European Alternatives to Microsoft 365
Microsoft's cloud office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
Microsoft 365 Features
- Word processor (Word)
- Spreadsheet (Excel)
- Presentations (PowerPoint)
- Email (Outlook)
- Real-time collaboration
- OneDrive cloud storage
- Video conferencing (Teams)
Price: From $6/month
Why leave Microsoft 365?
- Microsoft is subject to the US CLOUD Act: your documents can be transmitted to US authorities
- Microsoft Copilot is integrated into Word, Excel and PowerPoint and accesses all your documents, emails and data via Microsoft Graph
- Microsoft 365 collects between 23,000 and 25,000 types of telemetry events about your activity
- The Austrian data protection authority ruled Microsoft 365 Education illegal for tracking schoolchildren without consent
- Copilot results do not inherit security labels from source documents, creating a data leak risk
Recommended : LibreOffice
Complete open source office suite developed by The Document Foundation. Free alternative to Microsoft Office with Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw.
Country : DE
Compatibility Scores
- Migration : 95/100
- GDPR : 100/100
- Features : 90/100
- Overall Score : 93/100
LibreOffice Features
- Word processor (Writer)
- Spreadsheet (Calc)
- Presentations (Impress)
- Vector drawing (Draw)
- Database (Base)
- Math formulas (Math)
- Microsoft Office format compatible
- Works offline
Price: Free
Why this choice?
LibreOffice is our top recommendation for Microsoft Office users. Complete 100% free suite with Writer, Calc and Impress, fully compatible with .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats. No data sent to the cloud, works entirely offline.
Switch from Microsoft 365 to LibreOffice
Strengths
- 100% free and open source
- Microsoft Office format compatible
- Works offline (no cloud)
- No telemetry or tracking
- EU member (Germany) 🇩🇪
- Native ODF format support
Weaknesses
- No native real-time collaboration
- Less modern interface
- No integrated cloud storage
All Alternatives
- LibreOffice (DE) — Score : 93/100 (Recommended)
- OnlyOffice (LV) — Score : 93/100
- CryptPad (FR) — Score : 82/100