Every add-on, side by side.
Better Rich Text against TinyMCE, CKEditor 5, Froala and Tiptap. Each of their cells links to the vendor’s own page, read on 30 October 2026.
Leaving one of them? See the TinyMCE, CKEditor, Froala or Tiptap alternative.
What you pay, and for how long.
US dollars. Monthly prices are per month on annual billing, as the vendors list them.
| Term | Better Rich Text | TinyMCE | CKEditor 5 | Froala | Tiptap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $299, once | Essential $79 a month, Professional $145 a monthSource 1 | Essential $144 a month, Professional $289 a monthSource 8 | Professional $899 a year, Enterprise $1,999 a year (list)Source 14 | Start $49 a month, Team $149 a monthSource 20 |
| Billed per editor load | No | Yes: $40 per 1,000 loads over the planSource 1Source 2 | Yes: $30 to $60 per 1,000 loads over the planSource 8 | NoSource 14 | No; document limits per environment, and the plan upgrades if you go overSource 20 |
| Developers | Unlimited | Not limited on the pricing pageSource 1 | Not stated (one licence covers one application)Source 8 | UnlimitedSource 14 | 2 on Start, 5 on Team; $39 a month for each extraSource 20 |
| Domains and products | Unlimited domains, SaaS included | One domain and its subdomains on self-serve plansSource 1 | One application, unlimited domainsSource 8 | Professional: 3 domains, 1 product, no SaaS. Enterprise for SaaSSource 14 | 2 environments on Start, 3 on TeamSource 20 |
| Premium features on your own servers | Included | Paid plan (Enterprise, by quote)Source 1 | Paid plan (Custom; “requires contacting sales”)Source 9 | IncludedSource 14 | Comments and history: Paid plan (Enterprise on-premises)Source 20 |
| Recent price changes | None to make: there’s no subscription | Essential went from $67 to $79 a month in early 2025Source 7 | Professional with collaboration went from $405 to $538 a month in 2026Source 13 | The $299 a year Basic plan was removed in 2023Source 14 | The free cloud plan was replaced by Start at $49 a monthSource 23Source 20 |
What’s in the box, and what’s extra.
Every row is included in a Better Rich Text licence. Their cells say whether it’s included, on a paid plan, a paid add-on, not available, or unclear from their own pages.
| Feature | Better Rich Text | TinyMCE | CKEditor 5 | Froala | Tiptap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | |||||
| Comments in a margin sidebar, with threads | Included | Paid plan (Professional)Source 1 | Add-on (Collaboration, $249 a month, on Professional)Source 8 | Included (5.3 and later, on your own backend)Source 16 | Paid plan (Start, with Tiptap cloud documents)Source 20 |
| Suggested edits (track changes) | Included | Add-on ($787 a year, on Professional; in Enterprise)Source 1 | Add-on (Collaboration)Source 8 | IncludedSource 15 | Add-on (contact sales)Source 20 |
| Revision history | Included | Add-on ($787 a year, on Professional; in Enterprise)Source 1 | Add-on (Collaboration)Source 8 | Included (5.3 and later)Source 16 | Paid plan (Start; compare on Team)Source 20 |
| Real-time co-editing on your own server | Included | Not available (retired 31 December 2023)Source 4 | Paid plan (Custom, on-premises; cloud via the Collaboration add-on)Source 8 | IncludedSource 16 | IncludedSource 22 |
| Documents | |||||
| Word import | Included | Add-on (from $39 a month for 200)Source 1 | Paid plan (Professional, 1,000 a month)Source 8 | Included (5.0 and later)Source 17 | Paid plan (Start, beta)Source 20 |
| Word export | Included | Add-on (from $39 a month for 200, then $0.25 each)Source 1 | Paid plan quota (5 a month Free, 200 Essential, 1,000 Professional, then $0.25 each)Source 8 | IncludedSource 17 | Paid plan (Start, beta)Source 20 |
| PDF export | Included | Add-on (from $29 a month for 200, then $0.15 each)Source 1 | Paid plan quota (as Word, then $0.15 each)Source 8 | IncludedSource 15 | Unclear (the pricing page and the Export extension disagree)Source 20Source 21 |
| Email-safe HTML with inlined CSS | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | Paid plan (Essential)Source 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Full-page HTML editing | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | Paid plan (Essential)Source 8 | IncludedSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Writing | |||||
| Templates | Included | Paid plan (Essential; the free template plugin was removed in 7.0)Source 1Source 5 | Paid plan (Essential)Source 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Merge tags | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | Paid plan (Essential)Source 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Footnotes | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | Paid plan (Essential)Source 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Table of contents | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | Paid plan (Essential)Source 8 | Not availableSource 15 | IncludedSource 21 |
| Markdown | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | IncludedSource 10 | IncludedSource 15 | Included (beta)Source 21 |
| Mentions | Included | Paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | IncludedSource 10 | Unclear (not found in the plugin list)Source 15 | IncludedSource 21 |
| Math | Included | Add-on ($79 a month)Source 1 | Paid plan (Custom)Source 8 | Not available (third-party MathType)Source 15 | IncludedSource 21 |
| Code highlighting while you edit | Included | IncludedSource 3 | Not available (“impossible when editing”)Source 11 | Included (5.0 and later)Source 15 | IncludedSource 21 |
| Table totals that update as you type | Included | Not availableSource 3 | Not availableSource 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Callouts | Included | Not availableSource 3 | Not availableSource 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not available (a guide to build your own)Source 21 |
| Quality | |||||
| Spelling and grammar beyond the browser | Included | Paid plan (Professional for spelling; grammar unclear)Source 1 | Paid plan (Custom)Source 8 | Not available (third-party WProofreader)Source 18 | Not availableSource 21 |
| Accessibility checker | Included | Paid plan (Professional)Source 1 | Not availableSource 8 | Not availableSource 15 | Not availableSource 21 |
| AI assistant | Included | Add-on (credits, from $133 a month)Source 1 | Add-on (credits, from $133 a month)Source 8 | Included (your own provider key)Source 14 | Paid plan (Start); AI Toolkit is an add-on (contact sales)Source 20 |
| Interface | |||||
| Skins, light and dark | Included | Included (default skins); premium skins on a paid plan (Essential)Source 1 | Included (CSS variables)Source 10 | IncludedSource 15 | Not available (headless; UI Components on a paid plan, Start)Source 20 |
| Aurelia 2 and Solid adapters | Included | Not availableSource 6 | Not availableSource 12 | Aurelia included; Solid not availableSource 19 | Not availableSource 20 |
Three years for one team.
A SaaS product with five developers on one domain, under 20,000 editor loads a month, that needs comments, track changes, revision history and Word export. List prices, billed annually, with no overage, AI or tax.
| Editor | What the team buys | Per year | Three years |
|---|---|---|---|
| CKEditor 5Source 8 | Professional $289 × 12 = $3,468, plus the Collaboration add-on $249 × 12 = $2,988. Word export is inside Professional’s 1,000 conversions a month. | $6,456 | $19,368 |
| TinyMCESource 1 | Professional $145 × 12 = $1,740 for comments, plus Suggested Edits $787, Revision History $787 and Export to Word for 200 a month $390. | $3,704 | $11,112 |
| FroalaSource 14 | Enterprise at $1,999 list, because Professional excludes SaaS. The first-term promotion ($1,399) would bring three years to $5,397; renewals are at the then-current list price. | $1,999 | $5,997 |
| TiptapSource 20 | Team $149 × 12 = $1,788, the first plan with five developer licences. Tracked Changes is an add-on priced by sales, so it isn’t counted. | $1,788 plus a quote | $5,364 plus a quote |
| Better Rich Text | One licence: unlimited developers and domains, every feature on this page. | $299 once | $299 |
$19,368 $299.
Your licence covers every update within the major version you buy, and that version keeps working forever. If a new major version ships within the three years, upgrading to it is optional; its price isn’t set yet.
Quill, Lexical and ProseMirror.
These are free toolkits rather than finished editors. Quill’s last release was 2.0.3 on 30 November 2024Source 24. Lexical is at 0.53.0, before its 1.0Source 25. ProseMirror is the toolkit Tiptap is built onSource 26. With any of them, comments, track changes, Word and PDF export and the interface are yours to build and maintain.
Add-ons Included.
Every row on this page comes with one $299 licence.