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Collabora Online vs CryptPad: catalog facts
Collabora OnlineCryptPad
Freemium

A free development edition exists. Supported production use requires a paid subscription.

Freemium

Free and open source under the AGPL. Public instances offer paid storage plans.

Linux, Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Edits ODF and Office formats natively, with no conversion step
  • Integrates directly into Nextcloud and similar platforms
  • Real-time collaboration where the server cannot read the documents
  • A full suite: documents, sheets, slides, kanban, forms and diagrams
  • Server-side rendering is resource hungry for many concurrent users
  • The free development edition has a user limit; production use is a paid subscription
  • Encryption limits server-side features such as full-text search
  • Public instances cap storage; heavy use means self-hosting or a subscription
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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