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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/diagram/apache-openoffice-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/diagram/apache-openoffice-profile/alternatives/) # Apache OpenOffice User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 502 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 3.9/5 - Value for money: 4.7/5 - Functionality: 4.2/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 261 reviews (52%) - 4 stars: 175 reviews (35%) - 3 stars: 55 reviews (11%) - 2 stars: 7 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 4 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - Apache OpenOffice stands out as a completely free, open-source productivity suite that operates fully offline, eliminating monthly subscriptions and cloud privacy concerns. - Great free and open source alternitive to Office 365. Once setup it works incredibly well at home or in the work palce - Its easy to have multiple computers in the office use OO because of no licensing, and to be able to open and save in legacy formats to extremely useful. ### Most mentioned cons - I use OpenOffice Spreadsheet annually to calculate tax expenses, and have lost sooo much data today when it crashed twice. - For students, i do not believe it has a voice-over function and I have heard some horror stories overall about customer service-related issues. - it is difficult to recover data, lost due to PC malfunction, not previously saved ## Apache OpenOffice customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 502 (page 1). ### Best Office Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Reece S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very reliable. Always works with any document from any office software. You will always be able to open a document from your colleague. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This is by far the best free office software. Being open source, it is built by passionate individuals who all want the same thing. No bloatware, no malware. Pure productivity goodness! #### Cons Sometimes feels a little unrefined compared to commercial options. The design is a little dated too. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Completely free and solid experience. No reason not to switch. --- ### OpenOffice a Great License Free Choice - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christopher C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Good. Its been stable and supports multi platforms #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros License Free and quite flexible and supports multi OS #### Cons Doesn't support later versions of Microsoft #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Licensing costs and functionality and did not want to be forced into Office365 --- ### Great Word Alternative - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2019 - 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: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I love OpenOffice. What I like the most is that it's a free version of Microsoft Word, and at least to my knowledge, has all the same features. #### Cons The only think I dislike is the same thing I dislike about all text editors, they're clunky when doing anything other than typing. Thankfully that's all I use them for so it's not a problem. --- ### Goof free alternative to MS Office - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Juan M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less 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. I've used it when i used linux, and have tried in Mac when looking for the best alternative to MS Office. It is better than Apples native document apps. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The fact that is free and robust. It feels more study than LibreOffice. #### Cons it still, after so many years, struggles with some formatting when working with MS Office documents. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Price. Apache OpenOffice is free and is available for many OS. --- ### Open Office: an open source oasis in a desert of corporate cash grab products - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Benjamin R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2024 - 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The vast array of capabilities while being free! I've used OpenOffice for years for multiple jobs for multiple companies. Open Office is extremely easy to use, and as I get older, easier to use because MicroSoft Word keeps changing and OpenOffice's UI remains as a "classic interface." Its easy to have multiple computers in the office use OO because of no licensing, and to be able to open and save in legacy formats to extremely useful. I worked at an office that used Apple Numbers and it was dreadful, so I convinced everyone to us OO, and everyone agreed it was the better move, and all of our files were compatible which made the switch much easier. #### Cons Nothing. And I mean that, there are no downsides to OpenOffice. Maybe only that not enough people are aware of it, but without it being a profit motivated program, that makes sense. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Microsoft is expensive and when setting up multiple computers at an office for people to use, Open Office being completely free is the obvious choice. --- ### Forget about using OpenOffice! - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've been really happy with it (some concerns with some specific version, but nothing that couldn't be resolved downgrading to the previous one. The lack of support and the creation of LibreOffice made it a deprecated solution, unless you are already a user who doesn't feel confortable with changes (but you would feel much happier with LibreOffice from minute 1). #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I have been a daily user of OpenOffice since its earliest versions. It has been THE alternative to Microsoft Suite for many years, and at no cost. Its vast number of developers around the world made it easy to find solutions to your problems in any language, and to install flawlessly a wide number of plugins. But the situation changed in 2010 when concerns arose around the management of the project. Actually Apache is the owner of the project, and also if it is still free, I wouldn't recommend to spend a second on it. #### Cons Its development has not been updated in the last years, if not for minor updates, and community support is falling down. Also if a strong community is still existing, it has majorly moved to LibreOffice project, a suite which is the choice if you are looking for an (inexpensive) alternative to Microsoft. Having to chose between OpenOffice and LibreOffice (both based on the original OpenOffice experience), there is very little to discuss: the second one is the only alternative you should consider. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Looking for an open source alternative to Microsoft Suite. --- ### Excellent MS Office Alternative - Minus Some Bells and Whistles - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Building Materials - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered OpenOffice is hands down my favorite office application suite. Yes, it isn't the prettiest or the most feature-rich, but it offers everything probably 95% of today's workforce would need, minus real-time editing collaboration. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros OpenOffice is excellent for a free and open-source office application suite. It offers all the essential core functionality of MS Office for the low low price of absolutely free! When I was a student and began my career I was using OpenOffice exclusively. If offers excellent capabilities right out of the box and is available even on Linux (my preferred operating system). #### Cons The lack of an online collaboration feature really is the only reason I had to switch away from this with my company. It's a much-needed feature, especially at this time, with everyone working remotely. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice At the time of switching, OpenOffice felt more intuitive with its controls. and more familiar to the older versions of MS office that I was used to. --- ### A great alternative to Microsoft - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Thomas T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Publishing - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to switch from Microsoft Word and not get lost. Functionality is basically the same. #### Cons Moving documents from Word to OpenOffice always ruins the formatting. Essentially, you have to start in OpenOffice and finish here unless you have extra time to reformat everything. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Previous publisher used this and needed all files on this platform. --- ### Open Source Application for your day to day work - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall experience is very good while using this application. Needs some more features like high cost applications. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Open source is the one of the great benefit they are offering. Good option among other same category apps. Easy setup. Cost saving application #### Cons More templates to be added for each file type. It feels like something is missing as compared to other high cost applications. Rest all good for this application. #### Reasons for choosing Apache OpenOffice Open Source, Cost Effective, Easy to use. Basic functionality is available without any cost --- ### A very Good Backup Utility to have - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I had Microsoft Office for many years, Due to business slowing down, we had to rely on another software, Apache OpenOffice was just as good a software as I had used. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like this software, any documents made from another compatible software, will be able to export it to this cost efficient just as well. #### Cons lack of templates for useful documents to use for implementing a plan. I didn't see much of word art offers #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Budget cuts, fixed income. I had to start tightening up belt and use other software that has same compatible formats --- ### JAM Apache Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Apache helps many who require software for work, school, and other major personal use. Apache are great for projects, and I look forward to seeing it go the distance. It needs an update as soon as possible though, because I find looking at the same features tiring. All in all a wonderful experience! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The most important feature on here is the menu. From there I am able to run multiple software at one time. Its very nice to have software that puts the multitasking skill to good use. I highly recommend this for anyone looking for an alternative suite software with easy access. This software is trustworthy, reliable, and very helpful! #### Cons The software itself needs an update as the features on Apache are obsolete. The loading speed for opening the software needs improving. I need to have the software opened within a minute to two instead of five minutes. Apache needs one new software added to its menu! --- ### OpenOffice is a great free alternative to MS Office - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ryan L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more 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. Overall, it's great! In a nutshell, this is a free version of Microsoft Office, for most practical applications. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The best thing is the price, as it's free to download and use the full suite of functionality! However, that wouldn't matter if the software was poor. The good news is that it's not, and OpenOffice gives me virtually every feature from MS Office that I regularly use. I don't doubt that MS Office has a leg-up in certain areas if you need deeper, more obscure features, but for day-to-day document creation, Open Office is great. #### Cons Two things: 1) I can't seem to find a way to save a document as a .docx. That might be proprietary to MS Word. 2) I'd like to be able to see more than just the last 10 documents I opened. It'd be nice to be able to choose an item at the bottom of the list such as "Show more" that would open up expanded document history. #### Reasons for switching to Apache OpenOffice Because OpenOffice is free. --- ### Free office suite - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Halimatun Z. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is free and open-source, and it can accomplish some of the duties that other sophisticated software in its field can. Still, if you want stability and better performance, I would recommend using something else. I primarily use these for document creation and editor. However, it has more features in it. The document processing and spreadsheet modules can be easily converted to Microsoft Office products. OpenOffice can read Microsoft Word and Excel documents, which is very convenient. We've saved a lot of time because of this function. #### Cons You'll mostly run into issues on particular platforms, which might lead you to loose or disrupt your work. Other concerns with working in an open workplace might also influence your coworkers. To some, it may be adaptive, while to others, it may be a complete nightmare. If you are accustomed to Microsoft Office, don't expect to be able to transition simply; in fact, switching can be a significant challenge. --- ### If you can't afford MS Office... - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sharon N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Writing and Editing - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've used it on numerous occasions to rescue and reformat corrupted files (particularly in its Word version), earning major kudos from students and clients in full panic mode that the CV or project they've put their heart into has been lost forever. Not so! Open Office rescued it. It loads quickly, can save in many different formats (more than MS Office) and is more adaptable. The portable copy has proved a lifesaver when out and about. I can plug it into any Windows computer and get to work immediately. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Open Office reminds me of the old MS Office, with a similar layout and ease of use. It's not as big a resource hog as MS Office and for basic use it's excellent. Being free certainly doesn't hurt! While I do have MS Office as well, I write first drafts in Open Office and then copy it across. Seeing the subtly different layout allows me to see errors that I missed before and since Open Office can be got as a portable app, I can take it anywhere on a memory stick, plug it in and get going. It saves to MS Office formats as well as its own proprietary ones, and you can set it to default to MS Office format if you want. It can often open files MS Office struggles with, allowing you to rescue corrupted documents and put them back into a format MS Office can read, so even if you have the expensive software having this as a backup is worth it for when things go wrong. #### Cons Doesn't have all the bells and whistles of MS Office and sometimes you want to do something that in MS Office would be a breeze (like inserting page numbers) and in Open Office is a little more tricky, but there are tons of searchable help files and advice pages which means you can usually find a way. --- ### A good budget option for Office utilities - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Amanda N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used other for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It has been a lifesaver when other options are not at hand (no internet, or no budget to spend on fancier programs). I really like being able to search for templates online, and it was really helpful when making CVs that looked really professional. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros OpenOffice is a free open-source software that can be installed and used in just minutes. Its similarities to other softwares make it easy for users to adapt and learn how to use it quickly, so it becomes a great otion for low-budget situations. It has a suite of programs with different functionalities, including a word processor, sheets and database makers, presentation and slides software, even a drawing program. All of these are fairly standard and don't require intensive learning to start using, which is a great perk. A feature I like about OpenOffice is that you can create custom templates, and many people offer their own templates online for other users to check and modify, which makes it easy to start new projects based on what others have built before. It is also relatively easy to save the files in formats that can be opened in other programs, so that you can send them to colleagues who may not have OpenOffice in a way that they can still use and modify them. #### Cons The visual style of the programs can seem a bit crude, and sometimes it can bug out or take really long times to load. It can also have some formatting problems when taken to other applications (tables or figures might move around and it can be difficult to correct for these modifications in other softwares). --- ### Awesome! The same as Microsoft Products! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I use this software just like I would Microsoft to help write letters collect data and keep me accountable. This software has been a huge help, especially when I did not have the budget for Microsoft and have been true to open office ever since. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Need I say more, this is by far the best product out there. I started using open office several years ago when I didn't have the budget for Microsoft office, excel, word, etc. This software is free and is identical to Microsoft. The best part is when you are ready to save it gives you an option that converts it to a Microsoft formst so it can be opened anywhere on any computer. This is definitely by far an amazing program that allows you to accomplish so much from writing letters, to data sheets like excel, to creating presentations. It does pretty much the same thing but all for free, how can you ask for more? #### Cons There really is no cons to this program, as it does so much for a free application. --- ### OpenOffice Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rica Mae D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - 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 I liked the fact that the product is an open source software and is very easy to setup and use. OpenOffice did a fine job handling every office tools that any company needs to have. It is free and always will be #### Cons The downside of the product same as other open source document tool is that sometimes content on OpenOffice is not really working with MS Office, you must modify the contents you made just for it to become the same --- ### The proof that Opensource can be also great - Overall rating: 5/5 - 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: November 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. OpenOffice has replaced the big proprietary suite that most Windows users were forced to use and pay. OpenOffice is a versatile, simple, light and professional alternative for offices and single users alike. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros OpenOffice is drop-dead simple, light and efficient. Long are gone the days where I had to use expensive suites from proprietary software. As soon as I installed the OpenOffice suite I knew I wasn't coming back. To start with the software is as easy as to download the package installer from their site, run it and you will be done in no time. No spyware and sketchy offers, no subscriptions, just the tools you need. OpenOffice isn't as resource intensive as it's major competitor, so you can run it in machines with less powerful setups and still it will load quickly. I appreciate that Apache has made such a contribution, a simple, easy to use and fully compatible software for free. #### Cons Often I have to play a bit with the .csv encoding screen to see the file properly, but it's not really a big issue. It's often annoying the prompt window asking you to save in ".ods" format instead of the default .doc that it's better known, easier to identify and best if you are collaborating with people that use different tools. --- ### If you don't need all the bells and whistles, go for this - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Munema I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I remember coming across OpenOffice several years ago and thought I would give it a try as it seemed a valuable "agnostic" solution that worked on Mac, PC, and Linux machines alike and it was free to download, install and use. Generally, what I liked about OpenOffice was the fact that it provided most of the main features of the various Word, Excel, etc. True, the user interface may not have been as good as that of such tools but, overall, OpenOffice met its goals of letting users leverage the core features needed for writing, creating tables, etc. I would say that if you don't need advanced features but mainly the basics, OpenOffice could be the one "digital office tool" for you. #### Cons There are a few things I am not a fan of when it comes to OpenOffice. The firsts one is the fact that, unlike some of the other tools, it doesn't have a mobile app. This means that you will always be dependent on working from your computer, always. Next is the fact that it does come with a "ceiling" meaning that you might find yourself in need of something else at some point in the future because you may feel as if you have outgrown OpenOffice as a platform. Also, keep in mind that it has been discontinued so you may find versions still available for you to use but may be outdated. --- ### an alternative to Office for free - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Paola A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered it's a good alternative and i have it installed in all my computers #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros i like that it's free to use and you don't need any subscription #### Cons some functions are not as developed as in office --- ### A Decent Alternative for your Office need - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Thilina D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Insurance - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - 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: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Apache Openoffice is Free, that's the best part about it. You don't need to concern yourself with licensing #### Cons Its User Interface is a bit lackluster If you are coming from more popular office products. Takes time to get used to it --- ### My Go-To Office Suite at Home - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Matthew A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Administration - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I selected 10 on the "likely to recommend" scale because I have already recommended this amazing, free resource to dozens of people. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros 1. It's free. 2. It does basically everything MS Office can, for free. 3. Each new iteration becomes more user-friendly and incorporates greater options and functionality, for free. 4. The software is open-source, contributing to a more collaborative and equitable internet... for Free. #### Cons OO can be somewhat clunkier than Office, especially in trying to use more advanced functions in some of the sub-apps, and some advanced functions that MS products have just are not there (but that's very few!). I also dislike that everyone who struggles to turn out nice documents in WordPad doesn't already know about OpenOffice. --- ### I use it in all aspects related to my work, it is easy to use, effective and free - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nathaly B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have done very complex works in an easy way, I have had very colorful and efficient presentations, as well as, I have done many graphics in Calc, when I have had doubts I have received technical support and I have expanded my opportunities by downloading the extensions, it is an office suite very complete and wonderful #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It allows me to fulfill my work tasks efficiently and with good appearance, it exports my PDF documents very easily, it has many work templates, it does not take up much space on my hard drive, it has many extensions that I can download when I need it and It is always in constant update and I do not have to pay the license #### Cons It occupies a lot of RAM so it was a bit slow, the compatibility of text files with respect to Microsoft Word shows weaknesses --- ### Your essential Software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Meriem O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The software is almost perfect, it helps to manage a whole company, easy to understand. Secure, and practical for both large and small companies. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The easiest Software ever, I used to work on it everyday. #### Cons the data to be entered is unlimited so all the responsibility was on my shoulder plus the automatic correction is not available. --- ### Apache OpenOffice is a pretty good alternative to MS Office - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - 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: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Best part of using OpenOffice is that it's support to multiple languages at a same time. My work sometimes needs me to work on multiple language at a time, while other open Office tools work on one language, with Apache OpenOffice, we can work on multiple languages at same time. Also it's look and feel is sleek and simple making it easier to use. #### Cons One of the major drawback is that we cannot save files with MS office based extension .docx and .xlsx . So if you are going to create files which needs to be opened on MS office, OpenOffice is not for you. But you can open already saved files with this extension easily using Apache OpenOffice. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/diagram/apache-openoffice-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Apache OpenOffice Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice