Online LaTeX editors compared.
Eight editors on what a paid plan gives you: the price for one person, the compile limit and the price for a team, with the free plan beside them. Figures come from each editor's own site.
The short answer: no editor wins every row. Texeno's Scholar is $75 a year with 8-minute compiles, longer than the paid limit that Overleaf, LetX, Papeeria and Sarmate's Perso publish. Sarmate's Pro has no compile time limit, and Murfy's page gives its Pro limit as both 5 minutes and unlimited. Overleaf, LetX, Murfy and Bibby include AI, and Texeno does not.
The eight at a glance
| Editor | Cheapest paid, one person | Paid compile limit | Teams | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texeno | $9 a month or $75 a year | 8 minutes | Lab: from $49 a month, sold in sizes of 10, 25, 50, and 100 members | 30 seconds, no quota, unlimited collaborators |
| Overleaf | Student: $13 a month or $98 a year | 240 seconds | Group licences, or Organizations by quote | 10 seconds, 1 collaborator per project |
| LetX | Academic Pro: $9 a month or $90 a year, verified students and staff |
Which one for what
A thesis with heavy figures
Look at the paid compile limit. Texeno allows 8 minutes. LetX allows 5, Overleaf 240 seconds, and Papeeria 120 seconds by default. Sarmate's Perso allows 5 minutes per 2-hour window and its Pro has no limit. Murfy's table says 5 minutes and its Pro feature list says unlimited, so check it before you rely on either.
A lab or department
Texeno's Lab is from $490 a year, sold in sizes of 10, 25, 50, and 100 members: 25 people cost $940 a year. LetX, Sarmate and Bibby bill every person per seat, and Overleaf prices group licences by size. People you invite to a single project are not members and are free on every plan.
The lowest price
Papeeria's Delta starts at $5 a month and Sarmate's Perso at €3.99. Both set tighter limits on projects, collaborators or compile windows than a $9 plan does.
A paper with many co-authors
Texeno, LetX, Murfy and Papeeria let free users collaborate without a cap. Overleaf allows one collaborator per project on Free, and Bibby does not include collaboration on Free.
How the free plans differ
A time limit stops one compile that runs too long. It affects large documents and rarely anything else. A compile quota counts runs per hour or day, and it affects auto-compile, which can use dozens of runs in an hour of writing. A project or collaborator cap affects who can work with you and how much of your work can stay private.
Overleaf, Murfy and Texeno use a time limit, and Texeno adds no quota. LetX and Sarmate use both a time limit and a quota. Papeeria caps private projects, and Bibby caps projects and compiles.
Every price and limit in the table comes from the editor's own site; a few feature rows on the Overleaf, LetX and Murfy pages were checked a day before the rest. Several of these companies change plans often and some of their pages disagree with each other, so check the plan you want before you decide. Murfy shows its prices in Korean won, and Sarmate's in euros, and we show them as they do.
Questions
Which online LaTeX editor is best value on a paid plan?
It depends on the limit you hit. Papeeria and Sarmate are the cheapest to start. Texeno's Scholar costs $75 a year, less than Overleaf's Student plan, and allows the longest fixed paid compile of those that state one clearly, though Sarmate's Pro has no limit and Murfy's page says both 5 minutes and unlimited. LetX, Murfy and Bibby include AI.
Can I move between these editors?
A LaTeX project is a folder, so any of them can take it as a .zip. Texeno, LetX, Murfy and Bibby say so for Overleaf exports. In Texeno choose New project, then Upload project.
Why is Texeno on this list?
Try your own paper in Texeno.
Start free, upload a project as a .zip and press Recompile. Upgrade when you need longer compiles.
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