Stipl vs Zeroheight

Zeroheight documents design systems: components, tokens and code. Stipl holds the brand itself (logos, colours, type, media and strategy) and turns it into a live guide and on-brand work.

Choose Zeroheight if

You’re documenting a component library, with tokens, Storybook and Git
Your main readers are engineers and coding agents

Choose Stipl if

You’re documenting a brand, not a component library
You want everyone on the team in, without paying per editor
You look after more than two brands

Side by side

	Stipl	Zeroheight
Priced by	Brand: one plan per brand	Editor
Prices on the website	Yes, from €49 a month per brand	Yes: Starter is $49 per editor a month
Free plan	No, but every plan is free for 30 days	Yes: 1 editor, 1 styleguide
Team members	2, 5 or 10 on each brand, by plan; invited clients don’t count	Paid per editor; up to 5 on Starter
Brands on one account	As many as you like, each on its own plan	Styleguides: 1 free, 2 on Starter, 5 or more on Enterprise
Live brand guide	Yes, built from the brandpad; your own domain coming soon, from Brand	Yes; your own domain from Starter
AI tools over MCP	Yes, on every plan: Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor	Yes, aimed at coding tools

Zeroheight details are from their own pages, checked on 27 September 2026: Zeroheight pricing, Zeroheight MCP. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide. Tell us if something here is out of date.

See your brand in Stipl.

Every plan is free for the first 30 days, so you can try it with your real brand.

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