What it does
CryptPad’s Rich Text app provides collaborative documents with real-time editing, comments, outlines, version history, and access controls. The wider suite includes spreadsheets, forms, whiteboards, and other collaborative apps. Users can work with a public instance or self-host; hosted subscription and managed-instance options are also listed. Pricing varies by hosting plan, so verify current capacity and service terms before choosing.
CryptPad is useful when a team wants shared documents with privacy-oriented collaboration controls. A rich-text document can be edited together, commented on, organized with an outline, and recovered through version history; access controls govern who can view or edit. The product is part of a larger office suite, not a wiki-first knowledge base, so it is best listed once under Docs & Wikis rather than repeated as a separate whiteboard entry. Public and self-hosted use are available, while paid hosted plans and managed deployments vary by capacity and hosting choice.
Strengths
- Rich-text documents support real-time collaboration, comments, outlines, version history, and access controls.
- The wider suite offers multiple collaborative apps and public-instance or self-hosted access options.
Watch out for
- CryptPad is a broad office suite rather than a structured wiki product.
- Hosted plans and managed deployments have different terms and capacities.
Best for
- Teams that need collaborative documents with access controls and privacy-oriented hosting choices
- Organizations comparing public hosting with a self-managed deployment
Sources
- About CryptPad (Oct 25, 2026)
- Rich Text (Oct 25, 2026)
- Pricing (Oct 25, 2026)