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Common Questions

Dubble vs Slab: FAQ

Pricing & Plans

Q: Is Dubble or Slab cheaper for a team of 20 people?

A: Slab is significantly cheaper at scale. A 20-person team on Slab's Startup plan costs approximately $133/month (at $6.67/user/month billed annually). The same team on Dubble's Team plan would cost $240/month (at $12/user/month). If your team only needs an internal wiki, Slab wins on price. If you need process capture and SOP generation, Dubble's higher price reflects its different functionality.

Q: Does Dubble or Slab offer a free trial before committing to a paid plan?

A: Neither Dubble nor Slab offers a traditional free trial period. Both instead offer free tiers — Dubble's free plan includes 25 guides, and Slab's free plan supports up to 10 users with unlimited posts and real-time collaboration. You can evaluate both tools on the free tier before upgrading, but there's no time-limited trial of paid features.

Q: What does Slab's Business plan actually cost?

A: Slab does not publish pricing for its Business tier — it requires contacting sales for a custom quote. This plan unlocks SSO, advanced security, dedicated support, and custom integrations. If budget predictability matters to your organization, this lack of transparency is worth factoring into your evaluation, especially when comparing against tools with published enterprise pricing.

Q: Is there a better alternative to both Dubble and Slab?

A: Yes — Docsie addresses the core limitations of both tools in a single platform. Where Dubble is limited to browser workflow capture and Slab is a feature-light internal wiki with no AI, Docsie converts any video or document into structured knowledge bases, delivers them through multi-tenant branded portals, supports 100+ languages with auto-translation, and includes a built-in LMS, autonomous agents, and enterprise compliance features. Docsie's Premium plan starts at $199/month for 15 users — comparable total cost to Slab's Startup plan for a mid-size team, but with dramatically more capability.

Capabilities & Fit

Q: Can Dubble and Slab be used together?

A: Yes, and some teams do combine them — using Dubble to capture browser workflows as screenshot guides and then embedding or linking those guides inside a Slab wiki. However, this two-tool setup adds cost and friction. Dubble guides live in Dubble, not natively in Slab, so search and version control remain fragmented. If you find yourself needing both tools, it's worth evaluating whether a single platform like Docsie covers both needs more efficiently.

Q: Which tool is better for documenting processes for external clients or customers?

A: Neither Dubble nor Slab is designed for external documentation delivery. Dubble's sharing is basic and lacks branded portals or custom domains. Slab is explicitly internal-only with no mechanism for multi-tenant client delivery, custom branding per client, or access control beyond basic permissions. If you need to deliver documentation to external clients — especially multiple clients with different branding and content requirements — you'll need a different tool entirely, such as Docsie, which is purpose-built for multi-tenant knowledge delivery.

Deep Dive

How Dubble and Slab Compare in Detail

Value for Money

Slab wins on raw price — $6.67/user/month (annual) is among the cheapest in the documentation category, and the free plan for up to 10 users is genuinely useful. Dubble's Team plan at $12/user/month (minimum 5 users, so $60/month minimum) offers more functionality for process capture, but you're paying for a very narrow tool. Neither delivers transformative ROI at scale — Slab trades features for affordability, and Dubble trades breadth for simplicity. If your team's documentation needs are limited to one specific use case (internal wiki or browser SOPs), you get fair value. Expand beyond that scope and both tools hit their ceiling quickly.

Scalability Costs

Dubble's per-user model grows linearly — a 50-person team on the Pro plan costs $900/month. Slab's Startup plan at the same headcount is $333/month, making it significantly cheaper to scale for pure wiki use. However, both tools become cost-inefficient when you factor in what you don't get as you grow — no multi-tenant delivery, no AI automation, no LMS. Slab's Business plan switches to custom pricing, introducing unpredictability at the enterprise tier. Dubble has no enterprise path at all. Teams outgrowing these tools face migration costs and productivity loss on top of any subscription savings they enjoyed early on.

Hidden Costs & Limitations

The real cost of both tools isn't their subscription price — it's what you have to buy alongside them. Dubble users need a separate knowledge base platform to publish and organize their guides beyond basic sharing links. Slab users have no AI writing assistance, so human writing time stays high. Neither tool supports multi-language documentation, meaning international teams need a separate translation workflow. Neither offers video-to-documentation conversion, so teams with existing training content must manually rewrite everything. SSO is only available on Slab's opaque Business tier. Add up the adjacent tools required and the total cost of ownership climbs quickly beyond the headline price.

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