Web-based Overleaf Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Overleaf as a web app if you are looking for a replacement. The best Online alternative is OpenAI Prism, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Overleaf and many of them are available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online alternatives to Overleaf are Authorea, Curvenote, CoCalc and Verbosus: Online LaTeX Editor.

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Overleaf alternatives are mainly LaTeX Editors, but if you're looking for AI Writing Tools or Research Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Self-Hosted, LaTeX Editor, Online, Android and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Overleaf.
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  1. OpenAI Prism icon
     9 likes

    A free, LaTeX-native workspace that integrates GPT-5.2 directly into scientific writing and collaboration.

    11 OpenAI Prism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Authorea icon
     23 likes

    Authorea is the online document editor for researchers that allows researchers to write, cite, host data, and publish research documents. Authorea is trusted worldwide by leading researchers writing and publishing content in every discipline, from astrophysics to zoology.

    54 Authorea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Curvenote icon
     6 likes

    Curvenote is a collaborative writing tool designed for open-science and reproducibility. Create & edit technical content in real-time, including equations, references, figures, and interactive plots from Jupyter, then export to any journal template.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. CoCalc icon
     7 likes

    Web-based cloud computing (SaaS) and course management platform for computational mathematics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    CoCalc vs Overleaf Comments
    harmonia2side
    Negative
    1

    Overleaf is an Online LaTex editor and CoCalc is a course management platform. They are completely different things

    • CoCalc is Free and Open SourceOverleaf is Freemium and Open Source
  5. Write and publish scientific documents in LaTeX directly in your browser or by using the mobile app VerbTeX available on Android, iOS and Windows. Manage your projects, upload existing or create new documents, images and styling files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Papeeria icon
     3 likes

    Write and compile LaTeX online. You need only browser and Internet access to typeset LaTeX documents and compile them to PDF.

    Papeeria mobile works with iPad, iPhone or Android, so you can work on your texts even when your are far from your desktop or laptop.

    We take care of u.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Online
     
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    Papeeria vs Overleaf Comments
    oscar256
    Positive
    0

    Online realtime collaboration tool, just like Overleaf.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Papeeria is Freemium and ProprietaryOverleaf is Freemium and Open Source
  7. LaTeX Base icon
     1 like

    An online LaTeX editor that just works. No installation, live preview, and sharing. Get stuff done with or without an Internet connection.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. VerbTeX is a free, collaborative LaTeX Editor. It allows you to create and manage LaTeX projects directly on your Android device and generate a PDF by using Verbosus (Online LaTeX and Octave Editor)

    39 VerbTeX LaTeX Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  9. SwiftLaTeX icon
     3 likes

    SwiftLaTeX is a Web-browser based editor to create PDF documents such as reports, term projects, slide decks, in the typesetting system LaTeX. In contrast to other web-based editors SwiftLaTeX is true WYSIWYG, What-you-see-is-what-you-get: You edit directly in a representation...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. \Bluelatex icon
     2 likes

    \BlueLaTeX provides a full-featured server that allows you to create, manage and collaboratively edit documents written in \LaTeX. A web client is also provided to use the features served by the server directly in your browser.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. TeXposit icon
     1 like

    Minimalistic online collaborative LaTeX editor with AI-assisted writing features and bibtex support, currently in beta testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Flowcite icon
     1 like

    All-In-One Solution For Academic Research/Writing/Editing/Publishing/Referencing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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