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Overleaf Reviews & Product Details

Overleaf is the scientific and technical writing platform loved by over 20 million users around the world. It's a LaTeX editor that’s easy enough for beginners and powerful enough for experts. Using Overleaf, anyone can write smarter—creating complex, beautifully formatted documents with ease. But more than that, it lets you collaborate easily with colleagues, track changes in real-time, write in LaTeX code or a visual editor, and work anywhere, on any device. Plus, with personal, group, and institutional options, right up to on-premises enterprise solutions, you can take Overleaf with you wherever you go.

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Overleaf

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Overleaf Community

Product Description

Overleaf is a collaborative writing and publishing solution.

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Verified User in Research

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/4/2019

"Overleaf is a life saver"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

I like the two way sync that overleaf has with dropbox now! And the fact that multiple people can collaboratively work together on the same document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

Sometimes the two-way sync doesn't work. Especially from dropbox to overleaf. Fixing this issue will make it so much better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/31/2019

"Best software to manage and edit Latex"

4/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

Manage your Latex templates all at one place and store it on cloud and edit them on the go! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

The lack of ready-made templates can make life difficult for someone who doesn't know latex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Overleaf:

Try this amazing piece of software for Resumes and Research publications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Overleaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

Overleaf makes if easy to edit all official documents that are required at my organisation. We can store it online and edit/print anytime we want. Saves time and storage and minimum cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/27/2019

"Easy to use typing software"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

I like how easy it is to make slides for presentations and the easy with which you and coworkers can edit the same file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

I think the design of the software is not as nice as some others out there, however, sharelatex is very easy to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/30/2019

"Brilliant and user friendly place"

5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

The editing is made so easy when I am writing research papers or proposals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

Nothing in specific. I would although enjoy a task bar for suggestions for different templates to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Overleaf:

Switch to overleaf for better management and sharing collaborations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Overleaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

Overleaf helps me to compose my research papers and write my proposals effectively. It has helped me to so efficiently manage and share with my team for collabrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hongbo L.

Assistant Professor

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/30/2019

"Convenient latex editor and compiler "

4/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

Can work on the documents anywhere with internet access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

Some latency on synchronization when sharing the documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/24/2019

"Satisfactory Tool for Collaborative Writing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

The live compiling of the latex codes and the user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

The free version only allows 2 users to simultaneously write. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/25/2019

"Great for Collaboration"

5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

Real-time collaboration makes writing publications with peers very easy. Great compile time to preview the PDF. Great integration with bibtex for easy citations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

The recent change history could be better. You can only see previous latex code, not what the PDF looked like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nikhil G.

Part Time Trainer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/27/2019

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"Good For Online Documentation in Latex"

4/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

Its Auto Refreshing feature while writing the document online,Mobility feature.

Ones the format is set you can comfortably write. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

If you want to do simple presentation with animation it ,this fails . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/17/2019

"The best LaTeX software"

5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

I like that it is online and have the autocomplete feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

I do not like that sometimes the server gets an issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/8/2019

"Mostly good"

5/5

What do you like best about Overleaf?

Obviously, this is a great platform for writing up mathematical documents and allowing multiple people to access a given document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Overleaf?

Latex's coding language has a lot to be improved, but overall the program is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.