ReadMe alternative
ReadMe documents your API for customers. VizRepo documents your system for your team.
An interactive API reference is not the same as knowing what the payment endpoint does inside, which tables it writes and what changed last sprint. That second kind of documentation is what VizRepo generates.
Two jobs, two tools
- Public API reference: interactive, branded, for the developers integrating with you. ReadMe's focus, with its "Interactive API reference" and sync features.
- Internal engineering docs: business rules, flows, data access, changes. Generated by VizRepo from the code, for the people building the API.
What VizRepo produces
- Every endpoint documented by reading its handler and the code it calls: purpose, business rules, steps with file references, data read and written, external services, errors.
- Every cited file verified against the repository.
- Re-documented only where code changed on each merged pull request, with a Recent Changes entry.
- Synced to Notion, Confluence, GitHub Wiki, Azure DevOps Wiki, GitBook or SharePoint.
- Public pricing: free Starter, Pro $129 with a 14-day trial, Team $329.
Together
VizRepo exports detected endpoints as OpenAPI, which you can load into ReadMe for the public reference, while the internal docs stay with your team.
VizRepo and ReadMe, side by side
| VizRepo | ReadMe | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | Your own engineers, product and support | External developers using your API |
| Content | Behaviour, rules, data flows, changes, generated from code | API reference and guides you write |
| Updates | Automatic on merge | Spec sync plus manual editing |
| Paid plan starts at | $129 per month | $250 per month billed annually, per its pricing page |
ReadMe details are taken from its public website as of September 2026 and may have changed. See readme.com/pricing.
Questions
- Does VizRepo replace our public API docs?
- No. It generates the internal documentation and an OpenAPI export you can feed into your public docs tool.
- Is my source code stored?
- No. It is cloned for the scan and deleted afterwards.
Try it on your own repository
Connect a repo, run one scan, and read what each endpoint does. Starter is free. Pro has a 14-day free trial.