Comparison of office suites

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[edit] Comparison of general and technical information

See also: Comparison of word processors, Comparison of spreadsheet software.

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.

[edit] General information

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 — 5.00 Windows 49.99 - 59.99 Proprietary Yes Yes Planned for Ability Office 6 Export only
Breadbox Office Breadbox Computer Company 1990 — 4.1.3.0 DOS, Windows 99.95 Proprietary No No No No
Calligra Suite KDE 2011 KOffice BSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Windows Free LGPL and GPL import import Native format Export only[1]
Celframe Office Celframe 2006 (Windows) — Celframe Office 2008 Windows 68.20 - 190.96 Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Export only
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 and BeOS 49.95 Proprietary Yes No No No
Google Apps, Google Docs Google 2006 Writely 2010 Fully online Free Proprietary Yes Yes [2] Yes Export only
IBM Lotus Symphony IBM 2007 IBM Workplace 3 Windows, Linux and Mac OS X Free Free [3] Yes Import only [4] Native format Export only
iWork Apple Inc. 2005 AppleWorks[5] '09 Mac OS X 79.00 Proprietary Yes Import only No Export only
Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) Kingsoft 1988 WPS (word processor) 2012 Windows and Linux 69.95 Proprietary Yes Import only support for .docx and .xlsx No[6] Export only
KOffice KDE 1998 — 2.3.3 BSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Windows Free LGPL and GPL import import Native format Export only[1]
LibreOffice The Document Foundation 2010 September OpenOffice.org 3.4.4 Cross-platform Free LGPL Yes Yes Native format Export; free plugin for Import
Lotus SmartSuite IBM 1992[7] — 9.8 Windows and OS/2 313.00 Proprietary Yes No No No
MarinerPak Mariner Software 1996 — 10.0 Mac OS and Mac OS X 79.95 Proprietary Import only No No No
Microsoft Office Microsoft 1990 (Macintosh), 1992 (Windows) Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) (Windows), 2011 (14.1.4) (Macintosh) Windows and Macintosh 89.95- 679.95 Proprietary Yes Office 2007 supports ECMA-376 1st edition.[8] Poor support starting with Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 but greatly improved in Microsoft Office 2010, no support in Office 2011 for Mac however Export only[9]
Microsoft Works Microsoft 1986 — (9.0) (Windows), (4.0) (Macintosh) Windows and 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 for latest version, older versions for free GPL Yes Yes Yes Import with free plugin
OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Organization 2001 October StarOffice 3.3 Cross-platform Free LGPL 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 — 2010, 2008 (Windows, Linux, Windows Mobile, Windows CE),
2006 (Handheld PC)		 Windows, Linux, Pocket PC (Windows Mobile, Windows CE) 79.95 (34.95 Acad.) or Free (versions 2006 and 2008) Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Export only
SSuite Office Van Loo Software 2002 — 4.1 Windows Free Freeware Yes No No Export only
StarOffice Sun Microsystems 1995 StarWriter 9.0 Cross-platform 34.95 Proprietary Yes With free plugins Native format Import with free plugin
ThinkFree Office Haansoft 1998 — 3.5 Cross-platform 49.95 Proprietary Yes Import only No[10][11] No
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Software Community Association 2002 — 8.1 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 Export only
ZCubes ZCubes Inc. 2006 — 2007 Fully online Free Proprietary No No No No
Zoho Office Suite AdventNet 2005 — Fully online 0 - 25 / User / Month Proprietary Yes Yes Yes No
Developer First public release 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

[edit] Operating system support

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
Celframe Office Yes with plugins Some (with Wine) No No
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[12] 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.org Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShareOffice Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online Fully online
SoftMaker Office Yes No Yes Dropped (2006) No
SSuite Office Yes No Some (with Wine) No No
StarOffice Yes Yes (Intel only) Yes Yes Yes
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

[edit] Main components

[edit] Offline capabilities

Word processor Spreadsheet Presentation program Notetaking software Diagramming software Raster graphics editor Vector graphics editor Image viewer Formula editor Database management system Project management software Desktop publishing software
Ability Office Ability Write Ability Spreadsheet Ability Presentation No Ability Draw Ability Photopaint Ability Draw Ability Photoalbum No Ability Database No No
Breadbox Office Writer Spreadsheet No No No Artist Artist No No Geofile No No
Calligra Suite KWord KSpread KPresenter BasKet[1] Kivio Krita Karbon14 Gwenview/Digikam[1] KFormula Kexi KPlato KWord
Celframe Office Celframe Write Celframe Spreadsheet Celframe Power Presentation Celframe Note Taker Celframe Draw Celframe Draw Celframe Studio Celframe Photo Album Celframe Spreadsheet Inbuilt Celframe DataAccess Celframe Project Celframe Publisher
Feng Office Community Edition Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes No
GobeProductive Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Google Apps Google Docs Google Docs Google Docs Google Notebook Google Docs Google Drawing Google Drawing Picasa, Picasaweb TeX compatible No No No
IBM Lotus Symphony Documents Spreadsheets Presentations No No No No No No No No No
iWork Pages Numbers Keynote No No No No No No No No Pages
Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) Kingsoft Writer Kingsoft Spreadsheets Kingsoft Presentation No No No No No Equation Editor No No No
LibreOffice LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Calc LibreOffice Impress No LibreOffice Draw No LibreOffice Draw No LibreOffice Math LibreOffice Base No LibreOffice Draw
Lotus SmartSuite Lotus Word Pro Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus Freelance Graphics No Lotus Freelance Graphics No No No built in Lotus Approach Lotus Organizer No
MarinerPak Mariner Write Mariner Calc No No No No No No No No No No
Microsoft Office Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft OneNote Microsoft Visio No No Microsoft Office Picture Manager Equation Editor Microsoft Access Microsoft Project Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Works Microsoft Works Word Processor Microsoft Works Spreadsheet Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer No No No No No No Microsoft Works Database No No
NeoOffice NeoOffice Writer NeoOffice Calc NeoOffice Impress No NeoOffice Draw No NeoOffice Draw No NeoOffice Math NeoOffice Base No NeoOffice Draw
OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Calc OpenOffice.org Impress No OpenOffice.org Draw No OpenOffice.org Draw No OpenOffice.org Math OpenOffice.org Base No OpenOffice.org Draw
ShareOffice iNetOffice EditGrid Preezo No No No No No No No No No
SoftMaker Office Textmaker PlanMaker Presentations No No No No No Yes DataMaker No Yes
SSuite Office SSuite WordGraph SSuite Accel Spreadsheet SSuite WordGraph Yes No No SSuite EZPhoto Editor Yes Equation Editor SSuite MonoBase No No
StarOffice StarWriter StarCalc StarImpress No StarDraw No StarDraw No StarMath StarBase No StarDraw
ThinkFree Office Write Calc show No No No No No No No No No
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Wiki Tiki Spreadhseet Tiki Slideshow with S5 format Tiki Notepad Tiki Draw via SVG-edit Tiki Draw via SVG-edit Tiki Draw via SVG-edit Tiki File Gallery No Tiki Trackers Tiki Trackers, Tiki Wiki and Tiki Task No
WordPerfect Office WordPerfect Quattro Pro Corel Presentations WordPerfect Lightning Corel Presentations Corel Paint Shop Pro Corel Draw No Equation Editor Paradox Yes Yes
ZCubes ZText Editor Calci ZSlide ZHandwrite ZCharts ZPaint ZPaint ZAlbum Calci ZPlatform No No
Zoho Office Suite Zoho Writer Zoho Sheet Zoho Show Zoho Notebook No No No No No Zoho Reports Zoho Projects No
Word processor Spreadsheet Presentation program Notetaking software Diagramming software Raster graphics editor Vector graphics editor Image viewer Formula editor Database management system Project management software Desktop publishing software

[edit] Online capabilities

E-mail client HTML editor Collaborative software Online editing
Ability Office No No No No
Breadbox Office Yes Yes No No
Calligra Suite Kontact[1] Quanta+[1] No No
Celframe Office Celframe Mail Celframe Publishing, Celframe Write Inbuilt Google Docs, plugin in all apps Celframe Office Online - 2011
Feng Office Community Edition beta No Yes Yes
GobeProductive No Yes No No
Google Apps Gmail Google Sites Yes fully online
IBM Lotus Symphony No No No No
iWork No No iWork.com in beta iWork.com
Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) No No No Yes
LibreOffice No LibreOffice Writer No With free plugins
Lotus SmartSuite No Lotus FastSite Yes No
MarinerPak No No No No
Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Entourage Microsoft SharePoint Designer Microsoft Groove Microsoft Office Live
Microsoft Works No No No Microsoft Office Live
NeoOffice No NeoOffice Writer[13] No No
OpenOffice.org No OpenOffice.org Writer[13] No With free plugins
ShareOffice No No Yes Fully online
SoftMaker Office No No No No
SSuite Office Yes No Yes No
StarOffice No StarWriter[13] No With free plugins
ThinkFree Office No Note No ThinkFree.com
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Webmail WYSIWYG editor via CKEditor Yes Fully online
WordPerfect Office WordPerfect MAIL No No Yes
ZCubes No Yes Yes Yes
Zoho Office Suite Zoho Mail Zoho Writer Yes Yes
E-mail client HTML editor Collaborative software Online editing

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Not included in this office suite, but provided in the Desktop Environment.
  2. ^ http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/02/finally-google-docs-can-open-docx-and-xlsx-files
  3. ^ IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project
  4. ^ "What's new in Lotus Symphony 3". IBM. 2010-10-21. http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/ReleaseNotes. 
  5. ^ "Apple Unveils iWork ’05". Apple Inc.. 2005-01-11. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jan/11iwork.html. Retrieved 2007-08-21. 
  6. ^ Kingsoft Office 2009 has no ODF support
  7. ^ Release date of Lotus SmartSuite from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3563/is_n7_v9/ai_14346979[dead link]
  8. ^ No OOXML in Office 2007 service pack
  9. ^ Native Export starting with Microsoft Office 2007 SP2; free Microsoft plugins are available for older versions [1]
  10. ^ ThinkFree on Ubuntu
  11. ^ ThinkFree features
  12. ^ Kingsoft Office 2009 - supported operating systems
  13. ^ a b c When in WYSIWYG HTML editing mode.
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