SoftMaker Office
German office suite from Nuremberg with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation apps that read and write Microsoft formats natively. A free version, FreeOffice, is also available. Runs offline, so your documents stay on your device.
Quick facts
Headquarters Nuremberg, Germany
Company SoftMaker Software GmbH
Founded 1987
Ownership Independent
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Freemium · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Languages
ENDEFRESITNLPTRU
98 · Certified European
Get SoftMaker Office Why does it score 98?
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30Ownership & control
Independent ownership
25/25Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
30/30Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
8/15Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors
+5EuroPoints total
98/100
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SoftMaker Office
ONLYOFFICE
LibreOfficeEuroPoints
Certified European
Mostly European
Certified European
Legal jurisdiction
Ownership & control
Data sovereignty
Accountability & trust
Independence bonus
Headquarters
Nuremberg, Germany
Riga, Latvia
Berlin, Germany
Founded
1987
2009
2010
Open source
No
Full
Full
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
GDPR
Free tier
Pricing
Freemium · from Free
Freemium · from Free
Free · from Free
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Self-hosted
Windows, macOS, Linux
Languages
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pt, ru
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pt, pl, ru
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, zh, ja, ar
What does it replace?
Microsoft 365 
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