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Product	Hudu IT Documentation by Hudu View product	BookStack by BookStack View product
Overview
What it is	Hudu IT Documentation: rich-text knowledge base and interactive runbooks & checklists. Built for technical runbook creation. Compare IT Documentation alternatives.	BookStack covers Structured Shelf/Book/Page hierarchy and Dual WYSIWYG & Markdown editor for internal IT wiki management. Compare top IT Documentation tools.
Product type	Centralized IT Knowledge Base & SOP Documentation Platform	Open-Source Self-Hosted Documentation & Wiki Platform
Best for	MSPs, Corporate IT, Managed Security Service Providers	Software Engineering, Enterprise IT, DevOps, Education, Small Business
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudOn-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted	Self-hosted; Open Source; Self-hosted PHP/MySQL Application; Docker Container; Linux Server
Data residency	US; EU; Customer-hosted	Customer Self-Hosted Datacenter / Private Cloud
Key features
What it offers	Rich-text knowledge base Interactive runbooks & checklists Version history Client portal sharing Granular permissioning Technical runbook creation IT SOP standardization Customer knowledge portal publishing	Structured Shelf/Book/Page hierarchy Dual WYSIWYG & Markdown editor Granular role-based permissions SAML/OIDC/LDAP authentication Multi-format export Internal IT wiki management Software engineering documentation Standard operating procedure hosting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	CloudWebMobile	Self-Hosted Web ServersDocker EnvironmentsInternal IT Infrastructures
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIGDPR	Open Source GPLv2GDPR compliant in self-hosted deployments
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft 365SlackMicrosoft TeamsConnectWiseHaloPSA	SAML 2.0OpenID ConnectLDAPGitHubGitLabGoogleSlack Webhooks
Industries	MSPsCorporate ITManaged Security Service Providers	Software EngineeringEnterprise ITDevOpsEducationSmall Business
Regions	GlobalNorth AmericaEurope	Global
Vendor
Company	Hudu	BookStack
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	Open-source project; distributed community
Company size	51-200	1-10
Founded	2018	2015

Hudu IT Documentation

by Hudu

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BookStack

by BookStack

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Overview

What it is

Hudu IT Documentation

Hudu IT Documentation: rich-text knowledge base and interactive runbooks & checklists. Built for technical runbook creation. Compare IT Documentation alternatives.

BookStack

BookStack covers Structured Shelf/Book/Page hierarchy and Dual WYSIWYG & Markdown editor for internal IT wiki management. Compare top IT Documentation tools.

Product type

Hudu IT Documentation

Centralized IT Knowledge Base & SOP Documentation Platform

BookStack

Open-Source Self-Hosted Documentation & Wiki Platform

Best for

Hudu IT Documentation

MSPs, Corporate IT, Managed Security Service Providers

BookStack

Software Engineering, Enterprise IT, DevOps, Education, Small Business

Pricing

Pricing model

Hudu IT Documentation

Contact Vendor

BookStack

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Hudu IT Documentation

BookStack

Deployment

Deployment options

Hudu IT Documentation

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

BookStack

On-Premise

Deployment details

Hudu IT Documentation

Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted

BookStack

Self-hosted; Open Source; Self-hosted PHP/MySQL Application; Docker Container; Linux Server

Data residency

Hudu IT Documentation

US; EU; Customer-hosted

BookStack

Customer Self-Hosted Datacenter / Private Cloud

Key features

What it offers

Hudu IT Documentation

Rich-text knowledge base
Interactive runbooks & checklists
Version history
Client portal sharing
Granular permissioning
Technical runbook creation
IT SOP standardization
Customer knowledge portal publishing

BookStack

Structured Shelf/Book/Page hierarchy
Dual WYSIWYG & Markdown editor
Granular role-based permissions
SAML/OIDC/LDAP authentication
Multi-format export
Internal IT wiki management
Software engineering documentation
Standard operating procedure hosting

Platform & access

API access

Hudu IT Documentation

BookStack

Single sign-on (SSO)

Hudu IT Documentation

BookStack

Role-based access (RBAC)

Hudu IT Documentation

BookStack

Multi-tenant

Hudu IT Documentation

BookStack

Mobile app

Hudu IT Documentation

BookStack

Supported platforms

Hudu IT Documentation

CloudWebMobile

BookStack

Self-Hosted Web ServersDocker EnvironmentsInternal IT Infrastructures

Compliance

Hudu IT Documentation

SOC 2 Type IIGDPR

BookStack

Open Source GPLv2GDPR compliant in self-hosted deployments

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Hudu IT Documentation

Microsoft 365SlackMicrosoft TeamsConnectWiseHaloPSA

BookStack

SAML 2.0OpenID ConnectLDAPGitHubGitLabGoogleSlack Webhooks

Industries

Hudu IT Documentation

MSPsCorporate ITManaged Security Service Providers

BookStack

Software EngineeringEnterprise ITDevOpsEducationSmall Business

Regions

Hudu IT Documentation

GlobalNorth AmericaEurope

BookStack

Global

Vendor

Company

Hudu IT Documentation

Hudu

BookStack

Headquarters

Hudu IT Documentation

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

BookStack

Open-source project; distributed community

Company size

Hudu IT Documentation

51-200

BookStack

1-10

Founded

Hudu IT Documentation

2018

BookStack

2015