Fern vs HelpDocs

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Fern

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USD · US · source: buildwithfern.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Hobby	Free $0/month, free forever	Usage · free forever	Standalone · Free
Team Highlighted	USD 150 / month with annual commitment $150/month on yearly billing	Flat · per month billed yearly	Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise	Contact sales Custom	Flat · custom pricing	Standalone · Contact sales

HelpDocs

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USD · US · source: www.helpdocs.io

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Sprout	USD 129 monthly · USD 99 / month with annual commitment $129 $99 /month billed annually	Flat · /month	Standalone · Fixed
Bloom Highlighted	USD 299 monthly · USD 239 / month with annual commitment $299 $239 /month billed annually	Flat · /month	Standalone · Fixed
Harvest	USD 499 monthly · USD 399 / month with annual commitment $499 $399 /month billed annually	Flat · /month	Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Fern

Hobby

Plan card 2 team members: Included
Plan card 250 AI credits: Included
Plan card Custom domain: Included
Plan card API references and changelogs: Included

Team

Plan card 5 team members: Included
Plan card 1,000 AI credits: Included
Plan card Custom subpath: Included
Plan card Version switching: Included

Enterprise

Plan card Visitor authentication: Included
Plan card Role-based access: Included
Plan card Translated content: Included
Plan card Enterprise SSO: Included

HelpDocs

Sprout

Team Editors: 5

Included
HelpDocs AI AI credits: 1,000 per month

Included
HelpDocs AI AI drafts, rewrites & Ask AI: Included
HelpDocs AI AI meta, alt text & search tags: Included
Multilingual Languages: 3

Included
Hosting Unlimited viewers: Included
Integrations Lighthouse widget: Included
Customization Custom CSS & JavaScript: Included
Insights Historical analytics: 90 days

Included
Highlights Contact form submissions: 1,000

Included
Multilingual Machine translations: 10 per month

Included
HelpDocs AI AI improve & style enforcement: Excluded
Govern Advanced permissioning: Excluded
Govern Audit trail: Excluded
Govern Embedded SSO (JWT): Excluded
Customization Custom HTML templating: Excluded
Hosting Additional domains: Excluded

Bloom

Team Editors: 15

Included
HelpDocs AI AI credits: 5,000 per month

Included
HelpDocs AI AI drafts, rewrites & Ask AI: Included
HelpDocs AI AI meta, alt text & search tags: Included
HelpDocs AI AI improve & style enforcement: Included
Multilingual Languages: 20

Included
Hosting Unlimited viewers: Included
Integrations Lighthouse widget: Included
Customization Custom CSS & JavaScript: Included
Customization Custom HTML templating: Included
Govern Advanced permissioning: Included
Govern Audit trail: Included
Govern Embedded SSO (JWT): Included
Insights Historical analytics: 180 days

Included
Highlights Contact form submissions: 5,000

Included
Multilingual Machine translations: 100 per month

Included
Govern SSO with anonymous mode: Excluded
Govern IP restriction & custom HTTP headers: Excluded
Hosting Additional domains: Excluded

Harvest

Team Editors: 25

Included
HelpDocs AI AI credits: 10,000 per month

Included
HelpDocs AI AI drafts, rewrites & Ask AI: Included
HelpDocs AI AI meta, alt text & search tags: Included
HelpDocs AI AI improve & style enforcement: Included
Multilingual Languages: Unlimited

Included
Hosting Unlimited viewers: Included
Integrations Lighthouse widget: Included
Customization Custom CSS & JavaScript: Included
Customization Custom HTML templating: Included
Govern Advanced permissioning: Included
Govern Audit trail: Included
Govern Embedded SSO (JWT): Included
Govern SSO with anonymous mode: Included
Govern IP restriction & custom HTTP headers: Included
Hosting Additional domains: 2 included

Included
Insights Historical analytics: 365 days

Included
Highlights Contact form submissions: 25,000

Included
Multilingual Machine translations: 500 per month

Included

How their prices changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. An archived region or currency can differ, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Fern

August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Hobby: Free
- Team: USD 150 / month with annual commitment
- Enterprise: Contact sales

HelpDocs

September 21, 2026
Official pricing page
- Sprout: USD 129 monthly · USD 99 / month with annual commitment
- Bloom: USD 299 monthly · USD 239 / month with annual commitment
- Harvest: USD 499 monthly · USD 399 / month with annual commitment
August 31, 2026
Official pricing page
- Sprout: USD 129 monthly · USD 99 / month with annual commitment
- Bloom: USD 299 monthly · USD 239 / month with annual commitment
- Harvest: USD 499 monthly · USD 399 / month with annual commitment
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Sprout: USD 129 monthly · USD 99 / month with annual commitment
- Bloom: USD 299 monthly · USD 239 / month with annual commitment
- Harvest: USD 499 monthly · USD 399 / month with annual commitment
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Sprout: USD 129 monthly · USD 99 / month with annual commitment
- Bloom: USD 299 monthly · USD 239 / month with annual commitment
- Harvest: USD 499 monthly · USD 399 / month with annual commitment