HelpShelf vs Scalar: pricing, plans, and features

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free	Free $0/month, free forever	Usage · free forever	Standalone · Free
Pro Highlighted	USD 49 monthly $49/month	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Scale	USD 149 monthly $149/month	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free	Free $0	Flat	Standalone · Free
Pro	USD 150 monthly · USD 125 / month with annual commitment $150/month, or $125/month billed yearly	Flat	Standalone · Fixed
Business	USD 600 monthly · USD 500 / month with annual commitment $600/month, or $500/month billed yearly	Flat	Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise	Contact sales Custom	Flat	Standalone · Contact sales

HelpShelf

Free

Plan card 500 AI searches: Included
Plan card 100 AI chats: Included
Plan card 100 content items: Included
Plan card Help center and widget: Included

Pro

Plan card 10,000 AI searches: Included
Plan card 2,000 AI chats: Included
Plan card 3 agents: Included
Plan card MCP and llms.txt surface: Included

Scale

Plan card 100,000 AI searches: Included
Plan card 20,000 AI chats: Included
Plan card Unlimited agents: Included
Plan card Markdown and codebase ingestion: Included

Scalar

Free

Highlights Hosted OpenAPI docs: Included
Highlights Built-in API client: Included
Highlights Landing pages: Included
Usage & pricing Max APIs: 3

Limited
Usage & pricing Included SDK size: Up to 25 endpoints

Limited
Usage & pricing SDKs included: 1

Limited
Usage & pricing Additional SDKs: Not included

Excluded
Usage & pricing Editor seats: 1

Limited
Usage & pricing Agent Scalar credits: 50

Limited
Docs Custom HTML/CSS/JS: Excluded
Docs Email domain access control: Excluded
Docs Custom domains: Excluded
Docs Subpath hosting: Excluded
Docs Version deploys: Excluded
Docs Git Sync: Excluded
Docs Markdown + MDX: Excluded
Docs Full developer portal: Excluded
Docs SSO/SAML: Excluded
Docs Access groups: Excluded
Docs RBAC: Excluded
Docs Priority support: Excluded
Docs Dedicated Slack/Teams channel: Excluded
SDKs Automated GitHub workflow: Excluded
SDKs Custom code: Excluded
SDKs Code samples: Excluded
SDKs Full OpenAPI auth support: Excluded
SDKs File streaming: Excluded
SDKs Full language publishing registry: Excluded
SDKs Automatic sync with docs: Excluded
SDKs Webhooks support: Excluded
SDKs Migration services: Excluded
SDKs SLAs: Excluded
Agent Scalar Hosted MCP servers: Excluded
Agent Scalar Production deployment: Excluded
Registry Private + public access: Excluded
Registry Git integration: Excluded
Registry CI/CD workflows: Excluded

Pro

Highlights Custom domains and subdomains: Included
Highlights Git Sync, Markdown, and MDX: Included
Highlights Access groups: Included
Highlights Hosted MCP servers: Included
Usage & pricing Max APIs: 15

Limited
Usage & pricing Included SDK size: 100 endpoints

Limited
Usage & pricing SDKs included: 1

Limited
Usage & pricing Additional SDKs: $150 / month each

Included
Usage & pricing Editor seats: 5

Limited
Usage & pricing Agent Scalar credits: 500

Limited
Docs Custom HTML/CSS/JS: Included
Docs Email domain access control: Included
Docs Custom domains: Included
Docs Subpath hosting: Excluded
Docs Version deploys: Included
Docs Git Sync: Included
Docs Markdown + MDX: Included
Docs Full developer portal: Included
Docs SSO/SAML: Excluded
Docs RBAC: Excluded
Docs Priority support: Excluded
Docs Dedicated Slack/Teams channel: Excluded
SDKs Automated GitHub workflow: Included
SDKs Custom code: Included
SDKs Code samples: Included
SDKs Full OpenAPI auth support: Included
SDKs File streaming: Included
SDKs Full language publishing registry: Included
SDKs Automatic sync with docs: Included
SDKs Webhooks support: Included
SDKs Migration services: Excluded
SDKs SLAs: Excluded
Agent Scalar Production deployment: Included
Registry Private + public access: Included
Registry Git integration: Included
Registry CI/CD workflows: Included

Business

Highlights SSO and subpath hosting: Included
Highlights Discounts on additional SDKs: Included
Usage & pricing Max APIs: 25

Limited
Usage & pricing Included SDK size: 250 endpoints

Limited
Usage & pricing SDKs included: 1

Limited
Usage & pricing Additional SDKs: $150–$600 / month each, by SDK size; volume discounts

Included
Usage & pricing Editor seats: 10

Limited
Usage & pricing Agent Scalar credits: 2,000

Limited
Docs Custom HTML/CSS/JS: Included
Docs Email domain access control: Included
Docs Custom domains: Included
Docs Subpath hosting: Included
Docs Version deploys: Included
Docs Git Sync: Included
Docs Markdown + MDX: Included
Docs Full developer portal: Included
Docs SSO/SAML: Included
Docs Access groups: Included
Docs RBAC: Excluded
Docs Priority support: Excluded
Docs Dedicated Slack/Teams channel: Excluded
SDKs Automated GitHub workflow: Included
SDKs Custom code: Included
SDKs Code samples: Included
SDKs Full OpenAPI auth support: Included
SDKs File streaming: Included
SDKs Full language publishing registry: Included
SDKs Automatic sync with docs: Included
SDKs Webhooks support: Included
SDKs Migration services: Excluded
SDKs SLAs: Excluded
Agent Scalar Hosted MCP servers: Included
Agent Scalar Production deployment: Included
Registry Private + public access: Included
Registry Git integration: Included
Registry CI/CD workflows: Included

Enterprise

Highlights Full developer portals: Included
Highlights SSO/SAML and RBAC: Included
Highlights Unlimited APIs, custom SDK size: Included
Highlights Priority support and SLAs: Included
Highlights SDK and MCP migration services: Included
Highlights Dedicated Slack/Teams channel: Included
Usage & pricing Max APIs: Unlimited

Included
Usage & pricing Included SDK size: Custom

Included
Usage & pricing SDKs included: Custom

Included
Usage & pricing Additional SDKs: Volume discounts

Included
Usage & pricing Editor seats: Custom

Included
Usage & pricing Agent Scalar credits: Custom

Included
Docs Custom HTML/CSS/JS: Included
Docs Email domain access control: Included
Docs Custom domains: Included
Docs Subpath hosting: Included
Docs Version deploys: Included
Docs Git Sync: Included
Docs Markdown + MDX: Included
Docs Full developer portal: Included
Docs SSO/SAML: Included
Docs Access groups: Included
Docs RBAC: Included
Docs Priority support: Included
SDKs Automated GitHub workflow: Included
SDKs Custom code: Included
SDKs Code samples: Included
SDKs Full OpenAPI auth support: Included
SDKs File streaming: Included
SDKs Full language publishing registry: Included
SDKs Automatic sync with docs: Included
SDKs Webhooks support: Included
SDKs Migration services: Included
SDKs SLAs: Included
Agent Scalar Hosted MCP servers: Included
Agent Scalar Production deployment: Included
Registry Private + public access: Included
Registry Git integration: Included
Registry CI/CD workflows: Included

HelpShelf vs Scalar

HelpShelf

Scalar

What each plan includes

HelpShelf

Free

Pro

Scale

Scalar

Free

Pro

Business

Enterprise

How their prices changed

HelpShelf

Scalar