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
Reads and writes Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats natively, so files round-trip cleanly with colleagues still on Office. FreeOffice gives you a genuinely usable free tier, and everything runs offline with documents staying on your device.
It's not open source, and the interface deliberately mimics older Microsoft Office rather than innovating on the format – fine for compatibility, less exciting if you want something different.
Why does it score 98?
Incorporated in Nuremberg, Germany – a full EU member state.
Privately held and independent since founding in 1987, with no outside investors or holding company.
SoftMaker Office runs entirely offline on your own device, so there's no server infrastructure handling your documents at all.
It's GDPR-compliant, but the suite isn't open source, which keeps the accountability score more modest than fully open alternatives.
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SoftMaker OfficeWhat does it replace?
Microsoft 365 
Google Docs 
Microsoft Word 
Microsoft Excel 
Microsoft Powerpoint 
Google Slides More European Office suite alternatives
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