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Overleaf vs CoCalc: catalog facts
Overleaf	CoCalc
Freemium A free tier is available. Paid plans add collaborators and compile time. A community…	Freemium Hosted plans and licences are offered; see the pricing page for current terms.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
No local TeX installation, and collaborators can join instantly Large template library for journals, theses and CVs	Notebooks, terminals, files and documents in one shared project Live collaborative editing with version history and recovery
Free accounts limit collaborators and compile time Self-hosting the community edition lacks many hosted features	Main use is through a hosted service that needs an account Claude Code support is an experimental preview
Web application, Self-hosted	Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Account needed	Account 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 October 2, 2026

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