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Supernova vs Zeroheightdesign system platformcomparison
Supernova is a design system platform that connects tokens, components, documentation and code patterns into structured context that both product teams and AI agents can use. zeroheight is a design system documentation platform focused on authoring, publishing and governing documentation. Both document a design system. They differ in what happens after it’s documented.
>90%
of day-to-day design-system work automated by Supernova agents
vs. drowning in documentation busywork that never ends
>10x
faster design system adoption across your teams via in-tool integrations
vs. begging people to read your docs
>70%
fewer tokens spent on every prompt your team or agent runs
vs. pasting entire sites into prompts and hoping
“All the support we've received since our arrival shows just how much better it is to be here .”
Renato Michalischen
Design System Manager, Userlane
What is the difference
between Supernova and zeroheight?
Supernova is an agentic design system platform that also runs token and code automation pipelines and serves the system to AI agents through an unmetered MCP endpoint.
zeroheight is a design system documentation tool. It’s documentation-first: its core product is writing, publishing and governing docs.
If the requirement stops at documentation, the two overlap heavily. If it extends into code delivery or agent access, the scope diverges.
Zeroheight customers have spoken
Sourced from G2 reviews, Capterra, Reddit, and user reports.
01
Constant cleanup
Teams report spending more time fixing broken syncs, phantom content, and outdated pages than actually documenting. Design changes rarely stay accurate without ongoing manual work.
02
No real system management
There is little support for ownership, status, lifecycle, or governance of the design system as a whole. Users describe it as a documentation site rather than a platform that helps run and scale the system.
03
Limited platform depth
AI features remain basic, analytics and adoption tracking fall short, and core operational capabilities are either missing or underpowered.
04
Design and code stay disconnected
The gap between design sources, documentation, and production still requires constant human effort to keep everything aligned.
The gap
Supernova laps Zeroheight
Linked design system graph
Docs plus tokens, components, rules, and skills — the system you actually wanted.
Agents that take action
Automate day-to-day work with Claude, Cursor, or Supernova’s own agents.
Real-time multiplayer
Notion-like editing in real time. Write together, ship together.
Built-in feedback loop
See how people and agents use the system, then close the gaps.
Precise data distribution
Scope exactly what each team and agent needs — nothing more.
Made to meet the true reality
Teams and agents need the system as ground truth, not another site to scroll.
Agent-native
A glimpse of what your team can do with Supernova
Four kinds of work, one system behind them. Slide through the deck, or pick a kind.
What's the correct spacing token for card padding?
ask the agentReview accessibility of my login screen
ask the agentCreate a dark-theme version of this component
ask the agentWhich components use the primary color token?
ask the agentUpdate the border-radius across all form elements
ask the agentShow me the usage guidelines for the modal
ask the agentDoes this component meet WCAG 2.2 AA?
ask the agentGenerate React code for the data table using our system
ask the agentWhat patterns do we have for empty states?
ask the agentFlag any components that still use hard-coded colors
ask the agentSuggest a better token structure for our spacing scale
ask the agentPull the latest API props for the Select component
ask the agentCreate documentation for the new badge component
ask the agentWhich teams are still using the deprecated button?
ask the agentConvert this Figma frame into system-compliant components
ask the agentAudit this screen for token and component consistency
ask the agentPropose a new status indicator based on our existing patterns
ask the agentMigration
Switching is easier than staying
“We were prepared for a steep learning curve, but it turned out to be a smooth glide.”
- 1
Open Zeroheight to your agent
Connect the Zeroheight MCP server so Claude, Cursor, or any agent can read your existing documentation.
- 2
Give it the keys to Supernova
Hook Supernova’s edit capabilities into the same agent — it can write designs, code, Figma links, and docs straight into the system.
- 3
Say the word. Watch it move.
Ask your agent to port the documentation over. It rebuilds the structure in Supernova in minutes — no export scripts, no rewrite sprint.
- 4
Land upgraded, not just moved
While it’s there, the agent layers on the graph, contexts, and skills. You switch off Zeroheight already ahead of where you started.
Feature comparison
44 capabilities across documentation, design system data, context distribution, AI and MCP, the developer platform, and admin and security. Two of them go to zeroheight, and they are stated as plainly as the rest.
Documentation
Pages, groups, nested docs
Structure docs with groups and nesting
Yes
Yes
Real-time collaborative editing
Edit docs live with your team
Yes
Multiplayer for up to 50 people
No
Same-page concurrent editing unsupported
File uploads
Attach files directly in docs
Yes
80 MB on Pro, 200 MB on Enterprise
Yes
Public and private sites
Publish private or public doc sites
Yes
Yes
Private pages
Hide selected pages from public sites
Yes
Yes
Password protected sites
Lock a docs site behind a shared password
No
Account permissions control access instead
Yes
Selective publishing
Publish only the pages that are ready
Yes
Yes, but..
Releases are styleguide-level, not per page
Approval workflows
Review and approve before publishing
Yes
Enterprise
No
Dedicated approval role
Propose changes without publishing rights
Yes
Contributor role, Pro and above
No
Page redirects
Keep old links working after moves
Yes
Site-wide and per-page
No
Custom domain
Host docs on your own domain
Yes
Pro and above
Yes
Starter and above
Site theming
Brand the docs site visually
Yes
Styled using your own tokens
Yes
Custom CSS and JavaScript
Control visual and functional behaviour
Yes
No
Page history
View and restore past versions
Yes
Unlimited
Yes, but..
1 year Enterprise, 30 days Starter
Design system data
Design systems
Manage multiple systems in one place
Yes
2 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
Yes, but..
Styleguides are sets of documentation pages
Figma data sources
Import components and assets from Figma
Yes
10 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
Yes
Storybook data sources
Import stories into interactive playgrounds
Yes
Yes
Automatic source updates
Update automatically when sources change
Yes
Propagates hourly in the background
No
Upstream updates requested manually
Token management
Create and manage tokens in the product
Yes
23 token types, bulk actions, theming
Yes, but..
Read-only; Figma tokens not editable
Component management
Manage design and code components together
Yes
Design, code and custom, with health
Yes, but..
Surfaced as documentation blocks
Asset management
Manage assets from Figma and uploads
Yes
Figma-sourced manager plus custom uploads
Yes, but..
Uploads only
Figma variables and collections
Import variables, modes and collections
Yes
Including extended collections
Yes
Datasets
Split data by platform or brand
Yes
4 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
No
Adoption tracking
Measure real usage in shipped product
Yes, but..
Enterprise. Docs and components
Yes, and..
Enterprise. Docs, components and tokens
Context distribution
Data contexts
Package tokens, components, docs and skills per team
Yes
10 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
No
Dynamic filters
Build a context from rules rather than manual selection
Yes
Pro and above
No
Composite contexts
Layer contexts so data inherits
Yes
Enterprise
No
AI and MCP
MCP call limits
Let agents query the system as often as the work requires
Yes
Unlimited on every plan
Yes, but..
500 calls/month on Free and Starter
MCP search tier
Get fast retrieval for agents
Yes
One tier of service
Yes, but..
Fast Search on Enterprise only
Remote MCP server
Give agents access to the system
Yes
Tokens, components, themes, skills, 40+ tools
Yes, but..
Styleguide content only; no embedded data
MCP write capability
Let agents update the system, not just read it
Yes
Docs, components and tokens
No
Background agents
Hand a long-running task to an agent and walk away
Yes
Audits, proposed changes, authoring
No
Skills, knowledge and feedback
Agent skills
Give agents packaged instructions and capabilities
Yes
10 on Free, unlimited on Pro
No
Knowledge files
Make non-design-system resources available to agents
Yes
No
Context feedback
Capture what agents couldn't find, and act on it
Yes
Sent from the agent's own tool
No
Developer platform
Code automation pipelines
Turn design system data into code
Yes
Tokens, components, assets, skill packages
Yes, but..
Tokens only
Custom exporters
Control the shape of exported output
Yes
TypeScript exporters via the SDK
No, and..
Pre-defined token formats only
Run in your own CI/CD
Invoke exports from your existing pipelines
Yes
SDK and CLI
No
SDK access
Read and write data programmatically
Yes
Read and write, all plans
Yes, but..
API on Enterprise
Admin and security
Single sign-on
Sign in with Google, Okta or SAML
Yes
SAML 2.0 on Enterprise
Yes
Enterprise
SCIM provisioning
Provision users automatically from your IdP
Yes
No
IP allowlisting
Restrict access by IP
Yes
Ranges and combinations
Yes, but..
Trusted IP range on Enterprise
Infosec review
Get through procurement
Yes
Yes
Dedicated account manager
Have a named contact
Yes
Enterprise
Yes
Enterprise
Compiled from both public pricing pages, checked 3 August 2026, alongside published product documentation from each vendor.
How much does Supernova cost
compared to zeroheight?
Free tier seats
5
1 editor
Free tier MCP
Unlimited calls
500 calls/month
Paid entry, monthly
$45 / seat
$59 / editor
Paid entry, yearly
$35 / seat
$49 / editor
Seats on paid entry tier
Up to 15
Up to 5
Documentation viewers
Unlimited on
Pro and Enterprise
Private viewers on Enterprise
When zeroheight is
a good choice
If the requirement genuinely stops at documentation, zeroheight is a reasonable choice and the extra scope in Supernova goes unused. It suits a team publishing a styleguide for a largely non-technical audience, with no appetite for token or code automation and nothing downstream depending on agents.
Is Supernova a
design system platform?
Yes. Supernova manages the design system itself — tokens, components and assets — not only the documentation describing it. It runs code automation pipelines that turn that data into shipped code, distributes scoped context to teams and agents, and exposes the whole system over an unmetered MCP server with read and write access.
Token management
23 token types with themes, modes, custom properties and bulk editing. Imported from Figma variables and collections, and editable in the product.
Component and asset management
Design, code and custom components with status and health properties, plus a Figma-sourced asset manager. Sources re-sync hourly in the background.
Code automation pipelines
Tokens, components, assets and skill packages exported to code through TypeScript exporters, run in Supernova or from your own CI/CD via the SDK and CLI.
Context distribution
Package exactly the tokens, components, docs and skills one team or agent needs into a context, built from rules and layered so data inherits.
Unmetered MCP access
A remote MCP server with 40+ tools covering tokens, resolved themes, components, assets, skills and semantic search — read and write, unlimited on every plan.
Documentation
Real-time multiplayer editing for up to 50 people, per-page selective publishing, approval workflows, redirects and unlimited page history.
FAQ
Questions & answers
“It's easy to use, intuitive, and offers many opportunities to scale across teams — a true single source of truth .”
Matthias Fritsch
Design Lead, Celonis
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Comparison based on publicly available pricing and product documentation, checked 3 August 2026. Supernova is not affiliated with zeroheight. Product details and pricing change — check each vendor’s current pricing before deciding.