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Alternatives to WPS Office
24 productivity tools sit alongside WPS Office in this directory. Below is what separates each from WPS Office on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- -
- WPS Office starts at
- Free
Why people look past WPS Office
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. WPS Office has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
The world's #1 task manager and to-do list app
- Publishes an entry price of $5/month, where WPS Office does not.
Professional task management for complex workflows
- No free tier, where WPS Office has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $74.99/month, where WPS Office does not.
- Sold on a one-time model rather than freemium.
The award-winning personal task manager
- No free tier, where WPS Office has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $9.99/one-time, where WPS Office does not.
Scientifically-designed music to enhance focus and productivity
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Journalling app for iOS, Android and Mac now sold as a subscription after years as a one-time purchase
- Sold on a Free tier plus subscription model rather than freemium.
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 freemium.
Every WPS Office 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPS Office (this page) | Free | Freemium | - | |
| TodoistThe world's #1 task manager and to-do list app | Free, then $5/month | - | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| OmniFocus 3Professional task management for complex workflows | $74.99/month | One-time | 4 | vs WPS Office |
| Things 3The award-winning personal task manager | $9.99/one-time | - | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| Brain.fmScientifically-designed music to enhance focus and productivity | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs WPS Office |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | 2 | vs WPS Office |
| Samsung Food | Free | Free, no subscription | 1 | vs WPS Office |
| Bluemail | Free | Quote | 1 | vs WPS Office |
| Spark Mail | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | 2 | vs WPS Office |
| Supernormal | Free, then $20/month | Per month by credits | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| MeetGeek | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs WPS Office |
| Bluedot | Free, then $14/month | Per recording user per month | 4 | vs WPS Office |
| LibreOffice | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs WPS Office |
| Gamma | Free, then $12/month | - | 6 | vs WPS Office |
| Memtime | €10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs WPS Office |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | vs WPS Office |
| AnyList | On request | Per user per year | 1 | vs WPS Office |
| Mimestream | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs WPS Office |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase, priced separately per platform | 2 | vs WPS Office |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs WPS Office |
| Fastmail | $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs WPS Office |
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 WPS Office badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Todoist , Free, then $5/month
- Brain.fm , Free
- Day One , Free
- Canary Mail , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Bring! , Free
- Samsung Food , Free
- Bluemail , Free
What you would be giving up
WPS Office is most often brought in for a linux desktop where the free alternatives keep breaking the layout of colleagues' docx and pptx files., a small business that edits and converts pdfs regularly and does not want an acrobat subscription for each person., students and home users who need microsoft-compatible documents without a microsoft 365 subscription., older or low-specification windows machines where the full microsoft suite is slow to install and slow to run.. 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 WPS Office is broadly right and the question is cost, the WPS Office 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.
WPS Office runs on not recorded. 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 WPS Office alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to WPS Office?
- 24 other productivity tools are listed in this directory, led by Todoist, OmniFocus 3, Things 3, Brain.fm. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to WPS Office?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Todoist, Brain.fm, Day One, Canary Mail, Alfred.
- Is there a reason to switch away from WPS Office?
- Nothing in the data flags one. WPS Office has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from WPS Office?
- WPS Office is most often brought in for a linux desktop where the free alternatives keep breaking the layout of colleagues' docx and pptx files., a small business that edits and converts pdfs regularly and does not want an acrobat subscription for each person., students and home users who need microsoft-compatible documents without a microsoft 365 subscription., older or low-specification windows machines where the full microsoft suite is slow to install and slow to run.. 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 WPS Office?
- 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 WPS Office 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 WPS Office against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against WPS Office 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, 24 tools beside WPS Office. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.