Froala Editor vs MDXEditor

Froala Editor is a JavaScript WYSIWYG HTML editor for adding rich-text editing to applications. It supports paragraph formats, lists, custom paragraph styles, quotes, and special characters, alongside image uploads and editing, video embeds, file uploads, and server-side file management. Froala says it supports more than 15 frameworks and technology stacks, with integration guides for JavaScript, React, Django, Vue, WordPress, and others. The editor runs inside the customer’s application, so editor content stays on the customer’s infrastructure. Froala says it sanitizes content, filters malicious scripts, validates URLs, and supports strict Content Security Policy configurations from version 5.2. Plans list AI Assist, version history, comments, and Markdown support. A 30-day trial is available, but there is no free plan. Professional is $60 a month billed annually and covers one product and three domains; Enterprise is $117 a month billed annually with unlimited products and domains. Perpetual options cost 2159.00 USD and $4,199, paid once, respectively.

MDXEditor is a web-based React component for writing Markdown in a rich-text editor. It accepts and returns Markdown strings, without converting documents through an intermediate HTML representation. Its editing engine uses Lexical, and developers can add capabilities with plugins or build plugins for additional Markdown constructs. Listed tools include headings, quotes, links, lists, images, tables, code blocks, front matter, shortcuts, directives, JSX components, source editing, diff views, and a customizable toolbar. Table editing covers rows, columns, and alignment, with Markdown allowed in cells but not HTML tables. Images can come from URLs or local devices, be pasted or dropped, and use an integrator-provided upload handler. Code blocks support syntax highlighting and language-aware editing, with CodeMirror available for editable blocks. It is installed from npm in React projects and has setup guides for Next.js, Vite, Remix, and Create React App. It is self-hosted, free at free, and licensed under MIT. Server rendering and changes to font size, color, or family are not supported.