Microsoft is pulling the plug for Office on Chromebook. With WPS, Polaris and Co. we present five alternatives.

On Chromebooks, Microsoft Office is only available as a web application. If you want to work offline and in a real Office application, you need alternatives. We present them to you here:

Table of Contents
Best Microsoft Office Alternatives for Chromebook
AndrOpen Office: Almost perfect
Polaris Office: Commercial break in the office
WPS Office: Office quickie without highlights
SoftMaker Office: ARM-exclusive
Collabora Office: Lots of light and lots of shadows
Chrome OS on-board means: No Alternative to Office
What and how we test

Best Microsoft Office Alternatives for Chromebook
AndrOpen Office: Almost perfect
Provider: Akikazu Yoshikawa | App version: Android | Customized for Chrome OS? Yes. | Premium version? Yes, for €0.99/month to be able to print.

The office environment shares a lot with the free Open Office on desktop PC. Common features include free alternative formats such as .odt and the outdated user interface reminiscent of Office 2007. The mouse support is excellent. Scroll wheel and right button work like on the computer, the displayed context menu is extensive and leaves nothing to be desired.

Isn’t that Office 2007? The design of AndrOpen Office is outdated, but the scope is gigantic!

There are two details that are disturbing. On the one hand, AndrOpen Office displays a second mouse pointer that always lags behind the Chrome OS counterpart, which is confusing when navigating quickly. Developer Yoshikawa charges €0.99/month for PDF export and printing of your documents, so it follows the general subscription trend.

You can download the free basic version from the Google Play Store .

Polaris Office: Commercial break in the office
Provider: Polaris | App version: Android | Customized for Chrome OS? Minimal. | Premium version? Yes, for €20.99/year incl. taxes.

Basically, this office environment is free of charge, but it comes with a thick advertising package. Switching off the advertising costs 4.69 euros per device. The manufacturer also offers two subscription plans with cloud access and automatic data sync.

Slim design, decent performance. A spell checker and various comfort functions are missing in Polaris Office.

Aesthetically, the developers emulate Microsoft, garnishing the slim design with almost all known shortcuts of the oversized model. If you are switching, you will find your way around immediately. In terms of scope, the only thing missing is a spell checker and some layout functions that other suites have.

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