When comparing Apple iWork vs Apache OpenOffice, the Slant community recommends Apple iWork for most people. In the question“What are the best Microsoft Office alternatives?” Apple iWork is ranked 4th while Apache OpenOffice is ranked 8th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to use applications
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under Apache License.
Pro Comprehensive suite of applications
Apache OpenOffice includes applications for word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and database management.
Pro Cross-platform
OpenOffice is available on Windows, Mac OS, and *nix systems.
Pro Multilingual
OpenOffice is available in 170+ languages.
Pro No CopyLeft
Unlike LibreOffice, its Grandfather OpenOffice is real open software for anyome.
Pro Full compatibility with Microsoft
Fully compatible with Microsoft formats - from the oldest to the latest.
Pro Quickstart
It has quickstart on Linux, a feature that makes opening a file blazing fast.
Cons
Con Cloud sync only in the Apple environment
Con Part of the Apple eco system
Con Effectively limited to Apple devices
While you can edit documents through your browser on any OS if you use iCloud, the full feature set of the iWork programs is limited to Mac computers, iPad tablets, and iPhone and iPod touch mobile devices. If you use any other OS, you should look for something more portable.
Con Dead project
The project looks dead. They can't close even serious security vulnerabilities. You might want to use Libreoffice instead.
Con Documentation is lacking
OpenOffice documentation is incomplete and language is highly technical.
Con No copyleft
It's good for developers but bad for openoffice for example: libreoffice relicensed it under GPL now libreoffice can integrate all changes made to openoffice but openoffice is unable to integrate improvements from libreoffice.