Comparison
Miradorly vs ReadMe: public API hub vs private client docs
ReadMe builds polished public developer hubs for APIs, priced from $99 to $3,000+ per project. Miradorly serves private, client-facing docs from your repo at a flat $29–79/mo. An honest comparison for agencies.
The short answer
ReadMe and Miradorly solve different problems. ReadMe builds public developer hubs for APIs — interactive reference from your OpenAPI spec, a try-it playground, developer analytics — priced per project from roughly $99/mo to $3,000+. Miradorly is a private docs layer over your own git repo: clients sign in with email, see only their project, comment per section, and AI agents query the docs through a role-aware MCP — $29–79/mo flat for all projects. If you're publishing a public API for external developers, pick ReadMe. If you're an agency sharing private project docs with clients, ReadMe is the wrong shape and Miradorly is built for exactly that.
This is the easiest comparison on our site, because the honest answer is: these tools barely compete. They get cross-shopped because both say "documentation" on the label — but one builds a storefront for your public API, and the other guards the filing cabinet of your private client projects. Deciding is mostly about noticing which one you actually need.
What ReadMe is
A platform for public developer hubs. You bring an OpenAPI spec; ReadMe turns it into an interactive API reference with a try-it playground, guides, changelog, and analytics that show what external developers do in your docs. Companies whose product is an API — that's who it's for, and at that job it's genuinely good.
The pricing matches the ambition: per project, from a limited free tier through roughly $99/mo, up past $3,000/mo for enterprise. For a company with one flagship API, fine. For an agency with fifteen client projects — do the multiplication and wince.
What agencies actually need (and where ReadMe stops fitting)
Agency documentation isn't a public API hub. It's specs, runbooks, briefs, onboarding docs — markdown in a private repo, written in Cursor or whatever editor the team uses, shared with one specific client who has no GitHub account and shouldn't see anything else. Against that requirement:
- ReadMe's center of gravity is public; private per-client portals aren't what the product is shaped around.
- Authoring happens in the platform — another editor to migrate to, when your team deliberately writes markdown in git.
- Per-project pricing punishes exactly the thing agencies do: run many projects.
- No role-aware MCP over private repo docs — AI access to internal project docs isn't its game.
What Miradorly is instead
A private docs layer over the repo you already have. Connect GitHub or GitLab, and your markdown renders as a portal where clients sign in with email or Google, hold a viewer or commenter role scoped to their project, and comment section by section. .docignore keeps internal files out of the index entirely, and the role-aware MCP lets AI agents — yours and the client's — query the docs within each account's permissions. Pricing is flat: $29/mo for 10 projects, $79/mo unlimited, and the client count never changes the bill.
What Miradorly doesn't do: generate an interactive API playground from an OpenAPI spec. If your deliverable is a public API reference, that's ReadMe's home turf — use it for that.
Side by side
| ReadMe | Miradorly | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Public API developer hubs | Private client/project docs |
| Source of truth | The platform (with sync options) | Your git repo |
| Authoring | Platform editor | Your editor — Cursor, any IDE |
| Interactive API playground | Yes — its signature feature | No |
| Per-client private portals | Not the product's shape | The whole point — roles per project |
| MCP on private docs | No | Yes — role-aware |
| Pricing | Per project, ~$99 to $3,000+/mo | $29–79/mo flat, all projects |
Bottom line
Publishing a public API for external developers → ReadMe, happily. Sharing private project documentation with clients who should see only their own project → that's not ReadMe's job description, and it is precisely Miradorly's.
Frequently asked questions
What is ReadMe best at?
Public API developer hubs: interactive API reference generated from your OpenAPI spec, a try-it-now playground, changelogs, and analytics about how developers use your API docs. If that's your product surface, ReadMe is a strong choice.
How much does ReadMe cost?
Per project: a free tier for basics, then paid plans from roughly $99/mo up to $3,000+/mo for enterprise features. An agency running many client projects would pay per project — which is exactly where flat pricing changes the math.
Can ReadMe serve private client documentation?
It has access-control features on higher tiers, but the product is oriented toward public developer portals with its own editing workflow. For per-client private project docs rendered straight from a git repo, that's a lot of platform for the wrong job.
Does Miradorly do API reference docs?
Miradorly renders what's in your repo — markdown, code blocks, tables, Mermaid. It doesn't generate an interactive API playground from an OpenAPI spec; that's ReadMe's home turf. For agencies, project docs are mostly markdown, which is exactly what Miradorly serves.