# CryptPad

> End-to-end encrypted, open-source collaborative office suite

CryptPad is an open-source collaboration suite in which everything is encrypted in the browser, so the people running the service cannot read documents. Its apps cover rich text, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, kanban boards, code and Markdown, whiteboards, diagrams and forms, with changes synchronized in real time. It can be used free on public instances, hosted on your own server, or paid for on the flagship cryptpad.fr instance run by XWiki.

- **Category:** Docs & Wikis
- **Made by:** XWiki SAS
- **Website:** https://cryptpad.org
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

CryptPad has a free plan. Paid plans start at €5 per month, or €55 per year, for the Personal plan on cryptpad.fr.

- **Pricing model:** Free 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.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 Instance | From €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. |

Read from https://cryptpad.org/pricing/ on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CryptPad before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **50% off a dedicated instance for education** (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. Source: https://cryptpad.org/pricing/
- **50% off a dedicated instance for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): 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. Source: https://cryptpad.org/pricing/
- **Lower price with yearly billing on cryptpad.fr** (Annual discount): Paying yearly costs €55 instead of €60 for Personal and €500 instead of €600 for Org 25, a saving of about 8% and 17%. Source: https://cryptpad.fr/accounts/

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

## Worth knowing

- 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.

**Tags:** Documents, Spreadsheets, Kanban boards, Real-time collaboration, End-to-end encrypted, Open source, Self-hostable

## Alternatives

- [Etherpad](https://toolgpa.com/tools/etherpad): Open-source real-time collaborative editor you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cryptpad-vs-etherpad)
- [HedgeDoc](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hedgedoc): Open-source, self-hosted collaborative Markdown editor. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cryptpad-vs-hedgedoc)
- [ONLYOFFICE](https://toolgpa.com/tools/onlyoffice): Open-source office suite for documents, sheets, slides and PDFs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cryptpad-vs-onlyoffice)
- [Collabora Online](https://toolgpa.com/tools/collabora-online): Self-hosted, open-source office suite based on LibreOffice. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/collabora-online-vs-cryptpad)
- [Proton Docs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-docs): End-to-end encrypted collaborative documents inside Proton Drive. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cryptpad-vs-proton-docs)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://cryptpad.org/pricing/
- https://cryptpad.fr/accounts/plans.json
- https://cryptpad.fr/accounts/
- https://cryptpad.fr/features.html
- https://cryptpad.org/
- https://cryptpad.org/about/
- https://cryptpad.org/apps/
- https://cryptpad.org/instances/

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