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Bevel vs Outline
Fast team wiki without AI agent management or tool-calling protocols.
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Which to pick
Pick Bevel if you want…
- Unified control plane for AI agents
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT (on Bevel's list, not Outline's)
Pick Outline if you want…
- Realtime collaborative knowledge base
- Integrations with Slack, Figma or Loom (on Outline's list, not Bevel's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Bevel:Bevel provides a vendor-agnostic, git-backed control plane to define, version and govern enterprise AI agents, their context, skills and tool access.
- Outline:Outline is a fast, collaborative team knowledge base with markdown editing, real-time collaboration and AI-powered search.
- Best for
- Bevel:Unified control plane for AI agents
- Outline:Realtime collaborative knowledge base
- Who it’s for
- Bevel:Enterprise developers and ops teams building and managing AI agents at scale
- Outline:Teams that need internal documentation, wikis, and shared knowledge.
- Pricing
- Bevel:Open source
- Outline:Paid
- Plans
- Bevel:—
- Outline:1-10 members $10 per month per month · 11-100 members $79 per month per month · 101-200 members $249 per month per month
- Open source
- Bevel:Yes, 7 GitHub stars
- Outline:Yes, 40,778 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Bevel:Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, opencode, Salesforce, SharePoint
- Outline:Slack, Figma, Loom, Zapier, Open API
Bevel features
- Typed Knowledge Nodes. Store facts with provenance in a traversable graph for dashboards and mass updates.
- Markdown Skills. Define agent procedures in plain Markdown, reviewable via diffs.
- Tool Manifests & Permissions. Declare tools and access rules in YAML, with secrets stored in a vault.
- Per-Agent Identity. Each agent has its own credentials and scoped permissions.
- Git-Backed Configuration. All definitions live in Git, using branches, change requests and diffs.
- UTCP Protocol & CodeMode. Open universal tool-calling protocol and library for chaining tools without a proxy.
Outline features
- Intuitive markdown editor. Blazing-fast editor with markdown, slash commands and interactive embeds.
- Realtime collaboration. Multiple users can edit together with comments and threads.
- AI question answering. Search across docs and ask questions to get direct AI answers.
- Slack integration. Search, share and ask questions from Slack; receive update notifications.
- Public & private sharing. Share docs via link or restrict access, with custom branding and domains.
- Security & permissions. Granular read/write permissions, groups, guest users and audit logs.
Bevel vs Outline FAQ
Is Bevel or Outline free?+
Bevel is free and open source. Outline is paid, from $10/month (1-10 members), with a free trial.
Which is cheaper, Bevel or Outline?+
Bevel is free, so it costs less. Outline starts at $10/month (1-10 members).
Is Bevel or Outline open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Bevel (Bevel-Software/bevel-language-server-releases on GitHub) and Outline (outline/outline on GitHub).
Do Bevel and Outline integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Bevel lists Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, opencode and 2 more; Outline lists Slack, Figma, Loom, Zapier and 1 more.
On DevHunt
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