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ONLYOFFICE DocSpaceEtherpad
Freemium

Free for users and guests; payment is charged for admins only.

 Free

Free and open source under the Apache licence. Hosting is separate.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Room types for different kinds of collaboration
  • Real-time co-editing with comments, chat and calls
  • Authorship colouring and a timeslider through the entire edit history
  • Very light to run, with a large plugin ecosystem
  • Aimed at business collaboration rather than personal use
  • Some room types are still marked as coming soon
  • Plain text with minimal formatting; it is not a word processor
  • Plugin quality varies and some conflict
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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