Alternatives to LibreOffice for all platforms with any license

Microsoft Office Suite

De facto suite of applications, servers, and services that many associate with online productivity.
- It is not free, BUT it deserve the money. wajeeh • Feb 2020 • 10 agrees and 37 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... Windows Phone iPad
Works Offline Onedrive integration Usability Scripting support ... Spreadsheets Version and Source control Add a feature

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Apache OpenOffice

Apache OpenOffice is a leading open-source office suite that offers free applications for word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, graphics, databases and more. All...
- its a good alternative to ms office and libre office. kateh542 • Apr 2020 • 0 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Actually, (Apache) OpenOffice was before LibreOffice. The macro's of LibreOffice run smoothly in OpenOffice, and even more fluently with less flickering on radeon graphic adaptors. Guest • Nov 2019 • 2 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Built-in PDF converter Compatible with Microsoft Office Portable Syntax Highlighting ... Desktop publishing Custom templates Export to PDF Spreadsheets Add a feature

759 Like
WPS Office

The perfect free office suite that includes updated versions of WRITER, SPREADSHEET, PRESENTATION and build-in PDF readers. Highly compatible with MS Office. The new...
- WPS has the following drawbacks: 1) The 'free' version doesn't let you print freely (ie without a watermark, if at all), 2) Unlike Libre Office, it doesn't integrate with many popular plugins, e.g. Zotero or Mendeley. 3) It's not open source and therefore, in contrast to what another comment here claims, you don't know what the code is doing, and you don't know if it's spying on you or not. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 41 agrees and 17 disagrees
- good ms office alternative but free version has limits. kateh542 • Apr 2020 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- WPS office by default saves files in .docx format, so it's one less step you have to do. There have been zero crashes unlike Libre office, which on 3 different distros of linux (Linux Mint, Korora, and Arch linux) have all crashed, causing me to lose the file I was working on. Not a knock on Libre office, but WPS is more closely related to Microsoft Office as one of the best alternatives, without all of the spying. WayneL86 • Jan 2017 • 12 agrees and 15 disagrees
Freemium Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad
Compatible with Microsoft Office Cloud Storage Functions Built-in PDF converter ... Spell checking Spreadsheets Tabbed interface Add a feature

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ONLYOFFICE

Open source productivity suite for managing documents, collaborative projects, and CRM.
- ONLYOFFICE is less functional than Libre Office, but it is open source and has the following advantage I find useful: It opens all Microsoft Office .doc and .docx files with better fidelity than Libre Office does. Especially those with embedded vector graphics, which Libre sometimes screws up. The functionality is more like Google docs or something (e.g. no plugins, etc.). But it's good to have around. JohnFastman • Mar 2017 • 18 agrees and 6 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloudron
Real time collaboration Built-in translation Collaborative Workspaces Custom fonts ... End-to-End Encryption Equation editor Integrated Chat Integrated Youtube support Latex equations Compatible with Microsoft Office Nextcloud integration Portable Tabbed interface Multiple languages Works Offline Real time collaboration Spreadsheets White-labeled Add a feature

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Google Docs

Google Docs is an online word processor, part of Google Drive, that lets you create and format text documents and collaborate with other people in real time.
- Online only, limited features, especially Google Sheets which is the spreadsheet version of Google, also closed source and very concerning for privacy like any other Google service. CapoFantasma97 • Oct 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Obviously its the best one in all office products I personally use it for all my office work. kateh542 • Apr 2020 • 1 agrees and 6 disagrees
Free Web Android iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet ... iPad
Real time collaboration Collaborative writing Team Collaboration Cloud based ... Online Sharing High Availability Online collaboration Scanner Text formatting Upload directly to Google Drive Autosave log End-to-End Encryption IFTTT integration Multiple Font Colors Office Online integration Works Offline Export to PDF Add a feature

836 Like
CryptPad

With CryptPad, you can make quick collaborative documents for taking notes and writing down ideas together.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Collaborative writing Real time collaboration Encryption End-to-End Encryption ... Document sharing No registration required Notetaking Direct file uploading Encrypted Encrypted Notes MarkDown support Multiple languages Privacy focused Real-time Real time collaboration Scheduling Writing tool WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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SoftMaker FreeOffice

SoftMaker Office for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android – the fast, powerful and compatible office suite.
- Easily the easist, fastest & best designed Office alternative, though it may lack some advanced functionality (I wouldn't know, as I primarily use it for standard, basic office suite use) ndlinn • Sep 2020
- Pretty similar to MS Office (uses the ribbon interface), very complete and powerful suite. Guest • Jul 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet
Compatible with Microsoft Office Lightweight Ribbon Interface Integrated Email Client ... Portable Export to ePub Export to PDF Spreadsheets Add a feature

67 Like
Pages

Create gorgeous documents in minutes with the Pages for Mac word processor — featuring a stunning design, writing tools, and performance.
- Pages is pragmatic. Very nicely designed as well. Free-Software movement should care more about Office apps. Google Docs is also competing at lightning speed. Ornataweaver • Jul 2019 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Mac Web iPhone iPad
Hand-write on PDFs Real time collaboration Cloud sync Desktop publishing ... Export to Word Group collaboration ICloud Integration Sync with iCloud Live collaboration Export to ePub Export to PDF Team Collaboration Add a feature

187 Like
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Office Online

Office Online is an online office suite offered by Microsoft, which allows users an easy way to access, view, create and edit documents using lightweight, web...

Free Web Microsoft Edge
Excel formulas Online Editing Add a feature

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Calligra Suite

Calligra Suite is an office and graphic art suite by KDE. It is available for desktop PCs, tablet computers, and smartphones. It contains applications for word...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux KDE FreeBSD
Ad-free Charts Database Management Spreadsheets ... Vector Drawing Add a feature

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LibreOffice Comments

How I'd love Microsoft to be overthrown

about LibreOffice · Jul 2015 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

This suite is the closest to overthrowing MSOffice. You can save Calc and Impress Files under word formats and they will pass over with precisely 0 problems. Excel to Libreoffice may be problematic. Also, Calc has no auto-calculate facility, but a basic hand-held calculator is much cheaper and easier to use than Excel.

Great free office suite, but unstable on mac

Comment by Thelle

about LibreOffice · Jun 2013 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

LibreOffice is indeed a great open source office suite, but I found it to be too unstable on mac OS to be of any real use unfortunately.

Xeogin · Sep 2013

In what way? I haven't had any issues thus far

Thelle · Sep 2013

@Xeogin - I find it crashing quite often on Mac OS..

Xeogin · Sep 2013

Ok... I was hoping for some details since I've been thinking of mass deploying it on Macs version 10.6+ through out the organization I work for. Maybe I've just been lucky stability wise since I'm using a new Macbook Pro with 10.8.5.

Thelle · Sep 2013

@Xeogin, Strange - I'm using 10.8.5 on a new Macbook Pro too, but I find it crashing every 4 hours or more.. Very frustrating.. Especially the writer app, but also have issues with spreadsheets.

Xeogin · Sep 2013

I'm a frequent open/closer, which might explain it. I'll try keeping a single spreadsheet & doc open today to test if it crashes as well.

JohnFastman · Mar 2017

I know it's 3.5 years later now. I'm using version 5.3 on a Mac. It's stable for me. However, on scrolling I occassionally see a line of text chopped off, but scrolling further brings it back. Not perfect, but not crashing.

Thelle · Mar 2017

Agreed, stability seems to have improved on Mac..

Runs slowly when insert big images.

Comment by Diego_ACT

about LibreOffice · Aug 2015 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

When I insert big image files, LibreOffice become very slow, so I have to resize images before.

LibreOffice 4.4.3

Comment by BaroqueandBlue

about LibreOffice and WPS Office · May 2015 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

I deleted LibreOffice and went back to WPS Office 2014, an older version (9.1.0.4758) which was the last release before it went to a freemium product. Libre is slow as molasses, especially when starting cold. The developers could cut the execution time considerably by making the install more optional, such as only installing the writer and spreadsheet, instead of the whole suite...or making a stand-alone writer...but they've never had any interest in doing this. WPS Office, even with its three programs, is lightening fast and still the most compatible with Microsoft documents. Libre's recent face-lift is an improvement, but WPS Office still wins in speed, interface, and compatibility.

apranaxfort · Oct 2015

Thank you i finally found correct verison of WPS office. I was looking for it for long time :)

JohnFastman · Mar 2017

See if OnlyOffice meets your needs. It's like WPS but open source; you never know what WPS is sending to servers in China (in just the same way you don't/can't know what Microsoft products are sending to their servers).

jesusmalverde · Mar 2018

Libreoffice is great now and I pity the fool who trusts WPS office

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about LibreOffice · Feb 2020 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

It's a complete office suite, purists gonna say it's less aesthetic than MS office, well maybe but it offer almost all the same tool for free so... But for sure the themes adaptation of LibreOffice is really poor on Windows compare to the one on Linux.

Comment by Guest

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Better than Microsoft office, no ads and more than the average features.

Comment by kateh542

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I like it because its free and the best open-source alternative of MS office.

Comment by susanallison

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I use it instead of Microsoft Works

Comment by Guest

about LibreOffice · Aug 2019 · 1 Helpful Report as spam

I like this program since it is very simply and has a lot of features ( detailed more than Word and others ) - and it contains all other programs major features, and more.

Its only issue is its support for Arabic language is very week , that is a major issue for me really :((

Comment by bird

about LibreOffice · Feb 2019 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

LibreOffice appears to be the best candidate to challenge Microsoft Office, but it would be better if macOS users also can launch directly to individual applications of LibreOffice. The idea of using a launcher to access the desired application seem to echo the much-reviled Microsoft (hardly) Works.

Source: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50278

brucelgrubb · Apr 2020

You don't have to use the launcher. You can select the six main document types from the file menu. Double clicking on a document will open up the relevant part of LibreOffice (as long as that doc type had been put into the always open with via the Finder). So I am not clear on what exactly the problem is.

Comment by ChelOis

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If you still have doubts about replacing the traditional Microsoft Office suite with this marvel, just keep in mind that it's number of "likes" triples those of the traditional Office. No more to say.

Do yourself a favor, forget about other suits like Microsoft Office, etc.

Comment by OmgItsTheSmartGuy

about LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

LibreOffice looks the exact same as OpenOffice.org, so don't expect some magical intensification of your daily productivity when you switch. The Document Foundation has only added a few small features, most of which work in the background, to the original OpenOffice.org suite (so far).

ElminsterofShadowdale · Feb 2012

Uh, you obviously haven't read the latest change-logs, have you?

3.4 and 3.5 add quite a few new features that are completely unique.

OmgItsTheSmartGuy · Feb 2012

Uh, you obviously haven't read the latest change-logs, have you?

That is correct. This post was from April 2011.

ElminsterofShadowdale · Mar 2012

I stand abashed; touche sir.

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The best office tools, all you need.

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How I'd love Microsoft to be overthrown

Great free office suite, but unstable on mac

Runs slowly when insert big images.

LibreOffice 4.4.3