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What is LockStep?

LockStep provides an intuitive and rapid authoring platform that includes all the integrated editors found in WinSequence Enterprise. It facilitates direct image capture with compatible cameras, akin to the capabilities of WinSequence Enterprise. Unlike its enterprise counterpart, LockStep is designed specifically for smaller businesses that need a simple, single-user desktop solution for generating and exporting well-formatted PDF instructions. Both LockStep and the enterprise products utilize the same data model, which allows for an easy upgrade to the enterprise suite whenever required. This transition typically happens when there is a need for a multi-user solution that can function over a network, the desire for electronic work instructions that can be accessed through a web browser in a production setting, or when there is a requirement to connect with other IT systems. Importantly, WinSequence Enterprise retains the same user interface as LockStep, which means that users can quickly adapt to the enhanced features of WinSequence with minimal additional training. This seamless transition enhances efficiency and ensures that users who are already acquainted with LockStep can leverage the advanced capabilities of the enterprise offering without significant hurdles. Furthermore, this capability not only streamlines operations but also supports the growth of businesses as they scale up their documentation needs.

What is Author-it?

If your team is maintaining the same content across multiple documents, reformatting outputs by hand, or sending the same paragraphs back to translators every release cycle - you're paying the hidden cost of unstructured content management. Author-it solves this at the source. It's an enterprise CCMS (Component Content Management System) with over 25 years of proven deployment in industries where accuracy, compliance, and scale aren't negotiable: manufacturing, software and technology, utilities, medical devices, aerospace and defence, financial services, and government. The platform centres on a single Library - a relational content database where Topics (content components) are assembled into Books (deliverables) and published to any format from one source. Update one Topic, and every Book containing it reflects the change. No manual updates. No version drift. No missing the footnote that just changed your liability exposure. Key capabilities include structured authoring without DITA or XML expertise, component-level content reuse (customers regularly hit 60–90% reuse rates), built-in translation workflow with XLIFF export and intelligent change-tracking to reduce translator word counts, multi-stage Review & Approve with compliance audit trails, variant and conditional content for multi-product and multi-market publishing, and output to HTML5, PDF, Word, SCORM, XML, DITA, and AION. AION is Author-it's structured JSON publishing format - designed for direct ingestion by LLMs and RAG pipelines. It mirrors the full content hierarchy: books, sub-books, topics, metadata, resolved variables. This is what makes Author-it an AI Content Foundation, not just a content management tool. Your existing structured content becomes queryable, retrievable, and AI-ready without any additional transformation layer. Deployment is cloud SaaS. Implementation is services-led, with expert information architecture guidance included. Contact us @ author-it.com

Media

Media

Integrations Supported

Amazon Bedrock
Claude
Cornerstone Content Anytime
Elastic Cloud
Fluid Topics
Gemini
Honeycomb
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Word
Moodle
OpenAI
Trados Studio

Integrations Supported

Amazon Bedrock
Claude
Cornerstone Content Anytime
Elastic Cloud
Fluid Topics
Gemini
Honeycomb
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Word
Moodle
OpenAI
Trados Studio

API Availability

Has API

API Availability

Has API

Pricing Information

$799.00/one-time/user
Free Trial Offered?
Free Version

Pricing Information

Pricing not provided.
Free Trial Offered?
Free Version

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac
On-Prem
Chromebook
Linux

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac
On-Prem
Chromebook
Linux

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Company Facts

Organization Name

FFD

Date Founded

2004

Company Location

United States

Company Website

www.sequencesoftware.com

Company Facts

Organization Name

Author-it

Date Founded

2000

Company Location

New Zealand

Company Website

www.author-it.com

Categories and Features

Help Authoring Tools

Collaboration Tools
Content Library
Drag & Drop Editing
Image Library
Import HTML / Word
Multi-Format Output
Offline Editing
Preview Output
Screenshot Tool
Search
Templates
Text Editor / Word Processor
Translation Tools
Version Control

Categories and Features

Content Management

Audio Content
Customizable Templates
Document Indexing
E-forms
Full Text Search
Image Editor
SEO Management
Text Editor
Version Control
Video Content
Website Management

Help Authoring Tools

Collaboration Tools
Content Library
Drag & Drop Editing
Image Library
Import HTML / Word
Multi-Format Output
Offline Editing
Preview Output
Screenshot Tool
Search
Templates
Text Editor / Word Processor
Translation Tools
Version Control

Software Documentation

Access Roles / User Permissions
Automatic Documentation Generation
Collaboration Tools
Docs Web Hosting
Feedback Capture
Markdown Support
Multiple Formats Support
Multiple Versions Support
Version Control
WYSIWIG Editor
Webhooks
reStructured Text Support

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