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What are the best office apps?
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Best office apps
Price
Platforms
Versioning
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Google Drive
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Windows; OSX; Linux; Android; iOS
Yes
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Microsoft Office
Paid
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Office 365
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Webapp; iOS; Android
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LibreOffice
Free
Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD
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OnlyOffice Desktop
Paid
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Google Drive
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Google Drive
My Recommendation for
Google Drive
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Experiences
1
Pros
6
Cons
5
Specs
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Con
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Data privacy not guaranteed
Data privacy is widely known as one of Google's weaknesses. Data shared through Google is most likely matched up with the user's profile inside other Alphabet inc. subsidiaries, and, due to the business model, used commercially.
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Built-in office suite
Includes tools for writing, presentations and spreadsheets.
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Yanis's Experience
And I mean Google Docs, Sheets, etc.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows; OSX; Linux; Android; iOS
Versioning:
Yes
Cloud Storage:
Yes
Free storage size:
15 GB
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Con
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Terms and Conditions allow Google to own anything on Google Drive
They can create derivative works, they can perform it, they can modify it, and they can publish it at will. There are many other specific rights they take over your product. Read the Terms carefully and compare with ANY others.
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File sharing & collaborative editing
Google account holders and non-holders can be set to access and/or collaborate on files/folders in real-time. Additionally, you can find files you've shared not only by filename but by person you've shared the files with.
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Very unreliable
Desktop client constantly crashes.
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15GB free
This space is shared across Drive, Gmail & Picasa.
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No WebDAV, FTP or SFTP
It supports none of these common protocols used for access to network storage, which severely limits OS integration. You are forced to use the browser or a standalone client, which isn't possible on all systems.
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Mobile integration
You can work from any device, especially mobile.
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Con
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Low bandwidth
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Pro
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Integrates with other Google services
For example, you can use search to search through both Drive and Gmail.
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Cheap for extra storage
$1.99 per 100GB, for up to 16TB.
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office
My Recommendation for
Microsoft Office
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Paid
Recommend
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Office 365
My Rec
ommendation
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Office 365
My Recommendation for
Office 365
All
1
Specs
Specs
Platforms:
Webapp; iOS; Android
Word processing:
Yes
Spreadsheets:
Yes
Formula editing:
No
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here
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LibreOffice
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ommendation
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LibreOffice
My Recommendation for
LibreOffice
All
10
Pros
2
Cons
7
Specs
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Con
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No online edition available
There is currently no online edition available like Microsoft Office, Google GSuite, or SSuite Online Office!
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Pro
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The de-facto standard
Being able to tell new people that the FOSS community has an actual default office suite matters. It shows that, despite the bewildering number of options, there can be a clear winner.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD
Word processing:
Yes
Spreadsheets:
Yes
Formula editing:
No
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Con
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Poor stability
Consistently crashes while editing. Absolutely unreliable.
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Pro
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Free and open source
LibreOffice is available for free with code available here. It's licensed under LGPL v3 with new contributions dual-licensed under MPL.
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Con
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Poor desktop integration
Since it is written in Java it does not integrate nicely with the operation systems theme, icons or dialogs.
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Con
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Ugly interface
Ungly interface compared to others office solutions, like WPS office.
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Con
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Needs a lot of system resources
It's a large office package that needs a lot of drive space and system memory.
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Documentation is out of date
Good luck turning off autocorrect, because the place where the documentation says that option is doesn't exist.
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Restricted license
LibreOffice uses a more restrictive license than OpenOffice, which makes it almost impossible to backport features to OpenOffice.
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Free
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OnlyOffice Desktop
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OnlyOffice Desktop
My Recommendation for
OnlyOffice Desktop
All
1
Cons
1
Top
Con
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Requires a registered account.
This office suite requires a registered account before you are allowed to use it.
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Paid
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2
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SoftMaker FreeOffice
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SoftMaker FreeOffice
My Recommendation for
SoftMaker FreeOffice
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7
Experiences
1
Pros
4
Cons
1
Specs
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FreeOffice requires registration
The office suite requires you to give them personal information in order to register and use this software.
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Pro
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Lightweight
It is extremely lightweight compared to Libreoffice.
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RickZeeland's Experience
Free, but registration is required. Runs on Windows, Linux and Android. The paid version can run on Mac.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Android, Mac
Word processing:
Yes
Spreadsheets:
Yes
Presentations:
Yes
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Pro
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Touchscreen support
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Pro
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Free
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Pro
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Excellent Office compatibility
Can open and save DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files.
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Free / paid
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