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We provide Australian business users the most detailed information on pricing, benefits, and disadvantages of software that will make your choice easier. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: LibreOffice Reviews, Cost & Features | GetApp Australia 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Content Management Systems](/directory/276/content-management-system-cms/software) > [LibreOffice](/software/2035027/libreoffice) # LibreOffice Canonical: https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2035027/libreoffice Page: 1 / 91\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2035027/libreoffice?page=2) > LibreOffice is a cloud-based and on-premise suite of applications designed to help businesses, charities, and government organizations create, edit, and manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphs, drawings, mathematical formulas, and more. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 2235 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of LibreOffice Offers compatibility with a wide range of Microsoft Office file formats, supporting seamless document, spreadsheet, and presentation editing. Provides a free and open source office suite, ensuring privacy and transparency for users. Features regular updates and improvements driven by a large, active community. Includes multiple productivity tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, databases, and formula editing. Supports cross-platform availability, with options for desktop, mobile, and portable versions. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 2235 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: The Document Foundation - **Founded**: 2016 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: LibreOffice is available for free. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Archiving & Retention - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Content Publishing Options - Customizable Templates - Data Import/Export - Document Capture - Document Classification - Document Editing - Document Generation - Document Management - Document Review - Document Storage - Drag & Drop - Electronic Signature - File Conversion - File Recovery ## Integrations (8 total) - Alinto - CloudSuite - Collabora Online - Corteza - EGroupware - GitHub - Microsoft SharePoint - Univention Corporate Server ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Content Management Systems](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/276/content-management-system-cms/software) ## Related Categories - [Content Management Systems](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/276/content-management-system-cms/software) - [Document Management Software](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/284/document-management/software) - [Productivity Software](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/330/productivity/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Being that the software is free and open source, it's an excellent ethical addition to the workplace especially during a time where pirated software can be frequently found in the small business world. > > **Cons**: Compatibility between MS Office and GSuite can be dicey sometimes. Most use cases are fine and not worth worrying, but if you do a lot of work with importing and exporting data and need a consistent way to edit/parse it, LibreOffice may not be your best initial choice for the workplace. LibreOffice can also be slow depending on your computer; a lot of the stuff that is trivially quick to do in a program such as Excel can be a little bit of a crunch with LibreOffice's equivalent. > > Overall, LibreOffice was a very nice and useful tool to have in the office, before transitioning to GSuite. The features in LibreOffice are more powerful than GSuite, generally speaking, and there are far more use cases. However, the likelihood of incompatibility or data corruption when transitioning between LibreOffice to other similar software is a little bit higher, even if it can be negligible. That said, it is still a fantastic choice of software, and it's up to you to determine whether or not the pros balance out or exceed the cons. I believe it's worth a shot\! ----- ### "LibreOffice is a great multi-platform offline document editor/generator" — 5.0/5 > **Abhik** | *21 April 2021* | Computer Networking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: LibreOffice supports most of the features of a modern document editor/generator. Unlike MS Word, LibreOffice is multi-platform and supported on most modern operating system like Linux, Windows and MAC etc. Further, LibreOffice is completely free and open source. > > **Cons**: LibreOffice doesn't support wrapping text around the table, which is supported by MS Office. This often leaves blank space around tables. I want to see this feature in the future version of the software. > > LibreOffice is a great free document editor which let us quickly create and edit documents on any platform. ----- ### "Good program for creating documents" — 3.0/5 > **Agata** | *17 March 2025* | Human Resources | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Libre Office is free to use and good alternative to MS > > **Cons**: Limited in options compared to MS and the document does not open on some devices > > A good alternative for creating simple documents ----- ### "Great free office software but not perfect" — 4.0/5 > **Ben** | *21 April 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I liked that LibreOffice was free to use and helped our clients, of which were non-commercial, to perform their office tasks at ease without paying to higher licensing companies. > > **Cons**: I did not like some conversions of document formats and the layout of some menu items. > > The overall experience with LibreOffice was almost perfect and very minimal complaints. ----- ### "A great software. Can't beat the price\!" — 4.0/5 > **Carrie** | *17 November 2025* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love that I can access are complete office for free and it can export into various formats that are usable in other popular programs. I've never had a problem with creating any documents or with anyone being able to read them upon my sending them. I've been using LibreOffice for years and have yet to have to pay for a word proccessing software. > > **Cons**: The cons I would say are most noticeable in the powerpoint version of the software. Often times the formatting doesn't exactly transfer over, or if I open a powerpoint file in libreoffice sometimes things go wonky and features are lost. > > Overall, I've continued to use it because the benefits way outweigh the costs. I would highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't have the budget to pay for software for documents, sheets and presentations. ----- Page: 1 / 91\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2035027/libreoffice?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2035027/libreoffice) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data