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Josh P.
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Updated February 9, 2026
Microsoft Word vs Overleaf: Which is best for you?
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Features
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Text Editing
4.77
Offline Access
4.68
Document Management
4.65
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Text Editing
4.94
Access Controls/Permissions
4.77
Templates
4.64
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Pros / Cons
- Microsoft Word is well suited to working with formatted manuscripts, such as styles, track changes, and comments that facilitate our reviewing process.
- When we want to edit the contents of PDF files, reversion to the editable text usually destroys the original layout totally, and we have to spend hours to fix the layout manually.
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- The paid Standard version offers GitHub integration, which partly mitigates the notification problem, though only clumsily.
- GitHub integration missing essential features. While better tracking may indeed be tricky to implement, I fail to see why Overleaf cannot add the option to push to GitHub under a different user.
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Ease-of-Use
4.6/ 5
4.6/ 5
Value for Money
4.4/ 5
Highest performing feature
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4.6/ 5in the comparison
Customer Support
4.2/ 5
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4.3/ 5in the comparison
Functionality
Highest performing feature
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4.7/ 5in the comparison
4.5/ 5
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Phone Support
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Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad