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Sarmate.net vs Overleaf: Detailed Comparison

Discover why Sarmate.net is the best free alternative to Overleaf for your LaTeX documents.

Feature Sarmate.net Free Sarmate.net Perso Overleaf Free Overleaf Standard Sarmate.net Pro
Price Free €3.99/mo Free $29/mo €9.99/mo
Compile time (2h window) 1 min 5 min 20 20s timeout Unlimited 4 min timeout Unlimited
Storage 5 MB 500 MB - No free private projects 1 GB/project 5 GB
pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX
Real-time collaboration 2 people 1 collaborator 10 collaborators Unlimited
Built-in HTML/JS/CSS editor
Online office suite
WYSIWYG editors (trees, tables, boxes, figures) 5 editors 5 editors 5 editors
TikZ Gallery (300+ examples)
Registration required Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Compilation timeout 1 min 5 min 20s 4 min Unlimited
AI integration (MCP)
Markdown → LaTeX/PDF in 1 click
AI self-correction (no copy/paste)
Responsive HTML export (.tex + .docx/.odt)

Overleaf

Standard
$29/mo
Compilations Unlimited
Timeout 4 min
Storage 1 GB/project
Collaboration 10 collaborators
HTML/JS/CSS
Office suite

Sarmate.net

Free
Free
Compilations 5/hour
Timeout 1 min
Storage 5 MB
Collaboration Via a Pro account
HTML/JS/CSS
Office suite

Overleaf

Free
Free
Compilations 2020s timeout
Timeout 20s
Storage -No private projects
Collaboration 1 collaborator
HTML/JS/CSS
Office suite

Key Advantages of Sarmate.net

What sets Sarmate.net apart from other online LaTeX editors.

6× longer timeout than Overleaf

Overleaf imposes a 20-second timeout on the free plan. Sarmate.net offers 1 min / 2h on free, 5 min / 2h on Perso, and unlimited on Pro — more than enough for theses and long documents.

Multi-format editor

LaTeX + HTML/JS/CSS + office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) in one workspace. A single tool for all your academic and professional documents.

Ready-to-use templates

Professional CVs, theses, research papers, Beamer presentations... Get started immediately with our pre-configured, customizable templates.

Exclusive WYSIWYG editors

What Overleaf doesn't offer: visual editors for probability trees, sign/variation tables, colored boxes (tcolorbox), LaTeX tables, and TikZ/PSTricks figures. Create complex structures with a few clicks, LaTeX code is generated automatically.

Privacy-first approach

Hosted in France and Europe, with no third-party tracking or advertising cookies. Your documents remain private and protected in compliance with GDPR.

What you build visually with Sarmate.net — code examples

Five structures Overleaf forces you to type character by character — on Sarmate, you build them with your mouse. Click below to start in the editor.

Conditional probability tree

Hand-coding this takes 30 minutes of trial-and-error. Visually: 2 minutes.

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
  grow=right, level distance=2.8cm,
  level 1/.style={sibling distance=2.7cm},
  level 2/.style={sibling distance=1.4cm},
  every node/.style={font=\small},
  edge from parent/.style={draw, thick}
]
\node[inner sep=0pt] {}
  child { node {$A_3$}
    child { node {$\overline{S}$} edge from parent node[midway, yshift=-7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$0.03$} }
    child { node {$S$} edge from parent node[midway, yshift=7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$0.97$} }
   }
  child { node {$A_2$}
    child { node {$\overline{S}$} edge from parent node[midway, yshift=-7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$\cdots$} }
    child { node {$S$} edge from parent node[midway, yshift=7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$0.13$} }
   edge from parent node[midway, yshift=-7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$0.3$} }
  child { node {$A_1$}
    child { node {$\overline{S}$} edge from parent node[midway, yshift=-7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$\cdots$} }
    child { node {$S$} edge from parent node[midway, yshift=7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$0.54$} }
   edge from parent node[midway, yshift=7pt, font=\scriptsize] {$0.1$} }
;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Sign and variation table

tkz-tab syntax is notoriously painful. Here: 3 clicks and done.

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-tab}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{double distance=3pt,dashed/.style={},dotted/.style={}}
\tkzTabInit{{$x$} / 1, {$f'(x)$} / 1, {$f(x)$} / 1.5}%
            {{$-\infty$}, {$10$}, {$+\infty$}}
\tkzTabLine{d, +, t, -,}
\tkzTabVar{D-/ /{$-\infty$}, +/{$0$}, -/{$0$}}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Theorem in a colored tcolorbox

tcolorbox has hundreds of options. We make the visual ones clickable.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

\definecolor{theoreme-bg}{HTML}{EFF6FF}
\definecolor{theoreme-text}{HTML}{1F2937}
\definecolor{theoreme-frame}{HTML}{3B82F6}
\definecolor{theoreme-title-bg}{HTML}{3B82F6}
\definecolor{theoreme-title-fg}{HTML}{FFFFFF}

\newtcolorbox{theoreme}{%
  enhanced,
  breakable,
  colback=theoreme-bg,
  colupper=theoreme-text,
  colframe=theoreme-frame,
  colbacktitle=theoreme-title-bg,
  coltitle=theoreme-title-fg,
  fonttitle=\bfseries,
  boxrule=1pt,
  arc=3pt,
  top=2mm, bottom=2mm,
  title=Theorema Pythagorae,
}
\begin{document}
\begin{theoreme}
In triangulo rectangulo, quadratum hypotenusae aequatur summae
quadratorum laterum: $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$.
\end{theoreme}
\end{document}

Table with colors and merged cells

multirow + xcolor + booktabs in 30 seconds, no syntax errors.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\definecolor{cellBBF7D0}{HTML}{BBF7D0}
\definecolor{cellBFDBFE}{HTML}{BFDBFE}

\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{8pt}
\setlength{\aboverulesep}{0pt}
\setlength{\belowrulesep}{0pt}

\begin{document}
{\setlength{\extrarowheight}{6pt}
\begin{tabular}{| c | c | c | c | c | c | c |}
  \toprule
  \rowcolor{cellBBF7D0}
  $x$ & $0$ & $1$ & $2$ & 3 & 4 & 5 \\[6pt]
  \midrule
  \cellcolor{cellBBF7D0}$f(x)$ & $2.1$ & $5.6$ & $\dfrac{3}{8}$ & $\sqrt{7}$ & $7.9$ & $100$ \\[6pt]
  \midrule
  \cellcolor{cellBBF7D0}$g(x)$ & $-1$ & $1$ & $-1$ & $1$ & $-1$ & $1$ \\[6pt]
  \midrule
  ~ & ~ & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\cellcolor{cellBFDBFE}~} & ~ & ~ \\[6pt]
  \cmidrule{1-2}
  \cmidrule{6-7}
  ~ & ~ & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\cellcolor{cellBFDBFE}TITLE} & ~ & ~ \\[6pt]
  \cmidrule{1-2}
  \cmidrule{6-7}
  ~ & ~ & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\cellcolor{cellBFDBFE}} & ~ & ~ \\[6pt]
  \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
}
\end{document}

TikZ figure: circle with labeled angle

Drawing is 10× faster than typing TikZ code.

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{angles, quotes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \coordinate (A) at (3,0);
  \coordinate (O) at (0,0);
  \coordinate (B) at (60:3);
  \draw (O) circle (3);
  \draw (O) -- (A) node[midway, below] {$r$};
  \draw (O) -- (B);
  \pic [draw, "$\theta$", angle radius=0.6cm,
        angle eccentricity=1.5] {angle=A--O--B};
  \fill (O) circle (2pt) node[below left] {$O$};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Why choose Sarmate.net?

  • Generous compilation timeout — 1 min / 2h on free, 5 min on Perso, unlimited on Pro, vs only 20 seconds on Overleaf free.
  • All-in-one — LaTeX, HTML/CSS/JS, and office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) in a single workspace.
  • Hosted in Europe — Your data is stored in France, in compliance with GDPR. No third-party tracking.
  • Transparent pricing — Free to start, Perso from €3.99/month, Pro from €9.99/month. No surprises, no commitment.
  • Three compilers — pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX available on all plans.
  • Professional templates — CVs, theses, articles, Beamer. Get started in one click.
  • Unique productivity tools — 5 visual WYSIWYG editors (probability trees, sign tables, colored boxes, tables, figures) that Overleaf doesn't have. Create in seconds what otherwise takes minutes.
Compile Pro/Etab
3 LaTeX compilers
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€9.99 Pro plan / month

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