Ephox WYSIWYG Editor Comparison

Ephox has led the market in the development of online WYSIWYG editors for more than 15 years. With Ephox, you get the choice of three different editor platforms. Please don’t hesitate to contact a specialist who can help you make the right decision for your project.

TinyMCE

Textbox.io

EditLive!

Highly configurable with a large developer ecosystem.

Modern, mobile-ready and enterprise-grade.

Advanced features and Java-based technology.

Continuously enhanced for more than ten years.

First release in 2014; full mobile compatibility in 2016.

A first-of-its-kind product launched in 2001.

Joined Ephox in 2015 through the merger with Moxiecode.

Continuously upgraded and in its second major version.

Now in its ninth major release.

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Technology & Platform

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript platform

Swing component for desktop apps and Java applet for web apps.

Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge and Safari browser support

Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 11+, Edge and Safari browser support

Java Swing-based desktop apps. Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari browser support.

iOS browser support in future release

iOS 9+

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Android browser support in future release

Android 5+

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Native mobile SDKs in future release

Native mobile SDK available by request

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SDK deployment on premises or embedded in your application

CDN and Cloud deployment available

Able to be deployed on your own CDN

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User Experience

Textarea/forms mode

Inline editing mode

Partial inline editing mode

Fully configurable user interface and toolbars

Full screen editing mode

Partially responsive UI using polyfill

Full responsive toolbars and UI

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ARIA compliant user interface

Translated UI provided by community; Professional translations TBD for future release

Translated UI in 33 languages by professional translators. Professional translations are created by specialist software translators and undergo an extensive QA process

Syntax highlighted HTML view (premium feature)

Syntax highlighted HTML view with code completion

Syntax highlighted HTML view

Importing Content & Microsoft Word Copy-Paste

Paste as rich text

Paste as plain text

Paste as plain text planned for future release

Paste as plain text

Enhanced clean copy-and-paste support from Microsoft Word (premium feature)

Enhanced clean copy-and-paste support from Microsoft Word

Images pasted from Microsoft Word and other sources are uploaded to the server (premium feature)

Images pasted from Microsoft Word and other sources are uploaded to the server

Source code automatically formatted for readablity

Rich Text Formatting

Creates WCAG compliant content

Block styling capabilities for headings, paragraphs etc

Text formatting commands such as bold, italic and underline to create semantic HTML markup

Inline font styles for color, size, typeface and CSS class

List creation and editing

Markdown support under consideration

Markdown support

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At mentions available in premium plugin

At mentions available in IBM Connections

Basic templating; Enhanced version planned for future release

Enhanced templating support planned for future release

Enhanced templating

Media & Images

Upload images from the desktop using premium MoxieManager plugin

Upload images from the desktop and mobile

Upload images from the desktop

Drag and drop images into editor (premium feature)

Drag and drop images into editor

Image editing with crop, resize, rotate

Embed rich media such as YouTube

Equation editing available (via third party add-on)

Equation editing included (Enterprise only; not available in OEM agreements)

Table Editing

Advanced table editing

Vertical and horizontal cell selection

Toolbar-based cell and border formatting planned for future release

Toolbar-based cell and border formatting

Multiple cell copy-paste planned for future release

Multiple cell copy-paste

Proofreading & Review

Spell check as you type (premium feature)

Spell check as you type

Accessibility reporting (premium feature)

Accessibility reporting and checking

Accessibility reporting and checking as-you-type

Autocorrect planned for future release

Autocorrect in English

Hyperlink checking coming soon in next release

Hyperlink checking

Commenting planned for future release

Commenting

Track changes planned for future release

Track changes

Thesaurus planned for future release

Thesaurus in English

Extensibility & Support

Extensible API

Theming of toolbars and user experience

User experience takes on native look-and-feel

Built on TinyMCE Community's open source core

Over time Textbox.io and TinyMCE will converge onto the same open source core.

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Enhanced packaging and loading features for plugins

Enhanced packaging and loading features for plugins planned for future release

Enhanced packaging and loading features for plugins

Forums for free users; service level agreements and support team access available in premium versions.

Service level agreements and support team access

Licensing & Pricing

Distribution of TinyMCE Community Edition under LGPL. Commercial licenses available; check pricing page.

Commercial end user licenses

Redistribution entitlements for premium features via OEM agreements

Redistribution entitlements via OEM agreements