Office suites · 7 alternatives

Instead of ONLYOFFICE, try one of these 7.

Every alternative is lined up against ONLYOFFICE on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. ONLYOFFICE 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
ONLYOFFICEWhat you have now
Office suite with the best Microsoft format fidelity.
PriceFreemium
cloud from $/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
Free, open-source office suite for the desktop.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
Google's online word processor for live collaborative writing.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
The classic slide deck, part of Microsoft 365.
PricePaid
with Microsoft 365
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · iOS · Android
Classic Apache office suite for documents, sheets and slides.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
Collabora Office#5
LibreOffice engine for cloud and self-hosted editing.
PricePaid
from $/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Fossify Documents#6
Minimal Android app for reading and editing documents offline.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Android
IronCalc#7
Open-source spreadsheet engine and lightweight web editor.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web

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ONLYOFFICE alternatives at a glance

ONLYOFFICE is a freemium office suites app (cloud from $/user). We compared 7 alternatives: 5 are open source, 5 are completely free, 2 can be self-hosted and 4 work fully offline. The most popular is LibreOffice, with 1.7k likes.

Most liked overallLibreOffice

Free, open-source office suite for the desktop.

Free · Open source · Works offline
Best free optionGoogle Docs

Google's online word processor for live collaborative writing.

Free
Best open-source optionApache OpenOffice

Classic Apache office suite for documents, sheets and slides.

Free · Open source · Works offline
Best to self-hostCollabora Office

LibreOffice engine for cloud and self-hosted editing.

Paid · Open source · Self‑hostable