Upgrade Now to MadCap Flare. Your RoboHelp® and FrameMaker® Replacement
As the original creators of RoboHelp®, MadCap Software set out to fill the void following the disbanding of eHelp's development and support teams after that company's acquisition by Macromedia. MadCap Software was founded with a firm commitment to innovation, customer service, and creating next generation products used to create knowledge bases, online Help systems, policy and procedure manuals, software documentation and more. Over the years MadCap Software has focused on developing key product features while expanding its dedicated in-house support staff. Flare is now in its 9th release, and MadCap Software remains dedicated to its original vision.
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Learn how MadCap Flare compares to Adobe® RoboHelp® and FrameMaker® with these detailed guides. We have broken down features and capabilities and grouped them into categories including Authoring, Team Collaboration, Importing and Output capabilities.
Highest ROI and Lowest Cost of Ownership of Any Solution
MadCap Flare offers the highest ROI and lowest cost of ownership of any XML authoring and publishing solution available today. Learn how companies around the globe are utilizing our complete suite of tools to reduce project time, increase productivity and improve the quality and consistency of their documentation.
MadCap Flare is giving us state-of-the-art capabilities while offering the lowest cost of ownership of any authoring software we've seen on the market.”
Harold Gross | Caradigm, a Microsoft | GE Healthcare Company
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| Technical Writer/Editor
| Technical Writer
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Superior Capabilities
Architected from the ground up to be the ultimate single-source and multi-channel publishing application, MadCap Flare is built on the newest and strongest technologies available. Written entirely in C# and chosen by Microsoft® as a showcase application for their own Visual Studio product, Flare is revitalizing the technical communication industry. With online publishing capabilities that surpass RoboHelp® and print publishing comparable to FrameMaker®, MadCap Flare is a true single-sourcing tool designed to not only help save you time, money and resources, but improve the quality and accessibility of your documentation.
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Single-Sourcing
Single-sourcing is documentation best practices. RoboHelp® creates online Help. FrameMaker® creates PDF documents. Flare creates both, as well as an output for mobile devices, and much more.
Save time, reduce redundancies and improve your documentation control with MadCap Flare.
Annual Release Cycle
MadCap guarantees at least one major release every 12 months to ensure that customers and new technologies are supported almost as soon as they become available.
| Technical Writer, Tektronix
| Cymphonix
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Case Studies on Transitioning to Flare
Learn why more and more companies are making the switch to MadCap Flare to solve their online and print documentation needs.
ARCOM Replaces Adobe® RoboHelp® with MadCap Flare to Streamline Delivery of Print Documentation and Online Help for Construction Specifications Software
"We tried Flare out for a trial period, and within that trial period we were able to do everything that we wanted to do and then some. Using Flare was the difference between riding a skateboard versus driving a Ferrari."
- Gregory Owens, Senior QA Engineer
Mitchell, A Leading Provider of Property & Casualty Claims Technology Solutions Moves from Adobe® RoboHelp®, Adobe® FrameMaker® and Adobe® Indesign® and Cuts Process Time by 82% Using MadCap Flare with Microsoft® SharePoint® and Team Foundation Server®
"We did side-by-side testing with a number of competitors, and when we pulled in information using other products, we couldn’t use it right away. By contrast, Flare pulled in information so fast and so cleanly that there was very little to do to make it work. We could start using upgraded projects almost immediately. Flare simply smoked the field. We had more than 40 Help projects alone to upgrade from RoboHelp X5. Flare allowed us to do most of the conversion in a single business quarter while simultaneously managing our normal workload."
- Don Rasky, Senior Technical Writer
Leading Medical Software Provider Adopts MadCap Flare to Cut Production of Print Manuals and Online Help from Two Months to One Week, Easily Add QR Codes, and Ensure Government Healthcare Compliance
MadCap has provided our technical documentation team with flexible tools and the ability to accurately manage our operations while maintaining compliance with standards and regulations.
- Laszlo Gasztonyi, Chief Technology Officere
Squire Technologies Chooses MadCap Flare and Contributor over FrameMaker® to Produce Intuitive, Searchable Web-based Documentation
"We needed a platform that would allow our online documentation to be easily accessible," said Michael Johnston, marketing executive for Squire Technologies. "MadCap Flare and Contributor have made it very easy for us to create intuitive online documentation and achieve the exact style and design we had in mind
Cymphonix Replaces Adobe® FrameMaker® with MadCap Flare to Publish Intuitive Product Help and Documentation in Print, Online and on Mobile Devices
A leader in Internet Management solutions, Cymphonix replaced Adobe® FrameMaker® with MadCap Flare to provide organizations with intuitive online Help, mobile and print documentation.
Picis Replaces Adobe® RoboHelp® and FrameMaker® with MadCap Flare to Deliver Consistent, Best-in-Class Medical Software Documentation Worldwide
See how Flare replaced Adobe® RoboHelp® and FrameMaker® to streamline workflows across Picis business groups and create a consistent brand online and in print.
Technical Expressions Replaces RoboHelp® with MadCap Flare to Deliver Best-in-Class Online and Print Documentation
Technical Expressions is delivering highly consistent, best-in-class documentation while reducing project costs and time for clients. Flare has replaced RoboHelp® as the firm's technical communications software of choice.
Basys Modernizes, Streamlines Web-based Content Delivery Using MadCap Flare, Replacing Adobe® RoboHelp®
"When we began rewriting our software as Web-based applications, we wanted an authoring product that was optimized for the Web and could provide true single-sourcing. That product was Flare."
- Adrienne Pugh, Technical Writer
| Austin Technical Services
Flare Related Documents
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