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Office suites · 10 alternatives

Instead of LibreOffice, try one of these 10.

Every alternative is lined up against LibreOffice on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. LibreOffice sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
LibreOfficeWhat you have now
Free, open-source office suite for the desktop.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
Google Docs#1
Google's online word processor for live collaborative writing.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Microsoft PowerPoint#2
The classic slide deck, part of Microsoft 365.
PricePaid
with Microsoft 365
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · iOS · Android
Apache OpenOffice#3
Classic Apache office suite for documents, sheets and slides.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
ONLYOFFICE#4
Office suite with the best Microsoft format fidelity.
PriceFreemium
cloud from $/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
Google Sheets#5
Free collaborative spreadsheets in Google Workspace.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
WPS Office#6
Free Office suite popular in Asia, with ads.
PriceFreemium
premium $30/yr
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
Collabora Office#7
LibreOffice engine for cloud and self-hosted editing.
PricePaid
from $/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Calligra Suite#8
KDE's desktop productivity and graphics suite for Linux.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Linux
SoftMaker FreeOffice#9
Fast lightweight office suite focused on Microsoft file fidelity.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux · Android
Fossify Documents#10
Minimal Android app for reading and editing documents offline.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Android

How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.

LibreOffice alternatives at a glance

LibreOffice is a free office suites app. We compared 10 alternatives: 5 are open source, 5 are completely free, 2 can be self-hosted and 6 work fully offline. The most popular is Google Docs, with 967 likes.

Most liked overallGoogle Docs

Google's online word processor for live collaborative writing.

Free
Best free optionApache OpenOffice

Classic Apache office suite for documents, sheets and slides.

Free · Open source · Works offline
Best open-source optionONLYOFFICE

Office suite with the best Microsoft format fidelity.

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best to self-hostCollabora Office

LibreOffice engine for cloud and self-hosted editing.

Paid · Open source · Self‑hostable

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