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# Sonat

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> Sonat is a free online documentation tool to create, manage, and publish user manuals.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **5.0/5** by 2 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Sonat?

Business owners providing a product/service of any kind
product managers
project managers
Writing teams including technical writers, content writers, copywriters, science writers
Developers

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **5.0/5** | 2 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Sonat

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$40,00
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available)
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Collaboration Tools
- Multiple Output Formats
- Templates

## Integrations (4 total)

- Bing Visual Search
- GitHub
- Google Analytics 360
- Google Search Console

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Document Generation Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31576/document-generation/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Microsoft Word](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1010319/microsoft-word) — 4.7/5 (2783 reviews)
2. [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1012240/adobe-acrobat-dc) — 4.7/5 (4170 reviews)
3. [Google Workspace](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/168389/google-workspace) — 4.7/5 (17483 reviews)
4. [Folge](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/208369/folge) — 4.8/5 (100 reviews)
5. [Fillable Document](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1023193/fillable-document) — 4.7/5 (43 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Great product" — 5.0/5

> **Ben** | *21 October 2021* | Medical Practice | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The content metrics are great. And I also like how easy publishing with Sonat is. You can make sure that everything is just as good as it seems backstage when it goes public, no matter what platform the users may have. Plus, it supports dark mode and different themes and styles for publication.
> 
> **Cons**: I wish they let users create more user manuals in the free version.
> 
> I’m not a computer nerd, nor have I tried many documentation tools. I had been stuck with MS Word for years until recently (when I was actually forced to resort to another tool by my employer). My friends recommended a few options. Well, I didn’t go far to test more than three options. Felt quite comfortable with Sonat and thought it had everything we needed. So I just liked it and landed there (guess I’ll be around for a long time considering my background :)). If you’re a freelancer or company creating many manuals, technical docs, and reports and you need regular approval of your contractor, project manager, technical team, and also have to provide a whole lot more explanations to the translators, that’s your magic tool. So come on in. Oh, and I like the support team too. They sure know how to give good tech advice in a very non-technical way to rather tech-phobic people like me. Sonat is free, so you probably wouldn’t mind giving it a shot (No annoying wandering ads either).

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### "great software" — 5.0/5

> **Peg** | *30 October 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: We needed a good documentation tool for our teamwork. Sonat made collaboration easy and effective, and the best part was that migration was quite neat and simple. Back to the teamwork, We particularly enjoyed the approval process, which made organizational projects flow smoothly. It’s so straightforward to use, and you don’t need to be all tech-savvy to get the most out of it. Anyway, the support team is literally supportive. They reached out to us with answers and solutions when we needed help at the beginning. It’s all going smoothly now.
> 
> **Cons**: Previously they didn't send any notification when my colleagues had a comment on my contents but they fixed this. Since last week I get notification both for content change and comments.

## Links

- [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1018658/sonat)

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