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An online LaTeX editor for writing papers and theses together, in real time.

Hosted in the EU, with a DPA for your institution
60-second compiles on the free plan, 6x Overleaf's
Git sync with any provider

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8,000+

researchers and students use inscrive.io
130+

countries they write from
EU

servers store and compile every document

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How inscrive.io compares

The same six questions, answered for inscrive.io, Overleaf and OpenAI Prism. Every competitor fact is taken from the vendor's own pages.

Price

inscrive.io: Free plan. Pro €7/month
Overleaf: Free plan. Standard €21/month, or €179/year
OpenAI Prism: Free

Compile time, free plan

inscrive.io: 60 seconds
Overleaf: 10 seconds (240 on paid plans)
OpenAI Prism: Unlimited, according to OpenAI

Git

inscrive.io: Any Git provider, on every plan
Overleaf: Git and GitHub sync, paid plans only
OpenAI Prism: Not available yet

Where documents are hosted

inscrive.io: EU servers (Hetzner)
Overleaf: United States (Google Cloud)
OpenAI Prism: Outside the EU, including the US

Account needed

inscrive.io: inscrive.io account. The demo needs none
Overleaf: Overleaf account
OpenAI Prism: Personal ChatGPT account

Data processing agreement

inscrive.io: Signed with your institution
Overleaf: For organisations
OpenAI Prism: None that covers Prism

inscrive.io compared with Overleaf and OpenAI Prism, as of October 2026
	inscrive.io	Overleaf	OpenAI Prism
Price	Free plan. Pro €7/month	Free plan. Standard €21/month, or €179/year	Free
Compile time, free plan	60 seconds	10 seconds (240 on paid plans)	Unlimited, according to OpenAI
Git	Any Git provider, on every plan	Git and GitHub sync, paid plans only	Not available yet
Where documents are hosted	EU servers (Hetzner)	United States (Google Cloud)	Outside the EU, including the US
Account needed	inscrive.io account. The demo needs none	Overleaf account	Personal ChatGPT account
Data processing agreement	Signed with your institution	For organisations	None that covers Prism

As of October 2026. Overleaf's prices exclude VAT. Overleaf also has a Student plan at €11/month for students at degree-granting institutions.

Sources: Overleaf: plans and prices, plan limits, Git and GitHub sync, privacy notice and security, data processors and DPA. OpenAI: Prism, Prism help: access, Git and data, privacy policy (Europe), services agreement and DPA scope. inscrive.io: pricing, GDPR and security.

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Templates

Start from your university's template

Open a thesis template as your own project. Each card links to the public repository and credits its authors. Most are made by the community, not by the university.

Aarhus University
On university GitLab

Master's thesis

By

SECS SW Projects group

License

Not stated

Open in Inscrive: Aarhus University, Master's thesis Sourceof the Aarhus University template
IT University of Copenhagen
Unofficial

Thesis

By

Fabricio Batista Narcizo

License

MIT, with bundled LPPL class files

Open in Inscrive: IT University of Copenhagen, Thesis Sourceof the IT University of Copenhagen template
NOVA University Lisbon and other Portuguese universities
Unofficial

NOVAthesis

By

João M. Lourenço

License

LPPL 1.3c

Open in Inscrive: NOVA University Lisbon and other Portuguese universities, NOVAthesis Sourceof the NOVA University Lisbon and other Portuguese universities template
Technical University of Munich
Unofficial

Thesis (informatics guidelines)

By

Florian Walch and contributors

License

CC BY-SA 4.0

Open in Inscrive: Technical University of Munich, Thesis (informatics guidelines) Sourceof the Technical University of Munich template
University of Stuttgart
Unofficial

Scientific thesis (computer science)

By

the latextemplates project

License

0BSD

Open in Inscrive: University of Stuttgart, Scientific thesis (computer science) Sourceof the University of Stuttgart template
University of Cambridge
Unofficial

PhD thesis (Department of Engineering)

By

Krishna Kumar

License

MIT

Open in Inscrive: University of Cambridge, PhD thesis (Department of Engineering) Sourceof the University of Cambridge template

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Everything your research workflow needs

No installs, no package juggling, no lost work. Open the browser and write — inscrive.io takes care of the rest.

Everything in one place.: A complete, fully online LaTeX environment — editor, compiler, templates and collaboration — with nothing to set up.
Agnostic Git integrations.: Sync projects with any Git provider — GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea or your university's self-hosted server. If it speaks Git with a token or password, it works.
Advanced version control.: Rewind any document to an earlier version, compare changes and never lose a paragraph again.
Create and share templates.: Start from your department's thesis template, or publish your own for the whole team.
Reference manager sync.: Authorize Mendeley or Zotero and keep an always-synced .bib file — with live IntelliSense and autocomplete for every external reference.

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Your data, your jurisdiction

Built for EU data sovereignty

Research data belongs in your jurisdiction. inscrive.io is developed and operated in Denmark, and your documents are stored and compiled on our servers in the EU.

EU data residency

Documents, backups and logs live in ISO 27001-certified Hetzner data centers in Germany and Finland, inside the EU.

GDPR-compliant by design

A data processing agreement we sign with your institution, an independent inspection report and a public privacy notice. Not just a checkbox on a form.

Data integrity & security

Encryption in transit and at rest, continuous backups and full version history. Every change is recorded, recoverable and attributable.

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No complex setups, no compliance headaches. Your documents are stored and compiled on our servers in the EU, and everything you need to collaborate on LaTeX is in one place.

GDPR compliance

A DPA signed with your institution, and an independent inspection report to back it up.

Agnostic Git integrations

Any Git provider with a token or password flow — public cloud or self-hosted.

Single sign-on

Control access with your organization's preferred SSO provider.

Advanced version control

Restore any earlier version and compare changes at any time — your work is never lost.

Get stuff done

Everything you need in one secure place

Collaborate

Invite unlimited collaborators and write together in real time — every cursor, every edit, instantly in sync.

Performance

We always push the bar on performance and strive to be the fastest online LaTeX editor.

Beautiful documents

The best typesetting engine, ready to produce publication-grade documents with ease.

Security

Encrypted, continuously backed up and hosted in the EU.

Plays well with your stack

Bring your own Git provider

inscrive.io is Git-agnostic: connect any provider that supports an access token or password flow. No lock-in, no special plugins.

GitHub GitLab Bitbucket Gitea Self-hosted

Sync your references, automatically

Authorize your reference manager and inscrive.io keeps a .bib file always in sync — directly with Mendeley or Zotero. Cite as you write, with live IntelliSense and autocomplete for every external reference.

Mendeley

Zotero

One-click authorization

Connect your Mendeley or Zotero account securely — no manual exports, no copy-pasting.

Always-synced .bib

Your bibliography stays current automatically. Add a source in your manager and it lands in your project.

Live IntelliSense

Autocomplete and inline suggestions for every external reference, right as you cite.

For universities, research organisations and public institutions

Centralized user management, SSO, EU data-residency guarantees in contract, and procurement-friendly invoicing. Built for European institutions that take data protection seriously.

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