# You Need A Wiki

> Wiki layer on top of Google Docs and Google Drive

You Need A Wiki turns Google Drive folders and Google Docs into a wiki with a nested tree menu and search across document content. Pages are written in the Google Docs editor and every change is saved to Drive, so the content stays in the team's own Google account. Pricing is a flat monthly amount by team size, and a single user can use it for free.

- **Category:** Docs & Wikis
- **Made by:** You Need A Wiki
- **Website:** https://youneedawiki.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

You Need A Wiki has a free plan. Paid plans start at $19 per month for up to 10 users.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free for 1 user. The pricing table lists one feature set across all tiers, including unlimited wikis, document search and unlimited read-only users.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 user | $0 | A single user, with wikis set up from existing Google Docs and Drive folders. |
| Up to 10 users | $19 per month for the whole team, not per user | Up to 10 users, with unlimited wikis, unlimited read-only users, document search and a custom domain alias. |
| Up to 25 users | $49 per month for the whole team, not per user | The same feature set for a team of up to 25 users. |
| Up to 75 users | $99 per month for the whole team, not per user | The same feature set for a team of up to 75 users. |
| More than 75 users | Custom | Priced by email. Private instances and enterprise pricing are also offered on request. |

Read from https://youneedawiki.com/ on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with You Need A Wiki before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **50% off for registered non-profits** (Nonprofit): The site's FAQ offers registered non-profit organizations a 50% discount after they email a copy of their 501(c)(3) or their country's equivalent. Source: https://youneedawiki.com/

## Key features

- **Wiki from existing Drive folders:** Existing Google Drive folders and files are imported into a wiki with a nested tree menu. Changes made in Docs or Drive show up in the wiki, and everything is saved to Drive.
- **Google Docs as the editor:** Pages are edited in Google Docs, so live collaboration, suggestions and formatting come from Docs. The wiki shows who last edited a page.
- **Search across document content:** Search covers the text inside documents. To speed it up, document content is cached for up to a month, which can be turned off in settings.
- **Team, contact and public sharing:** A wiki can be shared with a team or individual contacts or made publicly accessible. Read-only users are unlimited, and a read-only mode guards against accidental edits.
- **Custom domain and embedding:** The plans list a custom domain alias, a custom sidebar color and the option to embed a wiki in another page as an iframe.

## Good for

- Teams that already keep their documentation in Google Docs
- Small companies that want a wiki without migrating content to a new tool
- Publishing a public knowledge base straight from a Drive folder

## Worth knowing

- It depends on Google Drive and Google Docs: all content lives there and editing happens in the Docs editor.
- The wiki folder has to be shared with a You Need A Wiki service account so its server can act on the files.
- Only 1 user is free; the next tier is $19 a month for up to 10 users, and teams above 75 users must email for a price.
- The site shows monthly prices only, with no annual billing option or free trial of the paid tiers listed.

## Works with

Google Drive, Google Docs

**Tags:** Wiki, Documents, Real-time collaboration

## Alternatives

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://youneedawiki.com/
- https://youneedawiki.com/about.html
- https://youneedawiki.com/permissions.html

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