LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

LibreOffice

133 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

1,317 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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
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

Pricing

LibreOffice

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

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Pricing Offerings
LibreOffice	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	LibreOffice	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	The Document Foundation 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. Incentivized Helpful? Mauricio E Gleizer 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Gephart 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. Incentivized Helpful? Anthony Zurica 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. Incentivized Helpful? 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Md Shahinuzzaman 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Boyd 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Jerry Janes 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? Incentivized Helpful? Miguel Useche 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Igor Neumann 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Glen Mehn 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 … Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products Jacob Wall Senior Technical Writer / Client Services in Customer Service at Georef Systems Ltd. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) LibreOffice is a free software suite that fills some holes left in Microsoft Office, e.g., a "Draw" program that allows for easy creation of charts & diagrams. LibreOffice will save files in Microsoft formats, but sometimes the formatting is off when opened in Microsoft's suite;… 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? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) The key differences between Microsoft Office and LibreOffice are the user interface and the quality of the services. The ribbon UI in Microsoft office makes it easier to navigate through the features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) In terms of Layout, functionality, versatility, I believe that Microsoft Office, is in general, the standard to follow. Nonetheless, depending on the requirements, LibreOffice and Google Drive may provide the tools and functionality needed for many users. Furthermore, the … 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? Niladri Chatterjee Copywriter in Marketing at Superbyte (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) There are a lot of alternatives to MS office 2016 such as Google Suite, LibreOffice or Zoho. Among them, the closest competitor to MS Office is the Google Suite. Each of the G suite products such as Docs, Sheets or Slides are free when used separately. But, using them … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) LibreOffice is always one step behind Office productivity tools. If needed, many powerful shortcuts or add-ins are unavailable. The price is right for LibreOffice, but the product is not the same fit as Office. Incentivized Helpful? Naveen Gabrani Founder/CEO in Information Technology at Astrea IT Services Pvt Ltd (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office is more powerful than all its competitors. It is also perhaps most expensive. However its feature set is vast: much higher than other similar products. The other benefit is that it is very popular in the industry. It is used by many of our clients as well. 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? 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? Lochan Kalicharan Freelance Photographer in Information Technology at Self Employed (Medical Practice, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Not as robust and feature filled as office 2016. Also missing a mail client like outlook that can be integrated with exchange. have not used any further applications besides this. 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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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	LibreOffice	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (29 ratings)	7.5 (64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (1 ratings)	5.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	6.1 (2 ratings)	7.0 (3 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	6.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.3 (6 ratings)	8.0 (45 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	5.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)