Comparison of office suites

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of office suites:

General information[]

Software Name Developer First public release Predecessor Latest Stable version / (Date) Operating system Cost (USD) License Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls) support Microsoft Office Open XML support OpenDocument support Portable Document Format support
Ability Office Ability Plus Software 1995 — 6.00 Windows 49.99 - 59.99 Proprietary Yes Yes Planned for a future version Export
Apache OpenOffice Apache Software Foundation 2012 May OpenOffice.org,
StarOffice 		4.1.10 (May 4, 2021; 4 months ago (2021-05-04)) Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Solaris/Illumos No cost Apache-2.0 Yes Import-only Native format Export and Import with free plugin
Breadbox Office Breadbox Computer Company 1990 — 4.1.3.0 DOS, Windows 99.95 Proprietary No No No No
Calligra Suite KDE 2011 KOffice 3.2.0 (29 April 2020; 16 months ago (2020-04-29)[1]) Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD, Solaris/Illumos No cost GNU LGPL and GNU GPL Import Import Native format Export[2]
Collabora Online[3][4] Collabora 2016 OpenOffice.org, Go-oo
StarOffice 		6.4.11 (2 September 2021; 14 days ago (2021-09-02)[5]) Fully online. Optional apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS, Chrome OS, Windows, macOS, Linux No cost, support options are available MPL-2.0 Yes Yes Native format Yes
Feng Office Community Edition Feng Office 2007 — 3.8.5 Fully online No cost AGPL-3.0-only No No No No
GobeProductive Gobe Software 1998 — 3.04 / 2.01 Windows, BeOS 49.95 Proprietary Yes No No No
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite and Google Apps for Work) Google 2006 Writely 2014 Fully online 60.00 per account per year (30 day-trial at no cost); no cost for some versions (education, non-profit) Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Yes
Google Docs Google 2006 Writely 2014 Fully online No cost Proprietary Yes Yes[6] Yes Yes
iWork Apple Inc. 2005 AppleWorks[7] Pages 8.0 / Numbers 6.0 / Keynote 9.0.1 (November 12, 2018; 2 years ago (2018-11-12)) Mac OS, iOS, online No cost Proprietary Yes Import No Export
LibreOffice The Document Foundation formerly Sun Microsystems and Go-oo 2010 September LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org
Go-oo, StarOffice
  • Early adopters:[8] 7.2.1 (16 September 2021; 0 days ago (2021-09-16)[9])
  • Longer-tested:[8] 7.1.6 (9 September 2021; 7 days ago (2021-09-09)[10])
Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Solaris/Illumos No cost MPL-2.0 Yes Yes Native format Yes
Lotus SmartSuite IBM 1992[11] — 9.8 Windows, OS/2 313.00 Proprietary Yes No No No
Microsoft Office Microsoft 1990 (Macintosh), 1992 (Windows) Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint 		2019 (16.0) (Windows),
2019 (16.39) (Mac OS) 		Windows, Mac OS 89.95 - 679.95 Proprietary Yes Yes[12] Windows and Office 365
versions only 		Yes
Microsoft Works (Discontinued in 2009) Microsoft 1986 — Discontinued Windows, Macintosh Discontinued Proprietary Yes Yes No No
MobiSystems

OfficeSuite

MobiSystems 2004 — Android version: 10.1.16353[13]

iOS version: 6.6[14] Windows version: 2.95.18960.0[15]

Android, iOS, Windows[16] A version at no cost with ads and limited support; €29.99/year for all platforms Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Yes
NeoOffice Planamesa Software 2005-06-02 based on OpenOffice.org then LibreOffice re-coded for Mac OS 3.2 Mac OS $10/yr, $29.99 Mac App Store (old versions at no cost) GNU GPL Yes Yes Yes Import with free plugin
StarOffice a.k.a. Oracle Open Office Sun Microsystems for 10 years, Oracle for 1 year 1995 StarWriter 9.0 Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Solaris/Illumos 34.95 Proprietary Yes With free plugins Native format Import with free plugin
SoftMaker Office SoftMaker 1987 (for DOS), 1994 (for Windows)[17] — 2021 (Windows; Linux; MacOS: 3 June 2020; 15 months ago (2020-06-03),[18][19],
Office HD for Android: 24 November 2014; 6 years ago (2014-11-24),
Office Mobile for Android: 31 August 2012; 9 years ago (2012-08-31),[20]
2010 (Windows Mobile, Windows CE),
2006 (Handheld PC) 		Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Pocket PC) Version-dependent, e.g. SM Office Professional 2021 99.95 (79.95 Standard.); FreeOffice at no cost Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Yes
OnlyOffice Ascensio Systems 2010 — — Fully online No cost for non-commercial use, 75-7,200 per year for commercial use GNU AGPL Yes Yes Yes Yes
TeXmacs Joris van der Hoeven 1996? — 2.1 (June 22, 2021; 2 months ago (2021-06-22)) Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD, Unix No cost GPL-3.0-or-later No No No Export
ThinkFree Office Haansoft 1998 — 3.5 Mac OS X v10.4, Windows, Linux, Fully online 49.95, Online Versions at no cost Proprietary Yes Yes No[21][22] Yes
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Software Community Association 2002 — 12.2 LTS, 9.8 LTS and 6.14 LTS Fully online No cost LGPL-2.1-only search search search Export and search
WordPerfect Office Corel 1991 WordPerfect (1982) 2021 (May 6, 2021; 4 months ago (2021-05-06)) Windows 69.99 - 399.99 Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Some versions
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) Kingsoft 1988 — PC 11.2.0 by April 2019 Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, Mac $119.99 perpetual license; $29.99 annual subscription; no cost with ads Proprietary Yes Yes With free add-in[23][24] Export in all versions; Import with subscription only
Zoho Office Suite Zoho Corp. 2005 — Fully online Up to 96 per user per year, depending on feature set Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Yes
Software Name Developer First public release Predecessor Latest Stable version / (Date) Operating system Cost (USD) License Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls...) support Microsoft Office Open XML support OpenDocument Support Portable Document Format support

Operating system support[]

The operating systems the office suites were designed to run on without emulation; for the given office suite/OS combination, there are five possibilities:

  • No indicates that it does not exist or was never released.
  • Partial indicates that while the office suite works, it lacks important functionality compared to versions for other OSs; it is still being developed however.
  • Beta indicates that while a version of the office suite is fully functional and has been released, it is still in development (e.g. for stability).
  • Yes indicates that the office suite has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.
  • Dropped indicates that while the office suite works, new versions are no longer being released for the indicated OS; the number in parentheses is the last known stable version which was officially released for that OS.
Office suite Windows macOS Linux BSD Unix Android iOS
Ability Office Yes No No No No No No
Apache OpenOffice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Breadbox Office DOS, Windows No No No No No No
Calligra Suite Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Collabora Online[25] Yes Yes Yes Online version Online version Yes and Chrome OS Yes
Feng Office Community Edition Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online No No
Gobe Productive Yes No No No No No No
Google Apps for Work Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online
iWork Fully online (iCloud version) Yes Fully online (iCloud version) Fully online (iCloud version) Fully online (iCloud version) No Yes
LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Beta No
Lotus SmartSuite Yes No Some (with Wine) No No No No
Microsoft Office Yes Partial (not all features available, e.g. Project, Visio, Access) Some (with Wine) No No Yes Yes
Microsoft Works Yes Dropped (4.0; Classic only) Some (with Wine) No No No No
MobiSystems OfficeSuite Yes No No No No No No
NeoOffice No Mac OS X v10.3 or above No No No No No
ONLYOFFICE Yes Yes Yes Online version Online version Yes Yes
SoftMaker Office Yes Yes Yes Dropped (2006) No Yes No
StarOffice Yes Yes (Intel only) Yes Yes Yes No No
TeXmacs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
TeamLab Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online No No
ThinkFree Office Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online No No
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online No No
WordPerfect Office Yes No Some (Ver. 2000) No No No No
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Zoho Office Suite Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online No No
Office suite Windows macOS Linux BSD Unix Android iOS

Main components[]

Word processing Software Spreadsheet Software Presentation Software Notetaking software Diagramming software Raster graphics editor Vector graphics editor Image viewer Formula editor Database management software Project management software Desktop publishing software Communication Calendaring software File hosting service
Ability Office Ability Write Ability Spreadsheet Ability Presentation No Ability Draw Ability Photopaint Ability Draw Ability Photoalbum No Ability Database No No No No No
Apache OpenOffice OpenOffice Writer OpenOffice Calc OpenOffice Impress No OpenOffice Draw No OpenOffice Draw No OpenOffice Math OpenOffice Base Import/Export capabilities with ProjectLibre and others[26] OpenOffice Draw No No No
Breadbox Office Writer Spreadsheet No No No Artist Artist No No Geofile No No No No No
Calligra Suite Calligra Words Calligra Sheets Calligra Stage Calligra Flow Krita Karbon Gwenview / Digikam[2] KFormula Kexi Calligra Plan Calligra Words No No No
Collabora Online Writer Calc Impress Available in integrations, such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, others Yes Yes Yes Yes Available in Math which can be installed separately Available in Base which can be installed separately Import/Export capabilities with ProjectLibre and others[26] Draw Available in integrations such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, others Available in integrations such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, others Available in integrations such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, others
Feng Office Community Edition Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No
GobeProductive Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite and Google Apps for Work) Google Docs Google Sheets Google Slides Google Keep Google Drawings Google Drawings Google Drawings Google Photos No Google Fusion Tables No No Hangouts Chat/Meet Google Calendar Google Drive
iWork Pages Numbers Keynote Notes No No No No Yes No No Pages No No iCloud
LibreOffice LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Calc LibreOffice Impress No LibreOffice Draw LibreOffice Draw[27] LibreOffice Draw LibreOffice Draw[27] LibreOffice Math LibreOffice Base Import/Export capabilities with ProjectLibre and others[26] LibreOffice Draw No No No
Lotus SmartSuite Lotus Word Pro Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus Freelance Graphics No Lotus Freelance Graphics No No No built in Lotus Approach Lotus Organizer No No No No
Microsoft Office Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft OneNote Microsoft Visio
(Viewer; Separate product purchase required) 		No Microsoft Visio
(Viewer; Separate product purchase required) 		Microsoft Office Picture Manager
(Discontinued as of 2011;
Word and PowerPoint have some functionality)[28] 		Equation Editor Microsoft Access (Professional and Professional Plus) Microsoft Project (Separate product purchase required) Microsoft Publisher (Standard, Professional and Professional Plus) Microsoft Teams Microsoft Outlook OneDrive
Microsoft Works (Discontinued in 2009) Microsoft Works Word Processor Microsoft Works Spreadsheet Microsoft Office PowerPoint
(Viewer) 		No No No No No No Microsoft Works Database No No No No No
MobiSystems

OfficeSuite

Word Module Spreadsheet Module Presentation Module No No No No No No No No No No No No
NeoOffice NeoOffice Writer NeoOffice Calc NeoOffice Impress No NeoOffice Draw No NeoOffice Draw No NeoOffice Math NeoOffice Base No NeoOffice Draw No No No
SoftMaker Office Textmaker PlanMaker Presentations No No No No No Yes DataMaker
(Discontinued as of 1999) 		No Yes No No No
StarOffice StarWriter StarCalc StarImpress No StarDraw No StarDraw No StarMath StarBase No StarDraw No No No
TeamLab Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No
TeXmacs Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No High quality maths typesetting No No under development No No No
ThinkFree Office Write Calc Show No No No No No No No No No No No No
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Wiki Tiki Spreadsheet Tiki Slideshow with S5 format Tiki Notepad Tiki Draw via SVG-edit Tiki Draw via SVG-edit Tiki Draw via SVG-edit Tiki File Gallery No Tiki Trackers Tiki Trackers, Tiki Wiki and Tiki Task No No No No
WordPerfect Office WordPerfect Quattro Pro Corel Presentations WordPerfect Lightning Corel Presentations Corel Paint Shop Pro Corel Draw No Equation Editor Paradox
(in Professional version only) 		Yes Yes No No No
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) WPS Writer

Support More than 200 Language Typesetting

WPS Spreadsheets

Support More than 200 Functions

WPS Presentation No No No No No Equation Editor (Currently unavailable for Linux) No No No No No No
Zoho Office Suite Zoho Writer Zoho Sheet Zoho Show Zoho Notebook No No No No No Zoho Reports Zoho Projects No No No No
Word processing Software Spreadsheet Software Presentation Software Notetaking software Diagramming software Raster graphics editor Vector graphics editor Image viewer Formula editor Database management software Project management software Desktop publishing software Communication Calendaring software File hosting service

Online capabilities[]

Software Name E-mail client HTML editor Collaborative software Online editing
Ability Office No No No No
Apache OpenOffice No OpenOffice Writer[29] No With free plugins
Breadbox Office Yes Yes No No
Calligra Suite Kontact[2] Kate,[2] Quanta+[2] No No
Collabora Online Available in integrations such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, others Yes Yes Yes
Feng Office Community Edition beta No Yes Yes
GobeProductive No Yes No No
Google Apps for Work Gmail Google Sites Yes Fully online
iWork Mail No Yes iCloud
LibreOffice Can interface with email clients and
Mail Merge Wizard can send
email directly from LibreOffice[30] 		LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Calc Currently via free plugins;
LibreOffice Online
under development.[31]
Lotus SmartSuite No Yes No
Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook (Not included in
Microsoft Office 2013 or 2016
Home & Student)[32][33] 		Microsoft SharePoint Designer. Versions after Office 2000 Premium and Developer contain Microsoft FrontPage, the full-blown web page editor. Microsoft Word can read and write HTML starting with a free special upgrade for Word 6.0 Microsoft SharePoint
(Available for separate subscription)[34] 		Office Online
Microsoft Works No No No Microsoft Office Live
MobiSystems

OfficeSuite

OfficeSuite Mail for Windows, AquaMail for Android No No No
NeoOffice No NeoOffice Writer[29] No No
ONLYOFFICE Yes No Yes Fully online
SoftMaker Office a bundled Mozilla Thunderbird No No No
StarOffice No StarWriter[29] No With free plugins
TeXmacs allows to read emails Yes under development No
TeamLab No Yes Yes Yes
ThinkFree Office No Note No ThinkFree.com
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Webmail WYSIWYG editor via CKEditor Yes Fully online
WordPerfect Office has mail merge capabilities[35] No No Yes
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) available in Android Yes Yes Yes
Zoho Office Suite Zoho Mail Zoho Writer Yes Yes
Software Name E-mail client HTML editor Collaborative software Online editing

See also[]

References[]

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  4. ^ Bärwaldt, Eric (2020). "Collaborative online office solutions". Admin Network & Security. 60/2020. The software also supports PDF across all modules. If required, users can also convert text files to the ePub format for displaying appear on ebook readers or with desktop software for reading ePub files.
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