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Alternatives to LibreOffice
22 productivity tools sit alongside LibreOffice in this directory. Below is what separates each from LibreOffice on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- -
- LibreOffice starts at
- Free
Why people look past LibreOffice
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the LibreOffice entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
LibreOffice publishes a single plan, LibreOffice at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Subscription bundle of the Office applications with mail, storage, meetings and organisational identity
- No free tier, where LibreOffice has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $7/month, where LibreOffice does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to LibreOffice's 1.
Everything you need to get work done, all in one place
- No free tier, where LibreOffice has one.
- Publishes an entry price of €6.8/month, where LibreOffice does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 4 tiers to LibreOffice's 1.
Open-source desktop publishing and page layout
Priced and rated the same as LibreOffice on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Security-focused AI email client with end-to-end encryption and a lifetime purchase option
- Sold on a Per user per year, or one-time purchase model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to LibreOffice's 1.
Mac launcher and automation tool sold as a one-time Powerpack licence rather than a subscription
- Publishes an entry price of £34/one-time, where LibreOffice does not.
- Sold on a One-time purchase model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to LibreOffice's 1.
Free shared grocery list app with a simple icon-based interface, no subscription required for core use
- Sold on a Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 2 tiers to LibreOffice's 1.
Every LibreOffice alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibreOffice (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| Microsoft 365The commercial standard, far ahead on collaboration and mobile, at a per-seat cost | $7/month | Subscription | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| Google WorkspaceBrowser-first and strongest on real-time collaboration | €6.8/month | Subscription | 4 | vs LibreOffice |
| ScribusFor page layout and press-ready output rather than everyday documents | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs LibreOffice |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | 2 | vs LibreOffice |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| Bluemail | Free | Quote | 1 | vs LibreOffice |
| Samsung Food | Free | Free, no subscription | 1 | vs LibreOffice |
| Spark Mail | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | 2 | vs LibreOffice |
| Supernormal | Free, then $20/month | Per month by credits | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| MeetGeek | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs LibreOffice |
| Bluedot | Free, then $14/month | Per recording user per month | 4 | vs LibreOffice |
| Gamma | Free, then $12/month | - | 6 | vs LibreOffice |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | vs LibreOffice |
| AnyList | On request | Per user per year | 1 | vs LibreOffice |
| Mimestream | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs LibreOffice |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase, priced separately per platform | 2 | vs LibreOffice |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| Fastmail | $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs LibreOffice |
| RowShare | On request | Subscription | - | vs LibreOffice |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the LibreOffice badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Scribus , Free
- Canary Mail , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Bring! , Free
- Day One , Free
- Bluemail , Free
- Samsung Food , Free
- Spark Mail , Free
What you would be giving up
LibreOffice is most often brought in for organisations where documents cannot leave the premises for policy or statutory reasons, replacing per-seat office licences at scale, long-term archives needing a format not defined by a single vendor, reviving older hardware that current commercial suites strain. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If LibreOffice is broadly right and the question is cost, the LibreOffice pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Productivity category lists everything the directory holds, and best productivity tools ranks them.
LibreOffice runs on windows, macos, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about LibreOffice alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to LibreOffice?
- 22 other productivity tools are listed in this directory, led by Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Scribus, Canary Mail. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to LibreOffice?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Scribus, Canary Mail, Alfred, Bring!, Day One.
- Why do people look for an alternative to LibreOffice?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from LibreOffice?
- LibreOffice is most often brought in for organisations where documents cannot leave the premises for policy or statutory reasons, replacing per-seat office licences at scale, long-term archives needing a format not defined by a single vendor, reviving older hardware that current commercial suites strain. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to LibreOffice?
- None of the productivity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these LibreOffice alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Productivity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare LibreOffice against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against LibreOffice covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every productivity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Productivity category, 22 tools beside LibreOffice. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.