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From research groups to departments to the entire campus: reduce friction in your research infrastructure with Overleaf, and centralize subscriptions.

Unlock faster compilations, in-editor AI assistance, powerful integrations, and more.

Over 25 million users at research institutions and businesses worldwide love Overleaf

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plansSave up to 35% with volume-based discounts

From research groups and departments to campus-wide access, we have plans that help you consolidate and centralize spending, and simplify user entitlement.

Standard

For research groups, or small departments. Premium features for all members, including:

  • Up to 10 invited collaborators
  • Real-time track changes
  • Full project history
  • Enhanced performance
  • Third-party integrations
  • Standard Overleaf AI allowance

Pro

For groups of researchers that need the maximum editor feature set. Pro has all the benefits of Standard, plus:

  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • Unlimited collaborators per project
  • Max Overleaf AI allowance

Commons AI

Unlock premium Overleaf features and unlimited collaboration best suited for your entire department or campus.

  • Streamlined user enrollment and single sign on (SSO)
  • Custom resource portal
  • Enhanced support and onboarding
  • Max Overleaf AI allowance

Looking for student and individual plans?

Individual plans, including an option for students, can be purchased online.

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supporting research collaborationUniversities subscribing to Overleaf see expanded collaboration and time savings

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Average collaborating countries

30% increase

in collaborating organizations

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5 hours

average time saved per project, as reported by users

security and complianceBuilt to meet university requirements

Overleaf is designed for how universities need to comply with security, accessibility, and data requirements.

Enterprise-grade security

Trust our enterprise-grade security in all the ways your team collaborates, shares, and stores their work.

SAML SSO

SAML single sign-on (SSO) helps you stay in control of user access and enjoy the benefit of hands-off entitlement.

Accessibility

Overleaf can produce PDFs that contain the tags required by PDF/UA-2 to make an accessible PDF. The product conforms with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA.

ISO certified

Overleaf, as part of Digital Science, is certified in compliance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022.

Regulatory compliance

We comply with leading global regulations such as GDPR and UKGDPR.

Personalized support and onboarding

Commons AI customers receive personalized support and onboarding from our team of experts.

featuresThe essential writing platform for academics and students

Let us do the support

We’ll get you up and running in no time.

  • No installation (for cloud options)
  • No LaTeX package management
  • Training videos and webinars
  • Overleaf Learning modules and product help
  • High-quality support from real people with LaTeX expertise

Gain powerful data insights

Get the full picture of how your researchers and students are collaborating.

  • Insights on internal usage, editing sessions, and collaboration
  • Data on how your users are collaborating with other universities, research institutions, and businesses
  • Download and share insights whenever you need to

Enable collaboration without bounds

Make global, interdisciplinary research easier for everyone.

  • Shared projects
  • Real-time track changes Premium
  • Commenting
  • Full project history Premium
  • LaTeX Code Editor and Visual Editor for beginners and experts
  • Enhanced performance (faster servers and more compilation time) Premium

Explore premium features

Discover low-friction academic writing

Give your researchers the ability to write journal manuscripts, conference presentations, theses, and other documents more easily and efficiently.

  • Ideal for long and complex content
  • Beautiful formatting
  • Streamlined reference management for bibliographies and citations Premium
  • Better formulas, figures, and tables
  • Integrations with Git, GitHub, Dropbox, ReadCube, Zotero, and Mendeley Premium
  • Produce accessible PDFs
  • Choose from 1000s of templates or create your own

Discover LaTeX

No context- or window-switching with Overleaf AI built in

  • Write LaTeX and troubleshoot code errors faster
  • Find missing references, verified against Dimensions Premium
  • Language suggestions tailored to academic and technical writing
  • Ready-made prompts for common LaTeX tasks Premium
  • Your data is never used for training AI models without your consent
  • Users can disable AI features, giving them full control

Review Overleaf AI capabilities

It’s easy to use, very intuitive, with nothing to install—just open and write. And the ability to have our template loaded and ready for students to use made it a perfect fit.

customer storiesJoin the organizations writing smarter in Overleaf

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The University of Manchester sees international collaboration thrive with Overleaf

The leading UK university more than quadrupled the number of institutions with which it collaborates and saw a 310% jump in new projects.

Purdue Graduate School improves its thesis writing process with Overleaf

Time spent on formatting and reviewing was dramatically reduced after Overleaf was adopted by the leading American public research university.

Ivy League aerospace engineering team increases efficiency with Overleaf

Undergraduates at New York’s Cornell University collaborated easily and efficiently on a global competition entry after switching to Overleaf’s collaborative LaTeX editor.

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