Alternatives to Collabora Online
LibreOffice in the browser for Nextcloud
Collabora Online ranks #2 of 9 in Office suites, with an Alt Score of 86. It is licensed under MPL-2.0, open source with paid hosting from €3/user/month (Business plan) and available on Web, Android and iOS. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
IT teams, hosting providers, and organizations (enterprises, educational institutions, public sector) that need self-hosted, data-sovereign document editing rather than relying on cloud office suites like Google Docs or Microsoft 365.
A browser-based office suite, built on LibreOffice technology, for editing text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings with real-time multi-user collaboration. It supports Microsoft Office and ODF formats, scales via Kubernetes (COOL Controller), and exposes APIs/SDKs for embedding into other platforms with custom theming.
You self-host Collabora Online (or use a hosting partner) and integrate it into a file-sync platform such as Nextcloud or ownCloud via connector apps or its API. Users then open, edit, and co-author documents directly in the browser, or through Collabora Office desktop/mobile apps, with changes synced back to the host platform.
Where Collabora Online stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
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Every fact and feature listed for Collabora Online is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model OSS + paid hosting verified 2026-07-11
Collabora sells branded, supported binary versions that are easy to install, paired with a Service Level Agreement and a product management relationship.
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Starts at €3/user/month (Business plan) verified 2026-07-11
€ 3 Per User Per Month
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License MPL-2.0 verified 2026-07-11
This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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Platforms Web, Android, iOS verified 2026-07-11
Collabora Office for Mobile is the mobile office suite of Collabora Office, with apps for Android and iOS to edit word documents, spreadsheets and presentations from your device.
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Status active verified 2026-07-11
CODE 26.04 is built upon the code commits up to LibreOffice 25.8 and LibreOffice 26.2.
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Word processor Yes verified 2026-07-11
Powerful word processing
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Spreadsheets Yes verified 2026-07-11
Powerful spreadsheets
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Presentations Yes verified 2026-07-11
Collaborative slide creation
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Real-time collaboration Yes verified 2026-07-11
Real-time collaboration
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Desktop apps (offline) Partial verified 2026-07-11
this is not yet enterprise-supported software. It's new, it's moving fast, and it's a preview of where we're headed. Enterprise support is on the way.
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MS Office format fidelity Yes verified 2026-07-11
the vast majority of users will not discover issues opening and editing Microsoft file types in their day to day work with Collabora Office.
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Self-hostable Yes verified 2026-07-11
All of the code in Collabora Online is Open Source, we contribute that to, and work very closely with the LibreOffice project.
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E2E encrypted option No verified 2026-07-11
We expect allotropia's expertise around Web Assembly combined with Collabora Online to, in time, enable customer use-cases such as office-as-component embedding scenarios in vertical applications as w
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Free tier limits Yes verified 2026-07-11
It is perfect for testing, home use or small teams, but not recommended for production environments.
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PDF export & editing Yes verified 2026-07-11
Collabora Online offers you the range of professional settings and selection options that you are used to from a professional office application package on the desktop.
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/professional-pdf-export-features-in-collabora-online/
FAQ
Yes. Apple iWork, LibreOffice and WPS Office have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
OnlyOffice, CryptPad and LibreOffice — every license claim links its source.