Macro Docs
Real-time collaborative markdown editor with live AI agent cursors and one-click linking to tasks, channels, and teammates.
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Description
Think of a Google Doc where, alongside your teammates' cursors moving around in real time, an AI assistant's cursor can also be editing the document with you — drafting a section, fixing formatting, or pulling in context from a linked task. That's the core idea behind Macro Docs: a shared writing space built for humans and AI agents to work in the same document at once.
Macro Docs is a real-time collaborative markdown editor built on CRDT synchronization (so edits merge correctly even offline) with visible AI agent cursors during automated editing, full version history with restore/fork, and mention-based linking that connects a document directly to tasks, channels, and specific teammates. It's part of Macro's broader workspace suite, which bundles docs with email, chat, tasks, calls, and CRM into one AI-native platform, and it's open source under AGPLv3 with a Rust backend and SolidJS frontend. The company has raised over $30M, with Andreessen Horowitz among its backers.
💬 Our review
The short version: Macro Docs is a genuinely capable, AI-native take on collaborative markdown editing, but its value is tied to buying into the full Macro platform — and at $40/seat/month, that's a real commitment compared to free-tier-friendly competitors.
Against Notion or Coda, Macro Docs' pitch is narrower but sharper: it's markdown-native (so content is portable, not locked into a proprietary block format), and it treats AI agents as first-class collaborators with visible cursors rather than a bolted-on chat sidebar. Against Google Docs or Confluence, it's a much younger product with far less market mindshare, so you're trading maturity and ecosystem for a more modern, agent-friendly editing experience. The free tier exists for individual use, but the real product — unified docs, email, chat, tasks, and CRM in one AI-native workspace — only shows its value at the $40/seat/month team tier, which is expensive next to Notion's mid-tier plans. If your team is already investing in AI-agent workflows and wants documents to be a first-class part of that, it's worth evaluating; if you just need a solid markdown editor, cheaper dedicated tools exist.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Gratuit pour un usage individuel ; 40 $/utilisateur/mois pour la plateforme Macro complète (docs, email, chat, tâches, appels, CRM, agents) ; offre entreprise sur devis
Pros
édition collaborative temps réel en CRDT avec support hors ligne
curseurs d'agents IA visibles pendant l'édition automatisée
historique de versions complet avec restauration ou fork
format markdown natif, export portable
open source sous licence AGPLv3
Cons
40 $/utilisateur/mois est cher pour une petite équipe ou un usage individuel
la vraie valeur nécessite d'adopter toute la plateforme Macro
moins établi que Notion, Google Docs ou Confluence