> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.doconda.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Doconda Editor vs Collabora Online

> Collabora Online is a collaborative office suite built on LibreOffice that you deploy on your infrastructure; Doconda's editor plugin is a React component that edits Word, PowerPoint and Excel in the browser, with no server.

**Use Collabora Online** if you want an open-source suite built on LibreOffice, with real-time team editing, ODF and
Microsoft formats, hosted on your own infrastructure (or connected to Nextcloud, ownCloud and similar). **Use Doconda's
editor plugin** if your app is React and you only need users to open, tweak and save a Word, PowerPoint or Excel file
without deploying a document server.

## Comparison

| | Collabora Online | Doconda editor plugin |
| - | - | - |
| What it is | Collaborative online office suite, built on LibreOffice | React component (`@doconda/editor`) you add to your product |
| Server | Yes: deployed on your infrastructure (virtual appliance, Docker, Linux package) or with a hosting partner; scales with Kubernetes | None to edit: everything happens in the user's browser |
| Integration | Via WOPI with your file solution, or with ready-made integrations (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Seafile, WordPress…) | `<DocondaEditor src={url} />` or `file={…}`; save with `save()` or `onSave` |
| Formats | Text (.odt, .docx, .doc, .rtf, .pdf), spreadsheets (.ods, .xlsx, .xls, .xlsm, .csv), presentations (.odp, .ppt, .pptx), drawings (.odg, .vsd, .vsdx) | Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx) and Excel (.xlsx) |
| Collaboration | Real-time team editing and version control | Comments in Word; one person edits their copy and you decide where to save |
| Customization | Customizable interface; admin console | Theme and colors, language (es/en), labels, which buttons and in what order, your own buttons, removable parts |
| License | Open source (MPL); yearly per-user subscription for support; CODE free for testing, not for production | Per organization: monthly, yearly or one-time, with 7 days free; unlimited documents and users, up to 5 domains |

## When to choose Collabora Online

* Several people need to edit the same file at the same time.
* You work with open formats (ODF), legacy .doc, .xls or .ppt, or Visio drawings.
* You want open, auditable source code, hosted on your servers or with a partner.
* You already use Nextcloud, ownCloud or another platform that has the integration built in.

## When to choose Doconda

* Your app is React and you don't want to run a document server or set up WOPI: install a package and drop in a
  component.
* You prefer the file not to leave the browser to be edited: load it from a link or from memory, and save it wherever
  you want.
* You want the editor to look like part of your product: your colors, your fonts, your toolbar and
  [your own buttons](/en/editor/customize#your-own-buttons).
* You already use the Doconda API: the edited file is saved as a
  [new version of the document](/en/guides/edit), with its review and its PDF.
* You want a per-organization price that doesn't count users or documents, and free testing on `localhost`.

## Sources

* Collabora Online: [https://www.collaboraonline.com/](https://www.collaboraonline.com/)
* Collabora Online, product and formats: [https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-online/](https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-online/)
* Integrate Collabora Online (deployment and subscriptions): [https://www.collaboraonline.com/integrate-collabora-online/](https://www.collaboraonline.com/integrate-collabora-online/)
* CODE (Collabora Online Development Edition): [https://www.collaboraonline.com/code/](https://www.collaboraonline.com/code/)
* Doconda: [Editor plugin](/en/editor/introduction), [Customize](/en/editor/customize), [License and domains](/en/editor/license)


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