IT documentation · November 2026 Edition
Hudu vs BookStack
Six of fourteen models named Hudu first on the direct prompt; zero named BookStack. Both were named by all fourteen models and Hudu carries 53 labels and BookStack 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share29%18%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5330A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Hudu reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Confluence was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Hudu vs Confluence · Hudu vs Freshservice · Hudu vs IT Glue
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the IT documentation page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HuduFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBookStack
Direct601 against Hudu
Paraphrase80
Comparative20
Budget-constrained0101 against Hudu
Scale-constrained201 against BookStack
Negative402 against Hudu · 2 against BookStack
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Hudu and BookStack were named in the same answer fifty times, of the 129 answers naming Hudu and the 77 naming BookStack. In those answers BookStack took the first choice thirteen times and Hudu sixteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Hudu and BookStack stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Hudu BookStack first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hudu on the left and BookStack on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Hudu and BookStack stood in it.
Hudu first, BookStack not the choice
6 of 14 modelsBookStack was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Confluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, Tettra
Gemini 3.5 FlashHudu alternatives: Confluence, Document360, GitBook, IT Glue, Scribe, Tango
Perplexity SonarHudu alternatives: Confluence, Document360, Freshservice, SharePoint
DeepSeek V4 FlashConfluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, Notion
Qwen 3.7 FlashHudu alternatives: Confluence, Guidde, Scribe
GPT-6 LunaHudu alternatives: Confluence, IT Glue, SharePoint
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Grok 4.20Confluence alternatives: GitBook, Hudu, IT Glue, Notion
MiniMax M2.5Document360 alternatives: Confluence, Freshservice, GitBook, Hudu
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniConfluence alternatives: Document360, Guru, IT Glue
Mistral SmallConfluence, Document360 alternatives: Freshservice, GitBook, IT Glue, Mintlify
Llama 4 MaverickConfluence alternatives: Document360, Freshservice, GitBook
Kimi K2Confluence alternatives: Document360, Notion
GLM 4.7 FlashXDocument360 alternatives: Confluence, GitBook
Muse Glimmer 30BConfluence alternatives: Document360, Freshservice, Notion
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Hudu2%#7 of 15BookStack2%#10 of 15What the models said about Hudu
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Its external-sharing links reportedly lack automatic expiration and remain valid until manually revoked.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Also MSP-focused; good value for MSPs but unnecessary complexity for internal teams” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid IT Glue or Hudu unless you are an MSP” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Go with Hudu if your internal IT team already has a ticketing system and specifically needs a secure IT knowledge base, asset map, and vault.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Highly recommended for mid-market internal IT. Fast, modern, offers both SaaS and self-hosted options, robust API, and strong asset relation modeling” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Hudu (highly popular for its flexibility, self-hosting or cloud options, transparent pricing, and good data export options)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about BookStack
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“BookStack, Wiki.js, Docusaurus, and similar tools can provide control, but the organization must handle hosting, patching, backups” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“BookStack notes that some export formats may be transformed or lossy, which is a caution sign even in otherwise portable systems.” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Great for clean, simple KB articles and runbooks, but lacking built-in IT asset discovery, IPAM, and credential vaulting.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“If you have zero budget and 1 IT person: Choose BookStack. It is the industry standard for free, self-hosted IT documentation.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For zero budget: Go with BookStack – it's the most user-friendly and purpose-built for IT documentation.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want zero cost and easy setup for team runbooks: Go with BookStack.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.