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Add to SafariWhen comparing Calligra vs ONLYOFFICE, the Slant community recommends ONLYOFFICE for most people. In the question“What are the best office suites for UNIX-like systems?” ONLYOFFICE is ranked 3rd while Calligra is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose ONLYOFFICE is:
ONLYOFFICE offers desktop applications for Linux, Windows, and MacOS that can be connected to the web-based solution for document sharing and collaboration.
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Pros
Pro Huge list of efficient and capable office components
Calligra consists of 9 tools. In addition to word-processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, it includes tools for project management, sketching/painting, database management, vector graphics, diagramming and brainstorming.
Pro Free and open source
Pro Unified design language
Pro Calligra offers cutting edge applications for artists to work on 2D drawings and illustrations
Calligra includes Krita, a sketching and painting application, and Karbon, a vector drawing application. Both offer end-to-end solutions. Krita is also available as a standalone program.
Pro Made for KDE
Designed in Qt for KDE plasma (but will also work in other DEs), hence the appearance is consistent with it.
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)
Cons
Con Bloated
Very bloated as it requires way too many dependencies to install. This is especially prominent in non-KDE desktops which may require over 100 dependencies to install.
Con Subpar compatibility
Microsoft office proprietary formats are not always accurately rendered
Con Slow development
Development is slower and less active than competition.
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.
