Snapshot
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- Outline is a team knowledge base and wiki for internal documentation such as specs, onboarding guides, meeting notes and support answers.
More detail
- It provides a fast real-time collaborative editor with nested documents, backlinks, workspace search, AI question-answering over your own content, and a built-in MCP server so AI assistants can read and edit docs.
- It runs as an Outline-hosted cloud service or self-hosted on your own infrastructure.
- Best for
- Growing teams that have outgrown scattered shared documents or a chat channel full of repeated questions, and want a searchable, permissioned wiki.
More detail
- Also a fit for Slack-heavy organizations and teams that need self-hosting, open-source code or data control.
- Pricing
- Cloud plans are billed by team size band and advertised at $10/month for 1–10 members, $79/month for 11–100 and $249/month for 101–200, with annual pricing available
More detail
- teams over 200 must contact Outline for pricing.
- The cloud trial is 30 days, after which the knowledge base becomes read-only until a
- Main limitation
- Cloud teams larger than 200 members without a custom arrangement, or buyers expecting a permanently free hosted tier — the 30-day trial ends read-only until payment is added.
More detail
- Self-hosters who need AI answering, guest users, SAML 2.0, audit logs or the Confluence importer should avoid the free Community Edition, which excludes them.
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About
- Outline is a team knowledge base and wiki for internal documentation such as specs, onboarding guides, meeting notes and support answers.
- It provides a fast real-time collaborative editor with nested documents, backlinks, workspace search, AI question-answering over your own content, and a built-in MCP server so AI assistants can read and edit docs.
- It runs as an Outline-hosted cloud service or self-hosted on your own infrastructure.
What it helps with
- Document sprawl, where knowledge is scattered across individually shared files instead of a single organized home
- Unclear access, where teams are unsure who can see or edit internal documentation
- Repeated questions in chat that a searchable knowledge base could answer once
- Poor discoverability of documents, addressed with a nested hierarchy, backlinks and instant workspace search
- AI assistants that cannot reach internal knowledge, addressed with a built-in MCP server
- Vendor lock-in and data sovereignty concerns, addressed by open source code and self-hosting
Capabilities
A practical view of what is available and where limitations apply.
| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time collaborative editor | Yes | Markdown, slash commands, interactive embeds, comments and threads; included on cloud plans and paid on-premises tiers. |
| AI question answering over workspace content | Yes | Included on all cloud plans; not included in the free Community Edition. |
| Built-in MCP server for AI assistants | Yes | Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and similar assistants to search, read and edit docs. |
| Slack integration | Yes | Search, share and ask questions from Slack, plus channel notifications when docs are updated. |
| Permissions, groups and guest users | Yes | Read and write permissions, user groups, guest access and public sharing; guest users are excluded from Community Edition. |
| SAML 2.0 / SSO | Yes | Included on cloud plans; on-premises SAML 2.0 requires Business or Enterprise. |
| Security audit log | Yes | Included on cloud plans and paid on-premises tiers; not included in Community Edition. |
| Confluence importer | Limited | Available on paid on-premises tiers and cloud; not included in the free Community Edition. |
| API and webhooks | Yes | Available on all cloud plans and paid on-premises tiers. |
| Interface languages | Unknown | Official sources conflict: the homepage says 20 languages, the pricing page says 17. RTL is supported. |
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- getoutline.com
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