Microsoft Word Alternatives

If you do not need some very rare functions, LibreOffice Writer is better and totally libre alternative!

LibreOffice can do 90%+ of what Microsoft Office can do, and it costs 100% less!

The only thing Word realistically has over LibreOffice - Writer is the fact that it has a few functions (that are seldom used), so, in 99 cases out of 100, there are no drawbacks.

Libre office is just quit easy to use just like word and it's also free

BECAUSE it is a rich application

i need that for write letters

Simply works great, compatible with Microsoft Word, FOSS.

Online, Free, Easy to use and feature-rich, and everything is saved on your G account.

Cloud based document storage and editing.

Worst than Microsoft Word. Their enormous surveillance and privacy violations are very dangerous. I suggest LibreOffice instead.

It's free, It's online, and it's easily shareable!

Google docs is even worst than Microsoft Word. Their enormous surveillance and privacy violations are unacceptable. I suggest LibreOffice instead.

Autosave Easy to use Free No need registeration Cloud storage and can be edited from any device Privacy Online(No installation required) More at google.com/docs/about

It looks almost the same, except is online.

The tool almost same as microsoft office. I think It's the closest to microsoft office

It is absolutely free. It also has some incredible features like pdf to word and much more. WPS Office gives all necessary components of MS-Office i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point. The best part is that it is cross-platform.

Very poor multi language / proofing support.

This is a free, low in size, easy to use alternative to Word, which comes packed with tons of features, even for Students.

VERY GOOD PROGRAM BUT IT IS NOT OPEN SOURCE so keep that in mind. I, personally, did not use it. but, a friend of mine uses it and spoke greatly about it. He said it deserves 10 out of 10 in every term (Easiness , Responsiveness , Stability , etc.)

Very friendly UI Has almost any thing you might need

Has many many features similar to Microsoft Word, and some that it doesn't it. Much more lightweight to run than Microsoft Word. The Spell Check needs some major help.

Unfortunately, is lagging far behind LibreOffice. Would be great to see development pick up and take a different direction, but it seems very much stalled, with the latest major in 2014 (7 years ago at the time of writing). I strongly recommend using LibreOffice instead, for security reasons, and also for newer features.

Free, simple, open-source. The interface is a bit old-styled, but you may actually like that more.

Poor features and quite complicated interface

It's pretty much the worst Office alternative available. It has a bad UI and I shouldn't talk about compatibility with .docx files

No proper implementation of digital signatures.

It is basically a free version of Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office is costly and slow, but OpenOffice is free and fast.

Best alternative I tested to date.

Clean GUI and fast interface. Excellent for high dpi too.

If you know how to use Word, the you will feel at home using OnlyOffice. It's feature rich, supports all platforms and even the browser. You can collaborate with other people, and OnlyOffcie respects your privacy.

Compared to something like Apple Pages, it's not the cleanest and smoothest experience, but if you have used MS Word og LibreOffice, it won't be a problem.

Its one of the best options to Microsoft Office, it has almost all tools. And is by far better then LibreOffice or OpenOffice.

Very similar layout to Microsoft Office so its the best alternative for people use to that. And especially for me, ecuations in google docs and libre office are ugly compare to Microsoft format which OnlyOffice use.

It has a nice UI, and good support for microsoft document formats.

it is cheaper, easier to use, and virtually compatible with Microsoft Word.

no subscription. opens every microsoft word doc

If you are like me: one who only needs the necessary to fulfill your needs, and really like when the response of the software comes quickly (think that the MS Office in general certainly does not). This is the right solution. It is fully compatible with outputs formats from MS Word; it is fast; and it does everything you need to white a nice and organized document, whatever that is.

Powerful features with a very intuitive interface. Outputs in MS Word formats plus ODT, PDF, HTML and ePub, among many others. Reads most common formats, including MS Word. Fully customizable interface. Fast and compact. Excellent documentation. The best word processor for personal use, period.

Really fast, really compatible with Microsoft Office.

It's annoyingly blank and too basic for my needs - doesn't really do enough to be considered an alternative to MS Word - maybe WordPAD or Notepad - bot not WORD.. That's not a fair or accurate comparison - that would be like trying to compare a basic guestbook addon to a WordPress installation - It's just not the same thing ...

Microsoft Office Word is expensive and slow, but Pages is free, fast, responsive, and integrates very well with the rest of macOS.

Clean, simple, yet powerful app design puts all of the editing tools within easy reach and without clutter.

It does what the user wants. It's a full featured text processor. It is affordable. It is not coded like a swamp.

AbiWord is a great simple word processor. However it doesn't have many advanced features. Just a simple text document. And it's free!

Very simple to use, I really like it

It's a hole research/writing management tool, extremely flexible, generous in it's licence and allowing easy data recovery if anything goes wrong by keeping every piece of work in an open format!

Manuskript is an app for planning and writing books. It is not a word processor, or an appropriate alternative to MS Word.