Tool Review: Paligo

Welcome to episode 146 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode!

Today’s episode reviews an article by show producer Robbins that is a tool review of Paligo.

Hosts Daphne and Fred unpack this informative and enlightening article about this cloud-first content management system for technical documentation.

The review begins by positioning Paligo as a powerful solution for moving beyond traditional tools like Word, emphasizing its commitment to topic-based structured authoring and content reuse via XML.

The article then enumerates several pros, including true single-sourcing, robust version control, and multi-channel publishing capabilities.

It then contrasts these advantages with significant cons, including a prohibitively high price point and the difficulty in customizing published outputs.

Ultimately, Robbins concludes that Paligo is a highly specialized and expensive system best suited for large enterprise organizations with complex documentation needs, making it impractical for small companies or individual freelancers.

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