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Top 14 Help Authoring Tools Companies (August 2026)

As of August 2026, Latka tracks 14 help authoring tools companies. They have combined revenues of $112.3M and employ 1K people. They have raised $5M and serve 100K customers combined.

Every company below sells help authoring tools to other businesses and is ranked by its most recent annual revenue. Revenue, funding, headcount and customer figures come from CEO interviews on the Latka podcast, public company filings, and Latka estimates where a company has not disclosed a number.

What Help Authoring Tools Companies do

Help Authoring Tools (HAT) are specialized software applications designed to assist technical writers and knowledge managers in creating, organizing, and publishing help documentation for software applications and other services. By streamlining the process of content development, these tools enable the production of user-friendly guides, manuals, and online help content that can be accessed across various platforms. Typical features include content templates, multi-channel distribution, version control, and collaborative editing functionalities. The primary use cases of HAT involve the creation of user documentation for software applications, onboarding materials, and troubleshooting guides. These tools cater to a diverse range of industries, promoting enhanced user experience by ensuring that accurate and helpful information is readily available. Key buyer personas include technical writers, instructional designers, product managers, and customer support teams, all looking to improve the quality and accessibility of their documentation systems.

Companies
14
Revenue
$112.3M
Funding
$5M
Employees
1K

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Top Help Authoring Tools Companies by revenue

Showing 10 of 14 companies ranked by annual revenue.

1Educative logo
Educative

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Educative provides interactive courses for software developers. We are changing how developers continue their education and stay relevant by providing pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. For instructors, Educative provides the best authoring platform for creating interactive content with just a few clicks. Join 1.5 Million developers working at top organizations like Amazon, Netflix, Google, and Stripe. Try Educative’s FREE Trial, which gives you unlimited access to nearly 500 interactive, world-class courses spanning JavaScript and Front-End Development, to System Design and Machine Learning. Join our Newsletter here: https://grokkingtechcareer.substack.com.

Revenue
$98.1M
Team size
892
2RedmineUP logo
RedmineUP

Yerevan, Armenia

RedmineUP provides robust online project management software with additional modules: CRM, Helpdesk, Billings and more, hosted in the cloud. For organizations using Open Source Redmine on-premise, we provide plugins that extend its functionalities and improves system usability. We love Open Source software. That's why we want to empower your business to do more and without the enterprise software lock-in. #redmine #redmineup #redmineplugins

Revenue
$4.4M
Customers
100K
Year founded
2010
Team size
6
3Fischer Information Technology logo
Fischer Information Technology

Radolfzell, Baden Württemberg, Germany

Mit uns, ist heute schon übermorgen! Fischer Information Technology unterstützt bei der Digitalisierung und digitalen Transformation bereits seit 35 Jahren. Quick Wins in wenigen Tagen, erstellen Sie und nutzen Sie neue digitale Geschäftsmodelle schon nach 10 Tagen. Unsere Softwarelösungen: • Sherlock: Unsere digitale Plattform löst Ihre Herausforderungen im Bereich Datenintegration, Data Fabric, Informationsbereitstellung, Wissensmanagement, Datenmanagement und Datenvirtualisierung. Sherlock bricht Ihre Datensilos auf und befreit Ihre Daten aus ihrem Formatgefängnis. Digitale Geschäftsmodelle die bis heute außerhalb Ihrer Reichweite waren sind jetzt einfach und in kurzer Zeit umzusetzen. Beschleunigen Sie doch einfach Ihre Datenprojekte. • TIM Redaktionssystem: Digitalisiert alle Arten von Produktinformationen durchgängig und unterstützt damit ebenfalls Ihren Weg durch die digitale Transformation, wandelt Ihre PDF-Benutzerhandbücher in intelligente Informationen um(siehe Content Delivery) und „berät“ den Endnutzer was zu tun ist, z.B. weiß Ihr Servicetechniker sofort wo der Fehler liegt und welches Ersatzteil er braucht, das bedeutet weniger Standzeit und die Abarbeitung von mehr Serviceaufträgen pro Tag. Eigenschaften: Modularität, Metadaten, Variantenmanagement, Automatisierung und mehr. • Content Delivery: Mit Content Delivery bieten wir der Technischen Dokumentation eine durchgängige Lösung - von der Erfassung der Inhalte in Ihrem Redaktionssystem bis zu ihrer individuellen Nutzbarkeit über unser Portal. Dieses lässt sich einfach an ihr Corporate Design anpassen und sorgt dafür, dass die verschiedenen Zielgruppen direkt und komfortabel auf die situationsbezogenen Informationen zugreifen können. Die Darstellung erfolgt responsiv auf Smartphone, Tablet, Laptop oder auf dem Display der Maschine.

Revenue
$3.9M
Year founded
1985
Team size
35
4K16 Solutions logo
K16 Solutions

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Developer of content migration and development tool for educators. The company's software offers its users the ability to move content off their old LMS platforms in a faster and accurate way, enabling them to reduce time.

Revenue
$3.3M
Year founded
2016
Funding
$5M
Team size
50
5Grokability, Inc logo
Grokability, Inc

San Diego, California, United States

SaaS solutions for small business IT, including the open source project Snipe-IT. We specialize in IT solutions that are affordable and easy to use - after all, what good is software if no one wants to use it?

Revenue
$880K
Team size
8
6Atomi Systems Inc. logo
Atomi Systems Inc.

Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam

A software development company working in services of Education and Training. Our pride: ActivePresenter - our Powerful e-Learning Authoring Software for creating eLearning courses, as well as screen recording and video editing. Saola Animate - The ultimate tool to create HTML5 animations & interactive web content. ActivePresenter has been favorably welcomed and widely used around the world with over 10 million downloads across 80 countries & regions. --- Visit us: www.atomisystems.com Email us: [email protected]

Revenue
$880K
Year founded
2007
Team size
8
7Great-Circle Learning logo
Great-Circle Learning

Marco Island, Florida, United States

The World’s Leading ILT Course Design & Development Software. Great Circle Learning gives you everything you need to outline, design, and develop training within Microsoft 365.

Revenue
$384K
Year founded
1992
Team size
1
8Doctave logo
Doctave

United States

Author, review, and publish beautiful Markdown and API reference documentation using a Git-based docs-as-code workflow. Create beautiful developer documentation, API references, and knowledge bases that will delight developers.

Revenue
$220K
Year founded
2021
Team size
2
9Helpical logo
Helpical

Mashhad, Iran

Helpical is a company that provides enterprise software solutions and a ticketing system. It offers a ticketing system for customer support and help desk management. The company also provides API documentation and plugins for WordPress ticketing. Helpical is founded by Mohammad Bagher Saberi.

Revenue
$158.6K
Year founded
2015
Team size
6
10DocuWriter.ai logo
DocuWriter.ai

Figueres, Catalonia, Spain

✨ The Ultimate AI for Code Documentation

Revenue
$43.2K
Year founded
2023
Team size
1
Growth
234.57%

Frequently asked questions about Help Authoring Tools Companies

How many help authoring tools companies are there?

Latka tracks 14 help authoring tools companies with reported revenue. Together they generate $112.3M in annual revenue and employ 1K people.

Which help authoring tools company is the largest?

Educative is the largest, with $98.1M in annual revenue.

How much revenue does a typical help authoring tools company make?

The average help authoring tools company in this list makes $8M a year, across 14 companies with reported revenue. They serve 100K customers combined.

Who are the leading Help Authoring tools vendors?

Ranked by annual revenue, the leaders are Educative, RedmineUP, Fischer Information Technology, K16 Solutions and Grokability, Inc.

How much funding have help authoring tools companies raised?

The 14 help authoring tools companies tracked here have raised $5M in disclosed funding between them.

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Inclusion Criteria

- The product must facilitate the creation, management, and publishing of help documentation. - It should support multi-channel output, enabling content distribution across various formats and platforms. - The tool must include collaborative features for team-based content development and editing. - It should offer templates and predefined styles to streamline document formatting and structure. - Not just a document management system; must also provide features specific to help content creation and user assistance.