ReadMe vs. Leed
ReadMe's API-call metrics are genuinely useful for understanding how developers use your API. But it charges $20 per extra admin, sells Ask AI as a $150/mo add-on, and stops at the reader. Leed is free to start with unlimited users, tracks how people actually read your docs, and adds lead capture and nurturing ReadMe doesn't have.
You want interactive API testing and per-developer API-call analytics baked into your reference docs, and per-admin pricing works for your team.
You want reading analytics and a growth engine, free to start — how people read your docs plus lead capture and nurturing, with unlimited users and no per-admin or Ask-AI add-on.
Where the platforms diverge.
The growth engine ReadMe's metrics don't cover.
Reading analytics, not just API-call analytics
ReadMe's Metrics dashboard tracks endpoint usage and errors. Leed tracks scroll depth, element clicks, and reader identity on the docs themselves — a different signal ReadMe doesn't capture.
Free to start, no per-admin or add-on tax
ReadMe bills $20 per extra admin and sells Ask AI as a $150/mo add-on. Leed is free to start with unlimited users, and the AI and growth engine are included.
Docs that capture pipeline
ReadMe stops at the reader. Leed adds native lead capture, a closed per-reader funnel, and nurturing, so high-intent readers become tracked pipeline instead of anonymous traffic.
Start free. See what your docs are worth.
Bring your existing docs — unlimited users, your own domain, no card. Capture leads free; pay only when you're ready to email and nurture them.