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Add to SafariWhen comparing ONLYOFFICE vs WPS Writer, the Slant community recommends WPS Writer for most people. In the question“What are the best free MS Word-compatible word-processors?” WPS Writer is ranked 8th while ONLYOFFICE is ranked 9th.
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Pros
Pro Available for Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, and Android
ONLYOFFICE offers desktop applications for Linux, Windows, and MacOS that can be connected to the web-based solution for document sharing and collaboration.
Pro High MS Office compatibility
Highly compatible with .docx, .xlsx, .pptx as well as with .odf.
Pro Collaboration capabilities
Pro Can be used as a web app
ONLYOFFICE offers a web-based office suite that can be deployed on your own server using various deployment options, including Docker script and virtual machines with the software pre-installed.
Pro Has a portable version
ONLYOFFICE portable works on almost every Linux distribution.
Pro Advanced work with math equations
Pro Integration with Nextcloud
Easy integration with Nextcloud for collaborative work.
Pro Free and open source
ONLYOFFICE is distributed under AGPL v.3 license with the source code available on GitHub.
Pro Support for add-ons (plugins)
Pro Great Microsoft Word compatibility
Pro Very similar interface
With its Word-style ribbon, WPS Office Writer is the top word processor having similar interface to Word.
Cons
Con Web app
It is a text editor that is running in a browser window, how can you trust this? Not to mention that it needs a lot more system resources than native apps.
Con Chinese Software.
The Chinese government actively spies on you with this software.
Con Ads on every start up and occasionally during use
Ads are presented on every start up of the software, and ads will occasionally be placed at lower right of your screen as you work (even while software is in background). These can be closed manually after a certain amount of time (5 seconds or less).
