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LibreOffice | Score9.4 out of 10 | N/A | LibreOffice is a free and open-source Office Suite from The Document Foundation, presented as the successor to OpenOffice.org. The suite includes Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing). | $0 free and open source under the Mozilla Public License v2.0 |
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| Considered Both Products | ![]() Advocacy Journalist and Co-Founder in Finance and Accounting at Tripawds.com (Veterinary, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice Hated Microsoft and went right back to LibreOffice. The cost, the annoying way it's always nudging you to use their browser and other apps, and the evil genius of Microsoft is something we want no part of. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice Cost and security. I trust what's on my machines, not what MS is doing with my documents. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice LibreOffice is an easy choice if you don't have access to a free copy of Microsoft 365. LibreOffice is also much easier to use on Linux. But it does fall short in terms of collaboration with Microsoft users and consistency with advanced features such as custom Styles and … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice I have used MS Office, Google Docs as other comparable products. I like MS Office best of all. I like LibreOffice better than Google Docs; however, I believe that if Google Docs wasn't so limited in many of its features and web-based only, I think it has the potential to … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Chief Executive Officer in Corporate at Gong Tones, Incorporated (Non-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice Google does not offer equivalent desktop applications. Microsoft's nonprofit licensing is too complicated and their support is not really supportive of such a small organization as ours. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Senior Technical Writer / Client Services in Customer Service at Georef Systems Ltd. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose LibreOffice LibreOffice is very similar, but more actively maintained. I actually used OpenOffice more frequently than LibreOffice in the past, but after LibreOffice forked from OpenOffice, the developers began to maintain it more actively, so I switched. Some features (I believe certain … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() CEO in Information Technology at GISMarxev (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice LibreOffice's biggest advantage over MS Office is its gratuity, but its cleaner interface and the fact that it is naturally multiplatform are also important features. As for Apache OpenOffice, the time that this suite "was in the hands" of Oracle caused development delays (even … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Partner in Finance and Accounting at Cantlon Financial Planning, LLC (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice I selected LibreOffice due to cost. While we need an office software suite, we don't need the sophistication of MS Office. We used the basics of MS Office. We couldn't justify the expense when we only use a faction of the functionality. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Owner in Legal at Zurica Law (Law Practice, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice It is very similar to MSOffice with an added factor of being more user-friendly and more open source. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice I used to use Open Office prior to 2010, and we have some Office365 machines. LibreOffice is the clear winner almost every time due to the cost and licensing issues with Office 365 aside from the small number of cases where we need to use MS Excel for ease of compatibility … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice In the past, I tried Microsoft and Word Perfect. I was compelled to purchase a new version almost every time there was an upgrade so I could utilize the improved features either as a creator or a user. LibreOffice has a regular and consistent free update cycle. Templates and … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Graduate Research Assistant at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Higher Education, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice In my view, Microsoft office products are very much user-friendly and well documented. However, these products are very expensive where the LibreOffice is free of cost. Also if you have a Linux platform, the best office product will be the LibreOffice. Although LibreOffice is … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() CEO in Corporate at The Winnipeg Humane Society (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose LibreOffice I think it is fair to say this:
Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Freelance Web and Software Developer in Information Technology at Cre8tiveCoder (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice As noted previously, LibreOffice blows Google Docs (G Suite) out of the water in terms of singular application quality, and comes close but misses the mark as a drop-in replacement to Microsoft Office. We currently are evaluating the latest release of LibreOffice to see if we … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Digital Media Specialist in Marketing at Janes Consulting (U.S.) (Online Media, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice Again, it is both free and functional. What more could anyone want? Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Programadora Java/J2EE junior in Information Technology at VIEWNEXT (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees) Chose LibreOffice I have chosen LibreOffice for the possibilities it offers and because it allows me to save money on the licenses of other programs. Being a free program, I do not have to think about renewing licenses every year. It is a software that offers the same characteristics as other … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Wordpress developer in Information Technology at Webdibs (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose LibreOffice I choose LibreOffice because it's open source, free, low cost and multi-platform. It's the perfect office suite if you use Linux, there's no bettter choice. Also by reducing license costs, company could spend money on more important stuff.
Also there's a lot of documentation … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Tecnico informatico in Information Technology at Juaneda (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees) Chose LibreOffice At first we used OpenOffice, but since Oracle took it over, the updates started to take more to go live and it hasn't improved like LibreOffice has. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Bezares SA (Automotive, 201-500 employees) Chose LibreOffice Mainly CSV and other formats compatibility, when compared to MS alternative, it's faster than cloud-based solutions (Google Docs, Zoho), I don't have to wait for MS Office to look at what I have in the cloud before saving something, its interface is better than MS Office, for … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice Libre Office Calc is better than Excel for data cleaning. It is, however, somewhat worse than Excel for charting "sharing" documents for non-power users since one hundred percent compatibility is not guaranteed. The outdated Libre Office user interface is worse than Excel since … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice I have followed and used many various office suites in the open office range of open source offerings. I still occasionally download and try one of the others just to take a look. But, I always end up making LibreOffice my choice to go with. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Verified User Chose LibreOffice Microsoft Office 2016 is the premium option for word processing, but in my line of work the content is more important than the presentation. I am mostly content to work in Google Docs unless working with documents of a sensitive nature. Then I use LibreOffice. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info ![]() Self Employed in Sales at 5 Star Housesitters (Wine and Spirits, 1-10 employees) Chose LibreOffice The most ubiquitous office suite now is of course, Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office offers very good tools, but is very Microsoft/Windows "centric" - understandably they want to tie users to the Microsoft/Windows universe. I'm a big proponent of open source operating systems … Invited by TrustRadius (TR) on Vendor's Behalf A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info ![]() Head of Development Innovation in Professional Services at Nesta (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose LibreOffice The online docs - people often found [them] confusing and limited in what they do. LO was preferred to those though they lack the real-time collaboration features in the other documents. Users preferred Office 2016 though support was going to go away for it so we investigated … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 (29 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.0 (1 ratings) |
| Usability | 6.1 (2 ratings) |
| Availability | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Performance | 6.0 (1 ratings) |
| Support Rating | 7.3 (6 ratings) |
| Implementation Rating | 9.0 (1 ratings) |
| Ease of integration | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Product Scalability | 7.0 (1 ratings) |