summary: KnowledgeOwl is a powerful, affordable, and highly customizable knowledge base platform designed for both internal and external audiences. With 10+ years in the market, it offers a stable, mature feature set, flexible access control, intuitive content creation, and exceptional customer support — with pricing and service that is more generous than many competitors like Document360 and Helpjuice.

Proven reliability with more than 10 years in the market


  • Founded 2015, we have over a decade of continuous product development.

  • Trusted by organizations in tech, finance, healthcare, energy, and SaaS.

  • Known for product stability, predictable updates, and long-term support.

  • Zero VC pressure → roadmap built for customers, not investors.

Built for both internal & external knowledge bases


KnowledgeOwl supports mixed-use environments: fully public, fully private, or a mix of both (at no extra cost).


Use case:

Use cases & Solutions

Features:

Help center or public knowledge base

SEO-friendly pages; branding; custom domain; AI chatbot; easy to author, organize, and keep up-to-date; easy to find answers.

Help center or public knowledge base

SEO-friendly pages; branding; custom domain; AI chatbot; easy to author, organize, and keep up-to-date; easy to find answers.

Internal training docs

Granular access controls, versioning, AI-assisted search, and authoring tools

Hybrid (internal + external)

Per category and per article access, single source of truth that ensures only the right eyes see the right content

Hybrid (internal + external)

Per category and per article access, single source of truth that ensures only the right eyes see the right content

Partner or client portals

Easy to find answers with SSO-options. Embeddable help widget lets customers find answers without leaving your app.

Partner or client portals

Easy to find answers with SSO-options. Embeddable help widget lets customers find answers without leaving your app.

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Highly customizable without developer overhead


  • No-code design options to make a beautiful knowledge base

  • Options for adding HTML, CSS, and JS if you want to get fancy

  • Create reusable templates to help with consistency in your docs

  • Style guide tool, with help from AI to improve adherence

  • Embeddable help widget

  • Flexible content structure, with strong navigation


You can build anything from a simple FAQ to a deeply branded, full-featured documentation portal.

Write, organize, and publish with ease


KnowledgeOwl centers around fast, accurate content creation.


Author tools:

  • WYSIWYG editor

  • Snippets: reusable content blocks

  • Templates & content cloning

  • Versioning & rollback

  • Drafts, reviews, and approvals


Organization tools:

  • Category hierarchies

  • Tags & metadata

  • Article grouping & related links

  • Search synonyms & search tuning


Teams of any size can keep content clean, consistent, and up-to-date.

Excellent search & discovery


  • Automatic indexing of all content, including PDFs

  • AI-assisted semantic search & keyword hybrid options

  • AI chatbot answers (using only your content, so no hallucinations)

  • Synonym and search phrase options

  • Fine-tuning and weighting control

  • Typo tolerance and natural language understanding


Strong search performance is often a pain point in tools like Confluence or Helpjuice and KnowledgeOwl excels here.

Best-in-class customer support


KnowledgeOwl's support is consistently noted for:


  • Fast, thoughtful replies from knowledgeable humans

  • Deep product knowledge and expertise in best practices for documentation creation and management

  • Proactive onboarding, and continued support through entire customer journey

  • Dedicated success guidance and generosity


Many review sites say KnowledgeOwl’s support is the best they have ever experienced, in any industry.

Transparent, affordable pricing


  • Flat pricing per author (logged in read-only accounts are unlimited in all plans)

  • Choose a plan that fits you, then add as many knowledge bases and authors you need, à la carte

  • No forced upgrades for basic functionality

  • Lower cost than Document360, with a very comparable feature set


Competitors often charge extra for analytics, private KBs, or basic author roles; KnowledgeOwl includes these on all plans.

Strong security & compliance


  • SSL/TLS on all plans

  • SSO / SAML options available

  • Role-based permissions

  • IP restriction options

  • Optional private sites

  • Regular backups in two geographic locations

  • Best in class uptime and reliability

Integrations & extensibility


  • REST API allow you to build any integration you can dream of

  • Webhooks

  • SSO (SAML, OAuth)

  • Widget for embedding directly into your website or app

  • Zapier-friendly workflows to create integrations without code know-how

  • Integrations with ticketing systems


Because the platform is flexible, teams can extend it easily without vendor lock-in.

Ideal for small teams and large organizations


KnowledgeOwl scales cleanly:


  • Solo writers can manage complex docs

  • Large teams can collaborate with roles & workflows

  • Supports multiple knowledge bases under one plan/account

  • High-performance hosting & global CDN


Works for teams of any size—from solo writers to large enterprises.

Unique advantages vs competitors


Compared to Document360:


  • More affordable, with upfront pricing

  • Cleaner UX

  • Easier customization

  • Lower onboarding complexity

  • Purpose-built with customer-driven development

  • No negotiating needed for core features

  • Built and supported by documentation experts


Compared to Helpjuice:


  • More reliable infrastructure and uptime

  • More intuitive content management

  • Stronger customization and templating

  • More responsive support team


Compared to Confluence:


  • Better for customer-facing docs

  • Cleaner navigation & layouts

  • Better search experience for end users

  • Generous and enthusiastic customer support


KnowledgeOwl is a flexible, customizable, and cost-effective knowledge base platform ideal for organizations that want a mature, reliable tool for both internal and external documentation, without the high cost or complexity of larger competitors.


Highly customizable without developer overhead


  • No-code design options to make a beautiful knowledge base

  • Options for adding HTML, CSS, and JS if you want to get fancy

  • Create reusable templates to help with consistency in your docs

  • Style guide tool, with help from AI to improve adherence

  • Embeddable help widget

  • Flexible content structure, with strong navigation


You can build anything from a simple FAQ to a deeply branded, full-featured documentation portal.

Write, organize, and publish with ease


KnowledgeOwl centers around fast, accurate content creation.


Author tools:

  • WYSIWYG editor

  • Snippets: reusable content blocks

  • Templates & content cloning

  • Versioning & rollback

  • Drafts, reviews, and approvals


Organization tools:

  • Category hierarchies

  • Tags & metadata

  • Article grouping & related links

  • Search synonyms & search tuning


Teams of any size can keep content clean, consistent, and up-to-date.

Excellent search & discovery


  • Automatic indexing of all content, including PDFs

  • AI-assisted semantic search & keyword hybrid options

  • AI chatbot answers (using only your content, so no hallucinations)

  • Synonym and search phrase options

  • Fine-tuning and weighting control

  • Typo tolerance and natural language understanding


Strong search performance is often a pain point in tools like Confluence or Helpjuice and KnowledgeOwl excels here.

Best-in-class customer support


KnowledgeOwl's support is consistently noted for:


  • Fast, thoughtful replies from knowledgeable humans

  • Deep product knowledge and expertise in best practices for documentation creation and management

  • Proactive onboarding, and continued support through entire customer journey

  • Dedicated success guidance and generosity


Many review sites say KnowledgeOwl’s support is the best they have ever experienced, in any industry.

Transparent, affordable pricing


  • Flat pricing per author (logged in read-only accounts are unlimited in all plans)

  • Choose a plan that fits you, then add as many knowledge bases and authors you need, à la carte

  • No forced upgrades for basic functionality

  • Lower cost than Document360, with a very comparable feature set


Competitors often charge extra for analytics, private KBs, or basic author roles; KnowledgeOwl includes these on all plans.

Strong security & compliance


  • SSL/TLS on all plans

  • SSO / SAML options available

  • Role-based permissions

  • IP restriction options

  • Optional private sites

  • Regular backups in two geographic locations

  • Best in class uptime and reliability

Integrations & extensibility


  • REST API allow you to build any integration you can dream of

  • Webhooks

  • SSO (SAML, OAuth)

  • Widget for embedding directly into your website or app

  • Zapier-friendly workflows to create integrations without code know-how

  • Integrations with ticketing systems


Because the platform is flexible, teams can extend it easily without vendor lock-in.

Ideal for small teams and large organizations


KnowledgeOwl scales cleanly:


  • Solo writers can manage complex docs

  • Large teams can collaborate with roles & workflows

  • Supports multiple knowledge bases under one plan/account

  • High-performance hosting & global CDN


Works for teams of any size—from solo writers to large enterprises.

Unique advantages vs competitors


Compared to Document360:


  • More affordable, with upfront pricing

  • Cleaner UX

  • Easier customization

  • Lower onboarding complexity

  • Purpose-built with customer-driven development

  • No negotiating needed for core features

  • Built and supported by documentation experts


Compared to Helpjuice:


  • More reliable infrastructure and uptime

  • More intuitive content management

  • Stronger customization and templating

  • More responsive support team


Compared to Confluence:


  • Better for customer-facing docs

  • Cleaner navigation & layouts

  • Better search experience for end users

  • Generous and enthusiastic customer support


KnowledgeOwl is a flexible, customizable, and cost-effective knowledge base platform ideal for organizations that want a mature, reliable tool for both internal and external documentation, without the high cost or complexity of larger competitors.


Highly customizable without developer overhead


  • No-code design options to make a beautiful knowledge base

  • Options for adding HTML, CSS, and JS if you want to get fancy

  • Create reusable templates to help with consistency in your docs

  • Style guide tool, with help from AI to improve adherence

  • Embeddable help widget

  • Flexible content structure, with strong navigation


You can build anything from a simple FAQ to a deeply branded, full-featured documentation portal.

Write, organize, and publish with ease


KnowledgeOwl centers around fast, accurate content creation.


Author tools:

  • WYSIWYG editor

  • Snippets: reusable content blocks

  • Templates & content cloning

  • Versioning & rollback

  • Drafts, reviews, and approvals


Organization tools:

  • Category hierarchies

  • Tags & metadata

  • Article grouping & related links

  • Search synonyms & search tuning


Teams of any size can keep content clean, consistent, and up-to-date.

Excellent search & discovery


  • Automatic indexing of all content, including PDFs

  • AI-assisted semantic search & keyword hybrid options

  • AI chatbot answers (using only your content, so no hallucinations)

  • Synonym and search phrase options

  • Fine-tuning and weighting control

  • Typo tolerance and natural language understanding


Strong search performance is often a pain point in tools like Confluence or Helpjuice and KnowledgeOwl excels here.

Best-in-class customer support


KnowledgeOwl's support is consistently noted for:


  • Fast, thoughtful replies from knowledgeable humans

  • Deep product knowledge and expertise in best practices for documentation creation and management

  • Proactive onboarding, and continued support through entire customer journey

  • Dedicated success guidance and generosity


Many review sites say KnowledgeOwl’s support is the best they have ever experienced, in any industry.

Transparent, affordable pricing


  • Flat pricing per author (logged in read-only accounts are unlimited in all plans)

  • Choose a plan that fits you, then add as many knowledge bases and authors you need, à la carte

  • No forced upgrades for basic functionality

  • Lower cost than Document360, with a very comparable feature set


Competitors often charge extra for analytics, private KBs, or basic author roles; KnowledgeOwl includes these on all plans.

Strong security & compliance


  • SSL/TLS on all plans

  • SSO / SAML options available

  • Role-based permissions

  • IP restriction options

  • Optional private sites

  • Regular backups in two geographic locations

  • Best in class uptime and reliability

Integrations & extensibility


  • REST API allow you to build any integration you can dream of

  • Webhooks

  • SSO (SAML, OAuth)

  • Widget for embedding directly into your website or app

  • Zapier-friendly workflows to create integrations without code know-how

  • Integrations with ticketing systems


Because the platform is flexible, teams can extend it easily without vendor lock-in.

Ideal for small teams and large organizations


KnowledgeOwl scales cleanly:


  • Solo writers can manage complex docs

  • Large teams can collaborate with roles & workflows

  • Supports multiple knowledge bases under one plan/account

  • High-performance hosting & global CDN


Works for teams of any size—from solo writers to large enterprises.

Unique advantages vs competitors


Compared to Document360:


  • More affordable, with upfront pricing

  • Cleaner UX

  • Easier customization

  • Lower onboarding complexity

  • Purpose-built with customer-driven development

  • No negotiating needed for core features

  • Built and supported by documentation experts


Compared to Helpjuice:


  • More reliable infrastructure and uptime

  • More intuitive content management

  • Stronger customization and templating

  • More responsive support team


Compared to Confluence:


  • Better for customer-facing docs

  • Cleaner navigation & layouts

  • Better search experience for end users

  • Generous and enthusiastic customer support


KnowledgeOwl is a flexible, customizable, and cost-effective knowledge base platform ideal for organizations that want a mature, reliable tool for both internal and external documentation, without the high cost or complexity of larger competitors.

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Get started with KnowledgeOwl in 3 easy steps

1

Create your knowledge base for free in just a few minutes

screenshot of KnowledgeOwl app

2

Migrate your articles with 1:1 help from the KnowledgeOwl team

screenshot of booking calendar

3

Easily update and share your docs with your team and customers

screenshot of Support Knowledge Base by KnowledgeOwl
Owl mascot flying

Get started with KnowledgeOwl in 3 easy steps

1

Create your knowledge base for free in just a few minutes

screenshot of KnowledgeOwl app

2

Migrate your articles with 1:1 help from the KnowledgeOwl team

screenshot of booking calendar

3

Easily update and share your docs with your team and customers

screenshot of Support Knowledge Base by KnowledgeOwl
Owl mascot flying

Get started with KnowledgeOwl in 3 easy steps

1

Create your knowledge base for free in just a few minutes

screenshot of KnowledgeOwl app

2

Migrate your articles with 1:1 help from the KnowledgeOwl team

screenshot of booking calendar

3

Easily update and share your docs with your team and customers

screenshot of Support Knowledge Base by KnowledgeOwl