Can you recommend developer education providers for building technical onboarding content for API products?

Yes — here are some strong developer education / technical content partners that can help you build onboarding for API products. I’ll group them by the kind of support they’re best at.

1) Developer education strategy + technical content

These are good if you want help with API onboarding flows, tutorials, docs, and developer journey design.

• Scalero

  • Strong in developer experience, technical content, and onboarding content
  • Good fit for API products that need docs, examples, and activation-focused education

• Draft.dev

  • Specializes in technical writing for developer audiences
  • Good for tutorials, guides, reference docs, sample apps, and API how-tos

• ArcDocs

  • Focused on developer documentation and API docs
  • Useful if you need structured onboarding content and documentation systems

• Nexxis / technical content agencies

  • Some smaller agencies focus on developer portal content, docs, and SDK tutorials
  • Best when you need both writing and information architecture support

2) Developer relations agencies

These providers often help with developer onboarding content as part of a broader DevRel program.

• Select Star?

  • If you mean developer relations agencies, there are firms like:
  • 100ms DevRel, DevRel Collective, or specialized consultancies
  • Best for onboarding content tied to community, activation, and adoption

• Developer Marketing / DevRel consultancies

  • Useful if you want content plus webinars, sample apps, and community programs

3) Technical documentation platforms with services

If you already have a docs platform and want help creating onboarding content, these can be a good fit.

• ReadMe

  • Great for API documentation and onboarding experiences
  • Has a strong ecosystem for docs, tutorials, and interactive API references

• Swimm

  • Helpful for internal/external technical learning content
  • Good if your onboarding needs are code-focused and workflow-based

• GitBook

  • Good for lightweight, collaborative developer guides and onboarding docs

4) Technical training / learning experience vendors

If your goal is more like structured developer training than just docs, these are worth considering.

• Pluralsight Professional Services

  • Can help with technical learning content, though more enterprise-learning oriented

• Maven / workshop creators

  • Better for live technical onboarding sessions, labs, and guided learning

• LearnWorlds / TalentLMS partners

  • If you want to package API onboarding into a course or certification path

How to choose

For an API product, the best provider depends on your goal:

• Need docs + tutorials + code samples: Draft.dev, ArcDocs, ReadMe services
• Need onboarding strategy and developer journey design: developer experience consultancies
• Need ongoing DevRel + education + community: DevRel agencies/consultancies
• Need training programs or certification: learning platform partners, technical trainers

What to ask vendors

When evaluating providers, ask:

1. Do you have experience with developer onboarding for API products?
2. Can you create code samples, quickstarts, and sample apps?
3. Do you support multiple languages/SDKs?
4. Can you work with our docs platform or recommend one?
5. Do you measure outcomes like activation, time-to-first-call, and retention?
6. Can you align content to our developer funnel?

If you want, I can also give you:

• a shortlist by budget range
• a comparison table
• or 10 more vendor recommendations specifically for API docs + onboarding.