Rendering is not automatic, but much quicker and of higher quality. I imported a report I wrote in Overleaf, and I must say I'm impressed. It seems it offers Google-style true real-time collaboration, whereas on Overleaf random chunks of text just appear and editing the same paragraph together never works. I can not test the collaboration features, as they are not free. The open-source version forms a natural part of this, (see GitLab, etc) We also have a paid version of self-hosted ShareLaTeX, with direct support from us, and enterprise features like LDAP, admin controls for managing thousands of users, etc. But the self-hosted option is great for some people in category (b). The paid plans are used by people in category (a) and would never be of much interest to those in category (b). Our working hypothesis is that people fall into one of two categories (possibly both, but only one at a time):Ī) Those who just want a simple to use LaTeX environment that just works for their task at hand.ī) Those who are more interested in the tech, and happy to install software locally, happy to explore things like git for collaboration and really refine their own personal workflows with the tools they like.

Possibly slightly, but it's outweighed by the benefits of having an open-source self-hosted option (both for our business model and the greater good of the world).

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