# LibreOffice Calc, Microsoft Excel vs LibreOffice Comparison | | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.7 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 30 | 3,157 | 272 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (65.4% of reviews) | Mid-Market (34.7% of reviews) | Small-Business (55.8% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### LibreOffice Calc Pros: - Data Analysis (1 reviews) - Data Manipulation (1 reviews) ### Microsoft Excel Pros: - Ease of Use (134 reviews) - Data Analysis (89 reviews) Cons: - Formula Complexity (47 reviews) - Learning Curve (46 reviews) ### LibreOffice Pros: - Ease of Use (3 reviews) - Free Product (3 reviews) Cons: - Slow Performance (2 reviews) - Formatting Issues (1 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.4 (21 reviews) | 9.4 (2628 reviews) | 8.8 (229 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.9 (22 reviews) | 8.7 (2674 reviews) | 8.5 (230 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | Not enough data | 9.3 (697 reviews) | 9.3 (59 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | Not enough data | 8.9 (324 reviews) | 8.9 (48 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 7.7 (16 reviews) | 8.7 (2104 reviews) | 7.8 (184 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | Not enough data | 9.2 (309 reviews) | 8.5 (41 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 7.9 (22 reviews) | 8.9 (2534 reviews) | 8.6 (226 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### LibreOffice Calc #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Microsoft Excel #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### LibreOffice #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Spreadsheets | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **LibreOffice Calc** | 8.1/10 | 20 | | **Microsoft Excel** | 9.0/10 | 1704 | | **LibreOffice** | 8.3/10 | 68 | #### Calculating | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Functions** | 8.7 (17 reviews) | 9.4 (1608 reviews) | 8.9 (60 reviews) | | **Auto Recalculation** | 9.0 (17 reviews) | 9.2 (1512 reviews) | 8.6 (60 reviews) | #### Insights | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Charts and Graphs** | 8.0 (17 reviews) | 9.1 (1539 reviews) | 8.3 (58 reviews) | | **Tables** | 8.5 (16 reviews) | 9.4 (1567 reviews) | 8.7 (64 reviews) | #### Editing | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Templates** | 7.7 (15 reviews) | 8.7 (1427 reviews) | 8.0 (58 reviews) | | **Collaborative Editing** | 5.0 (13 reviews) | 8.4 (1384 reviews) | 7.4 (43 reviews) | | **Filtering** | 8.8 (16 reviews) | 9.2 (1489 reviews) | 8.2 (57 reviews) | #### Functionality | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Addons** | 8.2 (13 reviews) | 8.7 (1280 reviews) | 7.6 (46 reviews) | | **Multi Device Functionality** | 6.8 (10 reviews) | 8.8 (1358 reviews) | 8.1 (50 reviews) | | **Importing and Exporting** | 8.6 (18 reviews) | 9.1 (1480 reviews) | 8.8 (61 reviews) | | **Autosave** | 9.5 (17 reviews) | 9.1 (1498 reviews) | 8.6 (56 reviews) | ### Office Suites | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **LibreOffice Calc** | N/A | N/A | | **Microsoft Excel** | N/A | N/A | | **LibreOffice** | 7.5/10 | 65 | #### Applications | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Basic applications** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (58 reviews) | | **Suite access** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (57 reviews) | | **Templates** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (48 reviews) | #### Collaboration | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Cloud collaboration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 5.3 (35 reviews) | | **Annotations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (42 reviews) | | **Simultaneously editing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.5 (34 reviews) | #### Management | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Web Interface** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.6 (32 reviews) | | **File Type Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (53 reviews) | | **Auto save** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (47 reviews) | #### Agentic AI - Office Suites | Feature | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (1):** [Spreadsheets Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/spreadsheets) **Unique to LibreOffice (1):** [Office Suites Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/office-suites) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | LibreOffice Calc | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice | |---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 65.4% | 32.5% | 55.8% | | **Mid-Market** | 30.8% | 34.7% | 24.6% | | **Enterprise** | 3.8% | 32.8% | 19.6% | ### By Industry #### LibreOffice Calc - **Building Materials:** 11.5% - **Computer Software:** 11.5% - **Construction:** 7.7% - **Information Technology and Services:** 7.7% - **Education Management:** 7.7% - **Banking:** 3.8% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.8% - **Consumer Services:** 3.8% - **Defense & Space:** 3.8% - **Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing:** 3.8% - **Other:** 34.6% #### Microsoft Excel - **Information Technology and Services:** 10.4% - **Computer Software:** 5.7% - **Accounting:** 4.8% - **Financial Services:** 3.9% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.8% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.4% - **Education Management:** 3.3% - **Higher Education:** 3.2% - **Construction:** 2.2% - **Retail:** 2.0% - **Other:** 57.4% #### LibreOffice - **Information Technology and Services:** 13.3% - **Computer Software:** 10.3% - **Internet:** 5.3% - **Education Management:** 4.9% - **Design:** 4.2% - **Writing and Editing:** 3.4% - **Retail:** 3.0% - **Higher Education:** 2.7% - **Automotive:** 2.3% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 1.9% - **Other:** 48.7% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to LibreOffice Calc - [Apple Numbers](https://www.g2.com/products/apple-numbers/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (218 reviews) - [Apache OpenOffice Calc](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-openoffice-calc/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (18 reviews) - 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[ONLYOFFICE Workspace](https://www.g2.com/products/onlyoffice-workspace/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (66 reviews) - [MobiOffice](https://www.g2.com/products/mobioffice/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (39 reviews) - [WPS Office](https://www.g2.com/products/wps-office/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (333 reviews) - [OpenOffice](https://www.g2.com/products/openoffice/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (312 reviews) - [Apple Numbers](https://www.g2.com/products/apple-numbers/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (218 reviews) - [WordPerfect](https://www.g2.com/products/wordperfect/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (74 reviews) - [iWork](https://www.g2.com/products/iwork/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (22 reviews) - [Polaris Office](https://www.g2.com/products/polaris-office/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (22 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### LibreOffice Calc No discussions available for this product. ### Microsoft Excel - Title: [What are some advanced techniques professionals are using in Microsoft Excel to analyze and visualize data?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-some-advanced-techniques-professionals-are-using-in-microsoft-excel-to-analyze-and-visualize-data) — 4 comments > **Top comment:** "Pivot tables and pivot charts. Conditional formatting. Remove duplicates. XLOOKUP. IFERROR. MATCH. COUNTBLANK. DAYS and NETWORKDAYS." - Title: [What is Microsoft Excel used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-microsoft-excel-used-for) — 3 comments, 4 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Microsoft excel is used to populate data in tables and make analysis and storage easier" - Title: [Which one of them is a feature of MS Excel?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-one-of-them-is-a-feature-of-ms-excel) — 3 comments, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Conditional formatting, lookup, match, pivot tables, charts and graph, filter." - Title: [What is Microsoft Excel features?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-microsoft-excel-features) — 3 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Excel allows the user to create spreadsheets, charts, tables, etc. to transpose information into a quantifiable document." - Title: [Are there video tutorials to be shown to kids?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/are-there-video-tutorials-to-be-shown-to-kids) — 3 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "You can find some Excel training videos aimed at kids on YouTube. Here is a link to one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVYzls5xX_A" ### LibreOffice - Title: [What is LibreOffice used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-libreoffice-used-for) — 2 comments > **Top comment:** "It's a great Office Productivity Suite that costs nothing! Download, install, and you're set. . It is the true successor of OpenOffice. " - Title: [when libreoffice will have cloud support for uploading the documents?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-libreoffice-will-have-cloud-support-for-uploading-the-documents) — 2 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Probably not ! More here https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/" - Title: [Is LibreOffice compatible with Microsoft Office?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-libreoffice-compatible-with-microsoft-office) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Comment deleted by user." - Title: [What is LibreOffice writer and explain its features?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-libreoffice-writer-and-explain-its-features) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "LibreOffice Writer is a free alternative to Microsoft Word, which is updated frequently, so it is often able to read and write new Microsoft file formats..." - Title: [Anyone can use LibreOffice 6 without performance issue?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/anyone-can-use-libreoffice-6-without-performance-issue) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Dear if possible This software is important for making the paradigm shift from office, on a normal computer it runs wonderfully you just need to have the..." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/libreoffice-calc-vs-microsoft-excel-vs-libreoffice)