G2 Vendor Directory

Apache OpenOffice Writer

by The Apache Software Foundation

37

Reviews

4.3

Star rating

#59

Rank in Document Creation

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Features

Cons

  • Missing Features

Traffic & LLM citations

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Key stats

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53

Small Business

1

Adoption by company size

SegmentShare of reviews
Small Business64.9%
Mid-Market21.6%
Enterprise13.5%

Quarterly history

QuarterReviewsStar rating
2025 Q415.0

Satisfaction ratings

Ease of Use8.6
Ease of Setup10.0
Quality of Support7.6
Meets Requirements8.8

What reviewers say

Friendly and economical document writer

4.0

“The capability to open all the common document types and enable to save it in all the common formats. It is free and easy to use.”

Delivery Head - IT Applications

Microsoft Word without the High Price

5.0

“Open Office gives us full automation across the board, sort of like Microsoft Office with many more features, especially within the Writer (word processor program). Don't need to run a bunch of programs (for example, if I wish to process a PDF file, I can open and edit it, then ”

Volunteer Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor

Totally Free

5.0

“both small business owners and students can use this program without paying a fee to the software developer. you can write and prepare documents or even do your homework. instead of paying a lot to the other programs you can use and benefit from this”

Area manager