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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 62 reviews and ratings

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 804 reviews and ratings

Pros

It's free, which is the biggest difference between Office. It definitely feels like a full-fledged office suite of software for no more than the cost of an optional donation.
Lots of templates exist out on the internet for Writer and Impress (the Word and PowerPoint equivalents in LibreOffice). The open source community really likes to support one another in their usage of each other's software.
It works smoothly on almost every OS out there, including Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

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Christopher Boyd

Freelance Web and Software Developer

Cre8tiveCoderComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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MySQL is first off free to use, so that makes it a win right there.
MySQL is constantly updated and security holes are patched quickly and often.
MySQL is highly customizable and allows you access to all areas of the database to use it the way you want, plus there is lots of documentation online and other users sharing their customization experiences to help you along the way.

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Digital Services Manager

Packaging & Distribution ResourcesEducation Management, 11-50 employees

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Cons

The compatibility when switching the file format could be a little bit better.
Sometimes it crashes and you lose all your data.
It's a good alternative to Microsoft Office but it's not quite the same. We miss some features and tools.

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Programadora Java/J2EE junior

VIEWNEXTComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Complex queries usually require many resources to obtain results. Other software does not present this situation.
MySQL has stopped its evolutionary process since its change of ownership, so the changes it presents have become irrelevant to the operation of the service.
Oracle has avoided releasing the code for the detection and correction of errors so the essence of open source has been disappearing

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Carlos Alberto Pedron Espinett

Especialista de Desarrollo

ARCA International GroupBanking, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

LibreOffice 9.0

Based on 1 answer

We use it consistently and have a lot of documents in the OpenDocument format so it will be necessary to use LibreOffice or a compatible product such as Openoffice in the future to be able to open these files. Because the license fee for Libreoffice is zero it is not very costly to keep using it - the costs are mostly for keeping it installed on the office PCs and regularly updated, and solving employee issues with the user support.

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Coordinator

Česká psychedelická společnost, z.s. (Czech Psychedelic Society)Cosmetics, 11-50 employees

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MySQL 9.7

Based on 4 answers

It is best open source relational database.

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Senior Data Scientist

CARD.comFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Usability

LibreOffice 7.6

Based on 3 answers

Good alternative to the pay software, it is powerful and can help a lot a
specially working in-house and using some of the tools, specially Sheets
which you can configure by your own and makes easy its working, intuitive interface and offers a lot of functional tools for the price.

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David García Caballero

Vendedor deportista

Decathlon EspañaRetail, 10,001+ employees

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MySQL 8.2

Based on 5 answers

I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.

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Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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Reliability and Availability

LibreOffice 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Libreoffice is a desktop app not requiring any server part so it is always available when the PC is working normally. Installing it on another machine if one PC fails is very quick and easy. This is a non-issue.

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Performance

LibreOffice 6.0

Based on 1 answer

For big/imported tables or text documents with images loaded from the internet it is sometimes getting very slow, RAM and CPU intensive, and sometimes even hangs due to some memory leaks or other bugs. This is a long-term problem and is still not resolved perfectly.

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Support Rating

LibreOffice 7.7

Based on 6 answers

Support is not officially offered. However, you can find answers to any usage questions or trouble-shooting online easily, typically starting with a Google search. (I believe that all forums / tips for OpenOffice apply equally to LibreOffice, and vice versa.) While Microsoft Office, for example, officially includes support, I find that typically you end up going to a Google search in any case. So, this is not really a downside. However, in all these cases, you end up doing a lot of figuring things out for yourself.

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Senior Technical Writer / Client Services

Georef Systems Ltd.Computer Software, 11-50 employees

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MySQL 8.6

Based on 2 answers

The support staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient. I only had to get part way through my explanations before they had a solution. They will walk you through a fix or actually connect in and fix the problem for you--or would if you can allow it. I've done it both ways with them. They are always forthcoming with 'how to do this if it happens again' information. I love working with MySQL support.

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Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

LibreOffice 9.0

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Generally easy to perform, issues are how to ensure regular automatic updates on Mac OS X. Fortunatly we have only a few machines with OS X run by management and we can do these updates manually occasionally. Windows updates are quite easy with the support of third party software such as Ninite or Chocolatey, and Linux updates are super-easy thanks to the package manager (apt-get).

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MySQL 8.0

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Alternatives Considered

I choose LibreOffice because it's open source, free, low cost and multi-platform. It's the perfect office suite if you use Linux, there's no bettter choice. Also by reducing license costs, company could spend money on more important stuff.

Also there's a lot of documentation online so people can learn how to use the tools by their own.

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Wordpress developer

WebdibsComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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We actually use Sisense alongside MySQL as they integrate very well with one another. One of MySQL's flaws is its slow speeds on larger datasets which is why we began using Sisense. This way, we can organize several feeds into one source without having to do repetitious work on different sources.

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Joseph R. Sweeney

Senior Analyst

The TJX Companies, Inc.Information Services, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

LibreOffice 7.0

Based on 1 answer

With more users using it in the company there are more cases when a simultaneous editing of the same document is needed and this feature is lacking in Libreoffice even though the files concerned are shared and synced by some solution (we use ownCloud). Google Docs or MS Office365 via Sharepoint/Onedrive offer a better function for this.

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Return on Investment

The upfront and on-going cost of LibreOffice is $0 - keeping overhead down is essential for many of us small business owners.
Having a full suite of communications and data tools available for free (which we can save in our clients' preferred software formats, btw), keeps us looking professional.
Every dollar we're NOT investing in software, where a fully functional, free alternative is available, is money we can put toward other business optimizations, such as marketing, hardware, device upgrades, etc.

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Self Employed

5 Star HousesittersWine and Spirits, 1-10 employees

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MySQL has been a vital cost reducing technology for smaller databases that do not require commercial support.
We have successfully sold the enterprise edition to customers who wanted to beef up the capabilities of MySQL compared to the community edition without rewriting an application to use a fully commercial database such as DB2, Oracle or SQL Server
MySQL has been extremely cost effective where we have deployed it. When compared to Oracle or MySQL, the savings has been substantial.

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Christopher Weiss

Chief Architect

DewpointInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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