Comparison of office suites
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of office suites:
General information
[edit]Platforms listed are for when a local application is available that does not require network connectivity to function.
Office Suite names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.
Name | Developer | Predecessor | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost (USD) | |
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Version | Date | |||||||
Ability Office | Ability Plus Software | — | 1995 | Windows | 11[1] | 2022-02 | Proprietary | 39.99 + |
Apache OpenOffice | Apache Software Foundation | OpenOffice.org StarOffice |
2012-05 | Linux | 4.1.15[2] | 2023-12-22 | Apache-2.0 | No cost |
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Calligra Suite | KDE | KOffice | 2011 | BSD | 4.0.1[3] | 2024-09-02 | LGPL and GPL | No cost |
Linux | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Collabora Online | Collabora | OpenOffice.org Go-oo StarOffice |
2019[a] | Android | 24.04.6[4] | 2024-08-26 | MPL-2.0 | No cost, optional subscriptions with support available |
2021[b] | BSD | Build your own | Build your own | |||||
2019[a] | ChromeOS | 24.04.6[4] | 2024-08-26 | |||||
2019[a] | iOS | 24.04.6[5] | 2024-09-09 | |||||
2019[a] | iPadOS | 24.04.6[5] | 2024-09-09 | |||||
2016[c] | Linux | Online server: 24.04.9.3[6] | 2024-11-22 | |||||
2015[d] | Desktop app: 24.04.4[7] | 2024-07-12 | ||||||
2015[d] | CODE:[e] 24.04.9.2[8] | 2024-11-07 | ||||||
2015[d] | macOS | 24.04.4[7] | 2024-07-12 | |||||
2015[d] | Windows | 24.04.4[7] | 2024-07-12 | |||||
Feng Office Community Edition | Feng Office | — | 2007 | Online | 3.11.2.8[9] | 2024-09-24 | AGPL-3.0-only | No cost |
GNU TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | — | 1996? | BSD | 2.1.4[10] | 2024-03-11 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
Linux | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Unix | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Google Workspace | G Suite Google Apps Writely |
2006 | Android[f] | Rolling | Rolling | Proprietary | 0 - 60[g] | |
ChromeOS[h] | ||||||||
iOS[f] | ||||||||
Linux[h] | ||||||||
macOS[f] | ||||||||
Windows[f] | ||||||||
Hancom Office | Hancom | ThinkFree Office | 1998 | Android | 2020 | 2020 | Proprietary | 59.99 - 119.99 |
iOS | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Online | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
iWork | Apple Inc. | AppleWorks[11] | 2005 | iOS | 14.0[12][13] | 2024-04-02 | Proprietary | No cost |
iPadOS | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Online | ||||||||
LibreOffice | The Document Foundation | OpenOffice.org Go-oo StarOffice |
2010-09 | BSD | 24.8.3[14][15] | 2024-11-14 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
Linux | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Solaris/Illumos | ||||||||
Unix | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Microsoft 365 | Microsoft | Forethought, Inc.[16] | 2015 | Android | rolling | 2024 | Proprietary | 89.95 - 679.95 |
2013 | iOS | rolling | 2024 | |||||
1990 | macOS | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
2011 | online | rolling | 2024 | |||||
1992 | Windows | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
NeoOffice (discontinued) |
Planamesa Software | OpenOffice.org LibreOffice StarOffice |
2005-06-02 | macOS | 2022[17] | 2022-05-13 | GPL | Discontinued |
OfficeSuite | MobiSystems | — | 2004 | Android | 12.0.39465[18] | 2021-12-16 | Proprietary | 0 - 29.99[i] |
ChromeOS | 12.0.39465[18] | 2021-12-16 | ||||||
iOS | 9.4[19] | 2022-01-19 | ||||||
macOS | 1.5[20] | 2020-01-01 | ||||||
Windows | 6.30.43840 | 2021 | ||||||
OnlyOffice | Ascensio Systems | Teamlab | 2010 | Android | 8.2.1[21] | 2024-11-14 | AGPL | 0 - 75-7,200[j] |
iOS | 8.2.1[21] | 2024-11-14 | ||||||
Linux | 8.2.1[21] | 2024-11-14 | ||||||
macOS | 8.2.1[21] | 2024-11-14 | ||||||
Online | 8.2.1[21] | 2024-11-14 | ||||||
Windows | 8.2.1[21] | 2024-11-14 | ||||||
Polaris Office | Infraware Inc. | — | 2011-05 | Android | 9.6.3[22][23] | 2021-12-23 | Proprietary | ? |
iOS | 9.6.4[24] | 2021-12-29 | ||||||
macOS | 9.0.30[25] | 2021-12-03 | ||||||
Windows | 9.113.79[26] | 2021-12-28 | ||||||
SoftMaker Office | SoftMaker | — | 2012-08[27] | Android | 2024 rev 1204[28] | 2023-09-07 | Proprietary | 29.90 - 129.95[k] |
2020-12[29] | ChromeOS | |||||||
2022-08[30] | iOS | |||||||
2006-12[27] | Linux | |||||||
2018-03[27] | macOS | |||||||
1995-12[27] | Windows | |||||||
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Tiki Association[l] | — | 2002 | Online | 25.3[31] | 2023-10-11 | LGPL-2.1-only | No cost |
WordPerfect Office | Corel | WordPerfect (1982) | 1991 | Windows | 2021[32] | 2021-05 | Proprietary | 69.99 - 399.99 |
WPS Office | Kingsoft | Kingsoft Office | 1988 | Android | PC 11.2.0 | 2019-04 | Proprietary | 0 - 119.99[m] |
Linux | ||||||||
iOS | ||||||||
macOS | ||||||||
Windows | ||||||||
Zimbra | Synacor | — | 2005 | Online | Rolling | Rolling | Proprietary | 0 - ? optional options that cost[n] |
Zoho Workplace | Zoho Corp. | Zoho Office Suite | 2005 | Online | Rolling | Rolling | Proprietary | At cost[o] |
Name | Developer | Predecessor | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost (USD) | |
Version | Date |
OS 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 the office suite lacks important functionality and it is still being developed, or it is online only so requires network connectivity to function.
- 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.
Office Suite names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.
Name | Android | BSD | ChromeOS | iOS | iPadOS | Linux | macOS | Unix | Windows |
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Ability Office | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Apache OpenOffice | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Calligra Suite | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Collabora Online | Yes | Yes[p] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[p] | Yes |
Feng Office Community Edition | No | Partial[q] | No | No | No | Partial[q] | Partial[q] | Partial[q] | Partial[q] |
GNU TeXmacs | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Google Workspace | Yes[r] | No | Yes[r] | Yes[r] | Yes[r] | Yes[r] | Yes[r] | No | Yes[r] |
Hancom Office | Yes | Partial[s] | No | Yes | No | Partial[s] | Yes | Partial[s] | Yes |
iWork | No | Partial[s] | No | Yes | Yes | Partial[s] | Yes | Partial[s] | Partial[s] |
LibreOffice | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft 365 | Yes | No | Partial[t] | Yes | Yes | Partial[u] | Partial[v] | No | Yes |
NeoOffice (discontinued) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
OfficeSuite | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
OnlyOffice | Yes | Partial[q] | No[w] | Yes | No[x] | Yes | Yes | Partial[q] | Yes |
SoftMaker Office | Yes | Dropped[y] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | No | Yes[q] | No | No | No | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] |
WordPerfect Office | No | No | No | No | No | Some[z] | No | No | Yes |
WPS Office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Zimbra | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] |
Zoho Office Suite | No | Yes[q] | Yes | No | No | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] | Yes[q] |
Name | Android | BSD | ChromeOS | iOS | iPadOS | Linux | macOS | Unix | Windows |
Supported file formats
[edit]Office Suite names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.
Name | Legacy Microsoft Office |
OpenDocument
|
Strict Office Open XML
|
Microsoft XML |
Portable Document Format
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Office | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Export |
Apache OpenOffice | Yes | Native format | No | Import | Yes with plugin |
Calligra Suite | Import | Native format | No | Import | Export[af] |
Collabora Online | Yes | Native format | Yes[ag] | Yes | Yes |
Feng Office Community Edition | No | No | No | No | No |
GNU TeXmacs | No | No | No | No | Export |
Google Workspace | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Hancom Office | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
iWork | Yes | No | No | Import | Export |
LibreOffice | Yes | Native format | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft 365 | Partial[ah] | Partial[ai] | Partial[aj][34] | Native format[35] | Yes |
NeoOffice (discontinued) |
Yes | Native format | No | Yes | Import with plugin |
OfficeSuite | Yes | Partial[ak] | No | Yes | Yes |
OnlyOffice | Yes | Yes | No | Native format | Yes |
Polaris Office | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Viewing |
SoftMaker Office | Yes | Partial[al] | No | Yes | Yes |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | search | search | No | search | Export and search |
WordPerfect Office | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Some versions |
WPS Office | Yes | Yes with add-in | No | Yes | Export in all versions. Import with subscription only. |
Zimbra | Yes | Native format | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zoho Office Suite | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Name | Legacy Microsoft Office |
OpenDocument
|
Strict Office Open XML
|
Microsoft XML |
Portable Document Format
|
Main components
[edit]Office Suite names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.
Online capabilities
[edit]Office Suite names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d The app uses LibreOffice kit technology and is based on Collabora Online for which development started in 2013.
- ^ Version 21.11. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
- ^ Version 1.0. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
- ^ a b c d Version 4.4.
- ^ CODE: Collabora Online Development Edition
- ^ a b c d Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
- ^ 60.00 per account per year. 30 day-trial at no cost. No cost for education and non-profit.
- ^ a b Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
- ^ €29.99/year for all platforms. No cost with ads and limited support.
- ^ 75-7,200 per year for commercial use. No cost for non-commercial use, mobile apps are not available with community edition.
- ^ 29.90 yearly sub for Office NX Home, 49.90 yearly sub for Office NX Universal, 99.95 to purchase Office Standard, 129.95 to purchase Office Professional. Free trial available for 30 days.
- ^ Tiki Software Community Association.
- ^ $119.99 perpetual license. $29.99 annual subscription. No cost with ads.
- ^ free community edition, other paid for versions with increasing features.ׁׂׂ
- ^ Up to 96 per user per year.
- ^ a b Online or Build your own application from source code
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Online only requiring network connectivity to function
- ^ a b c d e f g Offline and Online
- ^ a b c d e f g Online only (iCloud) requiring Internet connectivity to function
- ^ Online only (Microsoft 365) requiring Internet connectivity to function
- ^ Wine, not all features available
- ^ Not all features available, e.g. Project, Visio, Access.
- ^ not stated if supported.
- ^ not stated if supported.
- ^ Dropped 2006.
- ^ Version 2000.
- ^ a b Microsoft's binary file formats for Office 97-2003
- ^ a b An open file format for word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics
- ^ a b A file format created by Microsoft for word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics
- ^ a b Microsoft's default file formats for Office 2007 and above
- ^ a b A partially open file format to present documents, including text formatting and images.
It includes proprietary technologies defined only by Adobe that are not standardized and whose specifications are published only on Adobe's website, many of these are not supported by popular third-party implementations of PDF. - ^ a b c d e Not included in this office suite, but provided in the Desktop Environment.
- ^ Supported in Desktop apps (Windows, Mac and Linux), Import only for Android, iOS, ChromeOS and Online.
- ^ Not supported in Online version.
- ^ Not supported in macOS.
- ^ Not supported in Excel for macOS or iPad.
- ^ OpenDocument text documents only.
- ^ Read/write: text documents, read: spreadsheets, presentations.
- ^ a b c Import/Export with ProjectLibre and others.[36]
- ^ a b c d e Available in integrations, such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, others.
- ^ High quality maths typesetting.
- ^ Apple Photos is included in the operating system
- ^ LibreOffice Writer and Draw contain desktop publishing features, but feature sets are not equal for both components.[38] Although Draw can import Microsoft Publisher files, it has problems of creating complex editorial projects.[39] For example, alternate glyphs in fonts cannot be used automatically.[40] Official tech support recommended Scribus for desktop publishing tasks.[41]
- ^ A lightweight, web-based version of Visio is available to Microsoft 365 business subscribers. Full Visio is available to organizations as a separate purchase from Office.[42]
- ^ Vector graphics can be made in Microsoft PowerPoint.
- ^ An equation editor is available in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft OneNote.
- ^ Professional and Professional Plus.
- ^ Separate product purchase required.
- ^ Standard, Professional and Professional Plus.
- ^ Discontinued as of 1999.
- ^ In Professional version only.
- ^ Currently unavailable for Linux.
- ^ a b When in WYSIWYG HTML editing mode.
- ^ Can interface with email clients and Mail Merge Wizard can send email directly from LibreOffice.[43]
- ^ LibreOffice Online under development.[44]
- ^ Not included in Microsoft Office 2013 or 2016 Home & Student.[45][46]
- ^ Versions after Office 2000 Premium and Developer contain Microsoft FrontPage, the full-blown web page editor.
- ^ Microsoft Word can read and write HTML starting with a special upgrade for Word 6.0.
- ^ Available for separate subscription.[47]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ability Office Ability Office History". Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15". 22 December 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "v4.0.1". 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Collabora Office".
- ^ a b "Collabora Office".
- ^ "Collabora Online 24.04 Release Notes".
- ^ a b c "Collabora Office 24.04 Release Notes".
- ^ "CODE 24.04 Release Notes".
- ^ "Release 3.11.2.8". 24 September 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Joris van der Hoeven (2 April 2024). "TeXmacs 2.1.4". Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Apple Unveils iWork '05". Apple Inc. 2005-01-11. Archived from the original on 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Ed Hardy (2 April 2024). "iWork 14 brings useful tweaks to Pages, Numbers and Keynote". Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Pages". 2 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Italo Vignoli (14 November 2024). https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/11/14/libreoffice-24-8-3/. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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- ^ The presentation program (Powerpoint) was created by Forethought, Inc. and later purchased by Microsoft Corporation for $14 million (~$32.2 million in 2023). "COMPANY NEWS; Microsoft Buys Software Unit". The New York Times. 1987-07-31. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
Microsoft created the other two core compenents of their office suite, the word processor (Word) and the spreadsheet program (Excel). - ^ https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65503#65503.
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- ^ "App Store Preview".
- ^ "What's New in OfficeSuite".
- ^ a b c d e f "Release 8.2.1". 14 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Polaris Office: Edit&View, PDF".
- ^ "Polaris Office".
- ^ "App Store Preview".
- ^ "Mac App Store Preview".
- ^ "Polaris Office 9.113.79 Download". Archived from the original on 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "SoftMaker's product history". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17.
- ^ https://www.softmaker.com/en/download/servicepacks.
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- ^ SoftMaker Office for iOS has been released
- ^ "tags/25.3 · Tags · Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware / Tiki · GitLab".
- ^ "Barry MacDonnell's Toolbox for WordPerfect for Windows - What's new and different in recent WordPerfect versions". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "File format reference for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Deploy Office".
- ^ "Strict Open XML files do not open or save in Excel for iPad or Excel for Mac - Microsoft Support".
- ^ File format reference for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- ^ "Does ProjectLibre offer export and import features ?". ProjectLibre. January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
You can cut/paste spreadsheet data into the spreadsheets of ProjectLibre. You can import the .csv into OpenOffice or LibreOffice spreadsheets. You can also rearrange the spreadsheet in ProjectLibre to whatever columns match up and then just paste the data into ProjectLibre. We can do a mapping/import in the future to allow import directly of .csv. There is just a lot of things on the list.
- ^ a b "LibreOffice Version 4.3 Draw Guide" (PDF). LibreOffice Documentation Team. pp. 115–137. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ Feature Comparison: LibreOffice - Microsoft Office
- ^ Desktop Publishing Software What is DTP software and which is the best?
- ^ Designing with LibreOffice, Chapter 7, The limits to LibreOffice text design, page 191
- ^ Does libreoffice have an equivalent to publisher please? ?
- ^ [1]
- ^ "LibreOffice Version 4.2 Getting Started Guide" (PDF). LibreOffice Documentation Team. June 18, 2014. pp. 304–307. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
LibreOffice provides several ways to send documents quickly and easily as e-mail attachments in one of three formats: OpenDocument (LibreOffice's default format), Microsoft formats, or PDF.
- ^ Segar Yegulalp (March 25, 2015). "LibreOffice's next big version is in the cloud". InfoWorld, Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Choose your Office". Microsoft. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ "Office". Microsoft. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ "SharePoint Online". Microsoft. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ "WordPerfect Office X7 Handbook" (PDF). Corel Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.