Plate vs Tiptap

Plate is a React framework for building rich-text editors, with a headless runtime, composable plugins, and optional UI components. Setup paths cover Plate UI, Next.js, React, React Server Components, Node.js, and manual installation. Its plugin ecosystem includes AI menus, copilot, comments, suggestions, blocks, code, tables, media, mentions, import and export, and collaboration. The AI package provides streaming menus and chat, AI-marked text, and API-route integration patterns. Yjs collaboration supports IndexedDB, Hocuspocus, WebRTC, awareness, remote cursors, and custom providers. Media features support images, video, audio, and files, including embeds, uploads, drag-and-drop, clipboard paste, URL embedding, and captions. The package is MIT-licensed. The Free plan is free; Personal is €299, paid once and Teams is €799, paid once. The provided UploadThing middleware is intended for local development; production use requires application session and permission checks.

Tiptap is a headless, open-source rich-text editor framework built on ProseMirror for developers creating custom editors. The free Open source plan is licensed under MIT; Start costs $49 a month, and the pricing page offers a 30-day free trial without a credit card. More than 100 extensions cover formatting, tables, AI, collaboration, comments, and conversion. Integration guidance spans JavaScript, React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Svelte, Alpine, PHP, and CDN use. Collaboration supports real-time editing with offline-first support, while paid conversion features import DOCX and Markdown and export DOCX, PDF, EPUB, and Markdown. AI Toolkit works with several named SDKs or a custom implementation. Tiptap Platform offers managed cloud documents; Enterprise supports cloud or on-premises deployment. Real-time collaboration, comments, and document history require managed cloud documents in Tiptap Platform or an Enterprise on-premises deployment. Plan document limits range from 500 per environment on Start to 50,000 on Business. The maker says it is SOC 2 Type II compliant and encrypts editor content in transit and at rest.