Comparison of AI CKEditor modules

Last updated on
30 April 2026

This page compares Drupal modules that integrate AI capabilities into CKEditor for content generation, rewriting, translation, and other text editing tasks. These range from provider-agnostic community modules to commercial offerings and extension modules that add specialized functionality.

Comparison table

Module AI Provider Drupal Core Sites Security
CKEditor AI Writing Agent Drupal AI (400+ models) ^10.3 | ^11 336 No
CKEditor 5 Premium Features CKEditor Cloud (paid license) ^10.3 | ^11 13,605 Yes
Drupal AI (ai_ckeditor) Any provider (provider-agnostic) ^10.5 | ^11.2 13,633 Yes
OpenAI / ChatGPT (openai_ckeditor) OpenAI only ^10 | ^11 683 No
Augmentor AI Multiple (pluggable) ^10.3 | ^11 276 Yes
AI: CKEditor Extras Drupal AI extension ^10.3 | ^11 11 Yes
AI CKEditor WCAG Drupal AI extension ^10.3 | ^11 3 No
AI CKEditor CEFR Drupal AI extension ^10.4 | ^11 -- No
AI: Editoria11y Drupal AI extension ^10.3 | ^11 4 No
AI: Summarize Document Drupal AI extension ^10 | ^11 96 No
Open Source AI Text Generation Local (TransformersPHP) 10+ -- No

Primary AI CKEditor modules

CKEditor AI Writing Agent

Transforms CKEditor 5 into an AI-powered content creation platform. Provides slash commands (e.g. "/write blog about AI"), real-time streaming of generated content, web content integration via URLs in prompts, context-aware writing using surrounding editor content, and selection-based edits. Supports 400+ AI models (commercial and open source) through the Drupal AI module. Smart HTML formatting that respects allowed editor content. Dropdown menus for edit, review, error fix, and tone adjustment. Extensible API for custom workflows. Included in DXPR CMS. 336 sites. Drupal ^10.3 || ^11.

CKEditor 5 Premium Features

Official CKEditor enterprise-grade premium plugin integration for Drupal. AI features include: AI Chat for content creation through conversational prompts, AI Review for grammar/style/tone checking with inline recommendations, AI Quick Actions for preset edits (rewrite, simplify, expand, summarize, adjust tone), and AI Translate for content translation. Also includes non-AI premium features such as real-time collaboration, track changes, comments, revision history, and export to PDF/Word. Requires a paid CKEditor license (14-day free trial available). 13,605 sites. Drupal ^10.3 || ^11. Security advisory coverage.

Drupal AI module (ai_ckeditor sub-module)

The main Drupal AI framework module includes an ai_ckeditor sub-module that provides an AI assistant directly in CKEditor 5. Supports prompts, spelling corrections, translation, tone adjustment, summarization, and content generation. Provider-agnostic -- works with any configured AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS Bedrock, and others). The AI module is the Drupal community initiative standard for AI integration. 13,633 sites. Drupal ^10.5 || ^11.2. Security advisory coverage.

OpenAI / ChatGPT Integration (openai_ckeditor sub-module)

The original Drupal AI integration module. Its openai_ckeditor sub-module provides a CKEditor 5 toolbar button for generating text, rewriting, summarizing, and translating via OpenAI models. Note: most development in this space has moved to the Drupal AI module; this project is considered legacy. 683 sites. Drupal ^10 || ^11.

Augmentor AI

AI framework with a pluggable architecture for integrating various AI services (GPT, ChatGPT, NLP Cloud, Google Cloud Vision, AWS AI) into Drupal. Provides CKEditor 4/5 toolbar integration with a configurable augmentor dropdown, multiple field widget types, and multi-target field support. 276 sites. Drupal ^10.3 || ^11. Security advisory coverage.

Extension modules

These modules extend the AI CKEditor sub-module from the Drupal AI project with specialized functionality.

AI: CKEditor Extras

Adds paraphrasing (simplify, restructure, expand, synonym replacement), tone adjustment via taxonomy-based definitions, FAQ generation from input text, and Flesch Reading Ease score calculation. 11 sites. Drupal ^10.3 || ^11. Security advisory coverage.

AI CKEditor WCAG

Analyzes CKEditor content for WCAG accessibility compliance issues using AI. Provides user-friendly reporting with improvement suggestions. 3 sites. Drupal ^10.3 || ^11.

AI CKEditor CEFR

Rewrites CKEditor content to match a specific CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) proficiency level. Supports levels A1 through C2 with configurable default level and prompt per text format. Drupal ^10.4 || ^11.

AI: Editoria11y

Adds "Fix with AI" buttons to Editoria11y accessibility tooltips in CKEditor 5 fields. When accessibility issues are detected (headings, links, text formatting, alt text), editors get AI-powered fix suggestions. Customizable prompts with context placeholders. 4 sites. Drupal ^10.3 || ^11.

AI: Summarize Document

CKEditor plugin to summarize uploaded PDF documents using any LLM provider configured via the Drupal AI module. Configurable tone and length via taxonomies. 96 sites. Drupal ^10 || ^11.

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