Best Rich Text Editor Software in 2026
33 rich text editor software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
33ranked
19free plans on this page
$6.58/molowest paid tier
3 Oct 2026last checked
#1 CKEditor 5 Top pick · 9.4 Free plan · $160/mo
#2 TinyMCE Runner-up · 9.2 Free plan · $6.58/mo
#3 Tiptap Also great · 9.2 Free plan · $49/mo
- Free planFree trial AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 144 /mo
- Deployment
- both
- Framework support
- Angular, React, Next.js, Nuxt, Vue.js, Svelte, Spring Boot, jQuery, Electron, Salesforce, SharePoint SPFx, Drupal, .NET, Laravel
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$160/mofirst paid tier About CKEditor 5Visit site - Free planFree trial apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 79 /mo
- Deployment
- both
- Framework support
- React, Angular, Vue.js, Blazor, Svelte, Web Components, jQuery, Django, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$6.58/mofirst paid tier About TinyMCEVisit site - Free planFree trial apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 49 /mo
- Deployment
- both
- Framework support
- JavaScript, React, Next.js, Vue 3, Vue 2, Nuxt, Svelte, Alpine.js, PHP; community Angular and Solid
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$49/mofirst paid tier About TiptapVisit site - Free plan AndroidiOSself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- Vue, React, Angular, Svelte, Layui, JavaScript
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan self-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 195 /mo
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- React, Next.js, vanilla JavaScript, Mantine, Shadcn, Ariakit
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$195/mofirst paid tier About BlockNoteVisit site - Free plan self-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- React, Next.js, React Server Components, Node.js, Vite, React Router, Remix
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- JavaScript, TypeScript
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- both
- Framework support
- React, Angular, Vue, Yii2, Joomla, TypeScript, JavaScript
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- HTML, JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Web Components
- Structured content
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Framework support
- React, Vue
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- React, Next.js, Vite, Remix, Create React App
- Structured content
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- JavaScript, TypeScript
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, PHP, Classic ASP
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- JavaScript, jQuery, Vue 2, Vue 3, React
- Structured content
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- React, Vue 2 and 3, Angular 17+, Blazor
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- both
- Framework support
- React, Webpack, Vite
- Structured content
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free trial AndroidiOSWeb
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Framework support
- React
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- React, Angular, Vue, Svelte
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan LinuxmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Framework support
- React, ProseMirror
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Deployment
- both
- Framework support
- React, Vue, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Framework support
- JavaScript, jQuery
- Structured content
- Yes
- Real-time collaboration
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self_hosted
- Structured content
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatformsFree About TrixVisit site
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Questions about this list
Which rich text editor software is ranked first on The Geeks Club?
CKEditor 5 is ranked #1 of 33 with a score of 9.4. TinyMCE is second and Tiptap third.
How many of these have a free plan?
19 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, TinyMCE has the lowest first paid tier we found: $6.58/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.