CryptPad vs ONLYOFFICE
We give CryptPad a 3.4 GPA and ONLYOFFICE a 3.6, out of 4.0. CryptPad grades higher on value for money. ONLYOFFICE grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
CryptPad
End-to-end encrypted, open-source collaborative office suite
ONLYOFFICE
Open-source office suite for documents, sheets, slides and PDFs
How we grade them
| 3.4GPACryptPadVery good | 3.6GPAONLYOFFICEExcellent | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APersonal is €5 a month or €55 a year on cryptpad.fr, and Team is €15 a month for 6 drives and 75 GB. That's well under what this category usually charges. Prices are in euros. | BDocSpace Business is $20 an admin a month, priced per admin, with 250 GB each, SSO and an audit trail. That's about typical here. The page shows it marked down from $30 and gives no end date for that price. |
| Free plan and trial | AA free cryptpad.fr account gets 1 GB of storage, and hosting your own instance is free too. Uploads stop at 25 MB. Guests can use every app with no account, but their documents are deleted after 90 days of inactivity. | APlenty is free: desktop editors for Windows, Linux and macOS, phone apps, Community builds to host yourself, and a cloud plan with unlimited users and guests. That cloud plan stops at 3 admins, 12 rooms and 2 GB, and the page calls it a limited-time offer. |
| Features | ANine apps, from rich text, sheets and slides to kanban, forms, whiteboards and diagrams, all syncing in real time with history and a chat. Registered users get a drive with shared folders, templates and fine-grained access controls. | AEditors for documents, sheets, slides, fillable forms and PDFs, co-editing down to the character with track changes and comments, rooms with their own access rights, and AI tools that can run on a fully local model. |
| Ease of use | BNothing to install and no account needed: guests can open and edit a shared document without giving any personal information. There's no app rating on record to go on, though. | BNo app rating on record. You can start in the cloud or with a desktop download, so there's no server to run unless you want one. Hosting it yourself is the harder road. |
| Platforms and integrations | CIt runs in the browser and that's it. CryptPad's site lists no desktop or mobile apps, and there are no integrations on record. | AWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android, plus more than 40 ready-made connectors for platforms like Nextcloud, Box, Moodle, Odoo and WordPress. |
| Best for | documents your host can't read | an office suite you can host or use in the cloud |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: CryptPad and ONLYOFFICE. How we grade
Where they differ
- CryptPad starts at €5 per month, or €55 per year, for the Personal plan on cryptpad.fr. ONLYOFFICE starts at $20 per admin / month for the DocSpace Business cloud plan.
- Only ONLYOFFICE lists Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- CryptPad is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- CryptPad also covers kanban boards.
- ONLYOFFICE also covers presentations.
At a glance
| CryptPad | ONLYOFFICE | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €5 per month, or €55 per year, for the Personal plan on cryptpad.fr | $20 per admin / month for the DocSpace Business cloud plan |
| Free plan | Free registered account on cryptpad.fr with 1 GB of storage and 25 MB uploads. Guests can use every app without an account, but their documents are deleted after 90 days of inactivity. | DocSpace Startup cloud plan: up to 3 admins, 12 rooms and 2 GB of storage, with unlimited users and guests. Desktop editors, mobile apps and self-hosted Community builds are also free. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | XWiki SAS | Ascensio System SIA |
| Price read from | cryptpad.org | onlyoffice.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
CryptPad
- Groups that do not want their host to be able to read their documents
- Working with people who should not need to create an account
- Schools and nonprofits: dedicated instances are half price for them
- Organizations able to run their own instance
ONLYOFFICE
- Organizations that want to host their own office suite
- Teams on Nextcloud, Box, Moodle or Odoo that need document editing there
- Sharing files with clients in separate rooms with their own permissions
- People who want free desktop editors that work offline
Worth knowing
CryptPad
- Prices are in euros. Paid plans on cryptpad.fr run from €5 to €100 a month and mainly add storage and priority support.
- A free cryptpad.fr account has 1 GB of storage and a 25 MB upload limit, and guest documents are deleted after 90 days of inactivity.
- CryptPad runs in the browser; the project's site lists no desktop or mobile apps.
- A dedicated instance starts at €3,000 a year for 50 users and 100 GB of storage.
ONLYOFFICE
- The free DocSpace Startup plan stops at 3 admins, 12 rooms and 2 GB, and lacks SAML SSO, LDAP, branding, a custom domain and the audit trail.
- DocSpace Business costs $20 per admin a month; the pricing page shows it as reduced from $30 and gives no end date for that price.
- Docs Enterprise is licensed by simultaneous connections, from $1,500 for a 1-year, 50-connection, on-premises license with Basic support.
- A 1-year Docs Enterprise license stops working when it ends; a lifetime license keeps running but loses free updates after its support period.
Key features
CryptPad
- Encryption in the browser
- All data is encrypted in the browser before it leaves the device, so the service and its administrators cannot see document contents or user data.
- A suite of document apps
- Rich Text, Document, Sheet, Presentation, Kanban, Code/Markdown, Form, Whiteboard and Diagram apps share import and export, history, a user list and a chat.
- Collaboration without an account
- Changes are synchronized in real time, and guests can open and edit shared documents in every app without giving any personal information.
- CryptDrive and teams
- Registered users get a CryptDrive with folders, shared folders, templates and tags, file uploads, contacts and fine-grained access controls. Team drives and calendars support group work.
- Self-hosting and public instances
- CryptPad is free software that anyone can host. The project lists third-party public instances that passed its checks for an up-to-date version and recommended security settings.
- Dedicated instances from XWiki
- XWiki offers a managed cloud instance or on-premise support with your own domain, logo and colors, storage quota controls and single sign-on integration.
ONLYOFFICE
- Document, sheet and slide editors
- Online editors for text documents, spreadsheets and presentations, which the vendor describes as highly compatible with Microsoft Office and OpenDocument formats.
- PDF editor and fillable forms
- Build fillable PDF forms and have them filled in online, read and edit PDFs, and convert documents to Markdown, HTML or e-books.
- Real-time co-editing
- Co-edit in character-level or paragraph-level mode, track changes, compare documents, leave comments and mentions, and chat or call from inside the editor.
- DocSpace rooms
- DocSpace sorts files into rooms with their own access rights: collaboration, public, form-filling and custom rooms, and virtual data rooms.
- AI assistants and agents
- AI tools generate documents, sheets, slides and forms, rewrite and translate text, and extract text from scanned PDFs. Any AI model can be connected, including a fully local one.
- Connectors and self-hosting
- More than 40 ready-made connectors add the editors to platforms such as Nextcloud, Box, Moodle, Odoo and WordPress, and the server can run on your own infrastructure.
Plans
CryptPad
Free€0
A registered account on cryptpad.fr with 1 GB of storage, or an account on another public instance. Hosting your own instance is also free.
Personal€5
per month, or €55 per year
5 GB storage quota and 1 drive on cryptpad.fr, with a 150 MB file upload limit and priority support.
Duo€10
per month, or €110 per year
25 GB storage quota and 2 drives on cryptpad.fr, with priority support.
Team€15
per month, or €165 per year
75 GB storage quota and 6 drives on cryptpad.fr, with priority support.
Org 25€50
per month, or €500 per year
Organization plan with a 100 GB quota and 25 drives. Org 100 costs €100 a month or €1,000 a year for 150 GB and 100 drives.
Your Own InstanceFrom €3,000
per year (Mini: 50 users, 100 GB)
A dedicated instance from XWiki, managed in the cloud or supported on-premise, up to €25,000 a year for 1,000 users and 1 TB.
ONLYOFFICE
Community and free appsFree
Docs Community and DocSpace Community builds for self-hosting, desktop editors for Windows, Linux and macOS, and iOS and Android apps.
DocSpace Startup$0
Cloud plan with up to 3 admins, 12 rooms and 2 GB of storage, and unlimited users and guests. The page labels it a limited-time offer.
DocSpace Business$20
per admin / month
Cloud plan with unlimited rooms, 250 GB per admin, SSO, branding, automatic backups and audit trail. Shown reduced from a crossed-out $30.
Docs EnterpriseFrom $1,500
1-year license, 50 connections, on-premises, Basic support
Self-hosted editors to connect to another platform, licensed by simultaneous connections for 1 year or for life, with three support levels.
DocSpace EnterpriseCustom
On-premises DocSpace paid per connection, with unlimited admins and rooms, multi-space management and support under an SLA.
Ways to pay less
CryptPad
- Education
50% off a dedicated instance for education
Education customers get 50% off enterprise pricing for their own instance: from €1,500 a year for 50 users and 100 GB instead of €3,000.
- Nonprofit
50% off a dedicated instance for nonprofits
Nonprofits get 50% off enterprise pricing for their own instance: from €1,500 a year for 50 users and 100 GB instead of €3,000.
- Annual discount
Lower price with yearly billing on cryptpad.fr
Paying yearly costs €55 instead of €60 for Personal and €500 instead of €600 for Org 25, a saving of about 8% and 17%.
ONLYOFFICE
- Nonprofit
Free DocSpace cloud for nonprofits and schools
Nonprofits and schools can request a free DocSpace cloud with 2 GB of storage and up to 20 admins. It requires an ONLYOFFICE banner on their website or a post about the partnership.
- Education
Discounted rate for educational institutions
The DocSpace pricing FAQ says educational institutions other than schools can get a discounted rate. No figure is published.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime license for Docs Enterprise
Docs Enterprise can be bought with a lifetime license instead of a 1-year one. The version bought keeps working, but free updates end with the support period chosen, 1 or 3 years.
