Alternatives to ONLYOFFICE DocSpace
A document collaboration platform built around rooms where teams and guests co-edit and review office files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace
A document collaboration platform built around rooms where teams and guests co-edit and review office files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ONLYOFFICE DocSpace.
Collabora Online
LibreOffice running in the browser with real-time collaboration.
Collabora Online is an open-source, self-hostable browser office based on LibreOffice that integrates into Nextcloud, with production use on a paid subscription.
Google Workspace
Google's online office suite with Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Drive and Meet in one account.
Google Workspace is a hosted suite with real-time co-editing, mail and meetings, with all files stored on Google's servers and no self-hosting.
Microsoft 365
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with cloud storage and collaboration.
Microsoft 365 provides co-authoring across desktop, web and mobile apps on a subscription, tied to a Microsoft account and without self-hosting.
CryptPad
End-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite.
CryptPad is an open-source AGPL suite with end-to-end encrypted real-time collaboration, self-hostable, though encryption limits server-side features like full-text search.
Zoho Workplace
An online suite from Zoho combining mail, team chat, meetings, file storage and office editors.
Zoho Workplace is a hosted business suite combining office editors with mail, chat, meetings and WorkDrive, with data on Zoho's servers.
Also worth comparing
These listings name ONLYOFFICE DocSpace as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Etherpad
Real-time collaborative plain-text editor you host yourself.
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace offers hosted or self-hosted co-editing of office files with version history, but it is not open source and is heavier than Etherpad.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
A free desktop office suite built around close compatibility with DOCX, XLSX and PPTX.
Google Drive
Google's cloud storage and file sharing service with desktop sync and mobile apps.
LogicalDOC Community
Community edition of a document management system with search and APIs.
Zoho WorkDrive
Online file storage and collaboration platform for teams, with a desktop app and Android app.
Docmost
An open-source, self-hosted wiki for team documentation with real-time collaborative editing.
