Overleaf

Overview
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Overleaf
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Overleaf is a collaborative writing and publishing system designed to make the process of producing academic papers much quicker for both authors and publishers, from Writelatex Limited in London.N/A
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Overleaf
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Overleaf
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Overleaf
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Chose Overleaf
The only real competitor is using a git repo for collaboration and locally compiling latex code to get the output. Overleaf has the version control, compilation, and collaboration all in one. The collaboration is also in real time compared to GitHub. GitHub will be too …
Chose Overleaf
Alongside Overleaf, we have tried using Microsoft Word and Google Docs to write reports. While they all let you write in the same document at once, Overleaf just works better for us. Microsoft Word locks the paragraph someone else is working on to avoid others messing with it …
Chose Overleaf
Overleaf promotes collaboration and has much better scientific formatting, which makes it great for research papers.

It allows for much smoother and more professional looking documents, with easy to change and configure formatting.
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User Ratings
Overleaf
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Overleaf
Likelihood to Recommend
Digital Science
Overleaf is good to use in a lot of scenarios where something is to be written as a group. However, I believe that it is only good up to a certain amount of people working on the document at once. While I am unsure when it becomes too much, I got no doubt that there is a limit for when it is that good. Though normally, our group size of up to six people has been fine to work with in Overleaf.
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Pros
Digital Science
  • Easy to get started and compile documents
  • Collaborative scientific writing
  • Latex documentation
  • Built in templates
  • Comments and chat features
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Cons
Digital Science
  • IEEE benefits were removed
  • Commenting system could be better
  • Project organization could be better
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Usability
Digital Science
It's easy to use for a variety of skill levels. It has most features you could want from an text editor and LaTeX editor. Collaboration is easy for all skill levels including for first time users. The UI is pleasant enough and the website is quick to load. All the packages you need are available.
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Alternatives Considered
Digital Science
Alongside Overleaf, we have tried using Microsoft Word and Google Docs to write reports. While they all let you write in the same document at once, Overleaf just works better for us. Microsoft Word locks the paragraph someone else is working on to avoid others messing with it before the original writer is done. However, it is often slow to open those paragraphs up for others to edit. Google Docs is the hardest one of them to make a good layout on, though with the app, it can be good for proofreading on the go.
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Return on Investment
Digital Science
  • Easier to collaborate with team members
  • Easy reviewing of papers by colleagues
  • Simple to use latex publishing which promotes the use of it
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