Fonto Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives

We appreciate a lot the user experience of the solution, with quick adoption from users, no training necessary. Also the user cannot break the XML structure, the software always maintains consistency. As an integrator, we appreciate the customization possibilities of the solution.

As an integrator, the only con is that the programming language is very specific to the solution.

Thank you for your feedback, Arnaud. Glad to hear that the users adopt Fonto so quickly, without any necessary training. And creating valid XML, without breaking the structure, is one of the main advantages of Fonto.

The Fonto Editor and Review products are very flexible in terms of ability to architect and support our various customer needs and integrations with various content management systems, primarily through configuration. The UI is clean, intuitive and requires little to no training for end users to begin creating XML-based content without knowing they are working with structured content. As an implementer of Fonto products, especially integrating with PTC Windchill, the support team is phenomenal and goes beyond any other support team I've worked with to resolve questions and provide examples when possible.

Most of the initial "cons" we felt were more related to our development team learning how to best implement the software and not necessarily try to emulate the features of more traditional XML authoring tools.

Thanks for your feedback Joe. Glad you are so excited about Fonto and it's flexibility. Regarding the onboarding process and documentation, we are working on improvements. Guides that will take developers through the onboarding process and also a better search and more code examples.

An intuitive web interface for editing XML content is not easy to implement, and Fonto does it well.

Could use some low-level XML editing when the GUI doesn't let you do specific things.

Glad to hear that you love Fonto's intuitive web interface Richard! And we take your feedback on providing functions for low-level XML editing into account. It's indeed something that the pros are asking for more often!

The attention to detail from the user experience perspective is outstanding. Fonto Editor has a streamlined UI that users love. Fonto Editor enables the creation of some of the most complex documentation at VMware by enabling subject matter experts to participate in the content creation process.

Fonto Editor is a platform that requires a degree of investment in terms of developer skills, but that pays off in the final product.

Thank you for your feedback on Fonto Yordan. We are working on an improvement of the onboarding process and investing in new documentation. I hope this will make it easier for new developers to start working with Fonto and understanding it's concepts.

First off, because Fonto is cloud-based, it's always accessible so far there is an internet connection which means you can access and work on your files even if you are not with your PC. The interface of Fonto looks extremely neat and that boosts focus when I make use of it for editing. Fonto actually simplifies working with XML files even if you are a complete newbie to markup languages. You can actually annotate sections of your XML document by just clicking on add comment and this makes collaboration more efficient between authors. Also, managing metadata in Fonto is quite easy and as straightforward as can be and you can also move content over from other editors while the formatting stays intact. There's almost nothing that you can do in most editors that you can't do in Fonto.

There's nothing that I have a problem with regarding Fonto.

Thank you for your review, Ralph. We are glad that you are enthusiastic about using Fonto and the collaboration functionality. The fact that you can work with XML files, even if you are a complete newbie to markup languages, is one of our main focus points. Structured content authoring should be made easy for subject-matter experts, that's our daily mission!