Comparison of office suites
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of office suites:
General information
Developer | First public release | Predecessor | Latest Stable version / (Date) | Operating system | Price in USD | License | Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls) support | Microsoft Office Open XML support | OpenDocument support | Portable Document Format support | |
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Ability Office | Ability Plus Software | 1995 | — | 6.00 | Windows | 49.99 - 59.99 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Planned for a future version | Export |
Apache OpenOffice | Apache Software Foundation | 2012 May | OpenOffice.org, StarOffice |
4.1.3[1] (October 12, 2016 ) [±] | Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Solaris/Illumos | Free | Apache License 2.0 | Yes | Import-only | Native format | Export and Import with free plugin |
Breadbox Office | Breadbox Computer Company | 1990 | — | 4.1.3.0 | DOS, Windows | 99.95 | Proprietary | No | No | No | No |
Calligra Suite | KDE | 2011 | KOffice | 2.9.11 (3 February 2016[2]) [±] | Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Solaris/Illumos | Free | GNU LGPL and GNU GPL | Import | Import | Native format | Export[3] |
Feng Office Community Edition | Feng Office | 2007 | — | 1.6.1 | Fully online | Free | GNU AGPL | No | No | No | No |
GobeProductive | Gobe Software | 1998 | — | 3.04 / 2.01 | Windows, BeOS | 49.95 | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work) | 2006 | Writely | 2014 | Fully online | 60.00 per account per year (free trial 30 days); free for some versions (education, non-profit) | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Google Docs | 2006 | Writely | 2014 | Fully online | Free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes[4] | Yes | Yes | |
IBM Lotus Symphony | IBM | 2007 | IBM Workplace (based on OpenOffice.org) | 3.0.1 | Windows, Linux, macOS | Free | Proprietary | Yes | Import[5] | Native format | Export |
iWork | Apple Inc. | 2005 | AppleWorks[6] | Pages 6.0 / Numbers 4.0 / Keynote 7.0 (2016) | macOS | 19.99 per application through Mac App Store or free on a new Mac | Proprietary | Yes | Import | No | Export |
LibreOffice | The Document Foundation formerly Sun Microsystems and Go-oo | 2010 September | OpenOffice.org, Go-oo StarOffice |
Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Solaris/Illumos | Free | GNU LGPL | Yes | Yes | Native format | Yes | |
Lotus SmartSuite | IBM | 1992[8] | — | 9.8 | Windows, OS/2 | 313.00 | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
MarinerPak | Mariner Software | 1996 | — | 10.0 | Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X | 79.95 | Proprietary | Import | No | No | No |
Microsoft Office | Microsoft | 1990 (Macintosh), 1992 (Windows) | Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint |
2016 (16.0) (Windows), 2016 (15.4.0) (macOS) |
Windows, macOS | 89.95 - 679.95 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes[9] | Windows and Office 365 versions only |
Yes |
Microsoft Works (Discontinued in 2009) | Microsoft | 1986 | — | Discontinued | Windows, Macintosh | Discontinued | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MobiSystems | MobiSystems | 2004 | — | Android version: 8.7.5272[10]
iOS version: 4.5.1[11] |
Android,[12] iOS[13] | 2.99/month - 19.99/year | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NeoOffice | Planamesa Software | 2005-06-02 | based on OpenOffice.org re-coded for macOS | 3.2 | macOS | $10/yr, $29.99 Mac App Store (free old versions) | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Import with free plugin |
ShareOffice | ShareMethods | 2007 May | — | — | Fully online | 10,000.00+ / year | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | No |
StarOffice a.k.a. Oracle Open Office | Sun Microsystems for 10 years, Oracle for 1 year | 1995 | StarWriter | 9.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Solaris/Illumos | 34.95 | Proprietary | Yes | With free plugins | Native format | Import with free plugin |
SoftMaker Office | SoftMaker | 1987 (for DOS), 1994 (for Windows)[14] | — | 2016 (Windows: 19 May 2015 ,[15] Linux: 9 December 2015[16]), Office HD for Android: 24 November 2014 , Office Mobile for Android: 31 August 2012 ,[17] 2010 (Windows Mobile, Windows CE), 2006 (Handheld PC) |
Windows, Linux, Android, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Pocket PC) | Version-dependent, e.g. SM Office 2012 99.95 (19.95 Acad.); free for FreeOffice; SM Office 2016 is free for educational institutions | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export |
OnlyOffice | Ascensio Systems | 2010 | — | — | Fully online | Free for non-commercial use, 75-7,200 per year for commercial use | GNU AGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | 1996? | — | 2012 | Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix | Free | GNU GPL | No | No | No | No |
ThinkFree Office | Haansoft | 1998 | — | 3.5 | Mac OS X v10.4, Windows, Linux, Fully online | 49.95, Online Versions free | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No[18][19] | Yes |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Tiki Software Community Association | 2002 | — | 12.2 LTS, 9.8 LTS and 6.14 LTS | Fully online | Free | GNU LGPL | search | search | search | Export and search |
WordPerfect Office | Corel | 1991 | WordPerfect (1982) | X8 (April 11, 2016 ) [±] | Windows | 69.99 - 399.99 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some versions |
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) | Kingsoft | 1988 | — | 2015 | Windows, Linux, Android, iOS | 44.99 annual subscription or 79.99 perpetual license for Business; free for Personal | Proprietary | Yes | Import support for .docx and .xlsx | No[20] | Export |
ZCubes | ZCubes Inc. | 2006 | — | 2007 | Fully online | Free | Proprietary | No | No | No | No |
Zoho Office Suite | Zoho Corp. | 2005 | — | Fully online | Up to 96 per user per year, depending on feature set | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Developer | First public release | Predecessor | Latest Stable version / (Date) | Operating system | Costs in USD | License | Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls...) support | Microsoft Office Open XML support | OpenDocument Support | Portable Document Format support |
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.
Office suite | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | Unix |
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Ability Office | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Apache OpenOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Breadbox Office | DOS, Windows | No | No | No | No |
Calligra Suite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feng Office Community Edition | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
Gobe Productive | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Google Apps for Work | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
iWork | Fully online (iCloud version) | Yes | Fully online (iCloud version) | Fully online (iCloud version) | Fully online (iCloud version) |
LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lotus SmartSuite | Yes | No | Some (with Wine) | No | No |
MarinerPak | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Microsoft Office | Yes | Partial (not all features available, e.g. Project, Visio, Access) | Some (with Wine) | No | No |
Microsoft Works | Yes | Dropped (4.0; Classic only) | Some (with Wine) | No | No |
MobiSystems OfficeSuite | In development | No | No | No | No |
NeoOffice | No | Mac OS X v10.3 or above | No | No | No |
ONLYOFFICE | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
SoftMaker Office | Yes | No | Yes | Dropped (2006) | No |
StarOffice | Yes | Yes (Intel only) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeXmacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TeamLab | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
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 |
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) | Yes | No | Some versions[21] | No | No |
ZCubes | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
Zoho Office Suite | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online | Fully online |
Office suite | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Main components
Online capabilities
E-mail client | HTML editor | Collaborative software | Online editing | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Office | No | No | No | No |
Apache OpenOffice | No | OpenOffice Writer[25] | No | With free plugins |
Breadbox Office | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Calligra Suite | Kontact[3] | Kate,[3] Quanta+[3] | No | No |
Feng Office Community Edition | beta | No | Yes | Yes |
GobeProductive | No | Yes | No | No |
Google Apps for Work | Gmail | Google Sites | Yes | Fully online |
IBM Lotus Symphony | No | No | No | No |
iWork | No | Yes | iCloud | |
LibreOffice | Can interface with email clients and Mail Merge Wizard can send email directly from LibreOffice[26] |
LibreOffice Writer | LibreOffice Calc | Currently via free plugins; LibreOffice Online under development.[27] |
Lotus SmartSuite | No | Lotus FastSite | Yes | No |
MarinerPak | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Office | Microsoft Outlook (Not included in Microsoft Office 2013 or 2016 Home & Student)[28][29] |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer | Microsoft SharePoint (Available for separate subscription)[30] |
Office Online |
Microsoft Works | No | No | No | Microsoft Office Live |
MobiSystems | No | No | No | No |
NeoOffice | No | NeoOffice Writer[25] | No | No |
ONLYOFFICE | Yes | No | Yes | Fully online |
ShareOffice | No | No | Yes | Fully online |
SoftMaker Office | No | No | No | No |
StarOffice | No | StarWriter[25] | No | With free plugins |
TeXmacs | allows to read emails | Yes | under development | No |
TeamLab | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ThinkFree Office | No | Note | No | ThinkFree.com |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Tiki Webmail | WYSIWYG editor via CKEditor | Yes | Fully online |
WordPerfect Office | has mail merge capabilities[31] | No | No | Yes |
WPS Office (Kingsoft Office) | No | 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 |
See also
- Mobile Office Suites
- Comparison of word processors
- Comparison of spreadsheet software
- Productivity software
References
- ↑ "Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3". The Apache OpenOffice Blog. Apache Software Foundation. 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Calligra 2.9.11 Released: Calligra Suite".
- 1 2 3 4 5 Not included in this office suite, but provided in the Desktop Environment.
- ↑ http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/02/finally-google-docs-can-open-docx-and-xlsx-files
- ↑ "What's new in Lotus Symphony 3". IBM. 2010-10-21.
- ↑ "Apple Unveils iWork '05". Apple Inc. 2005-01-11. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- 1 2 "Release Notes". The Document Foundation. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ↑ Release date of Lotus SmartSuite from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3563/is_n7_v9/ai_14346979[]
- ↑ File format reference for Word 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Excel 2013
- ↑ "OfficeSuite + PDF Editor - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ "OfficeSuite Free - Mobile Office + PDF on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ MobiSystems. "MobiSystems". MobiSystems. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ MobiSystems. "MobiSystems". MobiSystems. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ "Our software releases: Timeline from 1987 to 2015".
- ↑ "SoftMaker Office 2016 for Windows is here!".
- ↑ "Now available: SoftMaker Office 2016 for Linux".
- ↑ "Our software releases: Timeline from 1987 to 2015".
- ↑ ThinkFree on Ubuntu
- ↑ ThinkFree features
- ↑ Kingsoft Office 2009 has no ODF support
- ↑ Kingsoft Office 2009 - supported operating systems
- 1 2 "Does ProjectLibre offer export and import features ?". ProjectLibre. January 1, 2014. 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.
- 1 2 "LibreOffice Version 4.3 Draw Guide" (PDF). LibreOffice Documentation Team. pp. 115–137. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ↑ "What replaces office picture manager in Office 2013". Microsoft. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- 1 2 3 When in WYSIWYG HTML editing mode.
- ↑ "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 Office 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. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
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