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Etherpad vs Collabora Online: catalog facts
Etherpad	Collabora Online
Free Free and open source under the Apache licence. Hosting is separate.	Freemium A free development edition exists. Supported production use requires a paid subscription.
Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Authorship colouring and a timeslider through the entire edit history Very light to run, with a large plugin ecosystem	Edits ODF and Office formats natively, with no conversion step Integrates directly into Nextcloud and similar platforms
Plain text with minimal formatting; it is not a word processor Plugin quality varies and some conflict	Server-side rendering is resource hungry for many concurrent users The free development edition has a user limit; production use is a paid subscription
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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