Larksuite vs. Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lark
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Lark, or Larksuite, is a take on office suite software that supports workplace collaboration. Founded in 2016, Lark combines messaging, schedule management and online collaborative documents in a single platform. Lark is available now on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
$0
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020.N/A
Pricing
LarksuiteMicrosoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0
up to 20 users
Pro
$12
per month per user (up to 500 users)
Enterprise
Custom
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LarkMicrosoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount offered for annual billing.
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Features
LarksuiteMicrosoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Larksuite
10.0
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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Ratings
Task Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Search10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Larksuite
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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Ratings
Chat10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Larksuite
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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Ratings
Versioning10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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LarksuiteMicrosoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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User Ratings
LarksuiteMicrosoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
7.4
(64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(45 ratings)
User Testimonials
LarksuiteMicrosoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
On my experience, I did not experience any issue when using this tool. Simply because it is a perfect tool and easy to use. You just need to log in your working email and you can now use it. You can message all of the employees on the company Larksuite.
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I'd recommend [Microsoft] Office2016 for any business that has more than a couple of users, as the software is very scalable from just a small business to a large enterprise corporation. I don't know of any case where it might not be appropriate, as even home users and students use the software suite as well.
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Pros
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
  • Employee Intranet
  • Video Conferencing
  • Document Creation
  • Knowledge base
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Discontinued Products
  • Data manipulation. Excel takes the raw data we receive and allows us to digest it in ways that are useful to our business processes.
  • Communication. Outlook serves as our primary means of communication and setting up appointments.
  • Documentation. Word is the default standard when it comes to using a word processor and we are no different in this regard. Nearly every user has to use the application on a regular basis in order to accomplish their work.
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Cons
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
  • To automatically delete accounts of the resigned employees
  • Detect Harmful files that may harm the user
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Discontinued Products
  • Office 2016 professional edition can be priced for a single user license, it would be nice to see a drop in the pricing.
  • Office 2016 home edition is a better price but does not include outlook 2016, so it is not a good fit for the workplace environments.
  • Office 2016 can run slowly on older systems, so you need to make sure you have a machine that is 4 years old or less for it to run smoothly.
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Likelihood to Renew
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
We will use this product and we don't have plan to change since this is a perfect tool
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Discontinued Products
We believe that office 2016 offers the best value when it comes to features included out of the box. The software is used in its entirety by our organization and is easily supported by our staff of IT technicians. Users find this software to be easy to learn and easy to use with minimal learning curve.
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Usability
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
I rate this perfect simply because we use this everyday and this is very helpful. Without this tool I can't imagine how we can communicate to each other and how we can resolve every concern/issue that we cater everyday on our job. This is the tool we use to communicate and endorse specific concern.
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It's fairly easy to use, but the automatic formatting or capturing of formatting when pasting is wonky - especially when there are outlines or other bullets/numbered lists. Fixing and sizing up tables can be annoying, and there are sometimes formatting issues that we just absolutely cannot fix for some reason
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Support Rating
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
I am an MS feedback hub participant and they certainly don't pay enough attention to several bugs several people raise it in the portal. For the enterprise, it seems to me based on my prior experience that yes, they have a dedicated team to support operations. For mid to small companies or single users, it has been a struggle. So, you are pretty much with MS Blogs and others.
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Alternatives Considered
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
I selected Larksuite simply because even you don't have laptop or desktop you can simply install this app through google or apple store and you just need to log in using your working email. You will now access and use every feature on this app. You can also watch and play videos.
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Discontinued Products
We use Microsoft Office 2016 because at the time it was the best tool for us, but now with full attention to cloud products, we may be thinking of migrating our solution to a cloud service.
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Return on Investment
Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
  • The quality of communicator is way easier by the help of Larksuite
  • Larksuite plays the most important role in our company since by Larksuite we our being notified if there are updates we need to check
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Discontinued Products
  • Microsoft Office 2016 saves me a lot of time daily. I have functions and macros set up that calculate and show me a lot of things just from a couple of my inputs. This would take full days sometimes if not for that.
  • Apart from time, it saves me money, I manage data in Excel, I don't have to buy software specifically for that.
  • Sooner or later my company will have to switch to new edition, which will hurt revenues because of a subscription model.
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