Jake Jinyong Kim · Last checked 2026-10-28
Keep CKEditor if your product stores rich-text HTML and Word files are only one way content gets in. Use Runstamp when the .docx is the document your users keep, and it has to come back as a Word file with its pages intact.
Comparison at a glance
| CKEditor 5 Import from Word | Runstamp editor | |
|---|---|---|
| What it edits | HTML: a cloud converter "returns HTML code generated from the uploaded file" | The .docx itself, saved back with only the edits changed |
| Plan | Premium feature; Professional plan $319 a month | Free editor under Apache-2.0 |
| Imports included | 1,000 conversions a month on Professional, then $0.25 each | No import count |
| Word page layout | Rich text, no Word pages | Same page count as Microsoft Word on 82 of 82 test documents; 97.8% of line breaks in place |
Checked 2026-10-28 from CKEditor's pricing page and Import from Word documentation, and the Runstamp Word-fidelity bench.
What Import from Word does
CKEditor's documentation says the feature "lets you import .docx (Word document) or .dotx (Word template) files into the editor." The file goes to a converter service, and the editor receives HTML. The documentation calls it "a premium feature and you need a license for it"; without one, preview mode imports only part of the document. CKEditor's pricing page includes Import from Word on Professional and Custom, not on Free or Essential, with 1,000 conversions a month on Professional and $0.25 for each conversion after that.
What changes with Runstamp
The Runstamp editor opens the .docx in the browser and keeps it a .docx. Styles, sections, headers, footers, tables and fields stay in the file, and saving writes only what the user changed. Pages are laid out the way Word lays them out: same page count as Word on 82 of 82 documents in the public bench, 99.6% of page breaks in place. There is no conversion count, so a user who opens 50 contracts a day costs the same as one who opens one. editor-pro adds suggest mode, comments, live rooms and version history for $99 a month per app plus applicable sales tax.
When to keep CKEditor
Keep it if your content lives as HTML in your database and Word import is an occasional way in. Keep it if you need its rich-text plugins more than a faithful .docx.
Sources
- CKEditor pricing, read 2026-10-28: https://ckeditor.com/pricing/
- CKEditor 5 Import from Word documentation, read 2026-10-28: https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor5/latest/features/converters/import-word/import-word.html
- Runstamp Word-fidelity bench: https://runstamp.com/word-fidelity