Pressbooks vs Wikibooks
Pressbooks
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| Figure | Pressbooks | Wikibooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $10/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 0 |
| Spec score · Open Educational Resource Platforms | 8.6 (#5) | 7.1 (#26) |
| Founded | 2011 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Purpose | Pressbooks helps authors and educational institutions create, adapt, and share accessible digital books and learning materials. | Wikibooks is an open-content collection of textbooks that anyone can edit. |
| Security | Enterprise Networks are described as professionally hosted in a secure SaaS environment with data protection and single sign-on. | The privacy policy describes access controls, network firewalls, and physical security measures, while stating that completely secure transmission or storage cannot be guaranteed. |
| Support | Enterprise customers receive personalized onboarding, end-user training, troubleshooting, responsive service, and webinars. | Wikimedia Phabricator is used to track MediaWiki bugs and feature requests. |
Plans
Pressbooks
- Free TrialFree
- Single Author$12 a month
- Collaboration$40 a month
- Single Author$120 a year
- Collaboration$400 a year
- Institutional Network$5,999 a year
- Shared Network$15,999 a year
In their own words
Pressbooks
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Wikibooks
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