Reviews for Overleaf
Login to ReviewRiver Allen
Apr 18, 2026A Game Changer for Collaborative Academic Writing
As a graduate student, Overleaf has made writing my thesis with my advisor incredibly smooth. The real-time collaboration is seamless, and the LaTeX templates saved me hours of formatting. The free version had everything I needed, and it's so much more reliable than trying to share files back and forth.
Chris Jackson
Apr 15, 2026Powerful but sometimes frustrating collaborative LaTeX editor
Overleaf is a game-changer for collaborative academic writing; its real-time editing and comprehensive LaTeX templates make group projects seamless. However, the free version is quite limited with slow compile times on larger documents, and the interface can feel clunky compared to modern WYSIWYG editors. The subscription is pricey for students, but it's hard to beat for co-authoring papers.
Oliver Johnson
Apr 10, 2026Frustratingly Unreliable for Serious Work
The collaboration features are great in theory, but the editor constantly lags and has frequent sync issues, causing lost work. The free version's compile time is painfully slow, especially for larger documents, and the forced downtime during server maintenance is disruptive. For a tool that markets itself for academic writing, the instability is unacceptable.
Dakota Wilson
Apr 09, 2026Frustrating for Serious Collaboration
While Overleaf's cloud-based nature is convenient for sharing, the real-time collaboration is buggy and often leaves collaborators' cursors stuck in the interface. The autosave is also overly aggressive with LaTeX documents, causing frequent conflicts and the web editor can become unresponsive with large projects. For a tool that markets collaboration, the actual experience is surprisingly clunky and can disrupt workflow.
Dakota Taylor
Apr 07, 2026Collaborative LaTeX, made easy
As a graduate student, Overleaf has been a game-changer for collaborative writing on my thesis. The real-time collaboration with my advisor is seamless, and the templates saved me hours of formatting. The free tier is generous, and while the live collaboration can get a little slow with large, image-heavy documents, the overall reliability is superb. It’s become an essential tool for my research.
Michael Martin
Apr 07, 2026Good Features but Unreliable
The collaboration feature is a great idea, but the platform is riddled with bugs and performance issues. Real-time syncing often lags, causing version conflicts, and the editor can be slow to respond. The free plan's limitations are too restrictive, and the constant prompts to upgrade feel intrusive. It's a useful tool in theory, but the execution makes it frustrating for serious work. The LaTeX compilation also becomes extremely slow for medium to large documents.
Lisa Miller
Apr 05, 2026Incredible for academic collaboration
As a graduate student co-authoring papers with colleagues across different universities, Overleaf has been a game-changer. The real-time collaboration feature works flawlessly, and having all the LaTeX templates built-in saves countless hours of formatting. The free version provides everything needed for most academic writing, though I eventually upgraded for the larger history and extra project features.
Liam Lopez
Apr 04, 2026A Game-Changer for Collaborative Academic Writing
As a PhD student who frequently co-authors papers, Overleaf has been a revelation. The real-time collaboration feature is seamless—my co-authors and I can edit the same document simultaneously, and the compile-on-save feature instantly shows us the typeset changes. The journal-specific templates have saved us countless formatting hours. The free tier is incredibly generous, and the learning curve for LaTeX beginners is eased by the intuitive interface and comprehensive documentation.
Dakota White
Mar 31, 2026Frustratingly Unreliable for Real Collaboration
While the concept of a collaborative LaTeX editor is great, Overleaf's execution is frustrating. The real-time sync is unreliable and often lags, causing merge conflicts that erase work. The free version's performance is painfully slow with even moderately complex documents, making it impractical for serious academic use.
Avery Moore
Mar 30, 2026Overleaf makes LaTeX collaborative and approachable!
As an academic, Overleaf has been a game-changer for collaborative writing. My co-authors and I can work on a paper simultaneously, with the LaTeX compiling and preview updating in real-time—no more emailing .tex files back and forth. The comment and chat function is seamless for discussion, and the rich template library gets you started instantly. The free tier is incredibly generous, and the real-time collaboration is the killer feature that has completely streamlined our workflow.
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Overleaf
Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor that allows real-time collaboration on documents. It has templates for papers, resumes, thesis, and …
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