Sourcegraph alternative
Search answers one question at a time. Documentation answers the next hundred.
Sourcegraph is a strong choice for large engineering organisations that need code search across thousands of repositories and AI agents on top. If your team needs a written, current description of what the system does, and a price that does not start at five figures, VizRepo is the simpler fit.
What Sourcegraph offers
Per its pricing page: Deep Search ("agentic, natural language AI search"), Code Search, Agentic Batch Changes, Insights and MCP for agents, on an Enterprise plan "starting at $16K" per year.
What VizRepo offers
- 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.
- An Ask box that answers questions from the verified documentation, with sources.
When to pick which
- Thousands of repos, platform team, budget for enterprise tooling: Sourcegraph.
- Ten to a few hundred engineers who want the docs written and kept current: VizRepo.
- Both: use search for the moment-to-moment, documentation for onboarding, product and reviews.
VizRepo and Sourcegraph, side by side
| VizRepo | Sourcegraph | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | Persistent documentation, updated on merge | Search results and agent answers on demand |
| Readers | Engineers, product managers, support | Engineers |
| Getting started | Self-serve, same day | Contact sales |
| Pricing | $0, $129, $329 per month | Enterprise starting at $16K per year, per its pricing page |
Sourcegraph details are taken from its public website as of September 2026 and may have changed. See sourcegraph.com/pricing.
Questions
- Does VizRepo have code search?
- No. It has an Ask box over the verified documentation. For raw code search across many repositories, Sourcegraph is the better tool.
- Is my source code stored?
- No. It is cloned for the scan and deleted afterwards. Self-hosting is available.
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.