Office Alternatives

Microsoft Office 2013 has slowly replacing Office 2010. But, do corporate users still have a real alternative to Microsoft Office suite. In the past few years, Sun Open Office was the only closer alternative replacement for the Microsoft Office Suite. The past months, there were a strong emerging alternative softwares.

• Microsoft Office 365 (Cloud Based Office)
• Kingsoft Office – www.kingsoftstore.com
• LibreOffice – www.libreoffice.org  

KingSoft Office is also found in Android Phone and Tablet. The format compatibility is relatively good compared to the rest of the alternatives. 

Office Suite Brand
Version	Kingsoft Office Professional 2012	Microsoft Office Professional 2010
Software License	Proprietary	Proprietary
Price	$69.95	$499.95
Language	English, Deutsch, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體	Various Languages
Application Type	Desktop-based	Desktop-based
Installer Size	55.15MB	942MB
Office Suite Features	Word Processor Spreadsheet Program Presentation Program Email Client Note Taking Software Database Software Publisher Software	Word Processor Spreadsheet Program Presentation Program Email Client Note Taking Software Database Software Publisher Software
System Requirements	266 Mhz processor 128 MB RAM 200 MB Hard Drive Space Windows 2000 or higher	500 Mhz processor 256 MB RAM 3.0 GB Hard Drive Space

You will also need to get other softwares to complement Kingsoft Office Suite

• Note-Taking  – EverNote (www.evernote.com)
• Tasks Management – Wunderlist (www.wunderlist.com)
• POP3 Email Client – Thunderbird (You must use Outlook for Office 365)