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CKEditor vs TinyMCE

How do TinyMCE and CKEditor compare, and which rich text editor is right for you?

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Basics

Customization/ Integration

Docs/ Support

Core Features

Advanced Features

Clean Copy/Paste

Compliance

Collaboration

Security

Why TinyMCE is the Best CKEditor Alternative

TinyMCE WYSIWYG
Rich Text Editor

TinyMCE is a trusted low-code and familiar end-user experience out-of-the-box, paired with a sleek intuitive UI and comprehensive, advanced features.

TinyMCE is built and maintained by Tiny Technologies — a team of 80+ people with over two decades of rich text editor building experience. 

CKEditor

CKEditor is a highly configurable, but complex to set up, rich text editor that provides developers the ability to create a bespoke rich text editing experience with a high degree of customization and control.

It is built and maintained by CKSource – a team of 50+ people focused on building content management tools.

CKEditor vs TinyMCE rich text editor

Over the past two decades, both CKEditor and TinyMCE have pioneered rich text editing. They jointly deserve credit for shaping the industry into what it is today.

Both editors are considered enterprise-grade, are available under an open source license and have stellar engineering teams that stand behind their products.

So what’s the difference between CKEditor and TinyMCE?

Three things often come up: use case, content type, and complexity of customization.

USE CASE

Both editors excel in their respective use cases.

As an editor framework, CKEditor 5’s biggest strength is collaboration and complete customization of the editor. With features like Track Changes and Real-time Collaboration, it’s a great choice for situations where you want to offer multi-user document editing experiences similar to Google Docs.

However, there is a tradeoff – CKEditor users report the editor having a steep learning curve and being cumbersome to set up, as it requires heavy configuration even for a basic install.

On the other hand, TinyMCE can be set up in just six lines of code. And with our use-case-specific starter configs, you’re only one copy-paste away from adding rich text editing into your app to match its exact editing needs.

CONTENT TYPE

Consider TinyMCE if your content will be saved as HTML
TinyMCE is ideal in situations where you’re creating content that will be rendered as HTML, for example emails, web pages or any other online content. The editor contents are entirely HTML-based, which means TinyMCE delivers a true WYSIWYG experience – content is rendered in the editor the exact same way it is in the browser. No surprises.

CKEditor stores data in a tree-like structure of elements and text nodes, but also introduces additional complexity. If you aren’t targeting HTML output and need powerful collaborative features, CKEditor can be a viable choice.

COMPLEXITY OF CUSTOMIZATION

Developers love CKEditor for its modern composable architecture that provides an almost infinite number of configuration possibilities. It’s a market leader for anyone who needs precise control over the features and UI presented to their users. This same configurability, however, can create complexities that add time and cost to an implementation.

Fully featured out-of-the-box, you can implement TinyMCE in minutes with only a few lines of code. Our uncomplicated low-code architecture gives you a best-in-class editing experience in an easily scalable framework that leads to shorter development cycles and faster launches.

License and Support

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Open source licenseGPL2+GPL2+
Community support\"\"\"\"
Professional support (paid plans)\"\"\"\"
Phone support available (paid plans)
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Pros and Cons TinyMCE vs CKEditor 5

The CKEditor vs TinyMCE comparison is updated twice-annually

The Basics

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Cost \"\"Premium features from $450 per yearCustom pricing
Open Source
License \"\"		GPL2+GPL2+
Commercial License \"\"\"\"\"\"
Self-hosted Deployment\"\"\"\"
Cloud Deployment \"\"\"\"\"\"
Users \"\"UnlimitedCustom
Developers \"\"UnlimitedCustom

Customization and Integration

TinyMCECKEditor 5
API \"\"\"\"\"\"
Framework Integrations \"\"Angular, AngularJS, Blazor, Bootstrap, Django, jQuery, Laravel, Node.js + Express, Rails, React, Svelte, Swing, Vue, Web ComponentsAngular, Bootstrap, Electron,
jQuery, React, Vue,
Webpack
Customizable UI \"\"\"\"\"\"
Skins and Icon Packs \"\"\"\"\"\"
Language Translations \"\"3741

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Docs & Support

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Extensive documentation\"\"\"\"
Community Support \"\"\"\"\"\"
Professional Support \"\"\"\"\"\"
Support SLAs \"\"\"\"\"\"
Number of support tickets per month \"\"2+2+
Dedicated Account Manager \"\"\"\"\"\"
Phone Support Available\"\"\"\"

Core Editing Features

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Basic Formatting \"\"\"\"\"\"
Multi-Root Editing \"\"\"\"\"\"
Ordered / Unordered Lists\"\"\"\"
Tables \"\"\"\"\"\"
Image Insert\"\"\"\"
Emoticons / Emoji Picker\"\"\"\"

Advanced Editing Features

TinyMCECKEditor 5
AI Assistant \"\"\"\"
Code Editor \"\"\"\"
Image Editing \"\"\"\"\"\"
Advanced Templates \"\"\"\"\"\"
Enhanced Media Embed \"\"\"\"\"\"
File Management \"\"\"\"\"\"
Merge Tags \"\"\"\"\"\"
CSS-inlined output \"\"\"\"
Content Filtering \"\"\"\"\"\"
Format Painter \"\"\"\"\"\"
Permanent Pen \"\"\"\"\"\"
Case Change\"\"\"\"
Accordions\"\"\"\"
Table of Contents\"\"\"\"
Checklists\"\"\"\"
Export to PDF\"\"\"\"
Markdown\"\"\"\"
Import from Word\"\"\"\"
Export from Word\"\"\"\"

Check out a detailed comparison of format painter features

Clean Copy and Paste

Functionality that processes and cleans up pasted content from apps, ensuring compliant and easy-to-edit HTML

TinyMCECKEditor 5
MS Word\"\"\"\"
MS Excel\"\"\"\"
Google Docs\"\"\"\"

Note: Faded check marks indicate partial functionality

Check out a detailed comparison of clean copy and paste features

Compliance

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Customizable Spell Checker\"\"\"\"
Spelling Autocorrect\"\"\"\"
Accessibility Checker \"\"\"\"\"\"
Broken Link Checker\"\"\"\"
Footnotes\"\"\"\"
Advanced Typography \"\"\"\"\"\"

Check out a detailed comparison of spell checking features

Check out a detailed comparison of accessibility features

Collaboration

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Mentions \"\"\"\"\"\"
Comments \"\"\"\"\"\"
Track changes\"\"\"\"
Revision history\"\"\"\"

Check out a detailed comparison of comments features

Check out a detailed comparison of @mentions features

Security

TinyMCECKEditor 5
Asymmetric JWT Signing \"\"\"\"\"\"

See a mistake? Let us know.

All data in the table above (and supporting pages) was pulled from projects’ public websites on Feb 1, 2023

Features listed vary by plan (open-source, free or paid). If information on a specific feature or topic cannot be found on the editor’s website, it is not included. Only features released by the editor author are listed.

Migrating from CKEditor 4 or 5 to TinyMCE?

It’s easy to migrate from CKEditor to TinyMCE, with minimal disruption:

1.

Read our quick guide on How to migrate from CKEditor to TinyMCE

Easy integration with 12 + frameworks and hundreds of other tools

The TinyMCE code is totally customizable and works with the framework of your choice

Help when and where you need it

Enterprise-Grade Support

Responsive, in-house support to help you implement, customize and troubleshoot.

Learn more →

Community

Thousands of questions and answers updated daily on StackOverflow and Github.

Browse questions →

Documentation

Tutorials, quickstarts, code samples and videos to help you deploy faster.

Explore Docs →

Learn more →

Browse questions →

Explore Docs →

Trusted by the hottest startups and biggest brands

“TinyMCE satisfied our needs at a competitive cost, and we were able to integrate it without restructuring our product.”

Chris Burd | Vice President of policyIQ

“TinyMCE should be at the top of any list if you’re looking for a visual text editor. It’s flexible, integrates well with different systems and is extremely stable.”

Rob Wells | Vice President of policyIQ

“We’re very satisfied with TinyMCE’s features, functionality, ease of integration, and the impeccable support team.”

Paul Alexandrescu | Technical Director

Chris Burd | Vice President, policyIQ

Rob Wells | CEO

Paul Alexandrescu | Technical Director

Some Tiny stats

350M+

downloads every single year

100M+

products powered by TinyMCE

35M+

hits on our CDN per day

23,000+

commits on GitHub

1.5M

developers worldwide use TinyMCE

400+

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Costs for least expensive premium plan (if available)

Type of free, open-source license if available

Whether a paid, commercial license is available

Whether or not the editor files are publicly available for inclusion on a Content Delivery Network

Number of users allowed to use your application with the least expensive commercial plan available

Number of developers allowed to work with the plugin editor and access support with the least expensive commercial plan available

Integrations, components or quickstarts to speed up implementation. Mix of vendor- and community-provided integrations

API properties, methods and events for extending and customizing editor functionality

Ability to customize UI elements to blend with your app

Pre-built themes to match the editor UI to popular design systems (i.e. Bootstrap, Material Design, Fluent, etc)

Number of UI language translations available with 90% or more translated. Can include vendor professional and community translations

Active forums or communities like Github and Stack Overflow

Paid support available from the editor author

Publicly documented support response times

Number of support tickets allowed per month (only applies to editors with paid plans). In most cases, # of tickets increases as the plan level increases.

Whether or not a dedicated Account Manager is provided for higher level plans

Bold, Italic, Underline, Headings, etc

Out-of-the-box UI to support creating tables

Vendor-provided tools available to manipulate images (crop, rotate, etc). May be in the form of add-ons

Add enriched media previews to from popular web sources (e.g. YouTube, SlideShare, Spotify)

Tools available to manage media files on your server or in the cloud

Control what type of content is allowed into the editor (for example, what HTML elements are allowed)

Copy and paste formatting from one location to another, such as font style and size

Apply a pre-defined format (for example, color, typeface and type style, font, etc.) to a new content, overriding the default values set for that content area

Tools to ensure content complies with WCAG and/or ARIA standards

Built-in ability to tag/mention people inside the editor

Built-in ability to insert comments

JWT user authentication tokens to the cloud are asymmetrically signed, so the editor vendor does not need your private signing key to verify them

Insert read-only merge tags (also known as tokens or mail merge fields) into your content.

Automatically apply typographic rules to text (e.g. spaces, dashes, and symbols)

Generate CSS-inlined HTML ready for email and other self-contained uses

Create, organize and edit reusable content snippets from within the editor

Create fully-templated documents with editable regions inside one editor instance.

HTML code editing functionality

Generative AI functionality, with the ability to provide customizable pre-written prompts to users.

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