Murfy

Murfy is an online LaTeX editor that positions itself as a competitor to Overleaf.

The most significant difference lies in the pricing model: There is no limit to the number of collaborators, and the service is completely free. Overleaf’s fee-per-person model has always been less conducive to multi-author papers; Murfy simply eliminates this restriction altogether.

AI capabilities are integrated into the writing process, including paper review, automatic correction of compilation errors, and feedback from collaborators. The speed of compilation is the aspect that users mention most frequently as an improvement; some professors have reported that the time required for formatting has been reduced from several hours to just a few minutes.

In terms of scale, the official figures indicate that there are 180,000 researchers involved, participation comes from over 120 countries, and the platform boasts 70,000 monthly active users.

This is ideal for research teams that require collaborative efforts in writing papers, especially those laboratories that are constrained by seat-based pricing models. If you have already accumulated a large number of projects on Overleaf, you will need to calculate the costs involved in migrating your data to another platform.