Software suite

A software suite or application suite is a collection of computer programs — usually application software or programming software — of related functionality, often sharing a similar user interface and the ability to easily exchange data with each other.

Features

Advantages

• Less costly than buying individual packages
• Identical or very similar GUI
• Designed to interface with each other
• Helps the learning curve of the user

Disadvantages

• Some purchased features may never be used by the user
• May take a significant amount of disk space (bloatware)
• Likely to require significant effort for stuff

Types

• Office suites
• Internet suite
• Graphics suite
• Integrated development environment

See also

• Application software
• Package (package management system)
• Runtime environment