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La Suite Docs vs CryptPad: catalog facts
La Suite DocsCryptPad
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Freemium

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

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Real-time collaboration with comments and access control
  • Import and export of .docx, .odt, .md and .pdf
  • Real-time collaboration where the server cannot read the documents
  • A full suite: documents, sheets, slides, kanban, forms and diagrams
  • Self-hosting involves a full Django and React stack
  • Aimed at organizations more than single users
  • Encryption limits server-side features such as full-text search
  • Public instances cap storage; heavy use means self-hosting or a subscription
Web application, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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