Theneo
Theneo is a developer portal platform for publishing API references, guides, changelogs, and private customer portals.
What Theneo is
Theneo is a developer portal platform for publishing API references, guides, changelogs, and private customer portals. It generates interactive API documentation from OpenAPI files, Postman collections, or Git connections, with code samples, live testing, and CI/CD sync. Supported formats include REST, AsyncAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC. AI tools include generated documentation, Ask AI answers, release summaries, MCP, and llms.txt support. Teams can co-edit in real time, comment, review changes, track versions, and roll back. Integrations listed include GitHub and Bitbucket sync, a VS Code extension, Postman sync, Theneo CLI and SDK, and API access. Authenticated customer portals can control API visibility by customer and offer SSO options and custom branding. Theneo lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 certifications, GDPR compliance, AES-256 encryption for stored data, TLS 1.2 or later in transit, and seven-day point-in-time backups. Enterprise includes self-hosting on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or on-premises Kubernetes.
Good
- Generates interactive documentation from several source types
- Supports REST, AsyncAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC
- Includes version history and rollback
- Offers authenticated customer portals with per-customer API visibility
Watch out
- Starter limits teams to 20 members
- Starter limits API documentation to 2,000 endpoints
- Self-hosting is included in Enterprise
Who it suits
Theneo suits teams that publish API documentation and need collaboration tools or customer-specific portals. Its free Starter plan may suit smaller projects, while self-hosting is listed for Enterprise.
Verdict
Theneo brings API documentation, collaboration, and private customer portals into one platform, with a free Starter option and paid plans. Check plan limits and the Enterprise requirement for self-hosting against your needs.
Plans and prices
From Theneo's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Package | Free | 1 public project · 2 private projects · 20 team members · 100 GPT-powered search results · 2,000 AI doc-assistance uses |
| Business (annual) | $120 a month | Up to 7 projects · up to 50 team members · one developer portal · $120/month/workspace |
| Business | $120 a month | 7 projects · 50 team members · unlimited searchAI and TheneoAI · custom branding · custom domain · 1 developer portal · per workspace |
| Business (monthly) | $150 a month | Up to 7 projects · up to 50 team members · one developer hub page · $150/month |
| Growth | $400 a month | Custom CSS · custom AI prompts · custom analytics/tag management · up to 20 developer portals · IP allowlisting · Slack and Teams support · per workspace |
| Growth (annual) | $400 a month | Up to 20 developer portals · advanced security and IP allowlisting · Slack & Teams 1:1 support · $400/month/workspace |
| Growth (monthly) | $450 a month | Up to 20 developer hubs · advanced security and IP whitelisting · Slack & Teams 1:1 support · $450/month |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Self-hosting · SAML SSO/OAuth 2.0 · custom roles · automation workflows · custom integrations · internal and public portals |
The facts
Each one read from Theneo's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI data policy
- Private projects, restricted documentation, account data and payment information are excluded from general-purpose model training, while public Theneo documentation may be used to improve Theneo models.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI documentation
- Its AI Copilot drafts endpoint, parameter and response descriptions during import, with full, enhance or disabled generation modes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI search
- Theneo provides an AI question-answering search experience for documentation readers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI tools
- The platform offers AI-generated documentation, Ask AI answers, automated release summaries, MCP, and llms.txt support.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- It generates interactive API documentation from OpenAPI files, Postman collections, or Git connections, with code samples, live testing, and CI/CD sync.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API explorer
- Published documentation can include a live API Explorer that lets readers call endpoints from the docs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API formats
- The platform accepts REST/OpenAPI, Swagger, SOAP, GraphQL, gRPC and AsyncAPI specifications, plus Postman and Insomnia collections.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Changelogs
- The product can generate changelogs automatically and flag breaking changes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI and SDK
- Theneo publishes an npm CLI package and an SDK package for automating projects and API requests.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI requirements
- The CLI documentation requires Node.js 18 or newer and installs with npm install -g @theneo/cli@latest.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- The web editor supports live collaboration, comments, threaded resolution and rollback through version history.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Branding controls include themes, custom domains, CSS, JavaScript, layouts and white-label options.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- The security page says stored data is encrypted with AES-256, data in transit uses TLS 1.2 or later, and point-in-time backups are retained for seven days.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The public docs include quickstarts, import modes, CLI commands, docs-as-code workflows, Git synchronization and API Explorer guidance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Enterprise availability
- Enterprise plans advertise a 99.9% uptime SLA with monitoring, failover and incident-response commitments.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding announcement
- Theneo’s founder wrote that the company raised $900,000 in its 2021 pre-seed fundraising account after building an early-2021 prototype and releasing a public beta in August.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent pricing criticism
- Documentation.ai says custom CSS and additional portals push buyers to the $400 tier, while review workflow requires Enterprise.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review score
- Documentation.ai gave Theneo an overall score of 3.8 out of 5 and described it as a very fast route from an API specification to a polished portal.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent technical limitation
- GTM Tools says public documentation does not clearly specify API rate limits and detailed technical limits.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founder and size
- LinkedIn identifies Ana Robakidze as founder and CEO and lists Theneo as a privately held software company with 11–50 employees headquartered in San Francisco.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- Dealroom lists Theneo’s launch year as 2021 and identifies Ana Robakidze and Maria Doliashvili as its founders.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company funding
- Dealroom records a $37,000 GITA grant, $125,000 Y Combinator seed funding, a $1.5 million seed round and later early-VC participation from Y Combinator, Merus Capital, Atlassian Ventures, Diaspora Ventures and Negma Group.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Theneo says its founder developed a prototype in early 2021 and released a public beta in August 2021.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
