--- title: "ONLYOFFICE Docs Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of ONLYOFFICE Docs. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if ONLYOFFICE Docs is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/onlyoffice-docs-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Document Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/category/722-document-management/) / [ONLYOFFICE Docs](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/onlyoffice-docs-profile/) / ONLYOFFICE Docs 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/onlyoffice-docs-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/onlyoffice-docs-profile/alternatives/) # ONLYOFFICE Docs User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 106 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.4/5 - Functionality: 4.3/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 59 reviews (56%) - 4 stars: 41 reviews (39%) - 3 stars: 4 reviews (4%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - It is a good alternative suite for creating and editing documents, I use its free version. - OnlyOffice is a fantastic piece of software that generates and manages office document files like word and excel. - OnlyOffice has brilliant user interface for generating word, spreadsheets and powerpoint slides. ### Most mentioned cons - When used to the big players (MS/G) user interface, it sometimes feels a bit clunky to use other software. - i was strugling to do most of my reports online as most available alternatives were slow and complicated. - Timesheet generation is not flexible enough (can't customize monthly reports). ## ONLYOFFICE Docs customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 106 (page 1). ### A great alternative to MS Office - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adriel O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Research - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For the cost of an internet connection and the time to download, one can get a whole office suite that rivals paid alternatives. #### Cons One aspect that needs improvement is stability and speed. #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs OnlyOffice gives the features of MS Office for none of the cost. --- ### Good tool but not sufficient yet for all professional usages - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Onlyoffice is a pretty good alternative to MS Office or Libreoffice or other as long as you just make simple documents (or spreadsheets or slides) . Though, its current limitations makes it unfortunately not really usable when you have "serious" professional documents to do. We still use Libreoffice. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Onlyoffice looks nice, is fast, and is pleasant to use It works pretty well with MS Office documents (as long as there is no usage of features or formatting Onlyoffice does not support) Onlyoffice works well as remote and concurrent editor. A desktop version is available for offline works. #### Cons Unfortunately far to be full-features in my opinion No way to manage document fields. Bad management of templates. Some unbearable bugs (e.g. rename a sheet and you'll lose all inter-sheet references) Rather buggy overall. --- ### Functionality is critical. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Mohd A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Facilities Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Conversion from Word Doc to OnlyOffice throws formatting haywire. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Honestly, the cost of it is the only attraction to this software. #### Cons Functionality. There functions available were so different from other softwares. #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs Easier to convert with minimal impact. --- ### Office solution for document collaboration - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Building Materials - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. OnlyOffice is a whole set of services, a modular system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quite easy to use (especially the cloud version) and use. There are both on the Microsoft platform and iPhone, iPad. It is possible to connect cloud services to store information and your hard drive. There is a free base plan for use in the cloud. #### Cons There are many flaws. Some files just don't open absolutely rondomally. Large amounts of data are neither downloaded nor downloaded. --- ### The ideal document management software for programmers - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Administration - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I find ONLYOFFICE Docs trustworthy and efficient, it delivers what is expected. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The option to add extensions such as functions for programming and math is very helpful, creates a specific and productive work environment. ONLYOFFICE has a clean toolbar, making it quite minimalistic and appealing at first sight. Its features are intuitive and it counts with a desirable general deployment. #### Cons In my view the user interface could be more customizable, it might result uncomfortable for some to be unable to drag or remove some features that are not needed. It my experience it was a bit slow to function, although i must admit that my PC had a low RAM and out of date hardware in general; this means that maybe newer computers might take full advantage of it. #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs I switched from Windows as my operating system to Manjaro Budgie, which is integrated with this software from scratch. --- ### Moderate - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Railroad Manufacture - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In my job sometimes suddenly The Boss requested completelly report and requested to do Presentation,but this times nomore advice.Imagine they ONLYOFFICE Docs rise to helped to do . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros All to do better ,no more problem to execute in my paper job #### Cons Very nice to likes this software,helped my faster report my Boss,and get most experinced and surprissed. --- ### OnlyOffice is currently the best office online editor compatible with seafile or nextcloud. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christoph D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - 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 the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. we use onlyoffice as a online office editor in combination with the private cloud solution seafile. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros OnlyOffice is quite easy to use as soon as it is installed. It looks good and the performance is great in comparision to collabora. #### Cons Integration and Documentation is quite weak. The products were changed within the last years multiple times and created quite some confusion. As soon as you have some problems it is quite difficult to get good support because the answer is always: this must be a problem of nextcloud/seafile ... #### Reasons for choosing ONLYOFFICE Docs Look & Feel is better. The compatibility with MS Office is better. --- ### Solid Office Suite - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Public Relations and Communications - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Only Office has been a tremendous office suite software. It integrates with my Google Workspace and Drives. #### Cons No major issues. I have very few concerns with Only Office. #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs The cost and ease of use led me to switch. --- ### Nice and didn't use all the potential - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Xavi F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Broadcast Media - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's been really easy. Maybe I'm not a hard user with High expectations but for daily work and University presentations It's been a lifesaver. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Speed. Since you open it you can feel it. It's lightweight and you can access rapidly to every functionality, no hidden menus or complex formulas. #### Cons Using it in Mac had some issues when printing. It was avoided exporting to PDF and then printing from MAC's viewer #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs Interface felt a lot more polished. --- ### Best Software For Documentation - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great for organizing project related documentation. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like the interface and options for documenting - formatting options, adding more features like charts and computations etc. #### Cons Performance can be improved and more feature can be added. --- ### Best Office Suite for Academic Collaboration - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Utku B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We dealing with patient data and this software opensource and respect privacy. Also have perfect integration with Zotero referance manager. And i have no compatibity issues with users of other Office Suits. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I prefer to use open source programs. OnlyOffice best office suite for file format Installion was easy. I installed OnlyOffice with one click using my Ubuntu’s Software Center as snap package. This complate office suite supports Zotero Reference Manager. And we use Telegram in my small team for document collaboration. And we use a OwnCloud Server. OnlyOffice support all these software we use. So i can easily adapted this office suite to my workflow. One of the advantages of this software is speed. I think its speed better than online office suits. And we can use full offline editing. #### Cons This Office Suite is simple and easy to use, but some advanced features missing comparing offline office suite but better than online office suits. But i realized that, OnlyOffice developing rapidly and there is no missing features for me now. #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs Compatibility with user with different office suites. --- ### ONLYOFFICE Docs REview - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Frat Q. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is easy to use, beautiful interface, lots of features and customizable. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is perfect soluction for linux and mac users #### Cons I have not found anything that I do not like about ONLYFOFFICE Docs, besides pdf conversion is failing #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs I was looking for something fast, easy to use and beautiful --- ### Perhaps The Best Self-Hosted Offering - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sarah F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I don't like my dependence on Google Docs, but it still has functionality I've not reproduced. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's very doable to self host, and the documentation is quite good. #### Cons Like nearly all OSS self-hosted software, there are significant differences between the licensed and community tiers. #### Reasons for choosing ONLYOFFICE Docs The superior offline capabilities and ability to control my own data is irreplaceable; Google Sheets' array formulas are similarly so. As such, I have to use both. --- ### Good alternative for creating and editing files - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: ANILU M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. In my experience I started using this suite because at some point I need to use free software, so it was a very good option to replace the paid suite that I previously used. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a good alternative suite for creating and editing documents, I use its free version. #### Cons For those who are used to using another suite, it may be difficult to change to libreoffice, since the interface and many functionalities change, however with the passage of time the user adapts to its use. --- ### one step to a digital office - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Thomas R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is what we have looked for years. it is easy to use. it is running on a lot of Linux Servers. No more Microsoft Software needed. No World. No Excel .... #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros No Microsoft product. Easy installation on Linux Servers. #### Cons at the moment. no cons. we have no problems with Onlyoffice. #### Reasons for choosing ONLYOFFICE Docs There is no acceptable alternative to Onlyoffice, or you want to spend a lot of money and risk a lot of security problems, then you can run away from Onlyoffice. --- ### It Works - with a little work. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Matthias K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Writung docs, even difficult spreadsheets are working well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Converting form and in any needed format (i.e. doc) #### Cons The time I need to find some funtions (buttons) #### Reasons for switching to ONLYOFFICE Docs only version (I didn´t want to use MS365) --- ### Foolproof - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Earl M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Found it by chance, and was pleasantly surprised how well it works for documents which is my principle need. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use for a non-techie. No challenging learning curve. #### Cons Could not load on Kindle Fire, which I use for personal use, although it works super on Ipad and Chromebook. --- ### Reviewing onlyoffice documents - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: barbara Mary L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The best on the market office suite. That as time goes by improves with extras brought onto the market for those who use only office #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use. Very similar in layout to Microsoft Windows... #### Cons Very small lettering. I have to use the zoom to 120%. Then can see clearly when using the Documents etc --- ### Great platform - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ian G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The user friendly nature of the program allows all to use. #### Cons There are some formatting features missing that would enhance product. --- ### ONLYOFFICE Docs - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dr. vridhachalempillay S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent Report Writing experiences on a daily turnover basis. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of use when required urgently for my daily needs. #### Cons Perfection and diversity of its features in WORD, for instance. #### Reasons for choosing ONLYOFFICE Docs Because it came FREE with my DELL Laptop purchase terms. I am happy with the choice I made. It is worth the amount of money I spent on it. --- ### Using Only Office Software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Alpesh T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Law Enforcement - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used other for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. somewhat different from MS Office. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Simplicity and only work-oriented tools. No clutter. #### Cons Starting up of application, which is extremely slow. Still, some "office" software environment is missing. #### Reasons for choosing ONLYOFFICE Docs Free of Cost. --- ### Efficient - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: ngozi A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospitality - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Satisfied #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It really works. Very easy to use. I like it, #### Cons Nothing. It works great for me. I wouldn’t change anything --- ### Nice Office Suite for Documents - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Insurance - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Onlyoffice Docs is a great app for creating, editing and organizing your word documents, spreadsheets and presentation. Easy to use even for layman. #### Cons Nothing to be fair. I really liked using it so far. --- ### Awesome - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: kelsey e. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ease of use and all the needed features #### Cons Having to pay for it is really the only thing I can think of that I personally don't like --- ### Ease of use - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Umut Can Ş. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used other for free trial - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Perfect application #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is easy to use. One of the most important things is offline usage. #### Cons Everything was perfect. There is no downside. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/onlyoffice-docs-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- ONLYOFFICE Docs Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice