Comparison of office suites
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Comparison of general and technical information [edit]
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of office suites. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. The table only includes systems that are widely used and currently available.
General information [edit]
| Developer | First public release | Predecessor | Latest Stable version | Operating system | Costs in 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 |
| Breadbox Office | Breadbox Computer Company | 1990 | — | 4.1.3.0 | DOS, Windows | 99.95 | Proprietary | No | No | No | No |
| Calligra Suite | KDE | 2011 | KOffice | 2.6.3 (15 May 2013[1]) [±] | BSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows | Free | LGPL and GPL | Import | Import | Native format | Export[2] |
| Feng Office Community Edition | Feng Office | 2007 | - | 1.6.1 | Fully online | Free | AGPL | No | No | No | No |
| GobeProductive | Gobe Software | 1998 | — | 3.04 / 2.01 | Windows, BeOS | 49.95 | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Google Apps, Google Docs | 2006 | Writely | 2012 | Fully online | Free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes[3] | Yes | Yes | |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | IBM | 2007 | IBM Workplace (based on OpenOffice.org) | 3.0.1 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Free | Free[4] | Yes | Import[5] | Native format | Export |
| iWork | Apple Inc. | 2005 | AppleWorks[6] | '09 | Mac OS X | 79.00 | Proprietary | Yes | Import | No | Export |
| Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) | Kingsoft | 1988 | WPS (word processor) | 2012 | Windows, Linux, Android | 69.99,Free | Proprietary | Yes | Import support for .docx and .xlsx | No[7] | Export |
| KOffice | KDE | 1998 | — | 2.3.3 | BSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows | Free | LGPL and GPL | Import | Import | Native format | Export[2] |
| LibreOffice | The Document Foundation | 2010 September | OpenOffice.org, Go-oo | 4.0.3[8] (9 May 2013) [±] | Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Free | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Native format | Yes |
| Lotus SmartSuite | IBM | 1992[9] | — | 9.8 | Windows, OS/2 | 313.00 | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| MarinerPak | Mariner Software | 1996 | — | 10.0 | Mac OS, Mac OS X | 79.95 | Proprietary | Import | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Office | Microsoft | 1990 (Macintosh), 1992 (Windows) | Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel PowerPoint | 2013 (15.0) (Windows), 2011 (14.2.2) (Macintosh) | Windows, Macintosh | 89.95- 679.95 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes[10] | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Works | Microsoft | 1986 | — | (9.0) (Windows), (4.0) (Macintosh) | Windows, Macintosh | 39.95 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NeoOffice | Planamesa Software | 2005-06-02 | OpenOffice.org 1.1 for Mac OS X | 3.2 | Mac OS X | $10 per year for latest version, older versions for free | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Import with free plugin |
| Oracle Open Office (formerly called StarOffice) | Sun Microsystems | 1995 | StarWriter | 9.0 | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris | 34.95 | Proprietary | Yes | With free plugins | Native format | Import with free plugin |
| Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) | Apache Foundation, formerly Sun Microsystems, Oracle | 2001 October | StarOffice | 3.4 | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD, Unix | Free | Apache License 2.0 | Yes | With free plugins | Native format | Import with free plugin |
| ShareOffice | ShareMethods | 2007 May | — | — | Fully online | > 10,000.00 / year | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| SoftMaker Office | SoftMaker | 1989 | — | 2012, 2010, 2008 (Windows, Linux, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Android), 2006 (Handheld PC) |
Windows, Linux, Pocket PC (Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Android) | 79.95 (34.95 Acad.) or Free (versions 2006 and 2008) | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export |
| TeamLab | Ascensio Systems | 2010 | — | — | Fully online | Free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | 1996? | — | 2012 | Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, BSD, Unix | Free | GPL | No | No | No | No |
| ThinkFree Office | Haansoft | 1998 | — | 3.5 | Mac OS X v10.4, Windows, Linux, Fully online | 49.95, Online Versions free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No[11][12] | Yes |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Tiki Software Community Association | 2002 | — | 9.1[13] | Fully online | Free | LGPL | search | search | Yes, via WebODF | Export and search |
| WordPerfect Office | Corel | 1991 | WordPerfect (1982) | X5 | Windows | 69.99 - 399.99 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some versions |
| ZCubes | ZCubes Inc. | 2006 | — | 2007 | Fully online | Free | Proprietary | No | No | No | No |
| Zoho Office Suite | AdventNet | 2005 | — | Fully online | 0 - 25 / User / Month,1GB free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Developer | First public rele ase | Predecessor | Stable version | Operating system | Costs in USD | License | Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls...) support | Microsoft Office Open XML support | OpenDocument Support | Portable Document Format support |
Operating system support [edit]
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.
Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common operating systems today.
| Office suite | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ability Office | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Breadbox Office | DOS, Windows | No | No | No | No |
| Calligra Suite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Feng Office Community Edition | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| Gobe Productive | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Google Apps | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| iWork | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) | Yes | No | some versions[14] | No | No |
| KOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lotus SmartSuite | Yes | No | Some (with Wine) | No | No |
| MarinerPak | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Office | Yes | Yes | Some (with Wine) | No | No |
| Microsoft Works | Yes | Dropped (4.0; Classic only) | No | No | No |
| NeoOffice | No | Mac OS X v10.3 or above | No | No | No |
| OpenOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SoftMaker Office | Yes | No | Yes | Dropped (2006) | No |
| StarOffice | Yes | Yes (Intel only) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TeXmacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TeamLab | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| ThinkFree Office | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| WordPerfect Office | Yes | No | Some (Ver. 2000) | No | No |
| ZCubes | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| Zoho | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
| Office suite | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Main components [edit]
Offline capabilities [edit]
Online capabilities [edit]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Calligra 2.6.3 Released
- ^ a b c d e f Not included in this office suite, but provided in the Desktop Environment.
- ^ http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/02/finally-google-docs-can-open-docx-and-xlsx-files
- ^ IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project
- ^ "What's new in Lotus Symphony 3". IBM. 2010-10-21.
- ^ "Apple Unveils iWork ’05". Apple Inc. 2005-01-11. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Kingsoft Office 2009 has no ODF support
- ^ "Release Notes". The Document Foundation. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ Release date of Lotus SmartSuite from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3563/is_n7_v9/ai_14346979[dead link]
- ^ [1]
- ^ ThinkFree on Ubuntu
- ^ ThinkFree features
- ^ http://info.tiki.org/article198-Tiki-8-5-and-9-1-Released
- ^ Kingsoft Office 2009 - supported operating systems
- ^ a b c When in WYSIWYG HTML editing mode.
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