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Ferndesk

Ferndesk · Dover, Delaware, United States

Plans and prices

Pro

$149a month, billed yearly

1,000 AI conversations/month · 5 seats · 5 languages · 7-day free trial

Enterprise

$399a month

2,500 conversations/month · SSO (SAML) and SCIM · custom integrations · priority support

Early-stage Pro

$75a month, billed yearly

For pre-seed or under $1M ARR and fewer than 10 people · full Pro plan

Every plan, in full

On the record

AI tool access
Ferndesk supports MCP connections for teams to work with their workspace and for help center readers to search published documentation through compatible AI tools.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
API and webhooks
The public API can manage articles, drafts, publishing, revisions, translations, analytics, feedback, and conversations; webhooks send signed activity notifications.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Article review
Fern checks help articles against the product, fixes changed content, drafts missing content, and can automatically review changes from pull requests.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Publishing audience
bothferndesk.com · read 20 Sep 2026
Compliance
Ferndesk states that it is not currently SOC 2 certified.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Content analytics
Yesferndesk.com · read 20 Sep 2026
Custom domain
Yesferndesk.com · read 20 Sep 2026
Help center features
The help center includes collections and articles, keyword and AI search, custom domains or subfolder hosting, SEO controls, redirects, and an embedded widget.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Integrations
The integrations page lists support tools including Intercom, Zendesk, Help Scout, and Slack, plus GitHub, Linear, Discord, Gmail, and other services.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Intended users
Ferndesk describes its help center as software for SaaS teams whose products change faster than their documentation.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Limit
Only subdomains can be used for custom domains; apex domains are not supported.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Product
Ferndesk is a customer-facing help center with an AI agent that checks articles against a product, drafts updates, and keeps documentation current.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Publishing control
Fern does not publish articles automatically; users review and approve drafts before they go live.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Security
Ferndesk says data is encrypted in transit, integration credentials are encrypted before storage, and customer content is not used to train Ferndesk or third-party foundation models.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
Source code access
GitHub access is read-only, and Ferndesk says it does not store customer source code in its product databases or maintain a persistent search or embedding index of it.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026
SSO support
Yesferndesk.com · read 20 Sep 2026
Paid from
149ferndesk.com · read 20 Sep 2026
Support
The Enterprise plan includes priority support and white-glove onboarding; its page also lists security questionnaire support.ferndesk.com · read 11 Oct 2026

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