The Archbee
alternative for
builders on a budget.
Knowledge base and product documentation. Dokly is a visual MDX editor with AI that generates whole doc sites, custom domains, auto-generated llms.txt, and flat pricing starting at $0.
Free forever · No credit card · Ship in 5 minutes
Archbee is a solid all-in-one doc and knowledge-base tool. Good for mid-size teams that want internal wikis and external docs in one place.
Growing starts at $80/month, Scaling jumps to $350/month. If you're a small team that doesn't need versioning or localization, you're paying for the wrong tier.
Why switch
Why teams pick Dokly over Archbee
Flat pricing, any team size
Archbee adds per-seat costs on paid plans. Dokly is flat — invite the whole team without the bill scaling.
MDX, not a proprietary format
Archbee uses its own block editor. Dokly writes real MDX you can export and reuse anywhere.
Built for AI agents
llms.txt is auto-generated so your docs are AI-agent-parseable the day you launch.
Faster setup
New project, a few pages, live subdomain — under 5 minutes. No workspace setup sprint.
AI, done right
Docs that write themselves.
Docs AI agents can actually read.
Start with a paragraph describing your product. Dokly AI scaffolds the whole site. Every page ships with llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can cite you.
Generate a whole doc site from a brief
Describe your product in a paragraph. Dokly drafts the full site structure — quickstart, guides, API reference — as real MDX pages you can edit.
Generate individual pages on demand
Need a new page? Hit 'Generate with AI' in the editor, describe what it should cover, and get a draft in seconds. Edit in place — it's just MDX.
Improve writing in place
Rewrite for clarity, tighten prose, fix tone. Highlight a paragraph and the AI edits exactly that — not the whole page.
llms.txt, auto-generated
Every Dokly site exposes an llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can parse and cite your docs. No config, no plugin.
AI-powered search for readers
Pro tier gives readers an AI answer box on top of fuzzy search. Ask a question, get a cited answer pulled from your pages.
More coming
Semantic linking between pages, AI-drafted changelogs from git diffs, automated translation, and an /llms-full.txt endpoint. Shipping through Q2.
Side-by-side
Dokly vs Archbee
We call the wins honestly — and the places Archbee is still stronger.
| Feature |  Dokly | Archbee |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Forever | Free trial only |
| Entry paid plan | $49/mo (Pro) | $80/mo (Growing) |
| Mid tier | $99/mo (Scale) | $350/mo (Scaling) |
| Custom domain | Pro ($49) | Growing ($80) |
| MDX + React components | Full MDX | Proprietary block editor |
| Visual editor | ||
| API Playground | Pro | Yes |
| Analytics | Pro | Yes |
| Internal / private KBEmail support@dokly.co for beta access | Beta (contact us) | Yes |
| Versioning & localizationArchbee wins here | Scaling tier | |
| SSO (SAML/OIDC)Archbee wins here | Enterprise | |
| AI writing | Built-in on all tiers | Paid tiers |
| llms.txt for AI agents | Auto-generated | Manual |
What we ship
The six features you'll use every day
Visual MDX editor
Write in a Notion-style WYSIWYG that outputs clean MDX under the hood. No YAML frontmatter required, no build step, no Git dance.
Instant fuzzy search
Fuse.js-powered client-side search that works offline and runs in under 100ms. No external search index bill to worry about.
Custom domain, zero DNS pain
Add docs.yoursite.com on Pro. SSL provisions automatically. Wildcard subdomain routing means your docs ship on day one.
Built-in analytics
See which pages get read, which search queries return nothing, and where readers drop off. No third-party tracker to wire up.
Themes + custom CSS
Pick a preset, set your brand color, or go deep with custom CSS on Pro. Your docs look like your product, not a template.
API Playground
Drop in an OpenAPI / Swagger spec and get an interactive 'Try it' panel per endpoint — request bodies, auth, response preview, all of it.
Migrating
Moving from Archbee
Honest take: there's no magic importer. It's a copy-paste job today. For most sites it takes an afternoon.
Export from Archbee
Use Archbee's export to pull your content as Markdown. Grab any images/assets you reference.
Paste into Dokly
Create a Dokly project. Paste pages one at a time — Markdown formatting, headings, and code carry over.
Domain + live
Upgrade to Pro, attach your custom domain, publish. SSL is automatic.
Moving a large site? Email support@dokly.co — we'll help you move it.
Pricing
Real numbers. No footnotes.
Pricing pulled from Archbee's own pricing page on Apr 24, 2026.
Dokly Provs Archbee's entry tier. Against Scaling ($350/mo), annual savings grow to $3,612.
DoklyFlat ratePrices verified Apr 24, 2026 from www.archbee.com/pricing.
FAQ
Questions we actually get
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