Apache OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Apache OpenOffice

106 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

1,317 Reviews and Ratings

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
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020.	N/A

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Pricing Offerings
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Key User Insights
	Apache OpenOffice	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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 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? .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? 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? 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?	Discontinued Products Benjamin E. Jerew Senior Content Manager in Marketing at One Car Payment, Inc. (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) In spite of the fact that I have to pay to use Office, I find it to be a great value, as it eliminates wasted time and compatibility issues. For many years, I used WordPerfect, but it wasn't compatible with Windows 8, so I switched to Apache OpenOffice. It was fine for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We have always used Microsoft Office products, beginning with the older versions, but we did try a brief evaluation of OpenOffice from Apache. Even though that open source software is free, it's got certain limitations and a different functionality that was missing from … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We selected Microsoft Office 2016 due to its ease of use. It is also compatible with our client, Microsoft Operating systems. The common user interface across all the applications in Microsoft Office 2016 makes it easy (and familiar) to perform everyday tasks. It is also very … Incentivized Helpful? Robbie Speers Computer Technician in Information Technology at Webster University (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) While OpenOffice is nice for a free word processing application, Office 2016 has more features and is more user-friendly to use and update. We have an educational license that can be used with an online portal as well, whereas Open Office is free but is limited in what we can … Incentivized Helpful? Lynn DeLaurentis Professional Counselor in Professional Services at Center for Counseling and Education (Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office has more flexibility and functionality than OpenOffice. OpenOffice isn't able to translate documents from other programs as easily and has more limitations in keystroke options for editing documents. OpenOffice is free, which can be a factor for some companies, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) While the other products are fine in and of themselves (particularly LibreOffice) they lack the polish, cohesion, and ubiquitous nature of Microsoft Office, specifically the appearance of Office 2016. Each Office application makes common tasks far easier for the common user … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Shannon Senior System Administrator in Information Technology at Packaging & Distribution Resources (Warehousing, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Office is by far the most compatible of all the options we looked at and it integrates with Exchange email servers really well, so its an easy choice for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) There are free alternatives to MS Office 2016. The problem is most of the people are hire are rather familiar and use Office. That means most of the time it's the way to work on files. I used Libre when working on MacOS, and compatibility for simple files was okay. But even … Incentivized Helpful? Özgür Erkek, MSc, PRINCE2® Exhaust Systems Supervisor in Engineering at Ford Motor Company (Automotive, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Well, first of all Microsoft Office is a prestigious product against the rivals.Secondly, it is regularly being patched or updated against security risks. Third, has more features than the rivals. Has wider usage in the business world/market when compared to open office … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office 2016 is more familiar to most users than any other office application. It is also more feature-rich than other free office tools. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) MS Office 2016 offers far more features than its alternatives. The ability to write complex scripts using VBA in MS Excel and MS Access can increase work productivity manyfold. Other MS Office 2016 like products don't offer such features. MS Office 2016 offers cloud storage in … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Apache OpenOffice	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (20 ratings)	7.5 (64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (1 ratings)	5.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (4 ratings)	7.0 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (2 ratings)	8.0 (45 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)