# What are the best platforms for collaborative document editing?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi all! I’m exploring collaborative <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/document-creation">document creation</a> platforms for a remote, cross-functional team. We need fast real-time co-authoring, granular permissions, robust version history, and smooth external sharing — ideally cloud-first and budget-friendly.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">These are the platforms I’m looking at: </p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews"><strong>Google Workspace</strong></a>: Gold standard for real-time co-editing in Docs/Sheets/Slides—how well do offline mode and granular sharing hold up at scale with lots of external reviewers?</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-acrobat/reviews"><strong>Adobe Acrobat</strong></a>: Great for PDF workflows (comments, redaction, compare). For collaborative drafting, does Acrobat cover enough “live editing,” or do you pair it with a word processor? </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/monday-com/reviews"><strong>monday Work Management</strong></a>: monday docs tie directly to boards/tasks—does this keep content and project context truly in sync for larger teams, or get noisy?</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/foxit-pdf-editor/reviews"><strong>Foxit PDF Editor</strong></a>: Strong shared review and PDF collaboration—any lessons on permissions/audit trails when multiple departments are marking up regulated docs?</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews"><strong>ClickUp</strong></a>: ClickUp Docs support real-time editing with tasks and @mentions—how well does it scale as a knowledge base, especially with external collaborators?</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">If your team has compared these for collaborative editing, what tipped the scales—and would you pick the same tool again today?</p>

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## Comments
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&lt;p&gt;If you&#39;ve used any of these tools, how reliable is version history/compare/restore (including preserving comments)?&lt;/p&gt;

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