Apache OpenOffice

Apache OpenOffice

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Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Apache OpenOffice	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Apache OpenOffice is a free open source office suite that includes six applications: Writer (word processor), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (diagramming and graphics), Base (database), and Math (formulas).	N/A

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Apache OpenOffice
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	Apache OpenOffice
Considered Both Products	Apache Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice Apache is the free alternative to MS Office and is enough for basic tasks. It doesn't have all the modern functionality that newer versions of MS Office have, like cloud connectivity and that kind of stuff but for a basic office suite it's really good and it costs nothing to own. Incentivized Helpful? Zachariah King Editor at Debtfree Magazine (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice They are very compatible and very similar overall. If you can use the one, you can use the other. Layouts are also not too dissimilar. So, transitioning from one or the other will not be a problem. Ultimately, pricing may be your deciding factor, not functionality, which is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice MS Office file formats are native to OpenOffice Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice Due to costs mainly, not having to use a ultra expensive app like Microsoft instead. On a big company cost saving is a main driver and apache can fulfill everything even with such a low cost. Initially the team was suspicious of it but now they cannot live without it Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice Microsoft Office 2016 required licenses which incurred a cost. Upgrade to Office 2019 or higher is also costly. In terms of functionality, the products are both equally capable, with OpenOffice having a slightly less polished user interface. Incentivized Helpful? Pulkit Agrawal Engineering Technician in Engineering at Galgotias University (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice Like OpenOffice, LibreOffice is also an open open source software which ships as the default office suite on Linux operating systems. Libre office is more suited for users using Linux as their primary operating system. Plus it requires 2gb space, same as Microsoft office so … Incentivized Helpful? Riva Schwartz Office Manager at Law Offices of Alan J. Schwartz, P.C. (Law Practice, 1-10 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice For some weird reason, a particular Excel template could not convert properly in QuattroPro so we chose OpenOffice. Incentivized Helpful? .Kim Murphy Owner in Marketing at Designz23 (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice Apache OpenOffice is less intense on our computer systems and saves us a ton of financial resources. Since our document creation and editing needs are typical of a small business and not very complex, Apache OpenOffice is sufficient for us. We think that almost any smaller to … Incentivized Helpful? Cristian Bodnarasec Senior Software Development Manager in Information Technology at eSilicon (Semiconductors, 501-1000 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice OpenOffice comes for free and with almost the same functionalities as Microsoft Office. Even if there may be some small incompatibilities, saving 500+ Microsoft Office licenses can be a real incentive for a small company. Together with moving to OpenOffice, as a part of the … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Hecox Business Owner in Marketing at Lucky Whisker LLC (Online Media, 1-10 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice OpenOffice is great, free, and easy to use. I enjoy some of this other software, and use Google Drive (and applications) frequently, yet I still find daily use for OpenOffice. Incentivized Helpful? Kim Dammers Head Teacher in Customer Service at StudyRoom Educational Center (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice Apache OpenOffice (OO) is less complicated than MS Office. This makes it easier for beginners to learn. On the other hand, it does not seem to have some of the more advanced features that power users like (but that can confuse and frustrate basic users). OO could profit by … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice I selected Apache because it provides the same tools and performance (as well as the Microsoft Office formats) for absolutely no price tag. It is produced by people who care about making a product that works— great updates are made periodically. The interface is very similar … Incentivized Helpful? Nathan Bowman Environmental Scientist in Engineering at HMB Professional Engineers, Inc. (Civil Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice The big benefits that OpenOffice gives us is the flexibility, the cost, and the ease of licensing. We do have some Office users, and we keep licenses for them. We looked at Office 365, and that was a good way to work for some people, but the requirement to be constantly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice The products are certainly equivalent, with OOO having a much better price and better performance than the non-Microsoft offerings. I've used Lotus Smartsuite (now deprecated), Coral Office, Star Office (a previous version of OOO), and Microsoft Office. Functionality across all … Incentivized Helpful? Liz Wade Photographer at Liz Wade Photography (Photography, 1-10 employees) Chose Apache OpenOffice Apache OpenOffice may not quite have all the bells and whistles of Microsoft Office, but I chose it for one major reason: it is absolutely free. It is also fully functional as a free software. There is no trial, need to upgrade, or subscription plan. As a small business owner, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apache OpenOffice I like the look and feel that Apache open office has. The fact that it is Open Source and not costly is great. It has an easy learning curve for people that are used to using Microsoft Office. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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User Ratings
	Apache OpenOffice
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)