DHTMLX RichText vs ProseMirror
DHTMLX RichText
docs.dhtmlx.comProseMirror
prosemirror.netSide by side
| Figure | DHTMLX RichText | ProseMirror |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Rich Text Editor Software | 8.1 (#10) | 8.4 (#6) |
| License | Commercial licenses grant lifetime usage rights, with one year of updates and technical support included. | The project is released under the MIT license and the homepage says users are legally free to use it commercially. |
| Support | The Individual plan includes 10 support requests with a 72-hour response time; Commercial and Enterprise include 48-hour response times, and Ultimate includes 24-hour response time. | The project directs questions and discussion to its forum and bugs to its issue tracker, with a code of conduct for communication. |
Plans
DHTMLX RichText
- Individual$149, paid once
- Commercial$449, paid once
- Enterprise$669, paid once
- Ultimate$1,339, paid once
In their own words
DHTMLX RichText
DHTMLX RichText has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
ProseMirror
ProseMirror is a toolkit for developers building rich-text editors on the web. It supports structured documents through a WYSIWYG-style interface while letting applications define document shape and content. Instead of treating a document as an HTML blob, it gives application code control over a custom data structure. Schemas and plugins provide ways to customize that structure and extend editor behavior. Four core modules handle the document model, editor state, view, and transformations; additional modules offer commands, key bindings, undo history, input macros, collaboration, and a basic schema. Multiple people can edit together in real time. Examples cover Markdown, image uploads, custom schemas, menus, code editors, footnotes, and track changes. ProseMirror is free, open source, and legally usable commercially; it can be self-hosted and is installed through npm. It works in recent Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge versions, as well as Internet Explorer 11. It is a modular toolkit rather than a ready-made editor component, and implementation generally involves a bundler.