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Office Suites (179 programs)

  1. License
    Paid Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Feature-packed. Intuitive to use. Available in cross-platform. Available in one-time purchase or subscription-based options.
    CONS: Not a standalone program.
  2. PROS: Supports comprehensive formulas. Supports real-time collaboration. Comes with a clean interface.
    CONS: Steep learning curve. The app takes a good amount of space.
  3. License
    Paid Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Highly user-friendly. Bundled under the Microsoft Office suite. New features and functionalities. Supports ODF 1.3.
    CONS: Can’t avail it on its own. Not all updates are available on the LTSC version.
  4. License
    Paid Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Contains all core MS Office programs. New changes to Office applications. Perpetual software license.
    CONS: Can’t choose specific apps and services. Lack of AI features. Slow start-up of applications.
  5. PROS: Comes with integrated business intelligence. Packed with great features.
    CONS: Real time editing not yet available. Only feasible for corporate use.
  6. PROS: Automatic updates. Has free Microsoft support chat. Has collaboration tools. AI-driven features.
    CONS: Needs internet for cloud storage. You can’t choose what services you want.
  7. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Intuitive design. Overview of pages. Collaboration mode. Easily converts .pages files. Easy to edit multimedia content.
    CONS: Small selection of templates.
  8. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Free to use. Opens Microsoft Office documents including Word and Excel. Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program. Good alternative to Microsoft Office.
    CONS: Slow at opening documents and can be unresponsive sometimes. Too many buttons and settings. Based mainly on Java.
  9. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Open Source. Complete office producitivity suite. Compatible with Microsoft Office.
    CONS: It takes time to learn certain advanced features.
  10. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
  11. PROS: Cross-platform. User-friendly interface. Cloud storage integration. Lots of features.
    CONS: Potential compatibility issues with some devices.
  12. PROS: Much better OS X integration. Integration with SkyDrive and SharePoint. Lots of new and interesting templates. Outlook is now included (previously Entourage). Ribbon and Spotlight integration. Document sharing and colloboration much improved.
    CONS: No Mac version of OneNote. Home and Student don't include Outlook. Outlook doesn't sync with iPhones.
  13. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Free to use. Opens Microsoft Office documents including Word and Excel. Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program. Good alternative to Microsoft Office.
    CONS: Slow at opening documents and can be unresponsive sometimes. Too many buttons and settings. Based mainly on Java.
  14. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: More elegant in feel and look to MS Office. Lots of templates to choose from. Keynote produces stunning cinematic presentations. Opens MS Office documents.
    CONS: Installation takes a long time. Can result in incompatibility problems when opening documents from different versions of MS Office.
  15. PROS: Brings Office on Mac up-to-date. Looks much more attractive. Easier to use and find functions. Collaborative and productivity focused tools. More functions in Excel and PowerPoint.
    CONS: You will need a 365 account.
  16. PROS: Plenty of bug fixes. Installing is not difficult. Makes changes to almost all the Microsoft Office tools.
    CONS: Only useful for people using Microsoft Office 2008. Not vital for the security of the Microsoft Office software.
  17. PROS: Free, powerful note taking software with many editing functions. Tagging, tracking and sorting notes is made simple. Backup your notes to the cloud to retrieve on multiple devices. Supports a wide variety of document formats.
    CONS: Handwriting detection is not as good as competitors like Notability. Current active open notebooks do not sync with different devices. Less formatting features than document editors like Microsoft Word. Notably lacks ability to sort documents within a section by date.
  18. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac

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