Compare LibreOffice and Microsoft 365 
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Market Segments
Small-Business (55.7% of reviews)
Mid-Market (35.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$6.00 1 User Per Month
LibreOffice
Star Rating
(267)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (55.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about LibreOfficeMicrosoft 365
Star Rating
(5,751)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (35.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$6.00 1 User Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Microsoft 365 excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to LibreOffice. Users appreciate the seamless integration of essential productivity tools, which enhances collaboration and real-time editing capabilities.
- Users say that Microsoft 365's templates are exceptional and easy to use, making document creation more efficient. In contrast, while LibreOffice is praised for its free and open-source nature, some users find its template offerings less robust.
- Reviewers mention that Microsoft 365 provides a more intuitive user experience, with a focus on ease of use and setup. Users highlight the platform's role as a central hub for collaboration through tools like Teams and SharePoint, whereas LibreOffice, while easy to install, may not offer the same level of integrated functionality.
- According to verified reviews, Microsoft 365's cloud collaboration features are a standout, allowing users to access and edit documents from anywhere. In comparison, LibreOffice's collaboration capabilities are seen as limited, with users noting challenges in simultaneous editing.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Microsoft 365's quality of support is superior, with users reporting responsive assistance when issues arise. On the other hand, LibreOffice users have expressed some dissatisfaction with support, indicating that it may not meet their needs as effectively.
- Users appreciate LibreOffice for its cost-effectiveness, especially for small businesses and individuals looking for a free alternative. However, they also note that while it offers useful features like regex support in spreadsheets, it may lack the advanced functionalities and polish that Microsoft 365 provides.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
LibreOffice
No pricing availableMicrosoft 365
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$6.00
1 User Per Month
Business Basic combines web and mobile versions of the Office apps, business email with Exchange, user management, 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and Teams for up to 300 users.
- Identity, access, and user management for up to 300 employees
- Custom business email (you@yourbusiness.com
- Web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Free Trial
LibreOffice
No trial information availableMicrosoft 365
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
226
9.3
4,749
Ease of Use
8.5
226
9.0
4,803
Ease of Setup
9.3
55
8.9
1,359
Ease of Admin
8.9
48
8.7
997
Quality of Support
7.8
181
8.5
4,014
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
41
8.8
970
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
223
8.8
4,683
Features by Category
File Management
Not enough data
9.3
183
Not enough data
9.3
180
Not enough data
9.4
178
Not enough data
9.0
172
Not enough data
8.9
174
Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration
Not enough data
8.6
78
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
8.8
78
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.2
178
Not enough data
9.5
180
Not enough data
9.1
179
Not enough data
8.8
174
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
173
Not enough data
9.2
173
Not enough data
9.1
170
Not enough data
8.9
169
Not enough data
8.8
164
Not enough data
9.4
175
Platform
Not enough data
9.3
187
Not enough data
8.8
181
Not enough data
9.0
181
Not enough data
8.8
182
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.5
182
Not enough data
9.3
181
Not enough data
8.8
178
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
181
Not enough data
9.2
182
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
179
Not enough data
9.2
183
Not enough data
9.0
177
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.7
131
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.6
131
Not enough data
8.6
132
Not enough data
8.5
132
Not enough data
8.7
135
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
8.5
85
Presenter Tools
Not enough data
8.9
125
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.2
123
Not enough data
8.6
124
Conferencing Options
Not enough data
9.0
130
Not enough data
9.0
131
Not enough data
9.0
135
Application Tools
Not enough data
8.8
123
Not enough data
8.7
124
Not enough data
8.8
125
Agentic AI - Screen Sharing
Not enough data
8.2
39
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
166
Not enough data
8.8
165
Not enough data
9.1
167
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.8
166
Not enough data
8.3
164
Not enough data
8.6
156
Not enough data
9.1
166
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
161
Not enough data
8.9
159
Not enough data
9.1
169
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
109
Not enough data
8.0
105
Not enough data
7.3
104
Not enough data
8.0
106
Not enough data
7.2
103
Not enough data
7.9
104
Not enough data
7.6
102
Inbox Tools
Not enough data
8.9
214
Not enough data
9.0
212
Not enough data
9.0
213
Not enough data
9.1
212
Coordination Tools
Not enough data
9.2
219
Not enough data
9.0
213
Not enough data
8.7
209
Software Options
Not enough data
9.3
218
Not enough data
8.8
216
Email Client - Agentic AI
Not enough data
8.3
79
Not enough data
8.2
80
Calculating
8.9
60
9.2
184
8.6
60
9.1
182
Insights
8.3
58
8.7
180
8.7
64
9.1
179
Editing
8.0
58
8.8
180
7.4
43
8.8
181
8.2
57
8.9
176
Functionality
7.6
46
8.5
177
8.1
50
8.9
181
8.8
61
9.0
175
8.6
56
9.1
179
Applications
8.6
55
9.3
1323
8.3
54
9.0
1234
7.5
48
8.8
1201
Collaboration
5.3
33
9.0
1218
7.7
42
8.8
1095
6.6
32
8.7
1169
Management
6.6
32
8.9
1190
8.5
51
9.2
1231
8.5
47
9.2
1265
Agentic AI - Office Suites
Not enough data
8.1
128
Not enough data
8.2
134
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
9.1
193
Not enough data
9.2
192
Not enough data
8.7
187
Not enough data
9.2
190
Not enough data
9.2
188
Meeting Coordination
Not enough data
9.2
196
Not enough data
9.0
189
Not enough data
9.1
189
Not enough data
9.1
184
Software Type
Not enough data
9.0
194
Not enough data
9.1
190
Not enough data
9.2
192
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
75
Not enough data
8.3
75
Survey Management
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
9.0
44
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.9
46
Survey Customization
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.8
45
Survey Insights
Not enough data
8.9
45
Not enough data
9.0
44
Not enough data
9.0
44
Not enough data
9.0
47
Agentic AI - Survey
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Calendar View
Not enough data
9.0
202
Not enough data
8.9
205
Shared Calendar
Not enough data
9.0
205
Not enough data
8.9
202
Accessibility
Not enough data
8.8
193
Not enough data
8.7
194
Integration
Not enough data
8.9
195
Not enough data
8.8
198
Not enough data
8.8
196
Notifications
Not enough data
9.0
198
Not enough data
8.6
195
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
137
Not enough data
8.0
133
Not enough data
7.9
132
Agentic AI - Calendar
Not enough data
7.8
73
Notifications
Not enough data
9.0
112
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.9
109
Settings
Not enough data
9.1
114
Not enough data
9.1
110
Not enough data
9.0
110
Personalization
Not enough data
8.6
109
Not enough data
8.8
108
Integrations
Not enough data
8.9
111
Not enough data
8.9
105
Not enough data
8.3
105
Not enough data
9.0
108
Not enough data
8.7
105
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
80
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
8.2
79
Not enough data
8.4
80
Not enough data
8.3
80
Agentic AI - Online Appointment Scheduling
Not enough data
8.8
44
Not enough data
8.9
44
Not enough data
8.9
44
Design
Not enough data
8.8
234
Not enough data
8.9
237
Not enough data
8.7
235
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.2
239
Not enough data
9.2
240
File Types
Not enough data
9.4
244
Not enough data
9.1
241
Not enough data
8.6
232
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
8.9
241
Not enough data
8.8
235
Not enough data
9.2
242
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
8.8
234
Not enough data
8.6
234
Not enough data
8.9
236
Operating System
Not enough data
9.4
240
Not enough data
8.5
232
Not enough data
7.9
224
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.1
177
Not enough data
8.1
176
Not enough data
7.8
172
Not enough data
8.0
175
Not enough data
7.9
170
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
8.4
94
Sorting & Filtering
Not enough data
8.9
219
Not enough data
9.1
215
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
8.9
214
Integrations
Not enough data
9.3
218
Not enough data
8.5
207
Not enough data
8.2
203
Time Management
Not enough data
8.9
207
Not enough data
9.1
215
Not enough data
8.8
210
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.3
157
Not enough data
8.5
158
Agentic AI - Email Management
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.6
89
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
LibreOffice and Microsoft 365 are categorized as Office Suites and Spreadsheets
Unique Categories
LibreOffice has no unique categories
Microsoft 365 is categorized as Email Management, Business Instant Messaging, Email Client, Screen Sharing, Presentation, Online Appointment Scheduling, Document Creation, Cloud Content Collaboration, Calendar, Survey, and Video Conferencing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
LibreOffice
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft 365
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Computer Software
10.4%
Internet
5.4%
Education Management
5.0%
Design
3.9%
Other
62.2%
Information Technology and Services
10.7%
Education Management
5.8%
Computer Software
5.2%
Higher Education
4.9%
Hospital & Health Care
4.0%
Other
69.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
when libreoffice will have cloud support for uploading the documents?
2 Comments
JC
Saksham
I tell you that Libreoffice is a free tool, where it facilitates the work of the archives of the same office, I imagine that if they create a...Read more
What is LibreOffice used for?
2 Comments
RG
It's a great Office Productivity Suite that costs nothing! Download, install, and you're set. . It is the true successor of OpenOffice. Read more
Anyone can use LibreOffice 6 without performance issue?
1 Comment
JC
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...Read more
how to transfer microsoft office to another computer
4 Comments
EJ
To complete this tasks, you have to have a product key and use that key to set up Microsoft on the second computer.Read more
what is the best way to make sure you never lose any work if your computer crashes
3 Comments
CS
Open any program in the office suite, click on file menu and then click on options, then click on the save tab and configure the autosave every minute.Read more
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