Best Microsoft Office alternatives

[Daniel Puchert]

Say goodbye to Microsoft Office

South Africans who can no longer afford or have grown tired of the price increases on Microsoft Office's subscription-based variant, Microsoft 365, have a myriad of free alternative productivity suites to choose from.

MyBroadband recently analysed local pricing adjustments on Microsoft 365 Personal and Family and found that prices had increased by over 165% in the past 12 years.

 

[Smiggles]

No mention of iWork? It's also free.

 

[Deandbn]

One thing none of the competitors have is outlook.. That's the elephant in the room.

 

[Smiggles]

One thing none of the competitors have is outlook.. That's the elephant in the room.

Outlook is just a glorified web wrapper now.

 

[FiestaST]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887072873161888216

 

[Apogee]

No mention of iWork? It's also free.

Not being sarcastic, but in 20 years I have not seen anyone using that.

 

[Solitude]

Microsoft 365 comes with 1 TB of OneDrive space. If you get the family version then you can share with 5 other people. So 6TB overall.

 

[Smiggles]

Not being sarcastic, but in 20 years I have not seen anyone using that.

Never saw a Steve Jobs presentation?

 

[Apogee]

Never saw a Steve Jobs presentation?

In an office setting in SA.

This could be the reason why.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

 

[dj_jyno]

No mention of iWork? It's also free.

Only available for Mac and iOS

 

[RedViking]

One thing none of the competitors have is outlook.. That's the elephant in the room.

For personal use or small one-man business? Thuberbird or Google works great.

 

[RedViking]

Microsoft is anyways moving away from offline applications. So Google Docs is a good alternative.

 

[Smiggles]

Only available for Mac and iOS

Works fine on my work Windows machine in the browser.

 

[Petec]

Microsoft 365 comes with 1 TB of OneDrive space. If you get the family version then you can share with 5 other people. So 6TB overall.

This.
And the kiddos use Powerpoint for school projects.

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

I'll stick to the MS version thanks

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

But why? You get cheap Windows and office keys everywhere.

 

[Smiggles]

Can also just use your work licence for free. Can use it on 5 devices.

 

[Deandbn]

For personal use or small one-man business? Thuberbird or Google works great.

Sure, it's when you have a domain that you start needing Outlook.

 

[Mercury]

Sure, it's when you have a domain that you start needing Outlook.

My two do fine without it. Horses for courses.

 

[Romeo_RX]

Microsoft is anyways moving away from offline applications.

They keep releasing offline versions though, how long has Office 365 been a thing.