--- title: "LibreOffice Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of LibreOffice. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if LibreOffice is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/libreoffice-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Content Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/) / [LibreOffice](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/libreoffice-profile/) / LibreOffice Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/libreoffice-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/libreoffice-profile/alternatives/) # LibreOffice User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.3/5 - Total reviews: 2,244 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Customer support: 3.9/5 - Value for money: 4.7/5 - Functionality: 4.2/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 1,056 reviews (47%) - 4 stars: 890 reviews (40%) - 3 stars: 259 reviews (12%) - 2 stars: 33 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 6 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - Once properly set up, it integrates smoothly into a daily research workflow. While it may require occasional workarounds for advanced formatting or collaboration-heavy projects, its strengths, openness, and cost-free availability far outweigh these limitations. - LibreOffice is the best alternative for those switching from Windows to a Linux system or for those who no longer want to pay the ransom fees that Microsoft imposes for Office 365. - I also appreciate that LibreOffice is open source and free, which aligns well with the ideals of open science and makes it easy to recommend to students and collaborators regardless of their institution’s budget. ### Most mentioned cons - The main downside is that compatibility with Microsoft Office is not always perfect, especially for very complex documents with advanced formatting, tracked changes, or heavily styled tables. - With some files, there can be a few compatibility issues, especially with Microsoft formats, and the interface still feels a little less modern. - LibreOffice is not laden with AI tools, which could be a pro, but it also doesn't offer much in the case of writing assistance. ## LibreOffice customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 2,244 (page 1). ### LibreOffice: A Powerful Free Alternative for Everyday Business Productivity - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bruno M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In general, my experience of using LibreOffice was very positive, as it helped me carry out many tasks related to marketing efficiently and effectively. In particular, I successfully created marketing documents, managed marketing data and analytics, and prepared professional presentations and reports. This software has a lot of advantages over other programs, as it is quite easy to use and offers a variety of useful tools. Moreover, being completely free of charge, LibreOffice provides excellent productivity and opportunities for all users, including businesses, students, independent workers, and enterprises. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I used the LibreOffice office suite while working as a Digital Marketing Assistant for HostHelp. I am confident that this product has many advantages. First of all, this application is completely free of charge. Secondly, it includes a great Office Suite helpful in almost any workplace setting. It is easily customizable and compatible with a variety of different formats. In addition, the software has a lot of various tools for advanced users, like complex spreadsheet formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis. Finally, LibreOffice is open source; thus, anyone can contribute to its development and improve the existing code. #### Cons Unfortunately, there are also some significant disadvantages of LibreOffice. First of all, it lacks real-time document editing, collaboration, commenting, and co-authoring. Moreover, the interface of the application is not up-to-date and may seem somewhat old-fashioned. Another disadvantage of LibreOffice is that it works slowly on large files such as complex spreadsheets or presentations. Additionally, this application has rather limited cloud storage and does not offer advanced collaboration tools. Finally, LibreOffice lacks some features for enterprises and large companies, such as user management and cloud deployment. --- ### I couldn't be happier with my decision to switch. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andrew Z. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Furniture - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered LibreOffice is the best alternative for those switching from Windows to a Linux system or for those who no longer want to pay the ransom fees that Microsoft imposes for Office 365. I couldn't be happier. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros LibreOffice is a fully featured office suite that competes well with similar Microsoft and Google products. But, LibreOffice is free, making is the best value available. It is as easy to set up and learn as any other software without all of the security doubt that comes with browser based software. Navigation of the Office suite works just as expected due to it being available on every platform for the same cost...$0! #### Cons LibreOffice is not laden with AI tools, which could be a pro, but it also doesn't offer much in the case of writing assistance. Customer support for LibreOffice is only handled by the open community. File organization is strange in the Linux version, but that is to be expected. #### Reasons for choosing LibreOffice I was looking for a fully featured office suite to run locally on my device. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice Microsoft has made some very questionable decisions lately to handle over your personal data to their AI for training without gaining consent. --- ### A free alternative to Microsoft office - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: MATTHEW K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. At one point I needed a free alternative to Microsoft office and I googled it, tried it out and never looked back. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros A free alternative to Microsoft office that does it all. #### Cons There's not a thing I didn't like about it #### Reasons for choosing LibreOffice Libreoffice is free and open source. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice I switched because office became subscription based --- ### Larger characters in slide get condensed after reopened. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Steve C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Quite a good impression, needs more effort to match up with ms office compatibility. Certain common features or functionality in MS office are not available. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Catching up as an alternate app to Microsoft office. It can open up ms office file without much problem. #### Cons Found a few glitches on opening slide in .odp file: 1) if larger fonts are used, they seem to get condensed with character overlapping one another, totally unreadable. 2) unable to have section title for a group of slides like MS PowerPoint. Section can be expanded and collapse, and facilitate navigation during slide show. Am I missing any LibreOffice similar features? #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice Mac user sent in .odp file and we face difficulty to use it with ms ofc. --- ### Excellent software for people who do not need Microsoft Office to work with others. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andy G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Wholesale - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. In using the software over the last 3-4 years, I've found it a great alternative to Microsoft Office and I appreciate the fact that it is constantly being reviewed and updated by the developers that volunteer their time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a great tool for small businesses on a tight budget. Though it is a free software, it has many of the features common to Microsoft applications. #### Cons The slight differences in macros and function shortcut keys commonly used in Microsoft takes a little getting used to, but they are not hurdles that cannot be overcome. The lack of a dedicated staff, is the one major drawback because issues are addressed as people want to work on them instead of from a targeted plan. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice No annual subscription fees for this software. --- ### Offline and Fast - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It's a great piece of software if you want something that works offline and isn't trying to shove AI into your process. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's free and works offline. I often need something that can make quick edits, and the loading time of the programme is very good. #### Cons I'm not sure that it has the best interface and can be frustrating to use when you are more familiar with another type of software. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice I needed the offline capabilites sometimes. I still use in conjunction with Google's Docs/Sheets --- ### LibreOffice - Good Software that doesn't require a subscription - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Corinna G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Farming - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I like it over all. It has been crashing recently though. The document recovery tool comes in handy when that happens. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's free to download and offers all the products that Microsoft Office has this makes it a very good alternative to those whose subscriptions have run out or don't want to pay to be able to create multiple types of documents and spreadsheets. #### Cons It is a little different than how Microsoft Office works so there is a bit of a learning curve. Going back and forth between the two (one at work and one at home) can cause some confusion and headaches sometimes. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice My subscription ran out. I didn't want to have to pay for something I didn't have too. LibreOffice is just as good. --- ### Free office suite - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ramūnas K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I am fully happy with LibreOffice. It helped me to save a lot of money. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is free and powerfully enough for any home user or small business. #### Cons A bit different than excel but you get used to it very quickly #### Reasons for choosing LibreOffice I have previously tried OpenOffice and decided to try something new. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice Microsoft Office is too expensive and no perpetual license --- ### LibreOffice is a great free desktop office suite. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: George G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Translation and Localization - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I am very satisfied with LibreOffice. I use it to write and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a good, free alternative to Microsoft Office and other relevant products. #### Cons I think that there could be room for more improvement and even better features. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice First of all, LibreOffice is free, whereas Microsoft Office 365 comes with a subscription fee. For a free suite, it is incredibly good. Besides, Microsoft updates slowed my system. I have had no such problem with LibreOffice. --- ### Great Free Product, Value for Money - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Biggest pro is that LibreOffice is free of cost, and quite similar to word or other document suites. It is also open source and has various features and functionality which make it great for normal users. #### Cons Files made in LibreOffice tends to change formats when opened in Google Docs or MsOffice. UI is also not good if that is a priority for someone. no cloud storage, all these cons are somewhat ignorable as the product is free of cost #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice WPS Office was also a free alternative but it had ads #### Vendor response LibreOffice is open source while WPS Office is freeware, which make them very difficult to compare, as LibreOffice has no interest in monetizing users. LibreOffice can save documents in the proprietary Microsoft Office formats, so if you have to open the document with Office or Google Docs the suggestion is to save the file as DOCX, XLSX or PPTX. Of course, the proprietary format has many disadvantages vs the open document ODF standard used by LibreOffice. Replied February 2025 --- ### Basic software but with mediocre user interface - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Edgar H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I’m also using it to automatically convert docx to pdf and for that use case it works well for simple docx files. For more complex files the output is sometimes messed up when there are headers/ footers, or background images. It also works on windows, Linux and Mac which is great #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It opens many types of files : Docs, pptx, and xlsx but also the open formats odt, odd. The basic features work pretty well #### Cons The ui is a bit cluttered, if you’re used to word it will seem more complex to use. The rendering will differ sometimes compared to Microsoft office #### Reasons for choosing LibreOffice I use both depending on the features I need. However wps was less stable in my experience --- ### A great alternative to MS Office - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jed Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall our experience with LibreOffice has been good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I appreciate that Libre is free for us to use. #### Cons Too me it seems the user interface is a bit out of date but that is not a deal breaker. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice I switched to LibreOffice because the alternatives were very expensive. --- ### A good alternative to the Microsoft Office. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mihail N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's not bad for work, but I prefer Microsoft Office. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros A good program for creating and editing text files and tables #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice Microsoft Office is better. I'm more used to it and have been using it for many years. #### Vendor response You probably don't know that Microsoft 365 has fewer features than LibreOffice, which is comparable only to the desktop version of Microsoft Office. Of course, being more used to Microsoft 365 you know where to look for all features, but the opposite happens when you are used to LibreOfffice and look for features in Microsoft 365. Replied January 2025 --- ### A Great eBook Creation Software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Margaret L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I've been using it for over three years. It has a great editor with many functions. There are regular updates with improved features. It's not any more difficult to learn than Microsoft Word, but it's not the same, so it took me a little time to learn the functions that I needed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I use LibreOffice to secure my course ebooks after creating them in Microsoft Word. They offer more functions than Word to protect them from being copied I also use it to create short ebooks for my courses, art and to sell digital information. It's a great and diverse tool for ebook creation. #### Cons Although I'm able to make the ebook text documents created in Microsoft Word secure with passwords and disabling functions, the right margins are sometimes cut off. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice I feel that LibreOffice is easier to use. I don't like how Designrr is organized and I find the page formatting difficult to use. --- ### Excellent for small businesses! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ron M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, LibreOffice was a very nice and useful tool to have in the office, before transitioning to GSuite. The features in LibreOffice are more powerful than GSuite, generally speaking, and there are far more use cases. However, the likelihood of incompatibility or data corruption when transitioning between LibreOffice to other similar software is a little bit higher, even if it can be negligible. That said, it is still a fantastic choice of software, and it's up to you to determine whether or not the pros balance out or exceed the cons. I believe it's worth a shot! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The software mimics Microsoft Office quite a bit, so the learning curve is very small. Being that the software is free and open source, it's an excellent ethical addition to the workplace especially during a time where pirated software can be frequently found in the small business world. #### Cons Compatibility between MS Office and GSuite can be dicey sometimes. Most use cases are fine and not worth worrying, but if you do a lot of work with importing and exporting data and need a consistent way to edit/parse it, LibreOffice may not be your best initial choice for the workplace. LibreOffice can also be slow depending on your computer; a lot of the stuff that is trivially quick to do in a program such as Excel can be a little bit of a crunch with LibreOffice's equivalent. #### Reasons for choosing LibreOffice LibreOffice was the best way, at the time, to ensure that our office was not pirating software (due to unethical practices by a previous manager). It worked out as an office-wide tool for years, until GSuite's options expanded and became more refined, at which point it became beneficial to switch. However, I still firmly believe that even despite LibreOffice's flaws, it still makes for a magnificent alternative to paid or cloud-oriented products. --- ### LibreOffice - An alternative to Microsoft Office - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Aimen F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Program Development - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. LibreOffice can be good for a quick editing of documents, which aren’t demanding or complex. A simple text document can be easily formatted and edited with no issues. But for professional work, like a modern presentation or a beautifully crafted chart, LibreOffice cannot do this flawlessly. These unexpected errors are horrible and should be fixed as soon as possible, because nobody wants files to be lost for no reason. I ended up switching to the free Microsoft office web package, which I use occasionally. I couldn’t stand reinstalling the whole LibreOffice package every now and then and being constantly asked to donate. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Whether presentations or charts, tables or documents, LibreOffice makes all of this possible completely free of charge. All the most important features, like creating presentations or excel tables/calculation, a person needs for document management can be found, implemented and exported in this program. Another great thing is that it’s open and free and multilingual, so anyone can use it. #### Cons Although being a free alternative to Microsoft Office, it still has a lot of issues. The general layout of LibreOffice is a bit outdated and slow. It happened a lot during my days of using LibreOffice writer that the program experienced an „unexpected error“ and my files sometimes even got lost, which made me very angry. But we should keep in mind that LibreOffice doesn’t charge a penny for their products. Another bad thing is that there’s no automatic updating yet. So you have to manually reinstall the whole package, if there are new updates, which made me frustrated. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice I couldn’t afford a very expensive subscription of Microsoft Office, until I found out there was a free web based Microsoft-Office option, which made me switch back to Microsoft Office. --- ### Faster and more compatible than the alternative. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tim K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Security and Investigations - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall LibreOffice has all the features you want from an office suite. There is a learning curve when moving from Microsoft office, but it's not a steep curve. LibreOffice also seems to run much faster than Microsoft Office. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros OS Compatibility. This software works on both Windows and Linux, meaning that all staff can use it without being forced onto a specific operating system. #### Cons On rare occasions there are formatting issues when moving between Writer and Microsoft word if the document has a complicated layout or lesser used features (like check boxes). --- ### LibreOffice - Free Office Productivity - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Paul B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Very positive over all. It is a great alternative for my clients who do not want to pay for Microsoft Office. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The fact that it is free is what my clients like best about it. Most people do not need the advanced features available in Microsoft Word or Excel and so this office productivity suite works beautifully. Also I love that it will open up so many different types of files. #### Cons Not much to complain about with this software. I guess the look and feel of the product is my least favorite thing. It feels like something I programmed when I first learned to program in the 90s. --- ### Good app for small businesses - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It is open source and it is free of cost, the app is good for small businesses #### Cons It is not that user friendly app, no cloud storage present, the templates are limited --- ### LibreOffice - better than Office 365 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Julian A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Medical Practice - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros LibreOffice is the best thing after Office and it is absolutely free. It makes everything so easy for users who do not have the opportunity to purchase a subscription based platform. #### Cons I don't like how sometimes my files will need to be converted for them to work. --- ### Use makes the expert - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Nairoby D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros - For those who do not know, is the competence of Microsoft Office, open source and I can say with complete certainty that it is very good and can perform almost all the same, if we are casual non-advanced users. - It is easy to install, intuitive and easy to use, it is multiplatform, it comes in different languages, it has a portable version that can be carried on a pendrive. - Currently I use the version Version: 5.0.1.2 and although it is free, I do not have the freedom to update it in the pc of my work. - A great advantage of LibreOffice package tools over your competition, is that I can export to PDF or HTML without installing anything additional, as it is included in your menu. - It is important to familiarize yourself with the format in which the documents are stored as it can be confusing when sharing with another person, usually sent in .odt or in the case of Cal I send it .ods and if by chance they tell me that they can not open it, because what I do is recommend that you download LibreOffice before converting it. - You can make tables, insert images, graphics, make macros, bring templates by default for trades, communications, cards, curriculum, all tools are compatible among themselves, from my point of view has greater variety in fonts. - If you want to start in the world of free software, the first step is to install LibreOffice. #### Cons LibreOffice allows you to open a .doc, an .xls, but it is possible that something will move or something will be unraveled at the design level, the content will be there but something can be distorted. Cal has its limitations in terms of macros, the number of columns, has few styles of graphics compared to Excel. The documents in LibreOffice seem to be slower to open. --- ### Best alternative to MS Word - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ray A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Research - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Outstanding. I use LibreOffice every day to review, edit, and translate documents in English and Chinese. The software handles multiple languages well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I have used LibreOffice since 2010, when it forked from OpenOffice which I began using in 2003. From the beginning it has offered a viable alternative to MS Office. - Easy to use - Intuitive old-school menus, but offers an optional ribbon toolbar - Excellent track-changes features - Good document layout tools - Open standards #### Cons It has trouble handling long documents. When I edit dissertations of 100 or more pages, LibreOffice can become sluggish and responds poorly. However, been less of a problem in recent versions (ie current version 7) but has not been completely resolved. When adding Comment to a document, if the text in the Comment is too long, it cannot be seen without scrolling inside the Comment bubble. This makes makes it difficult for the user to scan a document and read all of the Comments without constantly using a mouse to scroll through Comment text. To resolve this, LibreOffice needs to add a Comment Bar on the side where all comments can be see in full text. MS Office includes this feature. To avoid problems when editing very long documents, I tend to stick with MS Word, despite finding it more awkward and inefficient. #### Reasons for choosing LibreOffice LibreOffice is - cross platform. I use it on Linux, Windows, Mac. This makes it easy to share documents among colleagues who use different computers and operating systems. Perfect for small to large organizations. - easy to earn and quite intuitive - stable - full-featured - free - open source LibreOffice is open source and supported by a large community of developers under the guidance of the The Document Foundation (TDF) non-profit that promotes open-source document handling. The organization issues frequent updates of LibreOffice that fix bugs and introduce new features. LibreOffice has developed rapidly since 2011. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice LibreOffice follows open source standards and saves files in ODF (Open Document Format), an open source, standardized format that ensures the documents that you create will always remain readable even well into the future. The ODF format is unlikely to ever become obsolete and thus render your documents inaccessible. I had this exact problem with documents created years ago in Microsoft WORKS and in WPS Office Suite: the old files could not be opened. Luckily, LibreOffice was able to open them and I was able to re-save the old files in the modern ODF format. --- ### No Reason Not to Own, Best of the Best - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kevin O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I give it 10 out of 10 because it is simply amazing. If it hadn't started crashing on my desktop, I would never have gone to the online one everyone uses now with the browser, but I still use it and need to for many things that my browser editor just cannot do at all. I have written books! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Free! And if you have this and see all it does and has, you'd scratch your head wondering why it was free! It helped me for 30 years or since it began under another name and I have used it more than any other program of any kind, save for one design program. It is a must for anyone. #### Cons It is so huge that it freezes and crashes my pc often while in the middle of something. I tried all the fixes but it still happens. --- ### A free and powerful office suite for both business & personal usage. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Oliur R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Networking - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with LibreOffice has been fantastic. Prior to using this, I used to use Microsoft Office, which is a bit pricey for personal use, but when I discovered that LibreOffice can do all of my work perfectly and deliver exactly what I want, I switched to it and saved some money in the process. It is quick and easy to use, and it includes all of the necessary tools, such as the ability to edit any document in Word, create a spreadsheet in Excel, or create a Powerpoint presentation. As an open source, free, and powerful office suite, LibreOffice is one of my favorites. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I've been using Libre Office for quite some time, and it's one of my favorite free tools. It's simple and easy to use, and it works on all major platforms, including Mac, Linux, and Windows. It integrates all of the major office tools, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and is extremely fast and accurate. The most important feature is that it is completely free in comparison to Microsoft Office. It can also handle all types of office files with ease, which I appreciate. Its simple interface and feature-rich tools allow you to express yourself and increase your productivity. The Libre Office suite is a fantastic office suite. #### Cons LibreOffice, in my experience, is a great way to save money over Microsoft Office while still getting all of your work done. But I've noticed that it doesn't cover all of Microsoft Office's features, but it still gets the job done, so there's nothing to complain about. Also, I'm hoping they'll fix the compatibility issues and add all of the files that make up an entire office suite so that anyone can convert to LibreOffice. LibreOffice is a great tool and it helps in my personal & business works. --- ### Best open source office suite. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. LibreOffice is a must-have product for working professionals and students, consisting of fully-featured office suite #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Open-source, fully-featured software. Provides a variety range of office products. Developed by the dedicated developer community. #### Cons Need to focus on cloud storage and cloud computing. Need to work on add-ons for a better user experience. #### Reasons for switching to LibreOffice Word of mouth by my colleague. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/libreoffice-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- LibreOffice Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice