ContentryEarly access
Early access · first cohort Q1 2027

Structured docs without the DITA.

A component content management system (CCMS) for people who'd rather write than wrangle XML. Write what readers see, reuse anything, translate with AI, publish PDF and HTML. Live in a week.

Work email. One message when your place opens, and build notes only if you ask.

StagePrivate beta
First cohortQ1 2027
Places25 teams
Price in betaFree

The studio today: a task from a machinery manual, its safety notice reused from a fragment, one step changed since version 12.

What's different

Everything a CCMS should do. Nothing to learn first.

Writing

Write what the reader sees.

No XML view. No form per element. A step is a step, a warning is a warning, and the element name waits in the margin for the day you want it.

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Setup

Live in a week.

Sign up, invite the team, write. No implementation partner. No schema project. No course to pass before you can type.

Day 1Sign up
Day 2Invite
Day 3Write
Reuse

Reuse without the report.

Write a warning once, use it in every model. Where it's used sits beside the text, and a change tells you what it touches before you save.

FragmentMoving platen14 places
Publishing

PDF and HTML from one source.

Set layouts and themes in the studio with a live preview. What the author sees is what the reader gets.

Release 7128 topics pinnedBuilt
Built-in AI

AI that's part of the studio, not a line on the invoice.

Included for every author. Your workspace opts in, picks the provider and region or brings its own key, and nothing you write trains anyone's model.

Write

Draft and tighten.

A first draft of a procedure. A shorter warning. A plainer sentence. The assistant writes inside your structure, so a step stays a step.

Reuse

Spot what you already wrote.

Type a paragraph that lives in another manual and the studio offers the original. Reuse while you write, not in a clean-up next year.

Translate

Pre-translate, then review.

A new language starts translated. Review it in the studio, or send the XLIFF to your vendor with your own past translations already matched.

Answer

Answers for readers, from your content.

Readers ask, and get an answer with the page it came from, limited to what they may see. Plug your manuals into your own tools over MCP.

Compare

What a DITA toolchain costs you. What Contentry doesn't.

DITA is a fine standard and a hard product. Here's what changes when the structure lives in the editor, not in a specialisation.

DITA toolchainContentry
Getting startedSix months, a partner, a schema to specialise, a stylesheet to commission.Sign up and write. Live in a week.
WritingAn XML editor with a tag view, or a form for every element.The finished page. Structure you see, never type.
Page layoutA DITA-OT plugin and XSL-FO nobody left on the team can edit.Layouts and themes set in the studio, previewed live.
ReuseConrefs and keys, found through a report after something broke.Where-used beside the text. A warning before a change lands elsewhere.
TranslationExport. Hope the tags survive. Import. Fix.XLIFF 2.1 that round-trips, AI pre-translation, your own past translations matched.
Against the field

Side by side with Paligo, Heretto and Tridion Docs.

From each vendor's public documentation, October 2026. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.

  • Included
  • Partial, extra or beta
  • Not offered
ContentryPaligoHerettoTridion Docs
What you write inPlain structured topics. No XML.DocBook XML with a tree view.DITA.DITA.
AI writing assistantEvery author. Included.Beta, contributors only, signed addendum.Basic tier free, Pro per user.Draft Companion, add-on.
AI translationIncluded. Our provider or your key.DeepL, metered by token.Through XTM.Language Weaver extension.
Answers for readersIncluded. Permission-aware, with sources.Nexus Answers, separate subscription.HelpAI, beta.Trustable Chat, add-on.
XLIFF 2.1 round tripYes, tags intact.Yes.Through XTM.Yes.
Versions and releasesEvery save kept. Releases pinned.Snapshots and branches.Branches count against the licence.Baselines.

In more detail: Contentry vs DITA · Contentry vs Paligo · What is a CCMS?

Who it's for

For teams who'd rather write manuals than run a CCMS.

Technical writers

Write in the finished page, not a form. Structure stays visible. The assistant drafts the dull parts.

Documentation leads

Who holds what, what changed, what shipped. No spreadsheet. One price per author, no modules later.

Teams starting fresh

A new product line, a new manual, a team that's never had a CCMS. Start structured on page one. Reuse from day one.

Machinery makers

Safety notices to ANSI Z535 and ISO 3864. Reused across every model, translated once, kept per release.

Early access

Help us build the CCMS you'd actually choose.

A small first cohort. The studio and the assistant early, a founding price for good, and the people building it on the phone.

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